6/8/08 at Dolphin Stadium
I didn’t think there’d be batting practice. This was a dreaded “day game after a night game,” and on top of that the night game hadn’t ended until 10:41pm, so I was overjoyed when I ran into the...
View Article6/9/08 at Dolphin Stadium
The story of the day was Ken Griffey Jr.’s 600th career home run. He hit it. I didn’t catch it. I was five feet away from it. It hurts. A lot. After missing out on SUCH an important ball, I literally...
View Article8/12/08 at PNC Park
This was the second game I’d ever attended at PNC Park. The first was seven years ago, and I don’t remember much. I know I snagged seven balls that day, but I didn’t have a blog or a digital camera...
View Article8/13/08 at PNC Park
My girlfriend Jona attended this game… …and wandered around the stadium with me before the gates opened. There was a lot to see. Check out the four-part pic below. Starting on the top left and going...
View Article4/21/09 at Wrigley Field
Freezing, rainy, night game in April without batting practice? Not exactly ideal, but hey, this was my first trip to Wrigley Field in 11 years, and I was thrilled to be here: My goal for the day was...
View Article4/22/09 at Wrigley Field
I started the day by bowing down to a legend. Moe Mullins, perhaps the most successful ballhawk of all time, made his way out to Sheffield Avenue nearly two hours before the stadium was going to open....
View Article4/23/09 at Wrigley Field
Two days ago I met a legendary ballhawk named Moe Mullins. Yesterday I met another named Rich Buhrke. Moe, as I mentioned in my previous entry, has snagged 5,274 balls including 238 game home runs....
View Article7/6/09 at Citizens Bank Park
On 5/8/09 at Citi Field, I had a Watch With Zack client named Joe, and we combined for 22 balls…remember? Yesterday Joe joined me for another Watch With Zack game, and it turned out to be an all-day...
View Article5/19/10 at Turner Field
The day got off to a great start, and it had nothing to do with baseball: I saw my very first girlfriend for the first time in 14 years, and it wasn’t awkward at all. We met in the lobby of my hotel,...
View Article2010 NLDS — Game 2
Reds versus Phillies? Whatever. I was just excited to get out of New York City for a day and see some playoff baseball. This was the scene outside the 3rd base gate at Citizens Bank Park: The whole...
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