DASH IT ALL

MY WIFE HOLLY AND I saw the Winston-Salem Dash rout the Lynchburg Hillcats 10-2 on Wednesday, and BB&T Ballpark was impressive. It's smaller than a major-league park, of course, but it's well-appointed and modern.

I've seen several minor-league parks in the Carolinas, and this one is probably the nicest of the lot (although I really like Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park, The Joe, in Charleston).

As for the Dash, they played well, and the Hillcats didn't.

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!

• Phil will wait

• Anything for a story

EDITOR@WORK blog entries

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

Blog entries on The Auto Racing Journal:

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing