As a follow up to yesterday’s post, I thought I would share a few more photos of Rickwood Field and the 2016 Rickwood Classic. Before we get started, I want to give a shout out to the book by Clarence Watkins, “Baseball in Birmingham” for the historic photos. All are duly credited, and I highly…
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All Roads Go Through Rickwood Field
Something old, something new. If there’s ever a city that exudes baseball history, it has to Birmingham, AL. Cooperstown, you say? Nobody really ever played in Cooperstown, despite what Henry Chadwick and the Mills Commission said. If you are looking for a living, breathing piece of baseball history, where no less than 113 members of…
You Never Forget Your First Time
Most of my blog posts have centered around going to minor league ballparks that I’ve never been to, and trying to capture the joy that is minor league baseball. Last weekend, though, I had the chance to take my first trip to the promised land, the mecca known as Dodger Stadium. Dodger Stadium is now…
Vin’s Final Season – First Homestand
A couple of weeks ago I stated my goal this year was to watch every game and hear every call that Vin Scully broadcasts this season, his 67th behind the microphone for the Dodgers. Sadly, just two weeks into the season, I have to back off that goal a bit, and revise it to…
In Memoriam – Joe Garagiola
Feeling very nostalgic this evening. Growing up I was not a great little leaguer. My batting average often flirted around the Mendoza line, even before there was such a thing. But the one thing I looked forward to every Saturday was NBC’s “Game of the Week” with Joe Garagiola and Tony Kubek. I would scatter…
Revisting Old Friends
People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. – Rogers Hornsby Yesterday marked the unofficial first day of baseball season. With the NFL season finally under wraps, we can start prying ourselves away from the hot…
Baseball history in a box
Baseball cards. A lost tradition. I’m not sure exactly when or why I started collecting them. I mean, sure, I played little league, starting in 3rd grade, so 1972, and sure enough, with the exception of a few I have purchased on eBay, that’s when my collection started. My purchases were limited to whenever we…
Bobble heads, bacon, and a player named Judy
This week’s stop on the magical mystery tour of minor league games brought me to Wilimington, DE and “Judy” Johnson Field at Frawley Stadium to see the hometown Blue Rocks take on the Carolina Mudcats in Class A Carolina League action. It was a combination of celery, bacon, bobble heads, and some really interesting baseball…
Something Old, Something New
This weekend I had the pleasure of visiting not one, but two baseball stadiums on the west coast of Florida. In a way it was bittersweet, as one met with a wrecking ball in 2007, leaving behind many spring training and minor league memories, but the upside was I saw a fantastic game at Bright…
A Lost Art
Let’s admit it, how many of us go to a ball game and pay attention to every pitch? There are so many distractions these days, between your kielbasa and beer, the extreme graphics on seemingly acre sized HD scoreboards, checking our email and Facebook, or even just hanging out with friends. Yours truly is included…
All Things Ed 