Pine Knot Outdoors: Reflections on fishing from the baseball diamond

We loaded the Suburban with most of the Baker crew plus an omnipresent extra child, and headed north. The big blue Lund stared back at us in confusion as we pulled away — it would remain unhitched for the day. Our destination was the Hibbing baseball field to support Carsen Psyck, Zachary Tyman, and Joseph Baker as they represented Cloquet in the VFW All-Star game Sunday afternoon.

Tucked into the massive wooden bleachers of Al Nyberg field, I had time to reflect on summers of long ago playing on the same diamond. It’s been a long time since I’ve been called out of the bullpen, but I recall le...