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Warning: Cheering at games can be hazardous to your health!

Posted by bob hammerstrom

Just when you thought it was safe to sit in your folding chair behind the foul ball fence, on gym bleachers or in box seats at a stadium, then it happens - another one of those off-the-field, parent sports injuries.
Here’s a list of injuries and health risks you take when you commit to watching your kids play sports.
*Clapping [...]

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Boston Red Sox uniform designer must be colorblind

Posted by bob hammerstrom

It was Christmas last night at Fenway Park in Boston. Or, was that Earth Day, with a St. Patrick’s Day twist? All Brad Penny needed was a little more red on his uniform, and a silver beird to pass as Santa Claus on the mound!

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Shopping for baseball bats is as confusing as algebra

Posted by bob hammerstrom

If your son comes home from baseball practice and says he wants a “drop three,” don’t panic. He’s not a born loser or a gambler - just a baseball player wanting a new bat.

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What’s the proper way to get hit by a wild baseball pitch?

Posted by bob hammerstrom

The phrase “Take one for the team” is true! Yup, it will hurt. But, every baserunner is a potential run. If the ball is coming at you between your shoulders and knees, stay in the batters’ box, and take it like a man!

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NH Grizzlies to hold baseball camp in Derry

Posted by bob hammerstrom

Are you looking for a winter baseball camp for your child in southern New Hampshire? My son, Brandon attended the camp below, before the start of his last year in Little League. He convinced himself he would work hard and make the NH Grizzlies 13-year-old traveling baseball team. Well, he did, and he’s now on [...]

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Pride need to start “monkeying” around

Posted by bob hammerstrom

I’ve been following the Nashua Pride since 2000 when I started working for The Telegraph. That’s the year Butch came back.  I think I’ve photographed the Pride more than any other team in my 20+ years of shooting. So when I hear the words “Monkey Boy,” they are the first thing that comes to my mind.
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Grizzlies take 8th place in platinum bracket of AAYBA tournament

Posted by bob hammerstrom

Today was the final day of baseball for us in the AAYBA World Series at St. Louis. The NH Grizzlies placed 8th out of more than 30 teams from around the country. They lost both Friday’s game, and today’s. The game today went into three extra innings.
Brandon Hammerstrom of Auburn, pitched the first three innings, [...]

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Grizzlies singing the Blues today

Posted by bob hammerstrom

The NH Grizzlies 14U team from Litchfield dropped their baseball game today 9-1 against the Blues from Kansas City. Tim Sullivan pitched for the Grizzlies, and was relieved by Robbie McCormick.
When we left the field, I heard one of their parents bragging that this was their third year in a row making it to the [...]

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Grizzlies down Redhawks - move up in brackets

Posted by bob hammerstrom

The NH Grizzlies 14U team beat the Redhawks 7-2 in six innings tonight, moving themselves up in the brackets with a 3-1 overall record in the AAYBA World Series baseball tournament in St. Louis.
Under the pitching of Matt Lipkind, and heavy hitting of the Grizzlies, the Redhawks were kept to only a pair of runs. [...]

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Game delays, Anheuser-Busch Brewery tour, and the St. Louis arch

Posted by bob hammerstrom

After a night of thunder and rain storms, the NH Grizzlies’ game against the Redhawks of St. Louis is delayed until 5 p.m. Both are top teams in the tournament, so this should be a very good game. Both teams will have their #34’s back for the game. The Redhawks #34, and our #34 (my [...]

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