In fall 2006, after tabulating more than 1,500 camper evaluations, we discovered that Flagpole, a long-standing camp tradition, was described by the majority of campers as boring, hot, pointless and disruptive to the camp day. Wow! We had been using it since 1901.
Flagpole was really simple–three times a day, everyone would meet in the sports [...]

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From Deadspin -
The Kalamazoo Wiffle League is the No. 1 competitive wiffle league in the nation, one of its players tells me. This becomes apparent when you see Steve Everett’s leaping catch below, and even more so when you see the lengths the wifflers went to verify the call. At stake were the tying runs [...]

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From Junk Ball -
It’s a brand new ball game. Backyard baseball will never be the same. The Junk Ball Revolution Bat uses advanced decoration technology that allolos that bat to look like a real aluminum bat while still being made of actual plastic. The classic bat has a decoration look that is unmatched. This bat [...]

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Little Ebbets Field

Tom Hannon is a big fan of baseball who decided to make a little field.  Hannon built a quarter-size replica of Ebbets Field, the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, in his Massachusetts front yard. Producer Phoebe Judge visits him.

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This Article Appeared in Boston Globe
March 22, 2012|Julia Quinn-Szcesuil, Globe Correspondent
Yes, Tom Hannon’s favorite movie is “Field of Dreams.’’ In the 1989 movie, Kevin Costner plays a baseball fan perplexed by the voices of baseball legends whispering, “If you build it, he will come.’’ When he plows his cornfield under to construct a baseball field, his [...]

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