Happy 100th, Fenway Park
Dad, sis and me I’ve been to Fenway Park several times over the years (seeing the Yankees twice, once more than I’ve seen the Red Sox in the Bronx), but the first trip wasn’t for a game. My family stopped…
Dad, sis and me I’ve been to Fenway Park several times over the years (seeing the Yankees twice, once more than I’ve seen the Red Sox in the Bronx), but the first trip wasn’t for a game. My family stopped…
While looking through my baseball photos on Flickr the other night, it hit me just how many times I’ve been fortunate to see a brilliant sunset while at the ballpark. So, hey, the natural thing is a post about it,…
I’ve come to enjoy Bethany Heck’s Eephus League site since she was featured on Uni Watch a few weeks ago (and not just because she gave me a nice plug). There’s a lot of cool stuff there, so it’s worth…
This is the problem with having a blog but not being diligent about updating it through the season. I’ll start a post but then get distracted or bored or tired and will leave it for later. And then it will…
The Mets open their new ballpark tonight, and Mom and I plan to be there a few hours early to enjoy the place in its bunting-adorned glory. This is the new beginning. The old, multi-purpose stadium is gone, the rubble…
[NOTE: Updated, as you can see, with some of the pictures I took. I also embedded a great home video from 1982 Opening Day found on YouTube.] After having lunch with two dear friends this afternoon, I had four hours…
It’s the image of hundreds of photographs, film clips and memories — the golden light and long shadows of dusk in New England. The grass seems a little higher, the hay bales shimmer in the glow and the scent of…
Down on the mid-Florida Atlantic coast — the Treasure Coast — sits Vero Beach, home to Dodgers Spring Training for 61 years … until this year. Now that the deadlines have been met in Goodyear, Ariz., the Dodgers will train…
At one time, the acres of land southwest of Orlando, Florida, were undeveloped or consisted mainly of orange groves. But ever since Walt Disney established his World, the area has continued to grow. There are the theme parks — internationally…