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After a too-long hiatus to focus on the high school football and basketball seasons, I'm back to chronicling my travel adventures. So...

Going to minor league games can mean seeing a bunch of random guys who might one day make it big or seeing a top prospect. Up until a...

If you're going to Kansas City, regardless of the reason for your visit, you have to get barbecue. There are all sorts of places you can...

Now that I'm back from my shenanigans all across the Midwest, it's time to recap all the fun! I would have liked to get going on this...

So I'm back to using this platform again. And it's for an entirely different purpose than before. And despite grammatical conventions,...

With the Humongous Melonheads mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, I had one game left in my efforts to break Backyard Baseball...

One of the ideas I had been looking to play out for a while on Backyard Baseball 2003 was to play a Bert Campaneris game. Campaneris is...

There’s something really endearing about going to a bad baseball game. I’d rather sit through a blowout loss than a tight one. If you’re...

Barry Bonds, Mike Trout, Pablo Sanchez. Anyone who grew up in my generation will know that these are the three best baseball players of...

The purpose of my Backyard Baseball 2003 game between the Humongous Melonheads and the Pittsburgh Pirates was supposed to be to showcase...

I hate Sandy Flats. Think of your least favorite Mario Kart track. Think about how much you hate it. Multiply that by a thousand. Try to...

Well, in Game 8 of my Melonheads experiment, I broke Backyard Baseball 2003. It wasn’t even on purpose! Facing the undefeated Arizona...

Oh look, another Backyard Baseball 2003 post. Facing the winless San Diego Padres in our seventh game, the obstacle was to try to win...

Unfortunately, Bartolo Colon has never appeared in any game during the Backyard Baseball series. Disheartened but not deterred, I decided...

Baseball is full of time-honored traditions, and one of the most inescapable practices within the sport is for crusty old farts to get...

Our most recent adventures in Backyard Baseball 2003 and Backyard Soccer 2004 were a success! Needing to break a two-game losing streak,...

On Backyard Baseball 2003, all pitchers have them same four pitches: Heat (fastball), Slowball (self-explanatory), Left Hook and Right...

It turns out the 8th Commandment isn’t great for winning baseball games. Don’t get me wrong, of all the commandments, it’s one of the...

For those of you that missed the fun, your Melonheads scrapped their way to an Opening Day win! It wasn’t pretty by any means, but with a...

In light of the recent controversy surrounding Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy and One America News Network, my curiosity...