Category: Game Days

Dodger Stadium is situated on a hillside overlooking Los Angeles. It is 46 years old but has been updated as have most of the older stadiums. Prior to the game, the Covina Charter Oak Youth Baseball Champions were introduced and took their position on the field with their Dodger counter parts. During batting practice, trivia […]

Dodger Stadium Los Angeles, California Team R H E St. Louis Cardinals 7 12 0 Los Angeles Dodgers 9 11 1 Highlights For those of us who observed Derek Lowe at the end of his stay with the Red Sox, this was eerily reminiscent. However, due to the more than inefficient pitching of the Redbirds, […]

We arrived in downtown San Diego in time to walk around the historic part of the downtown – The Gaslamp Quarter before heading to the ballpark. At the ballpark it was 70’s Retro Night. A radio station was giving out 70’s black afro wigs, some of the fans were dressed in disco style clothing and […]

Petco Park San Diego, California Team R H E St. Louis Cardinals 0 3 0 San Diego Padres 7 10 1 Highlights This was a totally one-sided affair and unfortunately for the world champs it was in the home team’s favor. The Padres’ Russell Branyan provided all the offense that would be necessary when with […]

Not a lot of hoopla here. This is a nice stadium in downtown Phoenix. It has a retractable roof, which was open for this game. On the scoreboard prior to the start of the game they show the “roof status” and it shows that it was 87o outside and 74o inside for this game. There […]

Chase Field Phoenix, Arizona Team R H E Philadelphia Phillies 3 7 0 Arizona Diamondbacks 4 10 0 Highlights Zzzzzzz. Despite the score, this one was a yawner. A very subdued crowd of 19,562 had little to cheer about through most of this game. However, there were a few bright spots not the least of […]

Coors Field is located in the Lower Downtown part of Denver. Clay picked us up at the campground; we had lunch and then went to his apartment to watch the Boston Red Sox game for a while before taking the train into the game. Coors Field is a great stadium with a view of the […]

Coors Field Denver, Colorado Team R H E Atlanta Braves 6 6 1 Colorado Rockies 2 10 1 Highlights Luck was somewhat of a factor in this one—good for the Braves & bad for the home team. You figure that if you out hit the opponent nearly 2 to 1 you should win the game, […]

Special thanks to Ken Helgeson for the great seats we had for this game. For those who don’t know, Ken was a former boss of ours at NYNEX in Maine who now lives in the Kansas City area. We met Ken for lunch at a great Bar-be-que restaurant in downtown Kansas City, MO and had […]

Kaufman Park Kansas City, Missouri Team R H E Chicago White Sox 4 8 0 Kansas City Royals 4 10 0 Highlights This one had the makings of a classic pitcher’s duel with each team sending its respective aces to the mound. Both the White Sox Mark Buehrle coming off a no-hitter in his previous […]