April 2008 Blog Posts (5)

Coming Soon...

Stayed tuned for the next release on ballparkchasers.com! Features will include an easy way to create your own Ballpark Chasers Road Map. This is a customizable Google map to help you track the stadiums in which you have visited (see the homepage for an example). Also coming soon is the Ballpark Chasers Stadium Guide. This will include suggestions on where to buy tickets, park, eat and any local attractions to see while traveling on your baseball trips. Feel free to email us at… Continue

Added by Craig (17) on April 25, 2008 at 12:29am — No Comments

22 innings?!

In case you missed Thursday night’s game between the Padres and Rockies...check out the scoreboard for the summary.

Added by Craig (17) on April 18, 2008 at 11:25pm — 2 Comments

Jackie Robinson Day

Tuesday, April 15th, Major League Baseball will recognize the anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier. Lets also not forget the work of Larry Doby, AL's first African American ballplayer as well as the hundreds of other Negro League players that paved the way for Jackie to be given the opportunity to be the first.…

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Added by Craig (17) on April 10, 2008 at 11:56pm — No Comments

Woody Paige's Idea: Pick a letter: pick an all-star team

This idea comes from sportswriter Woody Paige. Pick a letter of the alphabet, and then pick players whose last names start with that letter, and form your all-star team.

For example: let's use letter M.

Mickey Mantle
Roger Marris
Joe Morgan….

Take it from there!

Added by John Sears (1) on April 9, 2008 at 5:00pm — 4 Comments

A six-year-old's Introduction to Baseball

I spent my childhood in two places: up until I was five years old, we lived in Lyons Colorado; then from five years old on up and, I lived in Longmont Colorado. Both sets of grandparents lived in Brush, Colorado when I was a child. Periodically, just like every other family, we would make the pilgrimage 90 miles northeast to Brush to see Grandma and Grandpa. My grandpa Biggin grew up in Cassville, Wisconsin and my grandpa Sears grew up in Springfield, Illinois, so they were both huge Cubs fans,… Continue

Added by John Sears (1) on April 5, 2008 at 11:30am — 3 Comments