In my travels, some personal and some business, I've managed to
attend ballgames in varied ballparks. I didn't always have my camera
with me, but I did manage to obtain a few shots with interesting
perspectives on ballparks. Below you'll find a photo of Dodger
Stadium which to me symbolizes its beauty; another of the now
demolished Three Rivers Stadium that gives a little of the feeling of
what it was like to be sitting in the hot sun on the third base side
of one of the 1970's style round artificial turf ballparks; and
finally, for those LA
Dodgers fans who never saw where the Dodger AAA farmhands came
from for many years, a couple of shots of the Albuquerque Sports
Stadium in New Mexico, home of the late, lamented Albuquerque Dukes
(the Dukes moved to Portland, OR, and ceased their affiliation with
the Dodgers after the 2000 season--the Dodger AAA farm team is now in
Las Vegas, NV). However, Albuquerque is getting a new AAA team in
2003. And a new Albuquerque ballpark is now being built on the site
of the old one seen below. Once the new team is established, I'm
hoping to visit and get some photos of the new team and
ballpark.
The sun goes down over
Dodger Stadium, Summer 1986
A hot day at the now
demolished Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh,
PA
In the bleachers at the
Albuquerque Sports Stadium
Looking towards the Sandia
Mountains, Albuquerque
One of the most interesting new parks in
baseball is Oriole
Park at Camden Yards. Go to this
page to see what it looked like the day I was there during its first
season.
For those visitors to this web site who may be wondering
what I look like, here's a photograph of me with the great Dodger
announcer Vin Scully, taken in July 1997, at Dodger Stadium by
Ben Platt, formerly Dodger webmaster and
now a national correspondent for Major League Baseball.
