Baseball across Wisconsin

For this ballgame, it was an opportunity to see Verona play for the first time this season, and still enjoy an evening game with enough sunlight to shoot much of the game. Turns out the strong evening sunlight cast some pretty dark shadows so it took a few more minutes than usual to process all…

In my previous post for the Blue Sox – Bulldogs matchup, I began the writeup with “This was a great ballgame!” Turns out the next day’s Sunday game between the Sauk Prairie Twins and Cazenovia Reds made for an outstanding weekend of baseball. Besides the on field excitement, Cazenovia celebrated Fan Appreciation Day with a…

All season long, I’ve enjoyed seeing different ballparks, especially those that have a grandstand. Months ago, I came across an early 1900s Dodgeville RPPC (Real-Photo Postcard) of a ballgame in progress. In the photo, it shows a grandstand that looks similar to the present-day grandstands in Dodgeville’s Centennial Park. So, I was looking forward to…

On the return side of a weekend getaway to visit friends in Iowa, I planned to see a game further from home in Southwestern Wisconsin. Per recommendation from the Blanchardville coach on Thursday, I took his advice to see a game in Wiota. The game itself had a lopsided outcome, but I was very pleased…

As part of a weekend getaway to Iowa to see friends, I’d planned to see the Thursday night game between Shullsburg/Benton and Blanchardville, and then one of two ballgames on the way back Sunday afternoon. After speaking to the Blanchardville coach, he help solidify my preference to see a game in Wiota. Each of these…

For the second of to games on Saturday the 11th, I drove to Black Earth to cover the matchup between the Reedsburg Pirates and Bombers. It was a good pitcher’s duel, which was a total opposite of the first game in Rome where the final score was 15-10. Reedsburg took advantage of a slow start…

For this Thursday evening ballgame, I headed to Evansville to see the Jays take on the Pine Bluff Bluffers. It was the first time seeing the Jays this season, and the first time watching the Bluffers, so it was a game I was looking forward to shoot. Like most 7:30 starts, the opportunity to shoot…

For this Sunday’s travels, I planned a trip to cover games in Cazenovia and Reedsburg, but plans changed as the Caz-Dells game unfolded and I was compelled to see it to completion. In the bottom of the 2nd, Caz got the scoring started when starting pitcher Issac Jennings led off the inning with a homer…

In this Tuesday night matchup, the Columbus Crawdads hosted the visiting Poynette Indians in Sunday League Home Talent League play. The trio of Crawdads pitchers, including Trace Kirchberg, Eliot Turnquist and James Mobry IV, held the Indians hitless while Columbus hitters swatted a dozen hits and mustered one fewer runs including 3 doubles (Mobry –…

For this Saturday afternoon game between the Wisconsin Dells Rivermen and host Cross Plains Businessmen, the lighting was excellent. After the initial purge of photos, I still had 300 that I liked. Ultimately, I still ended up with about 135 photos that I want to share. The game itself was very interesting; it was like…