I began coaching youth baseball back in the mid-1990's. Over the years I have had more fun being a part of teams and interacting with parents, coaches, players, and opponents than I could ever recount. Continue Reading...
Goffstown Grizzlies Baseball 2018: Season End
The media covered it all. Social media has shared it, posted it, messaged about it, commented on it, and talked up one side and down the other about the game. The community showed up. Little leaguers dreamt. Players past and future all ached for a big hit. Students were noticeably immense. Parents glowed, they wished the pain to carry, then they returned from the glorious trip's end. Coaches Continue Reading...
Goffstown Grizzlies Baseball 2018 Final Round
Goffstown got great pitching, some big hits, and was patient at the plate in earning a 5-1 win over the Kennett Eagles. With the win, the Grizzlies advanced to the Division II State Championship game where they will meet the defending State Champs from Portsmouth on Monday evening at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester at 7:00 pm. Continue Reading...
Goffstown Grizzlies Baseball 2018 Semi-Final Round
#2 Goffstown was able to beat #15 Pembroke in the Preliminary round and advanced to play #7 Windham on Saturday. Goffstown got some timely hitting and great pitching en route to beating the Windham Jaguars for the third time this season. The Grizzlies now advance to the State Semi-Finals at SNHU on Thursday to play the #6 Kennett Eagles at the SNHU Baseball Field at 4 pm in the day's first Continue Reading...
Goffstown Grizzlies Baseball 2018 Quarter-Final Round
#2 Goffstown was able to beat #15 Pembroke in the Prelims round and advanced to play #7 Windham on Saturday. The Grizzlies host Windham at St. Anselm College at 1 pm on Saturday, June 2nd. Continue Reading...
To the Help
This one goes out to the help. The volunteers. The community. The common thread found among a group. Maybe it's a passion that you didn't realize you had, but you couldn't stay away knowing that things needed to be done right. I know I have said this, maybe too many times, over the last 15 years, but I believe it, it's all about the kids. So, when we get put to the test to host a baseball Continue Reading...
We Weren't Done Yet!
Isn't there another chance to learn that play? A chance to show the new skill being mastered? When can we cover this again? Why does it always have to end? Those who are closest to me in the baseball circles that I tread upon, they know how the last day of the season means to me. How much it affects me. And they probably know how much I have written on the subject over the years. But this year Continue Reading...
Allard Park 2016
Sometimes I sit and I wonder, what would fill the hole in my heart, were it not for this little gem, Allard Park. Continue Reading...
It's Alright to be Impacted by the Game
Sometimes I stay up quite late just so I can let my mind run away from the real, and approach subjects that I would much rather touch, or certainly feel. Then there are times when I lengthen the day just to wrestle free from the noise, you know, to get out from under the distractions, and that which just annoys. So, what. So I can prove that, maybe, something good happens after midnight, and I Continue Reading...
Engage
...Be engaged. Recognize the moments. Fully savor them and let them wash over you. For if you ask me, it's better to have engaged fully with all of the senses even for a second than to wish I had been paying closer attention, after the fact... Continue Reading...