Tag Archives: baseball

Clever Sleight of Hand

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Jeff Salter

Author Uses One Illusion to Distract Me From Questioning the Larger Illusion My Review of W.P. Kinsella’s “Shoeless Joe”By Jeff Salter I should begin this review by stating that (as a kid, and even older) I enjoyed playing SOFTball — … Continue reading →

Posted in Jeff Salter, authors, Fantasy vs Reality, book review, sports, Characters based on real people | Tagged baseball, genres, J.D. Salinger, Shoeless Joe Jackson, W.P. Kinsella | 6 Comments

Guest Author: Behind the Dugout with Jean Joachim

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Patricia Kiyono

During the summer months, hubby and I watch a lot of baseball. I grew up watching the Detroit Tigers, but hubby, even though his family was only twenty miles from mine, was raised as a White Sox fan. So any … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest author, Guest author post, romance, sports | Tagged baseball, football, inspiration, Jean Joachim, research, sports romance | 16 Comments

Games Kids Played

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Jeff Salter

Games / Activities from my Childhood By Jeff Salter I interpreted this topic to be about the games we played as kids, whether we enjoyed them back then, and if we’d still want to play them. Conversely, were there any … Continue reading →

Posted in childhood, Family, Friendship, Jeff Salter, Life, Miscellaneous, Random thoughts, writing, youth | Tagged baseball, basketball, Capture The Flag, cards, Concentration, Dodge Ball, Dominoes, football, Jeopardy, Password, Scrabble, soccer, Stratego and Risk and Clue, volleyball | 24 Comments

Lazy Days of Summer?

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Tonette Joyce

What happened to Summer Vacation for schoolkids? When I was in elementary school, (1st-6th grades), we felt free when school was out. And we were out until the first business day after Labor Day, (which, before the Monday Holiday Bill, … Continue reading →

Posted in childhood, Tonette Joyce, youth | Tagged amazon, badminton, ball camps, baseball, bookmobile, buried treasure, camps, child care, childhood, children, children's games, croquet, day care, Digging a hole to China, exploring, familt visits, friends, imagination, Labor Day, made-up games, make-believe, Monday Holiday Bill, Playing House, School vacation, Sherwood Forest, Summer Break, Summer Vacation, touch football, volley ball | 8 Comments

K is for Strike-Out

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Jeff Salter

… A-Z Blogging in April By Jeff Salter As sometimes happens these days, when I saw my next letter was ‘K’ … I drew a blank. In fact you might say that I struck out. LOL. … Continue reading →