Three hats off to the San Francisco Giants

Madison Bumgarner is bigger than life. The San Francisco Giants are the newest sports dynasty. Major League Baseball had a season to win back fans. Grand statements all, most certainly. As I watched the happy squad from the city by the Bay hop around the field in Kansas City after holding off the brash-to-the-last Royals…

All-American night at the park

The folks who run the Syracuse Chiefs and the city’s department of parks and recreation decided that NBT Bank Stadium was the perfect place for a July Fourth doubleheader. The 7 p.m. Triple-A game between the Chiefs and Pawtucket Red Sox and following fireworks display drew quite a buzz. By 6:30 p.m. all entrances to…

Syracuse Chiefs win on the field, now the fans should follow

The season of baseball promise fulfillment continues on the north side of Syracuse. On Saturday night, my dear wife Karen and I went out to NBT Bank Stadium with a whole bunch of her co-workers at the Syracuse Media Group. The company that publishes The Post-Standard, syracuse.com and the glossy magazine bought section 118, reserved…

Diamonds in my dreams

We stepped off the top step at NBT Bank Stadium Saturday and I looked across the concourse and out over the beautiful green grass. It hit me again. Every time time I go to a baseball game at a professionally kept field or watch a major league game on TV. I have lawn pattern envy.…

We can’t play pickup baseball on the Terps’ field?

Fresh to the University of Maryland campus, the three transfer students ran around the baseball field like the little boys we were just a few short years prior. We tested our throwing arms from shortstop to first base, and stood at home plate and did that little self-toss and crack-the-bat move to try to whack…

Mud Hens make it a little closer …

I thought I might have clinched a tie by now in the magnificent bloggers baseball wager. But the Toledo Mud Hens took the first of four in their home park last night, walloping the Syracuse Chiefs. I need not get into the score. Why not, you ask? Because the blogger on the other side of…

Chiefs put me up 3-1 in blockbuster bloggers baseball wager

I know, I’m wearing my New York Mets hat in a sea of Syracuse Chiefs caps in the picture above, taken by my dear wife Karen when we visited the ballpark merchandise store Friday night. What with the Chiefs defeating the Toledo Mud Hens 1-0 Sunday at NBT Bank Stadium in Syracuse, it must might…

Chalk one up for the Chiefs

Game three in the biggest bloggers baseball wager ever is in the books. The Syracuse Chiefs defeated the Toledo Mud Hens this afternoon at NBT Bank Stadium in Syracuse. The final score was a whole lot to not so much. You can see it in the glorious line score from the Chiefs site above. You…