Touring with Taylor: Beginning of a new “season”
Greetings from Grand Rapids, MI … Spring training 2012 has wrapped up, and minor leaguers have shipped out to their affiliated cities to begin play on the fifth of this month. Unfortunately, when camp broke this year, I found myself on the outside looking in, and on a plane flight headed back home. The term used in baseball is released, More...
Touring with Taylor: 2012 … what is to be?
Arizona Diamondbacks minor-leauge pitcher Dan Taylor. Greetings from Scottsdale, Ariz.! Day one of spring training 2012 for myself and the rest of the Arizona Diamondbacks minor-league pitchers and catchers is now More...
Touring with Taylor: February? Time for spring training!
Our man Dan is head over heels in love with fiancé Nicole Steiner. (Claire McGinn Photography) Greetings from Grand Rapids, MI! The countdown has begun until players start officially reporting for spring training More...
Touring with Taylor: ‘Tis (almost) the season
Dan Taylor Happy Holidays to everyone, as I hope you have all enjoyed the full gamut of the season and all it entails. Although the formal holidays are behind us now, it is coming upon a very important time of year More...
Touring with Taylor: From Redbirds to Halos, Albert will still be Albert
Dan Taylor Ten years and $250 million, huh? The latest deal struck by the Angels and Albert Pujols is simply mind blowing. I still remember the day that A-Rod struck his deal with the Yankees, which made him the More...
Touring with Taylor: ‘Tis the season … for scary and unsure thoughts
A lot of questions bounce through head of a minor leaguer during the offseason. Greetings from Grand Rapids … Happy belated Thanksgiving to all, and I hope this most recent post finds you doing well and thoroughly More...
Touring with Taylor: Who’s your favorite coach?
Dan Taylor's summer job. Greetings from Grand Rapids, MI… We all find ourselves trying to reel in the honest truth, and, for me right now, it’s simple: We are without baseball until next spring training. More...
Touring with Taylor: Oh, the things you’ll do (to feed your competitive nature)!
Dan Taylor at the Grand Rapids Urban Adventure Race. Greetings from Grand Rapids, MI … I apologize for my brief siesta from blogging and keeping you updated on a minor leaguer’s offseason. Without a More...
Touring with Taylor: Minor leaugers play vicariously in October
Greetings from Grand Rapids, MI … The last sounds of a bat crack and glove clapping has come and gone for the 2011 minor-league season. As all of the leagues came to an end last month, it leaves all of us More...
Touring with Taylor: The battle within begins
Dan Taylor Greetings from Grand Rapids, MI … I will be calling Grand Rapids my home for the next six months or so, and with that, I will be enjoying its full array of attractions and activities. This is the More...
