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A Season and Team Remembered: Images of the Kinston Indians Final Season
Saturday marked the final game in the long association of Kinston North Carolina and their advanced Single-A Carolina League team the Kinston Indians. The K-Tribe as they were affectionately known was sold in a deal to replace the AA Southern … Continue reading
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K-Tribe on Verge of Elimination: Lose 3-2 on Wednesday and 7-3 Thursday to Keys
Jesus Aguilar hit his 4th Home Run in 4 consecutive post-season games In the space of 21 hours the Kinston Indians went from being 4 outs away from a two games to none series lead to being on the verge … Continue reading
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Kinston Wins Opener in Frederick: Defeat Keys 3-1
Tyler Holt Kinston pitchers were solid and timely hitting proved decisive as the Kinston Indians defeated the Frederick Key by a score of 3-1 at Harvey Grove Stadium in Frederick Maryland on Tuesday night. The K-Tribe now stand two wins … Continue reading
Celebration in Kinston as K-Tribe Wraps Up Carolina League South Title
The Kinston Indians (Cleveland) are now on the verge of finishing their 25th and final season in the Eastern North Carolina city in a grand fashion by defeating the Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Texas) for the Carolina League Southern Division title. … Continue reading
A Walk off in Kinston amid Irene’s Destruction
I went to Kinston last night to see the Kinston Indians during their final home stand of their 25 years in this historic Eastern North Carolina town. Next year the Indians will move to Zebulon NorthCarolinawhere they will be called … Continue reading
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Remembering the Men of the Negro Leagues: Carl Long Appreciation Day
Carl Long Night: L-R James “Spot”King, Hubert “Big Daddy”Wooten, Dennis “Bose”Biddle and Carl Long at Historical Grainger Stadium Friday I had the privilege of being invited to spend a portion of the day a number of former Negro League players, … Continue reading
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Sometimes between Life and Death a Baseball often Matters as much as a Prayer
I have had a number of patients in my ICUs who have been avid baseball fans. Likewise there are a number of physicians and nurses who are avid fans of the game, or sometimes certain teams. Like me they were … Continue reading
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The Gift My Dad Gave to Me: Baseball and the Mystery of Life
The Big A This post is an updated and edited version of an article that I published here in 2009. It is something that I come back to often because it deals with my dad and the influence that he … Continue reading
