Dodger Stadium was without a doubt the most anticipated ballpark visit on my west coast trip.  Since I was a little boy I have always wanted to go there.  I was fascinated with the palm trees, the sunsets, the zig-zag roof over the outfield bleachers and Vin Scully’s sultry tones.  I attended a Tuesday night game between the Dodgers and the …

Since everything old is new again and Alex Anthopoulos is the next coming of Pat Gillick, lets look to the 80′s for inspiration as to what to do with future cornerstone Travis Snider.  Platooning is not the answer.  Hey, if it’s good enough for Barfield and Moseby it’s good enough for Snider.  It’s best to let him develop during a time …

This was an interesting experience for me.  Growing up as a Blue Jays fan, my heart was ripped out in my tender formative years when the Oakland A’s nearly swept the Blue Jays 4 games to 1 in the 1989 ALCS.  To add insult to injury, I had read that upon shutting the door on Toronto, A’s closer Dennis Eckersley …

AT&T Park (formerly known as Pac Bell Park) is the current home of the San Francisco Giants and has been since 2000.  It is widely regarded as the crowning achievement in the neoclassical ballpark movement spearheaded by the HOK sports/Populous architecture firm.  For me, the best part about AT&T Park is that there is water directly beyond the right field …

I finally made it to a California ballgame.  Unfortunately it was National League.  I will try to keep this to a ballpark review rather than commenting on the game.  As this is a Toronto based blog and many of the readers are familiar with the Blue Jays I like to use Rogers Centre as a baseline or reference for my …