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- Ambitious Enterprises Ally Peltier is an excellent editor/consultant for your writers looking for professional guidance.
- Baseball Panoramic Rob Noel’s great site takes you on virtual tours of MLB and historic ballparks
- David Stinson's author blog Please visit my buddy and fellow author David Stinson’s site. He has a real eye for baseball’s past; in fact, he sees it!
- Deadball Baseball Based on David Stinson’s novel, Deadball: A Metaphysical Baseball Novel
- History: Preserved This is a wonderful blog that often covers the home front during World War II, especially the recipes that were used to compensate for rationing. i had the privilege of meeting the author, Sarah Lee, at the 2017 WIlliamsport World War II Weekend.
- Off the Beaten Basepaths & other videos OTBB takes you to baseball treasures that are little known, underappreciated, or simply off the beaten basepaths! Subscribe now through Youtube so you don’t miss an episode.
- Places We Have Played Album My non-genetic twin, Al Smith, and I like to play in as many interesting ballparks, big and small, as we can find. Here’s our “collection.”
- Sarah Sundin Sarah is a World War II romance novelist who gets her history correct! Lots of good information on her blog.
- Seamheads Best baseball blog on the ‘Net!
- Summer Game Books The website of my publisher. (Hey, it felt good to write that!)
- The Official Webpage for Boots Poffenberger: Hurler, Hero, Hell-Raiser Visit the Summer Game Books page for my biography of Boots Poffenberger. Order from there and view the book trailer (to be posted soon!)
- Winchester Book Gallery A wonderful independent book store that is a fun place to shop in the Old Town Mall in Winchester. Christine and her staff are just plain nice people!
- Your Little Windmill My younger daughter, Sarah, has started a blog about her journey through love and Life. Well-written and insightful, and I’m saying that as a writer and not as her dad.
Category Archives: Baseball in General
Playoff Picture and Summer Pictures
My playoff predictions proved to be more accurate than my regular season predictions. Toronto and Kansas City both won their respective series in five, although the Blue Jays did it the hard way. I will also point out that Ben … Continue reading
2015 MLB Playoff Predictions: Cubs End Curse!
The major league baseball playoffs are truly set, now that Houston and Chicago have joined the field. (For the record, I had the Astros winning 5-3 and the Pirates winning 3-2.) These are some very interesting match ups and no … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball in General
Tagged 2015 MLB playoffs, 2015 MLB predicitons, Adrian Beltre, Ben Zobrist, Chicago Cubs, Cole Hamels, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Harvey, New York Mets, Prince Fielder, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Yeonis Cespedes
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Last Saturday, This Saturday, and Another Stupid Sign
A terrific storm came through our area last Saturday night, but not before the relatives of some of our Washington County major league ballplayers were introduced before the game. (See the previous post!) I had the pleasure of reconnecting with … Continue reading
Old Math, Big Numbers, and a Little Baseball
I have a little baseball news for my baseball fans and a couple of observations for everyone. Tackling the title subjects in reverse order, I had the pleasure of meeting Dane Anthony at the Hagerstown Suns home opener on April … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball in General, Life is Interesting
Tagged Carey Lowell, Dane Anthony, new math old math, Richard Gere
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2015 MLB Predictions
We’ve endured our second consecutive cold, gray winter here in the Mid-Atlantic area, but we are only five days away from the best day of the year: Opening Day! I’ll be giving my predictions for the 2015 baseball season on … Continue reading
Fun & Sun in Florida
We experienced great weather on our recent trip to Florida: record warmth and widely scattered barbecue. Our day at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland was fun-filled despite the fact that the Orioles lost to the Tigers 15-2. From there, we … Continue reading
Tidbits
After titling this entry, I got to wondering about the origin of the word, tidbit. It’s not that old, relatively speaking, dating to circa 1635 and being a combination of tide, as in “feast day” (think “Yuletide”) and bit as … Continue reading
The Earliest Predictions You’ll See Anywhere!
With the Giants defeating the Royals in the 2014 World Series thanks to the historic efforts of Madison Bumgarner, all teams will now turn their attention to 2015 and so will I by offering the earliest predictions for the upcoming … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball in General
Tagged 2015 baseball season, 2015 MLB predictions, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Oakland A's, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals
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Orioles Lose; Royals Disappoint
Wow! The Kansas City Royals are on one of the greatest post-season runs ever, and maybe the greatest ever. Playing flawless baseball, they swept the Orioles in four straight. Let there be no mistake: It’s not that the Orioles kicked … Continue reading
Bird Lovers World Series
My Divisional Series predictions did about as well as Detroit’s bullpen or Washington’s offense, but since the one I did get right was the Orioles, I’m happy. At this point, I’m predicting a bird lover’s World Series and here’s why: … Continue reading
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