Take Two and Hit to Right

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Missing Baseball

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I am surprised that I have made it this far without missing baseball, but I realize now that probably that was just denial. Things w...
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Friday, October 4, 2019

A Baseball...

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Inspired by my summer working on the Syracuse Mets radio broadcasts, listening to PxP man Mike Tricarico describe the  actions of a baseball...
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Sunday, January 27, 2019

Pitchers and Catchers, 2019

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A friend of mine reminded me that pitchers and catchers report in about three weeks, so… Pitchers and Catchers, 2019  There is somethin...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Sports Moments

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There are moments, and there are moments. During a career in sports, in various forms, I have experienced quite a few things...
Friday, September 14, 2018

Muscle Memory 2018

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When I discuss with my Newhouse students the concept that sports matters, I am always reminded how true that is.    Muscle Memory ...
Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Assignment 1...BDJ 600/300

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“Ain’t much to being a ballplayer...if you’re a ballplayer.”                         …Honus Wagner (Baseball Hall of Fame, 1936) I ga...
Friday, July 21, 2017

Sports Matters

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I have been away from this blog, but thanks to John Nicholson, my friend of quite a few years, I've been able to get my education orient...
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Herm is a retired English Teacher, having taught in the Marcellus Central School District for 32 years. He is a former baseball player and coach at Syracuse University, a former military officer, a retired NCAA baseball umpire, and was recently inducted into the New York State High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame as a baseball and soccer official. He has been named a 2018 Syracuse University Letterwinner of Distinction. He has written extensively on the state of education today, and has been published in educational journals throughout the country. He has been named a New York State Educator of Excellence, and his Celebration of Poetry program was named a New York State English Council Program of Excellence. He has published three books of his poetry and he and his wife, Dolores, recently published The Missing Piece: Educating New Kids for a New World. (http://bookstore.balboapress.com/Products/SKU-000605100/The-Missing-Piece.aspx). He has served on the boards of New York State English Council and the Central New York Teacher Center and is a former editor of The English Record, the professional journal of the New York State English Council.
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