To the Bolts: I couldn’t be more proud of you. Thank you Jeff Vinik, Steve Yzerman, Guy Boucher, and all of the players for a fantastic season and post-season. If this was a rebuilding year, I can’t wait for 2011-2012. (Steve Yzerman for GM of the Year!)

And a look back: Vincent Lecavalier’s first game as a rookie – October 1998.  Sorry for the quality, I was still using a film camera and had to scan this one.

Let me root, root, root for the home team…
Jack Norworth

In honor of the World Series, I decided to post these photos of L. P. Frans Stadium. L.P. Frans is home to the Hickory Crawdads (affectionately known to the locals as the ‘Dads) minor league baseball team. After ten years with the Pittsburgh Pirates, they became an affiliate of the Texas Rangers in September. For a description, please hover over the photos. (If you scroll down two posts, the second photo was also taken at the stadium.)

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Oh… people will come Ray.
People will most definitely come.
– Terence Mann (Field of Dreams) –

Another from my stash of Canada photos. This is a bird’s eye view (from the CN Tower) of Rogers Centre – home of the Toronto Blue Jays.