Noel P. Roby

2 weeks ago | baseballstoryteller.com | Noel P. Roby

After an emotional Boston Red Sox Opening Day ceremony and game, I had just enough time on Friday to recover for a night game at Harbor Park. Before I get to the Harbor Park experience, I have to say that Boston sports organizations have Opening Day/Game down to a SCIENCE! They bring back Boston sports legends, they have emotional tributes, they tug at your baseball heart strings, and allow all the memories to just flow through you like a delicious gulp of your finest Irish whiskey.

2 weeks ago | baseballstoryteller.com | Noel P. Roby

This past Sunday morning, the last Sunday in March, back from Houston, waking up in Virginia Beach, a Norfolk State baseball calendar notification popped up on my phone. Similar to my days covering baseball in Rhode Island, I have the baseball schedules for all of the major college, amateur, and minor league baseball teams here in Hampton Roads (and a few passed the bridges and tunnels) in my Google calendar to remind me of potential baseball experiences.

3 weeks ago | baseballstoryteller.com | Noel P. Roby

Have you ever heard of the phrase “they don’t play the game on paper?” When it comes to baseball, a lineup on paper may look imposing to a rookie starter, but they don’t play the game on paper. A rookie starter could throw a gem, even a no-hitter against a formidable lineup. A heavy favorite in the playoffs, with depth at seemingly every position, in the bullpen, on the mound could get swept by an opponent with far less firepower but much more momentum.

3 weeks ago | baseballstoryteller.com | Noel P. Roby

Sunday afternoon, I was sitting at Marty Miller Field watching the Norfolk State Baseball Spartans take on the Le Moyne College Dolphins. I was seated about halfway up the bleachers behind home plate. Spread out throughout the stands, there were a number of player’s parents, some NSU faculty and students, and some younger fans watching the game and enjoying the beautiful Sunday sun.

3 weeks ago | baseballstoryteller.com | Noel P. Roby

Last week, on my business trip for ABF Freight to Houston, I had some time Wednesday morning to check out a new baseball stadium. Actually, let me rephrase that – it is a new name for a Houston professional baseball stadium once called Minute Maid Park. Daikin Park is the newly named stadium that will be the Houston Astros home field in downtown Houston. Same location, same field, different name. Here is what else I found out when I visited the site located on Crawford Street, Houston.