I always love going to professional baseball games but I enjoy it even more when I get to go to an entire series. About 4 years ago I went to my first full series, which was an interleague matchup of the Mariners against the Florida Marlins, and really enjoyed that so I have tried to…
As a diehard baseball fan the history of the game is extremely important. Baseball is called “America’s Pastime” because it has been there through the wars, the great depression, through civil rights battles and the constant changes in our nation. For a baseball fan getting the opportunity to experience baseball history live is something that…
So this post is actually going to be a copy of the story that my dad wrote for a local newspaper contest. The topic was stories of people who have met famous people and this story that my dad wrote was about a time when just the two of us went to a baseball game…
Today I was blessed with the opportunity to watch one of the rarest occurrences in baseball, the perfect game. Today was supposed to be a day where I could sit down and watch my favorite team, the Seattle Mariners, for the first time all season and enjoy watching as some of my favorite young players…
A lot of people have been looking at my spring training guide that I put up a few weeks ago and so I wanted to go a little bit more in depth on the stadiums that I go to and the places I go to while in Arizona. Now I know there are people out…
During the winter, baseball fans sit around the TV watching the MLB channel hoping to hear that this off season their team pulled in that big name player that is going to shower them with World Series rings for years to come. Now things normally don’t work that easily but that doesn’t mean that the…
Here in the Northwest the weather is still cold and rain is seen more often then the sun, but yet there is still hope that is arising. The greatest sign that summer is just around the corner has finally got here, Spring Training has officially begun. I know that many people can become depressed during…
Three times in my life I have had the amazing opportunity to go to Phoenix, AZ and watch spring training baseball, and through these experiences and talking with others who have gone to spring training I, along with some help from my brother-in-law, have put together a ‘plan’ on how to approach spring training. Just…
There are specific days each year that I get a little bit more excited about then other days. For most people these days are birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and days similar to those. However, for me the days I enjoy the most are opening day of baseball, the first day of spring training, the home run…
I am not the type of person that likes to just write off a season until a team is completely out of the race but for arguments sake let us agree that the Mariners are out of the pennant race for 2011. With that in mind it is time to look towards next year and…
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