Category Archives: Baseball

2019 Baseball Tour – Lake County vs. Lansing

I’m a little late, but I got here just in time to see the Captains take the lead! 2-0 in the first! A traditional baseball meal, made even better because it’s Buck Monday at Classic Park. Between the 4.4 earthquake and the weather, this is definitely not a typical Ohio June day. Well, that didn’t […]

2019 Baseball Tour – Akron Vs. Reading

It’s a beautiful night for baseball at Canal Park! A couple stadium hot dogs is always a great way to start the game. Reading draws first blood with a sac fly in the top of the fourth. 1-0 Fightin Phils. And the RubberDucks tie it back up in the bottom of the fourth with a […]

Rob Manfred Says Safety Netting Changes Likely Won’t Come in 2019 Season | Bleacher Report | Latest News, Videos and Highlights

Manfred’s point is understandable because finding enough time to reconfigure the netting in the middle of the season wouldn’t be easy. But most fans would agree the league needs to address the issue sooner rather than later. — Read on bleacherreport.com/articles/2839523-rob-manfred-says-safety-netting-changes-likely-wont-come-in-2019-season

2019-05-17 Cleveland vs. Baltimore

I missed my traditional Brew Kettle Kitka last time I was at the ball park. Not this time. These won’t be my only Dollar Dogs of the night. Jafry Ramirez dealing early. Santana making the out. Jose Ramirez steals 2nd, which leads to Cleveland’s first run off a Jake Bauers single. 1-0 after 2. 5 […]

Indians RHP Kluber hit by liner, fractures forearm

Cleveland should just never play Miami in baseball. Ever. Indians right-hander Corey Kluber left his team’s game at Miami in the fifth inning after being hit on the right arm by a line drive off the bat of Brian Anderson. — Read on www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26650828/indians-rhp-kluber-hit-liner-fractures-forearm

Yanks’ Sabathia third lefty in 3,000-strikeout club

CC Sabathia added another milestone to his Hall of Fame résumé on Tuesday, when he recorded his 3,000th career strikeout. He reached the milestone by striking out the side in the bottom of the second inning. — Read on www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26643472/yanks-sabathia-third-lefty-3000-strikeout-club

2019 Baseball Tour

Every summer, my wife, Rachel, takes two trips as opportunities to perform and learn new ways to educate and excite her orchestra students. The first is to Minot, North Dakota, for the Dakota Chamber Music festival, and the second is to Olathe, Kansas, for the Mark Wood Rock Orchestra Camp. While Rachel is gone, I’ve […]