Just Another Gated Community

March 27, 2012 by Ted Leavengood · 2 Comments

We arrived back from Spring Training last night, three games in three delightful mad dash days that left us wishing there was time for one more. When I got home there was a wonderful surprise: a copy of the new biography of Bill Veeck by Paul Dickson. I went to sleep reading it. Yes I […]

Filed under General , Off The Beaten Basepaths · Tagged with Baseball Fans , Batting Practice , Bill Veeck , Early 1970 , Everyman , Exhibition Game , First Spring , Florida Sunsets , Game Time , Gated Community , Mad Dash , Mark McGwire , Montreal Expos , Moon Shots , New Biography , No Doubt , Paul Dickson , Spring Training , Three Games , Throngs

He Uses â€˜The Only Sane Part of My Bodyâ€™ to Throw Batting Practice

July 30, 2010 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment

It often seems that when we dig deeper a story gets more interesting.Â That certainly has been the case this summer in the process of trying to find the best possible information for this Notebook. Â So today we are going to veer largely away from the usual stories of pennant races and exceptional performances to […]

Filed under Atlantic League Notebook , General · Tagged with Batting Practice , Beyer , Cerebral Palsy , Class Aa , Freshman Baseball , Game Time , Harrisburg Senators , Left Arm , Ocean City , Pennant Races , Pitches , Six Inches , Somerset Patriots , Star Game , Student Coach , Target , Teaching Spanish , Volleyball Coach , Washington Nationals , Whippany Park