https://stubbycurrence.com/2026/02/07/baseball-as-civic-life/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/redsfest2026_mc.pngredsfest2026_mcThe author at Cincinnati RedsFest 2026.2026-02-08T01:09:02+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2023/03/31/baseball-season-is-back/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/eac57e40-f23e-4cca-8c05-0f07133514df.jpegeac57e40-f23e-4cca-8c05-0f07133514dfhttps://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/aa35686a-00f6-492b-9d70-b814ecfadae2.jpegBall, Bat and BitumenBall, Bat and Bitumen: A History of Coalfield Baseball in the Appalachian South2023-04-01T00:10:39+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2017/05/29/winning-crown-of-west-virginia-champions-lessons-learned-from-coach-john-chmara/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/donnie_the_magnificant.pngdonnie_the_magnificant"BING, BING, BANG! - There goes Donnie the Magnificent of Beaver diving into the end zone to ring the bell for the game's first touchdown, an eight yarder, before an overflow crowd estimated unofficially at about 12,000 at Mitchell Stadium Saturday as a great Bluefield team vanquished a good South Charleston team 20-7 to capture the school's fifth state championship in recent years."https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nov22_1975_stubby_currence.pngnov22_1975_stubby_currenceStubby Currence's Press Box column the day of the 1975 West Virginia AAA Title Game was to be played at Mitchell Stadiumhttps://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/john_chmara.pngjohn_chmaraHead Coach John Chmarahttps://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/beavers_defensiveline_1975.pngbeavers_defensiveline_1975Beavers Defensive Unit ready for South Charleston's High powered Offensive Attackhttps://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/championshipfever-copy.pngchampionshipfever copyChampionship fever… Championship football fever has spread throughout Bluefield as fans will notice on their way to today’s State AAA title game at Mitchell Stadium. At the top is the message flashing at the First National Bank in downtown Bluefield while Appalachian Power (bottom left) its own version as they welcome the Eagles to town and while the Holiday Inn message does the same. Kickoff is set for 1:30. (Photo by Jim Gilreath and Ray Lynch).https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/donnie_jackson.pngdonnie_jacksonDon Jackson, 1975 Bluefield Beavers Halfbackhttps://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1975_bluefieldbeavers_football_state_champs.jpg1975_BluefieldBeavers_Football_State_Champs1975 Bluefield Beaver State Champions. Photo by Melvin Grubbs.2025-09-16T17:36:19+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2017/06/02/if-stubby-had-an-iphone/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sports_social_media.jpgsports_social_media2017-06-02T14:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2017/06/05/extra-innings-coalfield-baseball-documentary/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/slab_fork_indians.jpgslab_fork_indiansSlab Fork Indians, an all-black teamhttps://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mcgraw_brothers.jpgmcgraw_brothersMcGraw Brothershttps://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/baseball_tonight_bowen_field.jpgbaseball_tonight_bowen_fieldBaseball Tonight! Bowen Fieldhttps://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/blue-grays.jpgBlue-GraysBluefield Blue Grays of 1930s https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/stuart_mcgehee.jpgstuart_mcgeheeThe late Stuart Mcgehee of the Eastern Regional Coal Archives2017-05-30T02:24:07+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2017/04/14/1955-golden-age-of-west-virginia-high-school-basketball/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1955_all_state_westvirginia_highschool_basketball_roster1.jpg1955_All_State_WestVirginia_HighSchool_Basketball_RosterThe 19th All-State Team (1955) included First Team: Forwards Leo Byrd of Huntington, Wille Akers of Mullens; Centers Theryl Willis of Big Creek and Nick Humley of Wheeling, and Guards Alex Hawkins of South Charleston, Robert Smith of Stonewall Jackson, Robert Hart of Clarksburg Washington Irving.https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1955_all_state_wv_hs_basketball.png1955_all_state_WV_hs_basketball2020-01-17T19:26:28+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2017/04/03/vic-sorrell-world-series-pitcher-bluefield-blue-grays-player-manager/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/vicsorrell_goudeycard.jpgVicSorrell_GoudeycardVic Sorrell's 1932 Goudey Gum Company Baseball Card.https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pressbox.jpgThey'll Never Play Any Benefits for VicMarch 14, 1935 Press Box column by Stubby Currence. Story references Victor Sorrell, baseball player, pitcher for Detroit Tigers and former player for Bluefield Blue-Grays and Wake Forest University. Click to zoom.2017-04-04T01:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2017/01/08/legacy-of-naming-school-sports-teams/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/richlandsbluetornado.pngrichlandsbluetornadoRichlands Blue Tornadohttps://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/grahamgmen.jpeggrahamgmenGraham G-Men2017-01-09T00:57:16+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2013/08/31/never-yesterdays-news/2017-03-30T13:47:55+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2015/06/21/stubby-in-the-new-york-times/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/newyorktimes.jpgnewyorktimes2015-06-22T01:19:08+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2014/01/06/stubby-is-on-pinterest/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pinterest_stubby_currence.pngpinterest_stubby_currence2014-01-07T03:38:16+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/follow-us/2014-01-07T03:37:49+00:00weekly0.6https://stubbycurrence.com/2013/12/30/christmas-has-come-and-gone/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/post_christmas_column_1973_stubbycurrence_grandsons.jpgChristmas Now and Then ColumnDecember 30, 19732015-01-30T13:10:31+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2013/05/10/kentucky-derby-diamond-jubilee-1949/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/kentuckyderby_1949_commemorativebook.jpgkentuckyderby_1949_commemorativebookThey even personalized it for the ole manhttps://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/kentucky_derby_joke_1936.jpgkentucky_derby_joke_1936https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/kentuckyderby_1949_commemorative_glasses.jpgkentuckyderby_1949_commemorative_glassesYeah, mint julep! 2013-05-11T03:21:10+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2013/03/28/career-advice/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1934_press_box.jpg1934_press_boxhttps://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/press_box_graphic.jpgPress Box Graphic from 1936https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sport_writing.jpgsport_writing2013-03-29T14:43:11+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2013/01/18/dont-mess-with-davis-elkins-fan/2013-03-09T21:48:57+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2012/11/14/stubby-currence-stunt-driver/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nash_special_six_coupe_1929.jpgNash_Special_Six_Coupe_1929By Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC-BY-SA-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commonshttps://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/elkhorn_mountain_crash_1920s.jpgelkhorn_mountain_crash_1920sSports Editor of The Daily Telegraph in car plunging off the road2012-11-14T11:47:49+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2012/10/01/what-happens-when-the-poet-laureate-doesnt-like-you/2012-09-27T20:28:30+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2012/07/10/the-beau-brummel-of-bluefield/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/duke_ridgley_currence.jpgduke_ridgley_currence2012-09-27T20:28:00+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2012/09/21/what-would-stubby-think/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tressel.jpgtresselScandal = Bargain bin2012-09-21T15:31:05+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2012/08/20/bluefield-vs-bramwell/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bluefieldvsbramwell1.jpegbluefieldvsbramwellBluefield vs. Bramwell. Click photo to zoom.2015-01-15T17:04:59+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2012/08/13/football-is-in-the-air-morris-harvey-college/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/stubby_morrisharvey.jpgstubby_morrisharveyA bow tie revealed!https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/stubby_morrisharvey_ink.jpgstubby_morrisharvey_inkAll covered in ink!https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/morrisharveyfootball1922.jpgmorrisharveyfootball1922Helmets! We don't need no stinkin' helmets!2012-08-13T01:00:29+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2012/07/24/whats-in-a-name-the-lloyd-family/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/melissa_working_with_records.jpgmelissa_working_with_recordsI heart my "Working With Records" workbook2025-03-27T18:27:01+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2012/06/11/breaking-th-dads-heart-over-sam-snead/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/stubby_sam_snead_golf1.jpgstubby_sam_snead_golfNothing to Snead at. Golfing with Sam Snead (left) and Stubby (right).2012-07-23T02:22:29+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2012/07/16/bird-dog-for-the-braves/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/boston_braves.jpgStubby Currence and the Boston Braves"There's one!" Spotting future Braves. Stubby the second from the right. Click for larger photo.2013-03-12T17:42:04+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2012/07/02/the-death-of-half-mile-dirt-race-car-driver-smiling-hub-huntesmiling-hub-hunter-a-bluefield-race-car-driver-who-died-in-1924/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/smiling_hub_hunter_cartoon.jpgSmiling_hub_hunter_cartoonA close-up of the cartoon of Hub Hunter. Click on photo to zoom.https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/smiling_hub_hunter_clips.jpgsmiling_hub_hunter_clips'Smiling Hub' Hunter - Half-Mile Dirt Track Champion of the South2018-02-21T04:03:54+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2012/06/18/the-baseball-started-early/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/stubby_circa1913_elkinsschool1.jpgstubby_circa1913_elkinsschool"Stay calm, boys," Stubby whispers. "The faster they take this photo, the faster we get to play ball."2012-06-11T17:25:24+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2012/06/04/colts-baseball/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/stubby_baseball_colts1.jpgstubby_baseball_coltsLookin' cool2022-11-28T20:19:52+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/2012/06/01/family-comes-first/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/stubby_mike_1964_web.jpgStubby_Mike_1964_webThe squint shared between father and son2013-03-12T02:13:35+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.com/contact/2012-05-31T02:33:40+00:00weekly0.6https://stubbycurrence.com/about-stubby/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/stubby_portrait_1960s.jpgStubby_portrait_1960s2012-05-31T02:31:51+00:00weekly0.6https://stubbycurrence.com/about/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/map.jpgMap of Bluefield WVhttps://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mike_currence_1977.jpgmike_currence_1977The Dad in the 1970s.https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/melissa.jpgmelissaMe lookin' sporty. 2012-05-30T14:00:38+00:00weekly0.6https://stubbycurrence.com/2012/06/25/snubbys-currence-advertising-company/https://stubbycurrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/snubby.jpgSnubby's Currence Adverstising CompanyA snub for the ages (click to see a larger image)2012-05-25T17:13:36+00:00monthlyhttps://stubbycurrence.comdaily1.02026-02-08T01:09:02+00:00