I loved playing home run derby as a kid. You needed only two players — the pitcher and the hitter. Anything not hit over the fence was an out, and we struck out a lot because every swing was for the fence. You needed only a Wiffle Ball with the cut-out holes...
Once upon a time, I shared the same feeling many of you who come to this website have about baseball. Playing it, talking about it or watching it were all important parts of life in the summer for me while growing up. Back then, breakfast was cold cereal and intense examinations of...
“I’ll have what Mr. Feller’s having.” When my dad and I heard those words just a few feet away from us, we knew it was going to be a special night. **** I was 10 years old in 1996, and my enthusiasm for baseball was just starting to heighten. The previous September,...
The July 4th cookout menu had a healthy portion of baseball talk but not much on the Orioles. Hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken kebabs, baked beans and corn on the cob seemed to add flavor to the baseball-related stories. Discussion of the current team was considered light fare. One story involved Grandmom, as...
I was driving home from Ocean City on this day last year when I received a text from my friend, Steve Marcus. He wanted to know if I was aware of the horrible news coming out of Annapolis. A mass shooting had taken place at one of our workplaces, had taken the...
It was a beautiful Monday evening when my wife, Barb, Katie and I arrived at the Downtown Sailing Center. Katie is a young woman with whom Barb works, and the center provides a sailing experience for those with disabilities. As we started to head toward the dock, one of the leaders told...
My daughter, Kristin, her husband, Justin, and their son, Noah, will be moving soon to a new house. On Friday, we were packing boxes in the old house, or the one they will be leaving. The one already packed with memories. Kristin handed me one as we were working. It was a...
Editor’s note: Orioles beat writer Rich Dubroff conducted a question-and-answer session with Norfolk Tides beat writer David Hall. Because of the depth of Hall’s answers and the added importance of the minor leagues in the Orioles’ rebuild, we decided to present the Q&A in two parts. Today, in Part 2, Hall talks...
Editor’s note: Orioles beat writer Rich Dubroff conducted a question-and-answer session with Norfolk Tides beat writer David Hall. Because of the depth of Hall’s answers and the added importance of the minor leagues in the Orioles’ rebuild, we decided to present the Q&A in two parts. Today, in Part 1, Hall talks...
ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” was a Saturday staple in our house when I was growing up — the opening intro still vivid in my memory. The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. The human drama of athletic competition. There were signs of it on Monday night, and you didn’t...