READER WARNING: If you don’t care about baseball, skip this post, one of my periodic updates on our son’s progress through the Los Angeles Angels organization. I may have imagined such a night, but I couldn’t have scripted it any better than it happened. It’s true that you just can’t make this stuff up. We [...]

I appreciate that I am still in business. I cherish the time I am able to spend with my family and friends. However… baseball is what I wait for all year, and now here it is, my first Spring Training as the parent of a professional baseball player. We’re talking minor leagues, and even though [...]

Ever optimistic, I discovered another silver lining in this lethargic economy: we were able to skedaddle for a few days to watch a some short season baseball. As is widely known, MiLB is a bargain for families. For us as parents of a player, we are fortunate to get complimentary tickets and hotel discounts. So, [...]

Paradoxically speaking: I had finally resigned myself to a long term, perhaps permanent, work slowdown and was halfway into retirement planning when, the next week, my inbox delivered a slew of new projects. I love, love, love my 5-year-old loan-free Tundra, but my personal energy efficiency czar (also known as my husband) is leaning on [...]

Our son covers the hot corner for the UA Wildcats. Imagine my interest in discovering that at Sancet Stadium’s Kindall Field, the rowdy student section is populated by kids wearing “Hot Corner” tee shirts, and some in fake beards. When asked about the beards, we are told simply, “they are Beards for Baird.” These fans [...]

To regular readers, this may seem off topic. But as a baseball fan and mom of a ball player, I must comment on last week’s Major League Baseball Draft. All of my other children have taken fairly conventional routes from high school on into the workforce. College or not, a few false starts, typical stuff. [...]

Reading the print edition of Baseball America yesterday (April 9-22 issue) reminded me of what we’re all here for. Peter Gammon’s column “Hunter is ‘who we all should strive to be’ ” is a must read if you. Since you can’t read it unless you have a subscription, here’s a synopsis. At the end of [...]

The season is about to start! For now, we have spring training, college and high school baseball to satisfy the need to watch the sport. In celebration of opening day being right around the corner, here is my personal list of favorite books on baseball, my favorite sport: 9 Sides of the Diamond, David Falkner [...]

Baseball America has an article in this week’s issue touting a new use for iPods. Players’ at bats are video’d and then the video is transferred to a database. Next, individual players are able to then grab the video of all of their at bats so they can view their visits to the plate.

All over the U.S., it’s starting. The grounds are prepped, the mounds are tamped, bases set, and the clicking sound of thousands of cleat-clad men and boys can be heard as they walk across the pavement and down into the dugout. The pros report next week for Spring Training. Little Leaguers will soon get a [...]