A Baseball Writer From Rhode Island
When you were a kid playing baseball, did you ever get to play in a night baseball game? Did you local baseball league have lights at your ballpark so you could play well after sunset? Ever play in a tournament game or championship game at night? Didn't it make you feel like a big leaguer?... Continue Reading →
After working the "graveyard" shift at the Philadelphia ABF Freight terminal Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, I was excited to learn of an afternoon MLB game at nearby Citizens Bank Park. CBP is the home field for the Philadelphia Phillies and a 1:05 game was scheduled for Wednesday, May 8th vs the Toronto Blue Jays.... Continue Reading →
As of 8:00EST, May 14th the Oakland A's are 19-24. As of 8:00EST, May 14th the San Francisco Giants are 19-24. Geographically speaking and on a relatively perfect traffic day, the Oakland A's play their home games about 12 miles from where the San Francisco Giants play their home games. The two MLB teams share... Continue Reading →
Last week, my work commitments with ABF Freight took me to the city of Philadelphia, PA via the city of Cherry Hill, NJ. The two cities are very close by and with the terminal in Philly, I stayed at a hotel in nearby Cherry Hill, just over the Betsy Ross Bridge. As I typically do,... Continue Reading →
I was back in Tacoma for ABF Freight last week. So, I took the opportunity after work Tuesday night to revisit Cheney Stadium, home of the Tacoma Rainiers. The Rainiers are the AAA affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, who play just a short ride north of Cheney Stadium. Tuesday night, the Rainiers would take on... Continue Reading →
The concept of the extraordinary character in a poem, short story, novel, or movie is one of the foundations of creative writing, in my opinion. A mild mannered man or woman with superhuman powers like night vision, incredible strength, and lighting fast speed - tucked away under their business attire. A misunderstood student, banished to... Continue Reading →
On my second business trip to Tacoma, Washington for ABF Freight, I had an afternoon opportunity to visit some local Seattle baseball fields. One field that caught my eye (via Google Maps) is the summer home of the DubSea Fish Sticks, Mel Olsen Stadium. Mel Olsen was about 15 minutes or so from SeaTac Airport,... Continue Reading →
On my recent business trip to Tacoma for ABF Freight, I had the good fortune to find Loggers Field on a Google map search. It was fairly close to my hotel, so I circled it as a possible baseball experience. Loggers Field is the home of the University of Puget Sound Baseball team, aka The... Continue Reading →
I was thinking about the autobiography of Jackie Robinson, "I Never Had It Made," I recently finished. Especially today, when MLB celebrates that famous day when Jackie Robinson played in his first Major League Baseball game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Every MLB team participates, every MLB player wears 42, because "one day everyone will wear... Continue Reading →
Last week, my business travel (ABF Freight) took me to the Pacific Northwest and Tacoma, Washington. It was my first trip, business or personal, to the State of Washington and I was so eager to check out the area, the baseball experiences, and have a solid week of work. Tacoma is a port city and... Continue Reading →
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