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It seemed like it would never come. We had planned a great vacation to San Diego for months, and it seemed so far off. After a busy start to the summer (buying a new house, running a mission trip, working, taking classes [Kim, not me]), it was finally the beginning of August. You really can’t [...]

I’ve got plenty of new pictures from the summer, so it’s time to start fresh with Picture of the Week. Back in July, my brother and I decided to spend an evening watching baseball. With the departed Braves long gone from Richmond, we hit I-95 south to Petersburg. The Coastal Plain League features college players [...]

I can’t even imagine being David Price right now. The Tampa Bay rookie played his first Major League game just over a month ago. He is 23-years-old and wasn’t even playing professional baseball 16 months ago. His first Major League win didn’t come until the playoffs. His first Major League save sent his team to [...]

Over a decade ago, Major League Baseball retired Jackie Robinson’s number: no player would wear his number again. This year, on the anniversary of his debut, players around baseball wore #42 as a tribute to Jackie. Adam Jones wore #42 for the Orioles. This kid (yes, kid. he’s 1.5 years younger than me) is on [...]

congrats to Richmonder Justin Verlander for winning the american league Rookie of the Year award! good to have more reasons be proud of Richmond.