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Ballpark Prints LLC / http://ballparkprints.com When not traveling you can find me in my White Plains studio working with artist creating fine art pigment-ink prints of their originals and bringing my images of baseball to life in a style reminiscent of 1940s',50s'and 60s'.

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Linda Ronstadt Heart Like A Wheel Heart Like a Wheel is the fifth solo studio album by Linda Ronstadt, released in November 1974. It was Ronstadt’s last album to be releas…

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A Taste of Vinyl

Little Martha from Duane Allman an anthology album released December 2 1972

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San Francisco, Twitter, and Beer

San Francisco, Twitter, and Beer

I have been working on updating my website. As I reviewed files of shots in Adobe Lightroom, I got a little sidetracked. In the San Francisco files, I started reviewing images. As I looked at the files of San Francisco, it made me think how much I miss it.Going through images, I came across a shot I took of a Bull Durham Tobacco ad. I selected at once for my first of three tweets on San…

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Spring Training and First Snowfall of 2022

Spring Training and First Snowfall of 2022

Our last spring training road trip to Florida was from February to March 2020. That ended abruptly on March 15th, with the outbreak of COVID-19, with MLB canceling spring training. In 2021 we decided to stay home. Today, January 7th, 2020, we were greeted with winter’s first significant snowfall. Up till today, except for a few days, the weather has been mild. Looking out the window Looking…

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My Only Encounter With Willard Scott

My Only Encounter With Willard Scott

Willard Scott was a lengdary Radio and TV peronality, and passed away on September 4th. Around ten years ago, we were with some friends one afternoon at The Breakers in Palm Beach for drinks as we were leaving incomes, Willard Scott, in his best cabana outfit. He approached the young receptions and made a reservation. She tells him they are booked up. He is staying at The Breakers. He’s not…

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September 1, 1961

September 1, 1961, the Yankees with a 1-1/2 game lead ovver the Detroit Tigers were now going to face off for the first time since a one-day July 4, double header. On that day the Tigers held a 2-game lead over the Yankees. The Tigers won the first game with the Yankees taking the second. Resulting in no change in the American League standing. For the next eight weeks the heavy hitting Tigers and…

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The Last Nergro League Game August 20, 1961

The Last Nergro League Game August 20, 1961

The Negro Leagues East, West All-Star game was played at Yankee Stadium 60 years ago on August 20, 1961, and is considered by baseball historians the final game of the Negro Leagues.It was an all-star contest of players selected from East and West teams. The Improved Benevolent Protected Order of Elks sponsored the game, which was having its national convention in New York. More than 30,000…

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Things That Annoy Me

Things That Annoy Me

I have more subscriptions than most. But I do have a pet peeve. Regardless of the search engine one uses, for me, it’s google. You are reading a story on a website or looking up something to read the rest of the article, you are directed to the linked source, and what pops up, you have to buy a subscription to read this article. Annoying!

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Wear a Helmet Riding Your Bicycle

Wear a Helmet Riding Your Bicycle

After the extreme heat, we had last week, we headed out for a lovely walk this morning. The temperature was 68°, the humidity was 51%. Mixed in with the walkers are the bicyclist. I am also a bicyclist.As an adult bicyclist, I understand the rules, unlike growing up in the 1950s.So, bikers put a bell on the handlebars, slow down, say on your left, and wear a helmet! August 2019, I’m riding on the…

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Hemingway, Cats Key West, Cuba, And A Penny

Hemingway, Cats Key West, Cuba, And A Penny

I start my day at the gym next breakfast and The New York Times Time Machine to the year 1961. This year on Twitter, I’m tweeting the daily history of the New York Yankees 1961 season. The 1961 Yankees season is recognized as one of Major League Baseball’s greatest teams. Propelled by the Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris home run chase of Babe Ruth’s 60 home run record set in 1927. An as great as the…

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Photography Cuba Part Two Santiago de Cuba

Photography Cuba Part Two Santiago de Cuba

Our first stop was Santiago de Cuba. Is the regarded as the root of the Cuban Revolution. It streets were teaming with people, motorbikes, and cars, lined by colorful building and shops. Santiago de Cuba March 2017 We walked the neighborhoods, and to my regret, we do not speak Spanish, but we were able to communicate. There is much see in Cuba, and not doing some ot the tourist attractions…

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Photography Cuba Part One

Photography Cuba Part One

In 2017 photographing MLB Spring Training in Florida, the idea of going to Cuba seemed the thing to do. So reshuffled the luggage, off to Cuba, we went. A fantastic journey. You can feel the time warp; time stopped January 1, 1960. We will return to Cuba Old Havana Cuba

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Getting Use To Being Around People, Again Part 2

Getting Use To Being Around People, Again Part 2

Our first game back without COVID-19 restrictions started out the way we have traveled to the games for over thirty years on Metro North. Mask are still required on Metro North, and we are okay with that. The station platform was full of fans waiting for the train. It was good hearing the conductor say next stop 153rd St Yankee Stadium. Metro North Yankee Stadium We treated as opening day with…

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Getting Use To Being Around People, Again

Getting Use To Being Around People, Again

Tomorrow June 19th, we will be taking the Metro-North Train to Yankee Stadium to see a ballgame. A first since March of 2019. The State of New York has lifted restrictions on the capacity for events. At Yankee Stadium tomorrow, we anticipate a large crowd in attendance. Though it will seem like old times, I think it will take time to get back to how life was before COVID-19.

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3Rd Ave, Grandpa, My Sister, A Big Green Cadillac, and Red Cowboy Boots Grandpa started as a chauffeur around 1905; it was the early days of automobiles. I recall seeing a few pictures of him wearing a fur coat and boots. The car was large, and the driver sat in the open.In the 1920s, grandpa was now driving a taxicab for a living. By 1930 had become an owner of a small taxi company. He worked…

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Memorial Day May 30, 1961

Memorial Day May 30, 1961, began to heat up. Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris home run chase stated. In the National League the Cincinnati Reds tried the SF Giants for first place and the Reds became a force to deal with.

 In March, on my Twitter account, with the help of The New York Times Time Machine, I started recreating the New York Yankees 1961 baseball season.  It was Major League Baseball’s first season of expansion to ten teams in a league. 196, the American League is the first to expand to ten teams, with the National League expanding in 1962. This expansion also created an unbalanced number of the game…

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May 5, 1961 Commander Alan Shepard America's First Spaceman

May 5, 1961 Commander Alan Shepard America’s First Spaceman

May 5, 1961—I’m a freshman in high school. It’s 10:34 AM. We were all standing huddled around a small TV in the classroom. Many of the teachers brought in TVs’ that day to witness and historical moment. We watched in silence as Navy Commander Alan Shepard lifted off. Next, you could hear the excitement of that moment in the school building. The New York Times May 6, 1961 America’s First Manned…

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