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Douglas T.
Dinsmoor
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Attended over 1,000 Major League
games in 52 ballparks. |
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Attended over 100 Minor League
games in 85 ballparks. |
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Columnist for Boston Baseball
magazine for 4+ seasons. |
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Play-by-play and color announcer
on jumbocast.net Internet radio for 2 Tufts University baseball games. |
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Snagged 4 MLB game foul balls,
including one at my first MLB game (at Wrigley Field), and 3 at Fenway Park. |
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Snagged 4 minor league game foul
balls: Five County Stadium, Zebulon, NC - April 18, 2001; Thurman Munson
Memorial Stadium, Canton, OH - June 21, 2001; Security Service Field, Colorado
Springs, CO, 2 balls in one game - August 23, 2005. |
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Caught Matt Holliday's 9th inning, game-tying 110th career home run off
Billy Wagner of the New York Mets on May 23, 2008 at Coors Field. Awarded
a "Clean Catch" pin by the Rockies. |
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Caught Troy Tulowitzki's 2nd career grand slam, 4th inning, on September
15, 2008 at Coors Field. Awarded a "Clean Catch" pin by the Rockies.
Got Troy to autograph the ball. |
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Caught Carlos Gonzalez' 36th career and 19th season home run on July 29,
2010 at Coors Field. Hit off Paul Maholm of the Pittsburgh Pirates on a
2-1 count. Awarded a "Clean Catch" pin by the Rockies. Got CarGo
to autograph the ball. |
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Caught Oscar Salazar's (San Diego Padres) 9th inning pinch-hit home run
on September 13, 2010 at Coors Field. Although I caught the ball in my glove,
I was not awarded a Clean Catch pin because my friend, Jose, who was sitting
next to me, touched the ball with one finger before I caught it. |
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Caught Todd Helton's 338th career and 5th season home run on May 14, 2011
at Coors Field. Solo shot, hit off Aaron Harang of the San Diego Padres
on a 2-1 count, 1 out in the 3rd inning. Awarded a "Clean Catch"
pin by the Rockies. Got Todd to autograph the ball. |
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Caught Mark Ellis' 86th career and 6th NL season home run (1 in AL) on September
19, 2011 at Coors Field. Two-run shot, hit off Cory Luebke of the San Diego
Padres on a 2-1 count, 2 outs in the 6th inning. Mark's home run was the
only Rockies hit of the game. Awarded a "Clean Catch" button by
the Rockies. Got Mark to autograph the ball. |
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Grabbed Joe Koshansky's home run on September 17, 2008 at Coors Field. It
was the only run as the Rockies beat the Padres, 1-0. |
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Grabbed Brad Hawpe's 7th inning 2-run home run on May 12, 2009 at Coors
Field. |
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Dropped – but grabbed –
Matt Kemp's (Los Angeles Dodgers) 4th inning home run on June 9, 2011 at
Coors Field. Solo shot on 3-2 count off of Juan Nicasio. NL-leading 18th
homer of the season and 107th of his career. Got Matt to autograph the ball. |
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Grabbed Brennan Boesch's (Detroit
Tigers) 9th inning home run on June 19, 2011 at Coors Field. Solo shot on
0-1 count off of Clayton Mortensen. 10th homer of the season and 24th of
his career. |
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Dropped – but grabbed –
Dan Uggla's (Atlanta Braves) 6th inning home run on July 19, 2011 at Coors
Field. Solo shot on 3-2 count off of Ubaldo Jimenez. Dan's 2nd homer of
the game, 17th of the season and 171st of his career. |
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Visited Baseball Hall of Fame
in Cooperstown, NY 4 times. Attended 1989 induction ceremonies for Carl
Yastrzemski, Johnny Bench, Red Schoendienst, Al Barlick & Harry Caray. |
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Visited Babe Ruth Museum &
Birthplace (Baltimore, MD), Negro Leagues Museum (Kansas City, MO - 2 times),
Ty Cobb Museum (Royston, GA), Johnny Mize Museum (Demorest, GA), Yogi Berra
Museum (Little Falls, NJ), Louisville Slugger museum and plant (Louisville,
KY.) |
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Visited Mickey Mantle's boyhood
home (Commerce, OK), Babe Ruth's farmhouse (Sudbury, MA), Walter Johnson's
home (Humboldt, KS), Johnny Mize's home (Demorest, GA), and Connie Mack's
home (Philadelphia, PA.) |
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Visited 37 of the sites listed
in the book "101 Baseball Places To See Before You Strike Out."
(I have no interest in visiting at least 24 sites in the book.) |
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Witnessed 10th (out of now 15)
unassisted triple play in MLB history, by John Valentin at Fenway Park,
July 8, 1994. |
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Witnessed 246th MLB no hitter,
thrown by Jose Jimenez of the St. Louis Cardinals at Bank One Ballpark,
June
25, 1999 (vs. Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks, who struck
out 14 and lost, 1-0.) |
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Witnessed Red Sox Rich Gedman
hit for the cycle, September 18, 1985 at Fenway Park, becoming the 6th catcher
since 1900 to achieve the feat. |
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Witnessed Rockie Troy Tulowitzki
hit for the cycle, August 11, 2009 at Coors Field, becoming the 5th Rockie
to achieve the feat. |
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Witnessed Giant Pablo Sandoval
("Kung Fu Panda") hit for the cycle, September 15, 2011 at Coors
Field, becoming the 26th Giant (10th SF Giant) and 4th Venezuelan to achieve
the feat. |
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Witnessed Rockie Carlos Gonzalez
hit for the cycle, July 31, 2010 at Coors Field, becoming the 6th Rockie
to achieve the feat. His third-deck walk-off home run marked only the 5th
time in MLB history that a cycle was accomplished with a game-ending home
run, and the first time since Red Sox Dwight Evans did it on June 28, 1984. |
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Witnessed Scott Hairston of the
New York Metsss hit for the cycle, April 27, 2012 at Coors Field, becoming
the 10th Met to achieve the feat. |
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Witnessed Red Sox Pedro Martinez
pitch an "immaculate inning" by striking out the side on nine
pitches, May 18, 2002 at Fenway Park, first inning, versus the Seattle Mariners.
Feat was the 11th time in American League history (out of now 15) and 33rd
time (out of now 46 - 7/8/11) in Major League history. |
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Attended 8 World Series games:
Game 4 (Orioles at Phillies) in 1983; Games 4, 5 (Mets at Red Sox), &
7 (Red Sox at Mets) in 1986; Games 1 & 2 in 2006 (Cardinals at Tigers),
and Games 3 & 4 in 2007 (Red Sox at Rockies.) |
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Attended 2 MBL All-Star games:
1994 (Pittsburgh) & 1996 (Philadelphia). |
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Attended 11 American League Championship
Series games and 4 American League Division Series games (all but 2 post-season
games that were played in Fenway during my Boston residence.) |
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Attended 2 National League Championship
Series games and 3 National League Division Series games at Coors Field. |
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Attended National League Wild
Card playoff game at Coors Field. Game was #163 of the 2007 regular season. |
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Met 27 Hall of Famers and obtained
their autographs. |
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Attended 48 Red Sox road games
in 20 MLB venues. |
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Attended 10 Rockies road games
in 5 MLB venues. |
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Usher, Coors Field 2004 –
2007. Awarded Rookie of the Year, 2004. Worked 76 games in 2004,
all 81 games in 2005, 27 games in 2006, 10 games in 2007, for a total of
194 games. |
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Paid my respects at graves of
Babe Ruth (Hawthorne, NY), Billy Martin (Hawthorne, NY), Honus Wagner (Pittsburgh,
PA), Pie Traynor (Pittsburgh, PA), Connie Mack (Cheltenham, PA), Joe DiMaggio
(Colma, CA), Mickey Mantle (Dallas, TX), Roger Maris (Fargo, ND), Ty Cobb
(Royston, GA), Jackie Robinson (Brooklyn, NY), Lou Gehrig (Valhalla, NY),
Walter Johnson (Rockville, MD), Johnny Mize (Demorest, GA), Mel Ott (Metairie,
LA), John Clarkson (Cambridge, MA), Tim Keefe (Cambridge, MA), Jocko Conlan
(Scottsdale, AZ.), Satchel Paige (Kansas City, MO), Zack Wheat (Kansas City,
MO), John "Buck" O'Neil (Kansas City, MO), Grover Cleveland Alexander
(St. Paul, NE), Bill Klem (Coral Gables, FL), Jimmie Fox (Miami, FL), Max
Carey (Miami, FL), and Ed Walsh (Pompano Beach, FL). |
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Attended games in 18 New England
minor league ballparks for 19 teams, several times accomplishing goal of
seeing games in home park of every professional team in New England. |
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Quoted in Boston Globe
and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, pictured in Boston Globe
(twice) for baseball stories. |
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Appeared in NESN (New England
Sports Network) Red Sox TV promo. Appeared in TV crowd shots numerous times,
including while snagging one of my Fenway Park game foul balls, à
la Ferris Bueller, and while chasing and/or catching the above home
runs. |
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© 2012 Douglas T. Dinsmoor