Panther nine welcomes new field

It’s not unusual to see the Middlebury College baseball team enjoy a successful homestand such as the one that concluded on Tuesday with two wins in three outings.

Karl Lindholm: Sports Illustrated emphasized the ‘writing’ in ‘sports writing’

The school was abuzz when I arrived. Students crowded around me, their enthusiasm barely contained. I was their English teacher and coach — and on this day in February 1975 their hero and exemplar. 

Karl Lindholm: Coach’s course puts sports and its lessons in context

Mike Leonard and Scott Langerman are friends — friends and colleagues. Together, they offered a Winter Term course at Middlebury College this January, “Sports and Society: How Sports Transcend Their Sidelines.” 

Karl Lindholm: Brooks was great, but where’s Ray?

Cornwall’s Roth “T” Tall, consummate Baltimore Oriole fan, opened the Rotary Club meeting at Rosie’s Restaurant with a eulogy for Brooks Robinson.

Film celebrates the journey of Negro League baseball

Next week, Thursday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m., the 2023-2024 MNFF Selects Monthly Movie Screening Series continues with a presentation of “The League,” at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.

Karl Lindholm: Checking in with the peripatetic Bill Lee

I gave Bill Lee a call last week, hoping he was at his home in Craftsbury and we might arrange a visit. I was concerned for his health.

Karl Lindholm: The Rotarians, COVID and a Colossus

Karl muses on the Impossible Dream Red Sox of 1967, the amazing Shohei Ohtani and Major League Baseball this year.

Karl Lindholm: Nuf Ced, Tessie, Honey Fitz and the Royal Rooters

The timing was right, and ripe, for those first-generation Irish boys to be swept up by the baseball fever that had overtaken America after the Civil War — and indeed the Irish dominated the early game.

Legion nine finishes strong for playoff berth

The Addison County American Legion baseball team finished the regular season with a flourish to earn a berth in this past weekend’s state tournament at Castleton University.

Legion nine wins just one, but it was key

The Addison County American Legion team came up short against two top Northern Division teams in four games in the past week, but came through in a must-win showdown on Monday against Franklin County. 

Karl Lindholm: Another woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame?

A long time ago, Dec. 9, 1999 to be exact, in my first year offering these pearls of wisdom in the Independent, I started a column with “Fenway Park: What a dump!” and went to offer additional observations in that vein.

Babe Ruth team wins Vermont title

A Babe Ruth baseball team with seven Addison County players, as well as several from Chittenden County, won a state championship this past weekend in games held at Missisquoi Union High School. 

Legion baseball still in running for postseason

The Addison County American Legion baseball team dropped three out of four games in the past week, but the team at 3-6 overall remains on the hunt for the final Northern Division playoff spot. 

Karl Lindholm: The third front of baseball’s integration: Trois Rivières, 1946

Road trip to Trois Rivières, Quebec, for a ballgame. At least that was the plan.

AC nine takes two of three from Montpelier

The Addison County American Legion baseball team won two out of three games late last week, including the squad’s first win of 2023, to improve to 2-4.

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