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My X-Tweet today —ballparkprints.com #BaseBall Pitchers & Catchers has begun reporting to camps in Arizona and Florida for days. Tomorrow is the MLB’s official start of 2024 # SpringTraining. From the moment the last out is recorded in the WS, I start thinking of Spring Training.

RogerSpring Training 2009 Cincinnati Reds Ed Smith Stadium

Baseball Great Rogers Hornsby’s famous quote: “People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”

Staring out the window today, I know the feeling.

View from our apartment window, Bronxville NY

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I knew many ‘Dead Heads’. They wore out their vinyl records and didn’t care for the CD concept/versions of the Dead albums. Today, reissues of the Grateful Dead albums sell well. I was never a ‘Deadhead.’ I own some of their original albums, and they are in perfect condition.

Released in 1977, Tearrpin Station is the first Grateful Dead album on Arista Records and their first studio album in over 2-years. The album reached No. 28 on the Billboard Album Chart and achieved gold album status in 1987. 

The album cover by artists Alton Kelly and Stanley Mouse

  

“Dancin’ in the Street” is the second cut side 1. It is a cover of Martha & the Vandellas’ Dancing in the Street, but with a new arrangement that prominently features Grateful Dead band member/singer 1972-79 Donna Godchaux.

Danin’ in the Streets

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Linda Ronstadt Heart Like A Wheel

Heart Like a Wheel is the fifth solo studio album by Linda Ronstadt, released in November 1974. It was Ronstadt’s last album to be released by Capitol Records. At the time of its recording, Ronstadt had already moved to Asylum Records and released her first album there; due to contractual obligations, though, Heart Like a Wheel was released by Capitol. Widely considered Ronstadt’s breakthrough album, it was selected by the Library of Congress to be inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2013.

When Will I Be Loved Songwriter Phil Everly

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 Today, I’m listening to DUANE ALLMAN, an anthology double-record album released on December 2, 1972. I pulled out a few albums for my Tuesday Taste of Vinyl yesterday. I was not thinking of the timeline, but the music and artist Duane Allman November 20, 1946-October 29, 1971. As I looked him up, it seemed more like yesterday than 52 years

Little Martha is the final cut on the double record album.

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September 30, 1973, can it really be 50 years? It was a beautiful, sunny fall day for a baseball game and the last game ever at The House that Ruth Built—the 1973 season also marked George Steinbrenner’s first season as the majority owner of the New York Yankees. Throughout the season, I had been thinking about the last game. I grew up near Yankee Stadium and had been going to games there since the summer of 1952. I would love to hear your anecdotes and personal experiences of your favorite ballpark.

Visit my website, http://www.ballparkprint.com, to view additional pictures, and I also offer a limited-edition custom Box Set of pigment ink giclee prints of the history of Yankee Stadium.

1962, the view from my bedroom window.

River Avenue
Gate 6 River Avenue
Gate 6
Grandstands ViewThird Deck
Grandstands View Third Deck View
Field Level under Lodge Deck
Field Level Right Field
Field Level Right Field
Out at Second

Fans Say Goodbye

Final Scoreboard Message At Yankee Stadium



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I have sold images and, from time to time, pillows, mugs, etc.— on Fine Art America, but, this is a first—a Jigsaw Puzzle. Every year the family gathers at the beach house. The big entertainment is the jigsaw puzzle on the dining table. I had often thought I should order one of my images—I never did. So, whoever purchased this, enjoy and thank you. You made my day.

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A few minutes ago, my iPhone altered me that Vida Blue had passed away. Vida Blue in 1971 gave me one of those days that I think about from time to time. My passion for baseball was passed on to me by my day. But baseball left his heart after the Brooklyn Dodgers left after the 1957 season for LA. Vida Blue was the must-see ballplayer of 1971. The Oakland A’s was letting the home teams on their road trips when Vida Blue was scheduled to start. The A’s were coming to Yankee Stadium, and Dad called me and asked if I would get tickets for the August 15, 1971, Oakland A’s game. Vida Blue was scheduled to pitch. I cannot tell you how many times I said Dad would you like to go to a ballgame this weekend. The Yankees lost, and I had one of the best days of my life.

Vida Blue June 6, 1976, Yankee Stadium

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Gordon Lightfoot’s passed away yesterday. For a while now have been revisiting folk music in my Vynly collection; Gordon Lightfoot is in that mix.
On one of our cross-country trips from the west coast, we drove back on I-94. I wanted to stop in Fargo, ND, and visit the Roger Maris Museum; a trip to Fargo is worth it. Leaving Fargo, we decided to drive to Duluth, Minnesota; after all, it was a road trip. We booked two nights for our stay in Duluth, and it was a pleasant surprise. On the second day, we drove north along Lake Superior to the Canadian border. On the drive back, I turned on the radio (Sirus), and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald started to play.