Playing Softball in Combat Boots

Back in the late 1960’s I spent three years in the US Army. After spending 14-months in South Korea, I was reassigned to Germany which was like going to a party for 16-months compared to Korea. I was stationed at a Nike-Hercules Guided Missile Battery located in the middle of nowhere. We did however have [...]

Time to Pass the Baton

With Little League baseball many decades behind me, I had a son of my own. When my son Andy became Little League age, he wanted to play also. We would play catch to improve his skills so naturally, the next step was to buy him a catchers mitt of his very own. Andy was a [...]

My Catchers Career Ended Early

I got to play catcher for two years in Little League and then it was over. There was another kid on our team who wanted to play catcher, but I was better than he was so I got to be the main catcher. Being a kid, I didn’t know much about politics, but I soon [...]

How to Break In Your Glove

A new glove is a paramount item when purchasing baseball equipment. Choose a baseball glove that you can fit your hand all the way into and won’t slip off. The proper way to break in a glove is up for dispute, but here is one of the most popular methods:
~Purchase baseball glove conditioning oil; this [...]

My First Season as a Catcher

After my first year of Little League was over, I couldn’t wait for the second year to begin. I was chosen to be back on the same team that year. I was on Nashville and playing second base again. In our second game, our catcher was up at bat and for some reason I tried [...]

My First Year in Little League

Way back in the 1950’s I played my first season of Little League baseball. What a thrill for an eight year old boy to play on a “real” team with uniforms and a manager. I don’t remember if he asked us what position we wanted to play, or if he just assigned our spot. At [...]

Kickball and a Big Head

When I was a kid I loved to play baseball and was pretty good at it. Another favorite sport was kickball that we often played at school when I was in fifth grade. I was even better at kickball than I was at baseball, and when teams were being chosen, I was picked either first [...]

My First Steel Baseball Spikes

Way back when I was 13 years old, I bought my first pair of steel baseball spikes. I couldn’t wait to try them on and to wear them on the practice field. Whenever I got a new piece of baseball equipment I was always in a rush to try it out. It didn’t matter if [...]

Breaking in a Baseball Hat

You ask is there really a correct way to break in a baseball hat? Well of course there is! Just ask any kid who has ever gotten a new baseball hat. Unlike breaking in a new baseball glove, you never add any oil. Your hair and greasy forehead have more than enough oil for any [...]

Some Variations of Baseball

It is widely believed that Abner Doubleday first invented baseball in 1839 and of course there have been numerous changes to the game over the years. That will be a fun subject to go into at another time. Just think of all the variations and offshoots that have been started because of baseball.
 
First there was [...]

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