Photo Friday: Cactus League action
Fontenot flop The vacation got off to a glorious start. Our flight arrived in Phoenix half an hour early and we got our rental car and headed over to HoHoKam Park in Mesa (with a pit stop at In-n-Out Burger…
Author: Dan
I'm a baseball editor and occasional writer who used to cover the minor leagues -- particularly the Lakewood BlueClaws -- in 2001-02. Unless otherwise credited (as of 2015) or linked off-site, all photos on this site were either taken by me or are part of my personal collection.
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Jeter rules Jersey
I was kicking around Baseball-Reference‘s birth sites and, after some sorting, made a minor discovery: If Derek Jeter plays 150 games this season, he’ll have played more games in the majors than any other New Jersey-born player. <br>Report Created on…
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What will the Nationals show us in 2010?
I’ve had a lot of fun with predictions on this site — everywhere, really; why else do we play fantasy sports, college football pick’ems, postseason salary-cap games and NCAA basketball tournament pools? But I’m not sure I’ll try to forecast…
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Photo Friday: Miniature baseball
2004 Home Run Derby I first started seeing photos taken with a tilt-shift lens a few weeks ago and was enthralled by the effect the distortion had on the photos. The small center of focus plays tricks with your eyes,…
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Great work on the front lines
We need to get John Schandler a job at the Mets Team Store. From today’s Uniwatch post: Silver medal (which as you know is much better than a gold medal) for John Schandler, who writes: “I work for a Nike…
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Four of the top 100
Just a quick one before calling it a night. I may elaborate in the morning; I may not. For all the talk — the negative kind — about the Mets farm system, it’s not devoid of prospects. While it may…
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The new Topps
2010 Topps 1 front Every year, I buy myself a pack or two of the new Topps cards to see what they’ve come up with, and this year I may be buying quite a few more. The new design is…
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Photo Friday: Pure baseball
No. 44 takes a pitch With the college season opening this weekend, I chose several photos I took in 1994. They’re of baseball games at Trenton State College (now the College of New Jersey) and Brookdale Community College. This was…
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Excitement over Halladay
MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki tweeted a photo from Clearwater this morning of Roy Halladay in his first bullpen session. I bet a lot of Phillies fans are as excited about it as Charlie Manuel is in the background …
