SUMMER 2007 BASEBALL EXCURSION PICTURE PAGE

	Whereas the 4th annual JazzTrax Baseball Train was on a brief hiatus, JazzTrax Producer Art Good and his Son still did the 2 week Excursion alone Summer 2007. 2 games at Chase Field which was in October to host the National League Championship Series between the National League West Champion Arizona Diamondbacks and the eventual National League Pennant Winning amazing Colorado Rockies. Then 2 games at the Coors Field Home of the Rockies in Denver which hosted this Fall Their 1st Ever World Series. Field on which the Boston Red Sox were to finish their 4-game Sweep. In their quest to finish off all 30 Major League Ballparks (Art has just 1 left, Austin Good at age 8 just 4 ballparks left) you have to do Florida, just to get those out of the way and off the list, So following games in Phoenix and Denver, it was off to South Florida for 2 games at Tropicana Field, Home of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (now just The Rays), and then 2 games in the worst ballpark for Baseball in the major leagues, Dolphin Stadium in Miami, home of the Florida Marlins. Whereas a god awful Ballpark, it is home however to the Marlins, owner of 2 World Series Championships the past decade. Finally no Baseball Stadium trip is complete unless it includes a Minor League Ballpark. The Good wrapped things up with the old 1920-ish Multnomah Stadium, now PGE Ballpark, home of the San Diego Padres Triple A Portland Beavers, in Oregon. And then Art & Austin watched Barry Bonds break the home run record on TV sitting in an Oregon Coastline Cottage in Manzanita, Oregon. The overnight train portion came on Amtrak's Coast Starlight Portland to Los Angeles to get back hme to Southern California.

Watching the Diamond Backs from the Swimming Pool in Right

Arizona Diamond Backs Right Field Swimming Pool and Jacuzzi

Diamond Backs Eric Byrnes in October Fox Sports World Series

Both Games in Arizona ended with Walk Off Home Runs...Here by Eric Byrnes

Bob the Bobcat....D-Backs mascot

Chase Field....Arizona Diamond Backs

What comes after Baseball Season......the Ski Train outside Coors Field that in Winter goes daily into the Rocky Mountains to Winter Park

Arriving at Coors Field in Denver

Add Coors Field to our List of Ballparks Been to, Home of the 2007 National League Champion Colorado Rockies

Coors Field Where the Boston Red Sox Won the 2007 World Series over the Colorado Rockies

Dodgers Noamar Garciaparra doin' his Ritual Thing before batting at Coors Field

Don't play catch next to a sewer. Our ball's final resting place outside Coors Field

Off for Florida

Dodger Dug-Out at Coors Field...Rockies Swept 'Em....Great Seats Huh!

Geez....nobody comes to ballgames in Florida....but it's COOL in here

Okay...Knock off the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Tropicana Field on the Ballpark List (Art has only Atlanta left now)

Too much fun. Too many ballparks. And we don't even care who wins!

3rd Walk-off Home Run in the Trip's first 5 games....We're magic

You don't stay near the ballpark in Miami...Beach at Yankee Clipper in Ft. Lauderdale

Tampa Bay Devil Rays and so a Sting Ray Tank in deep Center Field...you can pet them!

Marlins Benitez waiting to Relieve. He didn't last long.

Dad....this is the worst ballpark in the World! It was! Florida Marlins (where the Dolphins play) Terrible God Awful Ballpark. But...gotta knock it off the list.

Nobody comes to Florida Marlins games.....NOBODY!

Rule is Hotel within walking distance of Ballpark. Not in Miami. Nothing is nearby. 20 minute drive. Got Gas?

Finishing off the baseball trip with Minor League Ball in Portland and then 4 days on the Oregon Coastline in Manzanita

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