Book Review: A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred
March 18, 2014 by Matt Nadel · Leave a Comment
Hey baseball fans! I recently had the chance to read A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred by George F. Will, a book about Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. The book was written around the time of the Stadium’s 100th anniversary. Overall, it was a very good book […]
April 20, 1912: The First Game at Fenway Park
April 19, 2012 by Arne Christensen · Leave a Comment
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park, here is a look at how the Boston Globe of April 21, 1912 described the first game at Fenway, played the day previously. Of course it was a Red Sox-Yankees affair, with perhaps Boston’s best team ever winning 7-6 on a run in the 11th. (The Yankees, […]
Fenway Park’s 100th Anniversary: There’s Nothing Like Being at the Game
May 24, 2011 by Aaron Somers · Leave a Comment
I’ve never considered myself religious by any means. Yet, I’m a believer that everyone has some place where they just feel at home, or safe. A sanctuary, of sorts. To some of the more religious types, a church. Baseball stadiums are my church. There is just something about passing through the gates and walking into […]
Talking With Jack Perconte About Comiskey Park, Municipal Stadium, and the Kingdome
June 30, 2010 by Arne Christensen · Leave a Comment
Last year I looked up the story of the first game at the original Comiskey Park on July 1, 1910. Months later I talked with Jack Perconte about his time playing for the Mariners in the mid-’80s to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Kingdome’s implosion this March. I realized that Jack closed his career […]
