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, [...]

Just received this picture from my friend Dave, a fellow NH Grizzlies parent. It’s a picture of the Grizzlies surrounding my son, Brandon congratulating him on the three-run homer he hit at a baseball tournament in Connecticut last weekend. He’s the one with the big smile on his face in the middle. His dad (myself [...]

When your son or daughter starts to rip home runs out of the park, you’ll know it’s soon time they will be moving up to the next level of play, outgrowing their current baseball/softball field.
I saw it happen a few weeks ago. Dan Quinn, a seventh-grader, hit a nice homerun for the Auburn Braves junior high team during a [...]

In the blink of an eye, the play is over, and dust fills the air. Did the umpire see it? Will he make the right call? “He’s out,” I said to the parents around me, showing the images on the back of my camera. My son, Brandon clearly put the tag on the runner during a [...]

First of all, I’m not accusing anyone named Paul of having bunions on his feet. That’s the inflamed swelling of the sac on the joint of the big toe, according to Webster’s Dictionary. I mean, do your child’s feet look big enough to make a footprint resembling Lake Winnipesaukee?
Mine does!
Paul Bunyan is a legendary character [...]