The Texas Rangers are becoming the Chicago Cubs of the American League minus seventy years of playoff failures. The other main difference is the Rangers aren’t cursed like the Cubs and are making a serious run at the AL West division title. My loyalty will always go to the Minnesota Twins, but as long as [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Go Rangers! (As long as they’re not playing the Twins)
Posted in Baseball, tagged joshhamilton, NewYorkYankees, nolanryan, ronwashington, texasrangers, vladimirguerrero on July 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
What Makes a Good Ballpark?
Posted in Baseball, tagged at&tpark, ballparks, buschstadium, camdenyards, candlestickpark, chasefield, citizensbankballpark, comericapark, comiskeypark, countystadium, fenwaypark, greatamericanballpark, kaufmannstadium, metrodome, millerpark, nationalspark, PNCPark, progressivefield, rfkstadium, targetfield, uscellularfield, wrigleyfield, yankeestadium on July 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Twenty years ago, it was easy to pick out which major league teams had the best ballparks and why. With the growth of new ballparks - since Camden Yards showed the world how it was done in 1992 – there aren’t many teams with poor places to watch a ballgame. The standard has been raised considerably. [...]
Best of the Best: Greatest Games Attended (No. 1)
Posted in Baseball, tagged 1991, atlantabraves, genelarkin, jackmorris, minnesotatwins, worldseries on July 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Here, finally, is the greatest game I have ever attended. I’m fairly certain it will forever be my No. 1 game, but that could change should the Twins find their way back to the World Series. The list will forever be expanding and changing, however. I attended a 3-0 Saint Paul Saints win a few [...]
Best of the Best: Greatest Games Attended (No. 2)
Posted in Baseball, tagged atlantabraves, kirbypuckett, minnesotatwins, worldseries on July 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
No. 2 October 26, 1991, Metrodome, Twins vs. Braves, World Series, Game 6 Never in my life have I been so happy while feeling so much physical pain. That’s how the second greatest baseball game of my life ended: joy-filled pain. The Twins were down three games to two after losing three straight in Atlanta. [...]
Best of the Best: Greatest Games Attended (No. 3)
Posted in Baseball, tagged detroittigers, Game163, minnesotatwins on July 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
No. 3 October 6, 2009, Metrodome, Tigers vs. Twins, “Game 163″ My throat was sore for days after the final regular season game in the Metrodome and I’d gladly cough up my spleen if it meant I could witness another game as good as, what is known to Minnesota Twins fans, Game 163. The Twins and [...]
