The season has begun and I haven’t updated OA for many months. You see, last night I took photos at the Springfield Cardinals home opener for the Springfield Daily Citizen, an online-only news source where I freelance. I accompanied a…
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To be honest I’d never interviewed a major league player before, at least not while he was up in the big leagues. Cousin Jerry played for the Yanks, of course, but he was a prince of a man, and baseball…
Hello again. Thanks for stopping by. I (Mary) took quite a bit of time off OA due to burnout and other mental health issues. I’ve followed baseball gleefully for 30 years, but when I felt like I had to write…
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…
These uniforms. I just can’t. It’s the belts. The stocking caps on the birds. The candy cane bats. The lights! Here are some non-Carpenter pix from Xmas in July. by
Matt Carpenter visited Springfield to play third base for the Baby Birds and gather his wings to fly back to St. Louis. He went 0-21 in five games. Next – to Memphis (AAA)! A slideshow from July 26 – night…
Just a few kids trying to make it big … by
Just some Baby Birds preparing the fly, fly away to St. Louis: the city with basepaths paved with gold and per diems that can pay for sushi instead of burgers. You can have it all … by
According to the Baby Birds’ Twitter, “a couple of thousand kids” showed at the game today. They were grouped by their elementary schools. Judging by their “pitch” when they yelled they were about 10 or 11 years old. Luckily, the…
I tried to keep up on college ball a bit while living in the Arctic, but I didn’t catch much of it. (You can find northern lights and sled dogs on my Instagram.) But now I am in the land…