Welcome back. I was supposed to be on a plane today but postponed my flight because I had a cold and didn’t want to fly to the PNW considering certain factors. Besides, American Airlines will call you back in a…
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Conner Greene was sent up to Triple-A Memphis, and won the AAA National Championship with the Redbirds. Now he’s playing in the prestigious Arizona Fall League, still throwing as hard as he can, as he once told me, breathlessly, after…
Mason has transferred to Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri, just 81 miles west on I-44. I imagine he will play more. Maybe the crowds will be the same. Maybe he liked the feel of the place more than Hammons Field…
Downtown Brown, a perennial fan favorite now playing in Chicago. The most polite of all the players I’ve spoken with. by
Ah, Skip – the nicest and most charismatic player I never got to interview! I suppose it was scheduling conflicts, but now he’s done with baseball. Skip also got himself a good girl to spend his days with. Hurrah! by
Dylan, owner of the world’s worst haircut, was drafted as a junior by the San Diego Padres. by
Got to take photos of Adam Wainwright in Springfield during a rehab assignment with the AA Cardinals. I’m still trying to figure out how to write about his presence. Photos, for now. Pictured with, as Wainwright called him, future superstar…
I bring my hat and glove to the ballgame. My brother put a ball in his glove, soaked it in oil and wrapped it with rubber bands. He stuffed it under his mattress. So I do the same. Last week…