Post by Talon Karrde on Mar 30, 2017 19:29:49 GMT -5
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It Must Be Spring - In honor of the season, a flashback to a poem celebrating spring.
Excerpt: "When the trees are budding and my nose is running, it must be spring.
When the change of season gets me wheezing, it must be spring..."
Happiness Is Baseball Opening Day! - An opening day tradition - Melissa Minners reflects on what baseball's opening day means to her.
Excerpt: "Football fans will scoff at me. Hockey fans will snort. Basketball and soccer fans will walk away in disgust. I don’t care. Opening day of the baseball season equals happiness and I don’t care who doesn’t share my opinion. Each year, I mourn the last day of the baseball post-season. Every year, I wait patiently for months until the day that pitchers and catchers head off to spring training. I check out the scores of the spring training games, yearning for the first day of the official season. I mark the date down on my calendar and count down until the fateful day when the new season will begin..."
A Mile In His Shoes - Melissa Minners reviews a Thomas Kinkaide movie based on a novel about an autistic young man who signs on as a minor league pitcher.
Excerpt: "Baseball opening day is upon us and I was searching for a baseball movie to review. I was recommended A Mile in His Shoes. Having never really heard of it before, I looked up the synopsis of the film and was intrigued at the idea of signing a pitcher with Asperger's Syndrome and decided to check it out...."
One Nation Under Baseball - Melissa Minners reviews a book about the 1960s impact on the major league sport.
Excerpt: "When baseball opening day is eminent, I usually find myself reading a book about baseball to pave the way. Nothing has changed and here I am posting a review about my latest read – One Nation Under Baseball: How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime..."
Knuckleball! - Melissa Minners reviews a documentary about one of the most difficult and unpredictable pitches in baseball and the pitchers who have mastered it.
Excerpt: "When R.A. Dickey first came to the New York Mets as a starting pitcher and I got a look at that crazy pitch called the knuckleball, I thought, “Whoa! How do you hit a ball like that?!” Dickey became the guy I would root for on the Mets and would go on to have a Cy Young Award winning season in 2012. But just before that season would begin, a documentary was made about the pitchers who throw this elusive pitch, aptly titled Knuckleball!..."
The Games of Our Youth: Baseball - We turn back the clock to look at the video games that used to fill the time until baseball opening day would arrive.
Excerpt: "Baseball season has begun! Hooray! I simply love baseball and every winter, I wait impatiently for that moment when the weather clears and the crack of the bat signifies the start of the wonderful season of baseball. When we were kids, as long as the weather was good, we would find a way to play baseball. If you didn’t have a bat, you used your hands to power the ball over people’s heads. No bases? No worries – street landmarks stood for bases. You just had to make sure you touched each one on your way to home plate. But when the weather was bad, what was there to do? Play baseball at home, of course!..."
Top Ten Page:
Don't forget to check out the Top Ten Page which offers not one, but two lists - the top ten requested articles and the top ten staff picks! The Top Ten Articles of March 2016 are now posted for your viewing pleasure.
Writers Wanted:
Are you an aspiring author looking to get your work out there for the world to see? Have you recently published a novel and are looking for some publicity? Have a band with a demo tape / CD and a desire to spread the word? Are ou involved with the entertainment industry and looking to spread the word about your client or project? If so, send your submissions to submissions@g-pop.net. We're always looking for new talent.
Shop 'Til You Drop!:
The shop page has loads of stores for very readers' entertainment needs. Whether it's games, electronics, toys, clothes, flowers, candles, books, videos, anime, music...whatever you can think of, you can find it at Shop Page! The store is always growing as we continue to add new stores for your shopping pleasure. We have a fantastic selection of stores for all of your shopping needs! Stop in and shop til you drop.
It Must Be Spring - In honor of the season, a flashback to a poem celebrating spring.
Excerpt: "When the trees are budding and my nose is running, it must be spring.
When the change of season gets me wheezing, it must be spring..."
Happiness Is Baseball Opening Day! - An opening day tradition - Melissa Minners reflects on what baseball's opening day means to her.
Excerpt: "Football fans will scoff at me. Hockey fans will snort. Basketball and soccer fans will walk away in disgust. I don’t care. Opening day of the baseball season equals happiness and I don’t care who doesn’t share my opinion. Each year, I mourn the last day of the baseball post-season. Every year, I wait patiently for months until the day that pitchers and catchers head off to spring training. I check out the scores of the spring training games, yearning for the first day of the official season. I mark the date down on my calendar and count down until the fateful day when the new season will begin..."
A Mile In His Shoes - Melissa Minners reviews a Thomas Kinkaide movie based on a novel about an autistic young man who signs on as a minor league pitcher.
Excerpt: "Baseball opening day is upon us and I was searching for a baseball movie to review. I was recommended A Mile in His Shoes. Having never really heard of it before, I looked up the synopsis of the film and was intrigued at the idea of signing a pitcher with Asperger's Syndrome and decided to check it out...."
One Nation Under Baseball - Melissa Minners reviews a book about the 1960s impact on the major league sport.
Excerpt: "When baseball opening day is eminent, I usually find myself reading a book about baseball to pave the way. Nothing has changed and here I am posting a review about my latest read – One Nation Under Baseball: How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime..."
Knuckleball! - Melissa Minners reviews a documentary about one of the most difficult and unpredictable pitches in baseball and the pitchers who have mastered it.
Excerpt: "When R.A. Dickey first came to the New York Mets as a starting pitcher and I got a look at that crazy pitch called the knuckleball, I thought, “Whoa! How do you hit a ball like that?!” Dickey became the guy I would root for on the Mets and would go on to have a Cy Young Award winning season in 2012. But just before that season would begin, a documentary was made about the pitchers who throw this elusive pitch, aptly titled Knuckleball!..."
The Games of Our Youth: Baseball - We turn back the clock to look at the video games that used to fill the time until baseball opening day would arrive.
Excerpt: "Baseball season has begun! Hooray! I simply love baseball and every winter, I wait impatiently for that moment when the weather clears and the crack of the bat signifies the start of the wonderful season of baseball. When we were kids, as long as the weather was good, we would find a way to play baseball. If you didn’t have a bat, you used your hands to power the ball over people’s heads. No bases? No worries – street landmarks stood for bases. You just had to make sure you touched each one on your way to home plate. But when the weather was bad, what was there to do? Play baseball at home, of course!..."
Top Ten Page:
Don't forget to check out the Top Ten Page which offers not one, but two lists - the top ten requested articles and the top ten staff picks! The Top Ten Articles of March 2016 are now posted for your viewing pleasure.
Writers Wanted:
Are you an aspiring author looking to get your work out there for the world to see? Have you recently published a novel and are looking for some publicity? Have a band with a demo tape / CD and a desire to spread the word? Are ou involved with the entertainment industry and looking to spread the word about your client or project? If so, send your submissions to submissions@g-pop.net. We're always looking for new talent.
Shop 'Til You Drop!:
The shop page has loads of stores for very readers' entertainment needs. Whether it's games, electronics, toys, clothes, flowers, candles, books, videos, anime, music...whatever you can think of, you can find it at Shop Page! The store is always growing as we continue to add new stores for your shopping pleasure. We have a fantastic selection of stores for all of your shopping needs! Stop in and shop til you drop.