Off the Beaten Basepaths #4: Rebel Park in New Market, VA
July 8, 2012 by Austin Gisriel · Leave a Comment
Few ballparks in America offer an old-fashioned ambiance as does Rebel Park in New Market, Virginia. Coupled with its spectacular view of Massanutten Mountain, Rebel Park might be the most scenic baseball site in the Eastern United States. It is home to the New Market Rebels of the Valley Baseball League, a wooden bat, summer, […]
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 […]
Hall of Fame Killers
May 18, 2010 by Justin Murphy · 1 Comment
Any Seamheads reader should know by now that there’s a lot of good information at baseball-reference.com. In particular, in the Play Index. For instance: in the last decade, Miguel Tejada led the majors with 223 groundball double play, 28 more than runner-up Paul Konerko. That is only one ground ball short of Jim Rice’s 224 […]
