"The Aeronauts" is fascinated by the ominous silence of the sky, the creak-crack of frozen ropes scuffing against silk.
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Abbatine also owns the Rock, the national training center and headquarters for Frozen Ropes, a baseball and softball franchise that teaches young athletes.
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He also traveled the world from Paris to Dubai, teaching the fundamentals of baseball and softball before moving his Frozen Ropes business to the Rock.
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Haddix's near-perfect game is memorialized by The Baseball Project, whose song, "Harvey Haddix", appears on their debut album, Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails (2008). Haddix Field, the little league baseball park in New Carlisle, Ohio is named for Haddix.
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His last MLB game was on May 20, 1997. Following his playing career, Grundt has worked as senior instructor at Frozen Ropes, a baseball instructional center located at Dickson City, Pennsylvania. Grundt is married to his Wife, Amy, and they have a Son, Adam. They currently reside in Pennsylvania.
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The Broadside Ballads (2011) is an album from The Baseball Project, bringing together songs that were recorded as ‘real time’ commentary on the 2010 baseball season for ESPN.com with unreleased extra tracks from Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails and Volume 2: High and Inside.From the album notes. The nine tracks prepared for ESPN.
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A former instructor at Frozen Ropes, a noted chain of training centers for aspiring baseball players, and former Director of 7 City Sports, Hummel is now the varsity Cape Henry Collegiate Baseball coach. In 2012, Tim assumed the role of Director of Auxilorary Programs at Cape Henry. In 2011 the 7 City owners - BJ Upton, Justin Upton, and Michael Cuddyer - agreed with Tim to pursue other opportunities.
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In 2008, musicians Scott McCaughey (of The Minus 5), Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon, and Peter Buck formed The Baseball Project to pay homage to America 's greatest pastime. Their album Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails contains the song The Yankee Flipper, a tribute to their friend Jack McDowell and a confession that a long night of drinking with the musicians may have led to the infamous finger to the crowd.
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His photograph and life story line the walls and menus inside. In 2008, he was memorialized by the band The Baseball Project on their album, Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails. The song, "The Death of Big Ed Delahanty", is a driving, punk-influenced ballad."Features of This Track: electric rock instrumentation punk influences a subtle use of vocal harmony mild rhythmic syncopation": Pandora The Hamburg Marines, a German Baseball Club, named their ballpark in the Hamburg quarter Billwerder after Ed Delahanty.
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However, he was not selected by any team in the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft. Maier worked in the summer of 2006 as a scout in the Cape Cod League for ESPN's Peter Gammons and also as an instructor for Frozen Ropes Baseball Training Center. Maier later became a special consultant for the New Haven County Cutters and had several internships, including with the YES Network. In addition, he served as an extra and assisted with baseball skills training for the actors in ESPN's miniseries about the 1977 Yankees, The Bronx Is Burning.
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He was acquired by the New York Mets on August 7 for a player to be named later. Hermansen signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim during the 07-08 offseason, but was released during spring training. Hermansen is now an instructor at the Frozen Ropes Training Center in Henderson, NV. He is a member of the Latter-day Saint church and is married with 3 children, and one on the way. He also works for the NCSA (the National Collegiate Scouting Association).
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