In this semi-monthly forum, we will review, report and/or analyze books about baseball. Since I’m hosting the site, temporarily, I’ll be focusing on baseball fiction–only because I find so-called “reality” boring. But if you want to discuss nonfiction books about baseball, just send them to me and I will post them. (I will notify the […]
Yuma Arroyo fans took to the streets late this afternoon when they heard the news that the Arroyos had traded their best pitcher, and long-time fan favorite, Young-Pil Pin to the Niihama-shi Ghosts. Pin has been the ace of the Yuma staff for seven years, compiling 63 wins and 51 losses for a team that […]
The ball snapped into the catcher’s glove. Once, twice, three times. Each time the catcher rolled it to her right side where the ball girl picked it up and tossed it into a bucket of balls. Snap, two, three, four. More balls for the bucket. The man throwing the balls from behind the batting practice […]
“There’s a phone call for you!” a voice from the front of the shop yelled. “Take a number, I’ll call ‘em back.” “I think you need to take this one.” He poked his head out from under the limousine he was working on. “Who is it?” “The Yuma Arroyos.” “The what?” “Your old team, dad. […]
It’s been 20 years since the peaceful little town of Yuma, Arizona was rocked by riots. In September of 2020, the cause was diminishing hope that the Yuma Bulldozers (the team’s name back then) would make the playoffs. The youth of Yuma started fires in recycling bins all over Old Town, vandalized local businesses and, […]
16 April 2040–Rioting has broken out in the small desert town of Yuma, Arizona. The local baseball team, the Arroyos, have won 8 of their first 12 games giving them the lead in the Sovereign League of the Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance. No one knows at this early date the precise cause of the rioting, […]
Tea with the Morning News Roberta sat at her desk, fighting the tears, and losing. The phone was still in her hand and the dial tone hummed across the Front Office. Her assistant Denise and the mail boy Jojo noticed. They gave each other a look—the look that said, What do we do now?—but they […]
Mysterious Email in Yuma Roberta Tipitina looked at the printed copy of the email again. Really? she thought. This is how you want to run this club? This is how you want to work with me? Damnit, Slummings, I deserve better! She wadded the paper as tightly as she could and tossed it across the […]
THE GREAT FLOOD OF 2039, part 2 Waves, even those the size of tsunamis, have a tough time making the trip around Cape Horn and into the southern Pacific Ocean. The force of the wave is greatly diminished by the land mass of South America, the islands around Tierra del Fuego, and the narrow channel […]
THE GREAT FLOOD OF 2039 Just as the 2039 PEBA season was warming its way into summer and speculation about All-Star selections was on the rise, a large—well, gigantic, really, the size of the state of Rhode Island—iceberg broke off a glacier along the coast of Greenland. The tsunami wave it created flooded the eastern […]
