PETCO Park

PETCO Park is the beautiful home of the San Diego Padres.  Ed, Farley and Mark will be reviewing this ballpark during our podcast featuring the San Diego Padres.  This podcast will be released on Friday, July 16th.

PETCO the pet supply retailer purchased the naming rights when the park opened in 2004.  This ballpark is by the San Diego Bay but you cannot see the bay from any vista from your seats.  The ballparks’ fixed seating capacity is 42,500 with an additional 3,500 places for lawn seating and standing room only.

Ed Kasputis visited PETCO Park on June 28th.  ”Bring a windbreaker.  To my amazement it was cold and slightly spitting but the ballpark is beautiful and a must see for any fan seeking a Baseball PhD.”  Kasputis continued, “the Padres have had only three rainouts in 25 years.  Their version of June gloom is a gray day with no chance of rain.”

PETCO Park slide show

To see addition pictures, please click here to visit our flickr web page.

Kroc Saved The Show in San Diego

This week is Padres‘ week with our podcast featuring the San Diego Padres scheduled to be released on Friday, July 16th.  In 1969, the National League expanded with the creation of the Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres.  Five years later, the struggling Padres had been sold conditionally to Washington DC area grocery-chain owner, Joseph Danzansky.  Danzansky planned to move the Padres to Washington D.C.  Ray Kroc read that the Padres were for sale in a Chicago newspaper.

The Padres received a telephone call informing them that Ray Kroc was interested in purchasing the team. Padre president, Buzzie Bavasi asked how many people were in Kroc’s group.  The answer was one.  At the 12th hour, Kroc purchased the Padres for $12 million dollars and kept the team in America’s Finest City, San Diego.  To put things in perspective, one year earlier George Steinbrenner and a group of investors had purchased the New York Yankees for $8.8 million.

Kroc Saves The Show for San Diego.

Understanding Ray Kroc (1902 – 1984)

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Ed, Farley and Mark are in beautiful Orange County California, home to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.  Our PhD Committee explores Southern California and then reviews the upcoming MLB All Star Game that will be held in Anaheim on July 13th.  Ed then interviews baseball researcher, Paul Hirsch about his beloved Angels.  The podcast concludes as Ed, Farley and Mark get ready to drive south on I-5 to America’s Finest City, San Diego.

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OC

Welcome to the good life!

OC is for Orange County.  Home to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Disneyland and countless other wonderful places.  When you catch an Angels game, stop and smell the oranges.  There is much to see and enjoy.

This week is Angels week.  Our podcast featuring the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will be released on Friday, July 9th.  Ed, Farley and Mark will be discussing the OC.

Walking on Sunshine in Orange County

Baseball PhD is now on flickr!

Angels Week

This week is Angels week with our podcast featuring the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim being released on Friday, July 9th.  Southern California is a great place to take pictures.  Last week we got many great pictures from this area, including some of Angels Stadium.  The Angels Stadium slide show is listed above.

We are currently uploading thousands of pictures from our baseball travels into our new flickr account so that our listeners “can see what we are talking about” during our podcasts.  The link to our flickr account is http://www.flickr.com/photos/baseballphd/

This link will always also be listed under the My Links section of our web site.  Listed below are pictures of beautiful Rodeo Drive.  Ed, Farley and Mark will be reviewing both Angels Stadium and Rodeo Drive during our upcoming Angels podcast.

Rodeo Drive

Colorado Rockies

Ed, Farley and Mark are in the Mile High City checking out beautiful Coors Field, the Colorado Rockies and thin air!  Ed then interviews Lloyd Johnson, former executive director for The Society of American Baseball Research.  Lloyd walks Ed around the Field of Legends display at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City.  Ed then interviews William Atkinson about his beloved Rockies.  Our PhD committee then fuels up the van for the West Coast.  First stop, the Big A. California here we come!

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Who’s in First – July 1, 2010

Professor Bukiet and Ed Kasputis are tied with 4 points each

What a difference three months make!  On April 2nd, our PhD committee along with Professor Bruce Bukiet and Rodney Johnson made their 2010 Major League predictions.  Thirty days ago, Professor Bruce Bukiet from the New Jersey Institute of Technology had the most accurate predictions.

After three months of baseball, Professor Bukiet and Ed Kasputis are tied for the lead with 4 points out of a possible 8.  Both men predicted that the New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves would make the playoffs.  Bukiet also predicted that the Texas Rangers would make the playoffs while Kasputis predicted that the Boston Red Sox would make the post season.

Baseball Bob and I Don’t Know are tied for third place with three points each.  Our 2010 Major League predictions will be measured again on August 1, 2010.

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