In my last article about the Best Autograph Places part 1, I hit on probably the two easiest places to get autographs. Fan Fest events and Caravan events, which are perfect for fans not wanting to work too hard to get an autograph, and provide, in most cases, a guaranteed autograph. Once we get closer…
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…
Over the course of the winter I am going to write up a few ideas for different baseball trips someone in the Northwest could do pretty easily. The trips will include: a Northwest League trip hitting all eight teams in the Northwest League; a Pacific Coast League trip going from Washington, to California and across…
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…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): During my lunch break at work I took a few moments to check on recent baseball stories and the scores of the playoff game being played. Instantly a few things stood out to me. So here they are. Nolan Ryan’s Comments Nolan Ryan released a statement saying that…
Having been raised playing baseball and watching games since I was a baby I have found countless ways to try and entertain myself during the boring parts of games. I’ve done everything from spitting sunflower seeds into a cup, bouncing a baseball onto steps in the dugouts to try and get ‘singles’, ‘doubles’ and ‘triples’,…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): When ‘experts’ talk about baseball they often overlook the northwest. It’s always raining up in the northwest and there really isn’t a lot of good baseball up there anyways right? Wrong! I firmly believe that baseball in the northwest is the most underrated locations for America’s pastime in…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): Earlier this year I was able to sit down and catch the final 7 innings of the Philip Humber perfect game against the Mariners. I was both excited to watch a perfect game and saddened as it came against my favorite team. Then came June 8th, when I…
Tonight the Everett AquaSox come to Salem-Keizer for the second and final series between these two teams that will be played at Volcanoes Stadium. This series normally has enough excitement surrounding it because the AquaSox are the Mariner’s short season Single A affiliate but tonight there is an extra boost to the excitement as Mike…
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