By Phil Hecken Last weekend, I ran Part I of a post, which you can view here, that encompassed a reader suggestion from Dan Pfeiffer. In that post, Dan had …
Category: Ballparks
Timelessly Representing The Ballclub – Part I
By Phil Hecken Every so often, I have a week from hell and am strapped for any extra time to devote to Uni Watch — this week was one of …
Adios, Jorgie
By Phil Hecken “The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, …
Fiesta Latina
By John Ekdahl The Mets wore “Los Mets” jerseys last night during Fiesta Latina Night at Citi Field. The public address annoucements were done in spanish by Veronica Contreras of …
The Tigers in Lakeland, Past and Present
By Phil Hecken The Detroit Tigers and have been playing their spring training baseball in Lakeland, Florida, longer than any other major league baseball team in one location. In 1934, …
Wrigley Rules! er…Wrigley Rules?
By Phil Hecken, with additional commentary by James Huening Just in case you hadn’t yet heard, there will be a football game played today at historic Wrigley Field — the …
There Used To Be A Ballpark Here, Part II
By Phil Hecken with Ben Traxel A way back in August, whilst Paul was in the midst of his well-deserved vacation, I had Bootheel Ben Traxel submit a fantastic piece …
There Used To Be A Ballpark Here, Part I
By Phil Hecken, with Ben Traxel As a part of the semi-recurring “old ballparks” featurette (other editions are here and here), we’ve looked back upon stadia which are no longer …
Fields of (not-quite) Dreams, North of the Border
By Phil Hecken, with Mike Styczen A few months back, I ran a weekend column on old-time ball parks, all of which are long gone now, and the reaction to …