The Magic of Blogging

It's amazing the things that can happen when you put your thoughts out on the web. Occasionally somebody stumbles across them and you make a connection. Such was the case this week when a fellow named Jim Baumer found a post deep in the archives of the Sea Blog. Last summer (before work and stuff put this thing into hibernation), I attended the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and I wrote a post about it. Jim is writing a book about town team baseball in Maine, and he stumbled across my blog. We've exchanged a couple of e-mails, and he seems like a pretty nice guy, so I thought that I would link to his blog and put in a plug for his book ("When Towns Had Teams"), for which he is currently seeking a publisher. He has interviewed my father-in-law and lots of other guys in researching this book, which sounds like a true labor of love.

While this blog really centers on professional baseball, I love baseball of all stripes and there is always room in the Sea Blog for amateur ball. So this summer, I'm going to try to make a point to catch some local action with a Twilight League game or two, and I encourage you to do so as well.