Riding The Rails Into The New Year 2024

Because of my love of rail travel and also not having done anything to celebrate going into the New Year in 4 years, I decided for this occasion into the New Year I would celebrate on the train.  Riding in Business Class on Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner has it’s perks, such as more legroom and free…

My Journeys Through Ghosts Of Yards Past

Over the years during my continuous chase to catch a game or two at every MLB yard I’ve witnessed action in 25 yards with 18 of them current. 6 of the 7 non current on my list have gone way via the wrecking ball. While they may not be left standing some have left reminders…

Making Our Dreams Come True: California Or Bust

The first five seasons of Laverne And Shirley would find its familiar setting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with Milwaukee City Hall  welcoming visitors to its city during the opening intro.  With the show’s setting transitioning from Milwaukee to Burbank, California for season’s 6-8 came a new intro for the duo. Though the setting would be in Burbank…

Making Our Dreams Come True

A stone’s throw away from the Bronze Fonz is another TV landmark linked to a Garry Marshall production. Milwaukee City Hall, a scant walk from The Fonz, is another familiar spot to those fans of a TV Land generation.  During it’s first five seasons of it’s eight season run, Milwaukee City Hall would “Welcome” it’s visitors…

These Happy Days Are Yours and Mine

Throughout it’s run of 10 season’s the one character from Happy Days that viewers looked forward to seeing was that of Arthur Fonzarelli, aka The Fonz.  In 2008 the city of Milwaukee where the show takes place paid tribute to Fonzie’s character by dedicating a statue in his honor. The Bronze Fonz can be seen along Milwaukee’s…

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…

You’re Gonna Make It After All

On a recent trip to the Twin Cities to check out a couple of Twins games with my buddy Josh on the continued quest to all 30 MLB parks, not far from Target Field  we would pay a visit to the Mary Tyler Moore statue.  Moore would star as Associate News Producer Mary Richards for seven seasons…

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…

Viva Fernando !!! Hey Bulldog and Pinch Hitting, Manny Mota

Though his number 34 had not been worn by a Dodger since his final pitch in Dodger Blue in 1990, Fernando Valenzuela’s number to this point had not been retired by the Blue. For the longest time the Dodgers have had an unofficial policy of retiring numbers of only their players in the baseball Hall…