Yesterday, accompanied by my friend Hans Helder I ventured out to Lake Louise to watch some ski racing. Every year, Lake Louise hosts two World Cup Ski events. This weekend it was the men’s downhill and super G competitions; next week, they’ll do it all again with the women competing in the same events. It…
Category: Sports
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Yesterday, we were treated to a baseball game, the last for the Chicago Cubs’ spring training in 2013. We traveled with longtime friends and new neighbours, Stephanie and Bill McAdam to HoHoKam Park in Mesa, AZ. Not only was this the final game of the 2013 Cactus League season for the Cubs, but also their…
Sports Action: NASCAR
This past Sunday was my annual NASCAR day in Phoenix. Along with friend Barry Stewart, I attended the Advocare 500, named for this year’s race sponsor. There are two NASCAR races each year at the Phoenix International Raceway, one in March, the other in November. I prefer the latter because it is the second last…
High Throw to Second
As promised, a sequence of shots taken at yesterday’s ball game. I was attempting to capture a play in a series of shots, in this case a failed attempt to throw out a runner at second base. I had the camera set on continuous shooting and by simply holding down the shutter and aiming the…
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
It’s time again for baseball. Spring training in the desert. The Cactus League is in full swing with 15 major league teams training in the Phoenix area. We went to the new training complex in Scottsdale today, Salt River Fields, the springtime home for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the the Colorado Rockies. The new training…