by Jack Perconte | Jan 27, 2017 | Diary, Jack's Corner
MLB Spring Training: Where Hope Springs Eternal Ever wonder what the MLB Spring Training is like for the professional baseball player? Well, I can only speak for myself here, a ballplayer who never had it made at the professional level. It’s Holiday Time! Only not all...
by Jack Perconte | Nov 28, 2016 | Diary, Jack's Corner
Minor League Baseball is not Close to Major League Baseball So you want to play major league baseball? That’s a typical goal for many young ballplayers. The one thing that may make one pause about that dream should be minor league baseball as I can say from...
by Jack Perconte | Nov 14, 2016 | Diary, Jack's Corner
The Major League Baseball Life has its Moments The professional baseball life is like every other job. It has its good days and bad ones. Maybe the biggest difference is that one cannot just disappear at work, as one maybe can in the “real world” of...
by Jack Perconte | Nov 14, 2016 | Diary, Jack's Corner
The Major League Baseball Life has its Moments The professional baseball life is like every other job. It has its good days and bad ones. Maybe the biggest difference is that one cannot just disappear at work, as one maybe can in the “real world” of...
by Jack Perconte | Oct 28, 2016 | Diary
2016 World Series Dilemma I’ve been getting asked a lot lately, as most Chicagoans are, I suppose, if I am for the Chicago Cubs to win the 2016 World Series. I answer that I am for the team that begins with a C, I mean the team in the blue jerseys, and the team that...
by Jack Perconte | Oct 21, 2016 | Diary, Jack's Corner
MLB Playoffs and Me The year was 1980. Long before the current system where the wild card teams meet in a one-game winner take all game, I want to tell you about the MLB playoffs and me experience. Pressure? Yes, Fun? Only for the winning team. Also, I had my G.O.A.T....