http://www.chiburibird.net/sporkballblog Serving up the dish on baseball, life and the pursuit of happines Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:57:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en August 04, 2009 — Imagine working on your hitting and fielding drills in the same facilities used by professional ballplayers? Well, young baseball hopefuls, now's your chance. Salt Lake Bees infielder/outfielder Adam Pavkovich is offering an advanced baseball clinic next week, at Spring Mobile Ballpark. For those who'd like to learn ... http://www.chiburibird.net/sporkballblog/2009/08/04/salt-lake-bees-baseball-clinic-august-12th/ August 03, 2009 — Looking back to April, our starting rotation appeared to be anchored with veteran free agents such as Brad Knox, Matt Palmer, Mike McDonald, Dan Denham. As a bonus, we had Anthony Ortega for a couple weeks, presumably until he could get into major-league shape. Then Matt Palmer ... http://www.chiburibird.net/sporkballblog/2009/08/03/player-pick-june-trevor-bell/ July 19, 2009 — I met a lovely gentleman, Kent, a couple of weeks ago. (I must admit part of his charm was his declaration that 50 years old is still a very young life.) We struck up a conversation while sort of standing around and it didn't take long ... http://www.chiburibird.net/sporkballblog/2009/07/19/favorite-moments-in-baseball/ July 17, 2009 — A long time ago, (I shudder to think how long) an acquaintance of mine was having a bad week. We weren't particularly close, at one point we'd been peers and competitors. She'd been on the bubble for a couple of seasons, trying to make the U.S. ... http://www.chiburibird.net/sporkballblog/2009/07/17/fear-of-failure/ July 15, 2009 — We've officially entered the PCL All-Star break, a much needed rest for our hard-working team. Sunday's game definitely helped enter the break on a positive note, with the Bees beating division-leading Colorado Sky Sox in a 5-0 shut-out, masterfully pitched by the youngster Trevor Bell. While most ... http://www.chiburibird.net/sporkballblog/2009/07/15/triple-a-all-star-game-evans-wood-hill/ July 02, 2009 — Granted, these are pretty enough. Although, would these be all that interesting if they'd been carved from an unfinished piece of blank stock ? . . .Your friend in baseball. http://www.chiburibird.net/sporkballblog/2009/07/08/wooden-baseball-bat/ July 04, 2009 — I was chatting with a friend of mine about the perceived versus actual lives of professional athletes, and she made a comment that struck me as particularly interesting. A Navy wife of 10 years, the constant packing/moving and frequently absent spouse were things she shared in ... http://www.chiburibird.net/sporkballblog/2009/07/04/usa-cares-military-families-ifungo/ July 01, 2009 — Note: Many thanks to Jason for pointing out the obvious pick for this month's Lady's Choice. Usually, mid-point of the season I'm faced with the decision of choosing one standout athlete over another, or several others. It is most certainly not typical to find myself casting ... http://www.chiburibird.net/sporkballblog/2009/07/01/player-pick-june-adam-pavkovich/ June 30, 2009 — Note to Marketing/Promotions purchaser: "Organize focus group. Key question: 'Would people actually buy this stuff?'". . .Your friend in baseball. http://www.chiburibird.net/sporkballblog/2009/06/30/link-of-the-week-or-whenever-from-the-i-dont-get-it-department/ [Read Part 1] June 28, 2009 — In my previous post I offered a high-altitude survey of the who, what and where of minor league player blogs.  In this post, I'll start drilling down into the individual stats, namely, number of posts per author, word count per post and number of ... http://www.chiburibird.net/sporkballblog/2009/06/28/minor-league-player-journals-blogs-part-2/