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7/13/08 at Yankee/Shea
Does the name Robert Harmon sound familiar? He’s the bearded ballhawk from Denver–the guy who came THIS close to snagging Barry Bonds’ 762nd home run ball. I wrote a big article about it a few months...
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2008 World Series — Game 4
This was my fourth World Series game ever and only the second at which I was actually going to be inside the stadium. (I spent Games 1 and 2 of last year’s World Series behind the Green Monster.) I...
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7/27/09 at Camden Yards
Earlier this season, I had two Watch With Zack games with a 14-year-old Yankee fan named Joe. He and I combined for 22 balls on 5/8/09 at Citi Field, and then we visited the Pitch In For Baseball...
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8/27/09 at Coors Field
This was the final day of my trip, and it began with a home-cooked breakfast of bacon and eggs: The meal was prepared by Nettie, my “host mother” for the week. She and her husband Danny have season...
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9/29/09 at Nationals Park
This was the third time I’d ever been to Nationals Park, and it was the third time that something went wrong. This time? I took a wrong turn and got stuck in traffic and missed the first 20 minutes of...
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9/30/09 at Nationals Park
This was the Nationals’ final home game of 2009 — a 4:35pm start — and my friend Brandon was there with his fancy camera… When we first ran into the stadium at 2:05pm, all the Nationals players were...
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2009 NLDS — Game 2
This wasn’t just another game. Not only was it the National League Division Series — Cardinals vs. Dodgers — but there was something extra special about it for me: it was the day before my appearance...
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2009 World Series — Game 5
On a personal level, the best thing about Game 5 of the 2009 World Series was getting a free ticket. The worst thing was that I had to watch the Phillies and Yankees. To put it lightly, I don’t care...
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5/12/10 at Camden Yards
Most. Frustrating. Game. Ever. It started at 5pm when I ran inside the stadium and saw this: It was just starting to drizzle. The groundskeepers were just starting to roll out the tarp. The Orioles,...
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6/29/10 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Day 2 of the San Juan Series started with another long line outside the bleacher entrance: See the guy in the gray All-Star Game shirt? His name is Mike. We’d met the day before, and we ended up...
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