Articles
This is a collection of articles penned by Bob Schnebly about and inspired by the world of baseball.
Baseball... A Gift We All Can Share
May 2006
Sometimes we don't know when opportunity not taken becomes opportunity lost forever. Read more…
Industrial All Stars Visit Cuba, 1993
October 2003
From stickball games to street parties, the young kids followed the team around like rock stars. Read more…
Snyder is Orioles’ First Pick
June 2005
Brandon Snyder of Westfield HS has been made the Baltimore Orioles first pick in the 2005, MLB Draft. Read more…
Chesapeake Independent Baseball League
October 2004
The Chesapeake Independent Baseball League was formed in 1976, but that's not where this story begins. Read more…
Charlie Brown, Sr.
August 2004
A member of the Washington, D.C. Home Plate Club, Sandlot Hall of Fame and Owner, Operater/P.T. Barnum of the Charles County Raiders for more than a quarter century. Read more…
Fields of Forever—
The Industrial League in D.C.
April 2003
The Industrial Baseball League toils
in relative obscurity even though this sandlot unlimited (semi-pro) baseball
league has been around in the District, Maryland and Virginia in one form
or another since the NABF was established in 1914.
Read more…
Fields of Forever—
The “Chicken League”
May 2002
Baseball today has a time limit... A TIME LIMIT. Who’s kidding who in this regard? As fans, we go to games to relax, soak up some rays, have some UN-timed fun. Not today boy. Read more…
