Category: Stories 131-140

The Clarke Baseball Museum and Garage

(#140) You work half your life coaching baseball and as you get older all the trophies and collectibles eventually end up in boxes in the attic or in a closet or on a garbage truck. So I decided to find a special place for all the mementos representing 41 championships, 26 at Magnolia Academy, 14 … Continue reading The Clarke Baseball Museum and Garage →

Well, Almost!

(#139) I found my name in the book Moneyball in Chapter 10, Anatomy of an Undervalued Pitcher, featuring the great Chad Bradford. I never knew it was in there. "He went over and talked to the coach at Hinds Community College, a few miles down the road. The 'coach there' (that's me!) said he thought … Continue reading Well, Almost! →

Commendation (1979)

(#138) WHEREAS, RICHARD A. CLARKE was employed as the Coach of the Magnolia Academy Baseball Team in 1977; and WHEREAS, the baseball team was in a fledgling state; and WHEREAS, RICHARD A. CLARKE, through his dedication to a standard of excellence and ability, instilled in the baseball players the skills of playing baseball and good … Continue reading Commendation (1979) →

Resolution (1989)

(#137) WHEREAS, the Hinds Community College Baseball Team won the South Division and the Mississippi State Championship; WHEREAS, this team went on to win the Region XXIII National Junior College Athletic Championship and became the first Mississippi team to win the Eastern District Championship; WHEREAS, said team was the first Mississippi team to participate in … Continue reading Resolution (1989) →

Ohtani’s Awesome Week

(#136) (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) The Angel's Shohei Ohtani went 3-4 with 2 home runs and a career high 8 RBIs on Tuesday night against the Kansas City Royals and then pitched a 2 hitter over eight innings with 13 strikeouts, and retired 23 out of the last 24 … Continue reading Ohtani’s Awesome Week →

Who Invented T-Ball? Why?

(#134) The name for t-ball has been officially changed to "Unorganized Chaos." Who did it and why? Should criminal and civil child abuse charges be filed? Perhaps a class action lawsuit. 🙂 One theory claims that in Starkville Mississippi, two Rotarians, Dr. Clyde Muse and W.W. Littlejohn, added the game of t‒ball to the summer … Continue reading Who Invented T-Ball? Why? →

The CWS… I Mean the MCWS.

(#133) Would love to see Ole Miss win tonight so Delucia could go in Game 1 of the championship series. A good start by by Gaddis, perhaps 5+, could help make this a bullpen game for Ole Miss with some rested, unhittable and hot relief pitchers to finish it out. Plus A&M pushes Oklahoma to … Continue reading The CWS… I Mean the MCWS. →

Congrats to Hinds Baseball

(#132) Josh against ECCC, 2010 State Championship game Congratulations to the Hinds Community College baseball team for a great 2022 season. On Wednesday, May 18th, the Eagles fell short in a heroic 21 inning effort with the first game that started at noon and the last game which ended at 12:30 am. The Eagles eliminated … Continue reading Congrats to Hinds Baseball →

Savvy Baseball Observations, Volume 14

(#131) Six team tournaments are tough unless you win every game. It even takes four wins if you go undefeated. And then there are variations of the bracket such as if 5 teams are remaining after game x, or 4 teams remaining after game x, etc. The participant teams have to run on all cylinders, … Continue reading Savvy Baseball Observations, Volume 14 →