Mark Twain and Bill Lee want their stuff back!

Mark Twain in fact was an avid baseball fan.

My favorite Red Sox player is Lucas Giolito . . .

Giolito is a solid major league pitcher with a career won/loss record of 73-66 – and I knew his grandmother.

True believers and kindred spirits meet in Louisville

August 1972: My last (of six) Army Reserve “summer camps,” this one at Fort Knox, Kentucky, working in the hospital there.  After my two weeks of duty, I was headed back to Cleveland in my VW Beetle (bought new for $1,995) where I was teaching high school … (read more)

AC Legion baseball falls to St. J in playoffs

The Addison County American Legion baseball team’s postseason run came to a tough end on Saturday.

AC Little Leaguers face tough competition in big tourney

The Addison County All Stars baseball team made history this week by playing in the Eastern Regional Tournament, which pitted the local 9-to-11-year-olds (the Vermont state champs) against all stars from several East Coast states.

County All Stars take state Little League title, head to regional tourney

The Addison County All Stars baseball team battled their way through the losing bracket to take the District 1 Title earlier this month.

Legion baseball closes regular season with four wins

The Addison County American Legion baseball team finished the regular season with a 14-4 record after winning its final four games in the final week heading into the playoffs.

Legion baseball wraps up regular season; playoffs start Wednesday

The Addison County American Legion baseball team finished the regular season with a 14-4 record after winning its final four games; AC is seeded 3rd in the Northern Division.

Legion baseball team surges winning three out of five games

The Addison County American Legion baseball team took three of five games played between July 2 and Tuesday.

County Legion baseball splits four

The Addison County American Legion baseball team split four recent games and stood in third place in Vermont’s Northern Division with a 4-2 record. That was heading into a Wednesday home game with second-place St. Johnsbury.

Sixteen tapped for baseball accolades

Sixteen members of the Mount Abraham, Vergennes, Middlebury and Otter Valley high school baseball teams received postseason recognition from the coaches of either the Lake Division or the Southern Valley League’s B Division.

Legion nine starts with three victories

The Addison County American Legion baseball team started its season with three home wins, one of them a non-league game, all on the team’s home turf — Middlebury College’s South Street Field. 

College to host Twin State Baseball Classic

This year’s edition of the Twin-State Baseball Classic, a doubleheader pitting top graduated high school players from Vermont and New Hampshire against one another, will be held this Saturday, June 28, at Middlebury College’s South Street baseball field.

Karl Lindholm: Bill Lee saves me from Pete Rose

Writing about Pete Rose filled me with despair. Pete died last September at age 83. I was hoping interest in him might fade with the man. Alas, he’s back.

Legion baseball team ready to take the field

Head Coach Tim Paquette has selected the 2025 Addison County American Legion baseball team, and the squad is ready to begin action this week with a home game on Thursday vs. Champlain Valley.

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