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"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 HornsbyExplore the Site This site currently contains Random Image  .jpg)
Reflections on the last days of a bad baseball place. 78 pages, with over 50 full color images. Available on Amazon. Random Image  "Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."– Satchel PaigeRandom Image  Giant screened images! (573 Club, my back to Seventh Ave windows)
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference."– Tommy LasordaRandom Image  Research Library Random Image  "Now, you tell me, if I have a day off during the baseball season, where do you think I'll spend it? The ballpark. I still love it. Always have, always will."– Harry CarayRandom Image  "All the ballparks and the big crowds have a certain mystique. You feel attached, permanently wedded to the sounds that ring out, to the fans chanting your name, even when there are only four or five thousand in the stands on a Wednesday afternoon."– Branch RickeyRandom Image  At the other end of the bridge, the configuration of the tracks has become clear.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us."– Walt WhitmanRandom Image  The Target Field grass, it turns out, will be green. (This is a photo representing the concept of grass only. The actual Target Field grass apparently will not contain dirt patches, weeds, or dandelions. Imagine that -- if you can!)
"Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game: You can win or you can lose or it can rain."– Casey StengelRandom Image  "You talk about the magic, the aura, but what really makes a stadium is the fans. Concrete doesn't talk back to you. Chairs don't talk back to you. It's the people who are there, day in, day out, that makes the place magic."– Bernie WilliamsRandom Image  And another angle looking at the overhang area of the right field pavilion. This looks to me like a great area to watch a game.
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