Baseball Passion in Small Town America
We sometimes forget in this ESPN Age the great passion that baseball once inspired on the most local of levels. Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley has had a long love for baseball and there are two towns,...
View ArticleWhen John Kruk Was Quiet, Slender, and Attacked by a Grandma
John Kruk was a skinny kid out of Keyser, West Virginia in the summer of 1981, but he had already attracted the attention of several scouts. “A great guy . . . a natural athlete,” remembers Preston...
View ArticleRemembering Nick Adenhart
The following is an excerpt from Safe at Home: A Season in the Valley, which I wrote in 2009 about a college summer league team, the New Market Rebels. Preparations were well under way for the Rebel...
View ArticleOff the Beaten Basepaths #4: Rebel Park in New Market, VA
Few ballparks in America offer an old-fashioned ambiance as does Rebel Park in New Market, Virginia. Coupled with its spectacular view of Massanutten Mountain, Rebel Park might be the most scenic...
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