Seen On The Chase: Happy Birthday Pops

As we celebrated former Pittsburgh Pirates great Willie Stargell on what would have been his 83rd birthday this past March 6th I would share on the Ballpark Chasers FB page a couple of pics I took of his statue outside the left field entrance at PNC Park in June 2021. The other pic I would share…

Seen On The Chase: Sunday Stroll At The Ravine 8/29/2021

Prior to this Sunday matchup with the Dodgers members of the Rockies bullpen make their stroll down right field. Bullpen personnel tend to have quirky personalities. At times you may see BP types carrying equipment in infant bags. All likely those carrying the infant bags are the less tenured players.  Oh those purple tops. A…

Seen On The Chase: My First Red Sox-Yankees Game From a West Coast POV 5/11/2006

Stepping inside one of baseball’s true cathedrals before it’s fate with the wrecking ball, on this evening I would witness my the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry live at Yankee Stadium.  Looking at the scoreboard in the distance you could see on this evening the Red Sox really took it to Randy Johnson and the Yankees thus…

Seen On The Chase: Jeter and A-Rod, May 2006, Baseball’s One-Time Bromance

Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. Two of baseballs up and coming pretty boys of the 90s that could actually play. The two we’re so close at one time whenever their teams played each other they would stay at each other’s pad. It was baseball’s perfect bromance. Until 2001. Shortly after signing baseball’s then highest paying…

Seen On The Chase: Mt. Davis, May 2005

I would capture this pic during my visit in April 2005. This would be one year prior to the A’s placing the tarps over the seats full time in 2006. To this day the tarps remain in the upper outfield section, notoriously nicknamed ” Mt. Davis”. With the Raiders moving back to town The Coliseum…