The first pitch, the crack of the bat, and the optimism felt by millions of fans from city to city and coast to coast … it must be Opening Day. Opening Day is like no other on the calendar and the feeling felt on the first day of a baseball season is hard to explain [...]
Baseball and the United States Army
March 1, 2013 By 25 Comments
Paul Catanese is a husband, a father, a grandfather and he played baseball in the United States Army. Readers of the site know Paul from his insightful posts but Paul is not only a fan of the game, he is a part of its history that has not received the recognition that it deserves. Here [...]
Happy Two Thousand Thirteen!
January 1, 2013 By 18 Comments
Happy New Year from the CCO! Another year over and a new one just begun … it is 2013! With the calendar turning over once again, it means a new baseball season is just around the corner. Here are a few numbers to put into perspective on just how close it is to the 2013 [...]
It’s Time for the Stretch
October 4, 2012 By 47 Comments
The last day of a baseball season is filled with so many thoughts and mixed emotions. Maybe it is the kid in me, but I am never quite ready for the end of the baseball season. Yes, I will watch the post-season and the World Series but the baseball season has, and always will end, [...]
Greenberg No Longer in the Company of Moonlight
October 3, 2012 By 10 Comments
Thirty years ago, even the most die-hard baseball fan would be hard-pressed to know of Archibald “Moonlight” Graham, an outfielder for the New York Giants in 1905. But the 1982 W.P. Kinsella novel “Shoeless Joe” uncovered his existence to a select group of followers. However, it wouldn’t be until 1989 when Kinsella’s novel would be [...]
Boomers Look to the Future
September 24, 2012 By 2 Comments
Although it was a bright and crisp autumn day, the scene around Boomers’ Stadium in Schaumburg, Illinois was quiet and peaceful. The crowds had all gone, and the only activity was the comings and goings of a few people attending a job fair inside the club offices. As I walked into the stadium, a receptionist [...]
Playoffs Loom in Boomer Country
August 21, 2012 By 5 Comments
I walked back into Boomers Stadium in Schaumburg, IL for the first time in over a month this past Tuesday. Several different commitments had kept me away for that period of time, so I was interested to see how the organization was doing. Things were quite different than that last weekend in May when the [...]
Major Dreams Return to the Northwest Suburbs, Part Two
June 5, 2012 By 3 Comments
As part of our coverage of the newest baseball team in town, the Schaumburg Boomers, the CCO was invited by their Director of Media Relations, Ed McCaskey, to be a part of their home opening series. Beginning play in the independent Frontier League in 2012, the Boomers started the season on the road and came [...]
Major Dreams Return to the Northwest Suburbs, Part One
May 24, 2012 By 3 Comments
In covering the minor leagues, one has to keep their eyes open to get a glimpse at a player who may turn out to be the next superstar. Sometimes it can be obvious, while others surprise. But, for the most part, you keep looking in the usual places. However, there is a whole other baseball [...]
Time for the Stretch
September 29, 2011 By 75 Comments
The last day of the baseball season is always filled with mixed emotions. If the team you follow has had a good year then you do not want it to end but if it’s been a bad season then chances are you are ready for it to be over. Maybe it is the kid in [...]
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