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Ethan Kassel
Apr 8, 20223 min read
Midwest Spooktacular Day 4: MINNESOTA!
After a too-long hiatus to focus on the high school football and basketball seasons, I'm back to chronicling my travel adventures. So...
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Ethan Kassel
Sep 14, 20213 min read
Midwest Spooktacular Day 3: It's Bobby Witt Jr.!
Going to minor league games can mean seeing a bunch of random guys who might one day make it big or seeing a top prospect. Up until a...
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Ethan Kassel
Aug 6, 20213 min read
Midwest Spooktacular Day 2: The Kansas City Experience
If you're going to Kansas City, regardless of the reason for your visit, you have to get barbecue. There are all sorts of places you can...
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Ethan Kassel
Aug 6, 20214 min read
Midwest Spooktacular Day 1: Guy Fieri Never Misses
Now that I'm back from my shenanigans all across the Midwest, it's time to recap all the fun! I would have liked to get going on this...
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Ethan Kassel
Jul 23, 20211 min read
I Guess I'm a Travel Blogger Now
So I'm back to using this platform again. And it's for an entirely different purpose than before. And despite grammatical conventions,...
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Ethan Kassel
Aug 12, 20205 min read
The Finale of a Broken Season
With the Humongous Melonheads mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, I had one game left in my efforts to break Backyard Baseball...
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Ethan Kassel
Aug 8, 20203 min read
A Tribute to Bert Campaneris
One of the ideas I had been looking to play out for a while on Backyard Baseball 2003 was to play a Bert Campaneris game. Campaneris is...
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Ethan Kassel
Aug 6, 20203 min read
The Best Worst Game
There’s something really endearing about going to a bad baseball game. I’d rather sit through a blowout loss than a tight one. If you’re...
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Ethan Kassel
Aug 4, 20206 min read
Face-to-Face with Greatness
Barry Bonds, Mike Trout, Pablo Sanchez. Anyone who grew up in my generation will know that these are the three best baseball players of...
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Ethan Kassel
Aug 2, 20202 min read
IT HAPPENED.
The purpose of my Backyard Baseball 2003 game between the Humongous Melonheads and the Pittsburgh Pirates was supposed to be to showcase...
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Ethan Kassel
Aug 1, 20202 min read
I Hate Sandy Flats.
I hate Sandy Flats. Think of your least favorite Mario Kart track. Think about how much you hate it. Multiply that by a thousand. Try to...
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Ethan Kassel
Jul 29, 20204 min read
We Broke Backyard Baseball.
Well, in Game 8 of my Melonheads experiment, I broke Backyard Baseball 2003. It wasn’t even on purpose! Facing the undefeated Arizona...
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Ethan Kassel
Jul 11, 20203 min read
More Backyard Sports Shenanigans
Oh look, another Backyard Baseball 2003 post. Facing the winless San Diego Padres in our seventh game, the obstacle was to try to win...
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Ethan Kassel
Jul 9, 20202 min read
The Bartolo Project
Unfortunately, Bartolo Colon has never appeared in any game during the Backyard Baseball series. Disheartened but not deterred, I decided...
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Ethan Kassel
Jul 4, 20203 min read
Playing the Game the Right Way
Baseball is full of time-honored traditions, and one of the most inescapable practices within the sport is for crusty old farts to get...
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Ethan Kassel
Jul 2, 20203 min read
Melonheads Win on the Diamond and Pitch
Our most recent adventures in Backyard Baseball 2003 and Backyard Soccer 2004 were a success! Needing to break a two-game losing streak,...
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Ethan Kassel
Jun 30, 20203 min read
The Melonheads Are a Full-Fledged Sporting Club
On Backyard Baseball 2003, all pitchers have them same four pitches: Heat (fastball), Slowball (self-explanatory), Left Hook and Right...
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Ethan Kassel
Jun 29, 20202 min read
Ashley deGrom and the Eighth Commandment
It turns out the 8th Commandment isn’t great for winning baseball games. Don’t get me wrong, of all the commandments, it’s one of the...
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Ethan Kassel
Jun 26, 20202 min read
#HeadsUp
For those of you that missed the fun, your Melonheads scrapped their way to an Opening Day win! It wasn’t pretty by any means, but with a...
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Ethan Kassel
Jun 19, 20204 min read
Putting My Degree to Use
In light of the recent controversy surrounding Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy and One America News Network, my curiosity...
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