Every autumn since 2003, we’ve provided a public service: a comparison of the two ballparks being utilized in that year’s World Series.
This year is no different, so what are you waiting for? Click here and check it out!
Twenty years ago this week, I started Baseballparks.com. I didn’t know that’s what I was doing at the time, but the site you’re looking at today had its beginnings exactly two decades ago.
Well, sort of.
It started out with my desire to show others the photos I’d taken of baseball parks over the course of my life. At the time, I subscribed to the wildly popular America Online or AOL. It was all the rage, and the service spawned the ubiquitous phrase “you’ve got mail.”
Imagine, you could write letters to other people without having to drop them in a mailbox or fax them — and they’d get them really quickly! Well, usually they would get them. You could even post your thoughts on AOL’s topical message boards and interact in real time with like-minded folks in something called a “chat room.”
It was all so high tech!! All it took was a modem and a phone line, and after some odd squealing sounds, you could communicate with people all over the world! Well, until your connection was abruptly dropped, or someone else in the house tried to use the phone! Read More
Check out my behind-the-scenes look at Major League Baseball’s event at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA. You’ll see what happened when all of the players and coaches of the Pirates and Cardinals mingled with the youngsters at the Little League complex. Then later the tables were turned when the Little Leaguers attended the big leaguers’ game at a spruced-up Minor League ballpark.
It was a tremendous day, and I’m quite pleased to give you a glimpse of what the once-in-a-lifetime event was like.
Check out my essay and a dozen photos here. You’ll also find links to my articles on the event published by USA TODAY.