Greg Payne·Mar 26“It’s Just a House”My dad recently said that a few days after he’d sent me a picture of my childhood home. It was, and still is, on Elaine Circle in Fort…
Greg Payne·Oct 17, 2025Goodbye, Old FriendMy baseball fandom really began when I was 7 years old. The year was 1975 and I got to see the soon-to-be World Champion Big Red Machine…
Greg Payne·Dec 1, 2022“You Can’t Handle the Truth!”If you didn’t read that title in Jack Nicholson’s voice, I’m not sure we can ever be friends.
Greg Payne·Oct 21, 2022My Golden Sombrero“I tried marriage. I’m 0 for 3 with the marriage thing. So, being a ballplayer — I believe in numbers. I’m not going 0 for 4. I’m not…
Greg Payne·Jul 19, 2022My First Varsity At Bat…“Before your dreams can come true, you have to have those dreams.”
Greg Payne·Jul 14, 2022Me vs. Everybody“For me, half the joy of achieving has been the struggle and the fight, the pitting myself against the world and all its competition — and…
Greg Payne·Jul 7, 2022My First Hitting “Lesson”I’m 54 years old. I played baseball from the time I was 6 until I was 22. Do you know how many hitting lessons I had during that time?
