Jamestown Jammers

Baseball is Grape!

Thursday, July 6th, 2006 - A beautiful summer day in Western New York, sunny, light breeze, no humidity and in the 70's.  Steelton neighborhood to Chautauqua County is a nice country drive down the I-90W thruway, Route 60 south, to Buffalo Street and then Falconer Street.  The 63 mile cruise takes a little more than an hour.   You can pick up tickets at Diethrick Park.  Pictures below are from a family visit.  It was a great outing that made everyone happy.  Hope you enjoy the story as much as we had doing it.  Always great to be with family and get timely cell phone reports too.  Check out the related links below also:

Buffalo Sports Fans - ClassicBuffalo.com
Classic Buffalo Blog - Jammers at Muckdogs.  August 30th, 2006.
Jamestown Jammers - The official home page.  The Game Log and Box Score.
The Post-Journal - Jamestown sports paper.  Nice article on the game.
Salinas Valley Packers - Little brother Nick Czyz in the CCL, summer 2006.

 

MiLB

Autographed baseball card of Jamestown Jammers pitcher Don Czyz #29.

Diethrick Park

Andrew, Babcia and UMac in front of building and plaques.

Spikes

We were here for this State College of PA game with Andrew and UMac at sign.

Pre-Game

Perfect timing as URob was walking to the grandstand, out came my nephew for warmups. Donny with a happy Babcia by her flowers.

Happy Times!

Andrew, URob, Donny and UMac. Last seen my star nephew at Xmas 2004 in Buffalo.

Bullpen

Thats Donny jumping over the fence for a little warmup.

The Field

Scoreboard and well maintained facility.

Photos

Donny kneeling in the bullpen as a Baseball America photgrapher takes some player pics.

Grandstand

This is where we sat looking toward home plate. Andrew, UMac and Babcia on the metal bleachers.

Bo Porter

First Jammer runner on 1st base and the Coach #16 at third base.

Stopper

Donny warming up getting ready to enter the game in late innings.

9th Inning

Lights on and Donny's first pitch against his former KU teammate Jared Schweitzer.

Dugout

Donny pitching as URob shoots from behind the bench.

#29

Donny on the mound with his new number.

Homeplate

URob moves in for a fastball strike for Donzo.

The Don

A pic from our seats.

Game Over

Jammers win 5-1, teammates come out to congratulate Donny on the mound!

Post-Game

Donny approaches the dugout and shakes player hands.

Exit

Donny leaving the field after the game and greeting the fans.

Apartment

A happy Babcia and Donny with little kitty in front of Jammer banner leading to his room.

Hats Off

Donny had a little collection going but this pic got chopped off a little.

Kitchen

Donny welcomes Babcia and URob after driving him home after the game. Nice family reunion!

Good Night!

Donny locks up, Babcia and URob ready for drive home. We arrived at 12:30am.