Touring the Bases with Italian Baseball Coach Andrea D’Auria
October 30, 2011 by Jack Perconte · 1 Comment
If you ever wondered about baseball in Italy, and if it is even played there, you will love this interview. Andrea sounds like a great guy and I am sure he is and displays the passion for baseball that is like the great coaches here in America. This year was especially rewarding and momentous for Italian baseball, as […]
When John Kruk Was Quiet, Slender, and Attacked by a Grandma
July 21, 2011 by Austin Gisriel · Leave a Comment
John Kruk was a skinny kid out of Keyser, West Virginia in the summer of 1981, but he had already attracted the attention of several scouts. “A great guy . . . a natural athlete,” remembers Preston Douglas, the head coach that season of the New Market Rebels, the collegiate summer team with whom Kruk […]
Donnie Baseball Hits Another Home Run
Toms River, NJ, Apr. 23, 2011—Bob Salomon, Co-Creator and driving force of “A Glove of Their Own,†an award winning book, is pleased to announce Don Mattingly and Mattingly Charities has joined the “Glove Team.†Mattingly, or Donnie Baseball, as he is so often referred to as is a lifelong baseball figure. After playing 14 […]
