Please tell us more about yourself. I was actually born in San Francisco, although I only lived there for the first year of my life. Eventually we moved to Washington State, and then to the amazing South, where I spent most of my youth growing up in Peachtree City, Georgia (the land of the golf…
It seemed like it was only a distant dream but today the 9 Inning Blog reached 100,000 unique views and to celebrate we are doing 3 giveaways. First Giveaway Are you interested in two free tickets to a game this summer? Well all you have to do is leave a comment at the end of…
An introduction, some background, and looking forward to metal bat baseball Good morning (and an even earlier good morning to the Pacific Northwest brethren of 9 Inning Know it All). This is my introductory post to contributing with Josh and Norm, and I look forward to interacting with some of you through their blog. As…
The honor of being my first interview, but not first posted, is my good friend Joe Miglioretto or “Mig” as we affectionately call him. Mig is the Video Coordinator for the San Francisco Giants in Salem/Keizer. Norm: Mig, first of all thanks for allowing me to ask you a few questions. Please tell us a little more…
A few months ago I posted some of the autographs that I had gotten in the Northwest league up to that date but today I want to go over my top autographs from the entire year both in the minor leagues and the major league. Normally this would wait until later but I don’t plan…
Just about a month ago I was so excited to have reached 30,000 views on my blog, and today I reach another milestone that is exciting for me. This is the 100th post on this blog. Baseball has always been a passion of mine and being given the opportunity to share something I love with…
It is always fun as a baseball fan to have connections with people in different areas of baseball and to hear about what they get to experience. My biggest connection to the 2012 World Series Giants is a member of the grounds crew for the Giants. Drew Rountree was the Head Grounds Keeper for the…
By Josh R: As game one of the World Series was about to start I had one thought in my head, ‘Verlander is going to dominate the Giants early on and make a statement to start this series.’ Well a statement was made in a huge way but it wasn’t by Verlander or the Tigers. …
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): This past June, Mariners fans began hearing confirmation that the M’s were going to use the 3rd overall pick on Mike Zunino, a catcher from the University of Florida. Many fans thought, “Oh great another pick used on a catcher.” A lot of fans remembered a previously 3rd overall pick…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): In July of 2011 I had the idea of taking the sport that I love the most and talk about it through a blog, so that I could let others see baseball the way I see it. I wrote about the Seattle Mariners, the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes and whatever…
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