BASEBALL OVER THE YEARS 1983-07-24-Pine Tar Incident

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BASEBALL OVER THE YEARS

   I will be providing remarks about pictures presented here, as well as the influence baseball has been to me. I would have to initially state that my Uncle Bernie was the primary reason in my starting to follow baseball and the Yankees, in particular. Bernie returned from the 2nd World War in late 1945. He began to work for his father's (my mother's father too) Wholesale business soon after that. Since we lived above the store, I would see him every weekday and 1/2 a day on Saturday. We picked orders, but mostly delivered them together. During baseball season - roughly April to October - we would always listen to Yankee games on the car radio.
   I even began doing box scores when listening at home to games. And, on several occasions my uncle and I went to games at Yankee Stadium. When I was older, I went to games at Yankee Stadium with friends. Personal cameras with some semblance of quality were not really available till I was about 20 years old. So I probably do not have any photos from my early visits to any ballpark. I may be able to find some in my completing scanning old photos - although unlikely.
   The first baseball photos that I currently have happen to be from an infamous game known as the Pine Tar Incident. The photos below are after a home run was hit with a runner on base and it was nullified as the Yankee manager showed the umpires that the home run hitter's (George Brett of Kansas City) bat had excessive pine tar. The ruling was subsequently overturned and the game completed 25 days later with Kansas City winning 5-4. The last photo is me in a shirt that Brett got me commemorating this game, I wore at a Dodger game (see 2023 post below).

July 24, 1983 - Pine Tar Incident

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July 22, 1984 - Yankee Stadium

This is a ticket from a game attended in 1984. It was a 6-5 walk-off victory for the Yankees - box score shown below.

Over the years, Brett, Joey and I traveled to see baseball games (as baseball fans) in all of the major league stadiums (well, Joey missed a few, and new stadiums have been built that we haven’t yet visited) . It started kind of innocently on a trip to Maine in 1988 to a sailing ship cruise. Louise got us tickets for a game at Fenway Park in Boston on our way driving up to Maine. It was a very hot summer and I remember sitting in the sun on the 3rd base side and sweltering, watching a long Red Sox - Tigers high scoring game. Detroit - in 1st place at the time - took the lead 4-3 in the top of the sixth. But the Red Sox answered with 13 runs in the 6th to 8th innings. We anxiously awaited the shade that was coming our way in the later innings.
I had an itinarary of all the games that we went to over the years, but I had a hard drive crash and lost them all. The only itinerary sheet that documented the games is included with the games in 1990 below. Brett and Joey said that they had some details that they may get to me but they apparently do not have any. A lot of the pics, and all of the tickets are from what Brett had saved. Some of the games were part of a larger trip. As such, they Have been posted in my regular Photo pages. These are added to in what follows with tickets and/or other baseball scores or memorabilia.

August 13, 1988 - Fenway Park

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1989 - August Trip

As with the photos from the 1988 trip, these are mostly pics of the parks themselves. At the time, such pics were not that commonly available. But with the advent in the 1990s of the Internet, such pics became much more common. Later on, more pictures of us with stadiums in the background are used.
When I accidentally went the wrong way in the parking lot in Toronto, we ran into Mookie Wilson (who we knew from his time in NY with the Mets) - see pic 57. Noteworthy, too, was the Yankee-Detroit Old Timer's Day in Detroit. Also. some side trips were to see family, a museum (and Le Peep) in Milwaukee, Detroit's Renaissance Center and Wally World. Wally World in London, Ontario, Canada was a water park (with warm tubs and batting cages, plus). And we also made a brief, but interesting, visit to Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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1990 - August Trip

    Before each baseball trip that we took I used to prepare an itinerary. I would list hotel costs on my copy, but not on copies for Brett and Joey. I lost my computer copies when I had computer trouble many years ago. So far the only itinerary copy available (from Brett) is the first pic here. We followed the itineraries very closely. With tickets that Brett had saved, these are pretty good proof of games that we saw. If these 2 pics are compared it can be seen that Riverfront Stadium and Atlanta County Fulton Stadium tickets are missing.
   Noteworthy in the baseball venues: It was very hot for the game in Arlington (97 F at game time) so we stayed a little cool by going to a waterpark before the game and coming over in our bathing suits. It was hot also in Houston, but very humid too. We got to the Astrodome before the gates opened and tried to be cooler by standing in a sliver of shade. And in Baltimore we did meet and get the Yankee Manager, Stump Merrill's autograph (see pic 33).
   For side trips: We saw the St. Louis Arch. We saw relatives who grilled us a meal and rushed us to Royal Stadium in Kansas City. We drove through Oklahoma and I even swam in a very hot lake. We went to Galveston where it was 100 F and 100% humidity. It was so hot that Brett and Joey wouldn't get out of the car at the 1877 Tall Ship Elissa. We took a ferry, and visited New Orleans. We used water skis in the Gulf of Mexico and went on the beach in Pensacola, Florida.  In Pensacola we ate at a hotel. When I went to the Mens Room, Joey playfully shut the lights . While I knew it was him, someone sitting in one of the stalls did not think it was too funny.

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1991 - May, June Trip

    This trip involved a lot of cross-country driving. Brett and I left New Jersey in his old 1981 T-top Camaro that I had started to drive. He was unhappy about my using it (as was Joey). We drove to Florida and caught a game at Tropicana Field. It was very hot there, but it is a domed stadium. When we left I saw a sign for Clearwater, FL and wanted to go there. But Brett said we had better get going. We did drive along the Florida panhandle and I stopped at Grayton Beach. Hayley had sent me a writeup at one time that listed this beach as a top one in the US. On the web - 'the beach! Named as the most beautiful beach in America by “Dr. Beach” in 2020'.   Brett was in the water at this gorgeous beach and didn't want to get out.
   We finally did continue towards New Orleans. Do not recall if we stayed near New Orleans, but we did need to get to Dallas Airport to pick up Joey to continue on our trip. We got to the airport on time, but Joey's flight was first delayed and then cancelled. With a new flight being several hours later, we weren't sure whether to continue onto Seattle as planned or go directly to California and try to catch an NBA playoff game there. When we were unable to get NBA tickets, we stuck with our original plans. We went on to Oklahoma City where I left the Camaro and got a larger car (making Brett and Joey happy).
   Unsure of where we next stopped, but we headed to Boise, Idaho where we saw my friend John Scussel and his wife Nancy. We then went to Seattle for an evening game. When we left there the next mornig, we made a stop in Tacoma where a bridge (called Galloping Gertie) had collapsed when it was windy. Since I was doing some work on bridges, I was interested in seeing this location. It was off the beaten path so when we got close to the coast in Oregon, Brett turned to the main roads to save time. Brett and I made up for this 10 years later when we were in Oregon. We did stop at a shop before then where there were many cats.
   We went on to see games in Oakland, San Franciisco, San Diego, and LA (Dodgers and Angels). While there were my (and Brett's) relatives that we visited, these photos are on my general page and not all included here. In Oakland, it was a nice and sunny day game. At Candlestick Park (der Schtick), for an evening game, it was very cold and windy. I was wearing sandals but more than my feet were freezing. I went into the clubhouse after a few innings and watched the game from there, Brett and Joey soon followed. There were people going around selling blankets for $125 and they had takers for that price. The weather was delightful in games in Southern California.
   Besides the trip to Tacoma, and seeing relatives and friends, we went to Disneyland. The usual, except for a water fight on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
   After California we made a stop in Las Vegas and then on to Winslow and Phoenix, AZ. We saw friends Isabelle and Gerry in Phoenix. Joey visited a gym there where Isabelle had membership. I had back trouble and Isabelle and Gerry's son Glenn - who is a Chiropractor - helped my back. Brett and Joey flew back home from there and I flew back to Oklahoma City. I drove the Camaro home from there. I believe I stopped to see friends near Cincinnati and in Columbus.

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1992 - August Trip

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1993 - July Trip

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September 21, 1997 - Yankee Stadium

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1998 - August Trip

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1999 - August Trip

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2001 - August Trip

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We started in Seattle [Safeco Field].

To Oakland [Network Coliseum] ....

To [Pacific Bell Park] ....

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Down to San Diego [Qualcomm Stadium] and dinner with relatives and friend.

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Back up to Los Angeles (and then Disney Adventure Park)

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And to Dodger Stadium.

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2002 - June Trip

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Started at Cinergy Field in Cincinnati ....

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on to Jacobs Field in Cleveland ....

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then to Comerica Park in Detroit ....

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and finally, PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

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July 16, 2003 - der Shea

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August 19, 2004 - Philly Game

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2009 - New Yankee Stadium

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April 16 - Opening Day

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November 4 - World Series Victory

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May 2, 2015 - Fenway Park

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July 26, 2017 - Yankee Stadium

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August 25, 2019 - Dodger Stadium

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June 18, 2021 - Shimmy + - Yankees

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June 3, 2023 - Dodger Stadium

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June 10, 2024 - Joanna&Boys at Angel Stadium

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