Mike McCann's Field of Fotos

Due to the G-20 economic summit in Toronto, and the fear that demonstrations might paralye the city, baseball decided to move the Blue Jays series against the Phillies out of the city. The somewhat surprising alternate location proved to be Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park. Above, a pre-game pow wow of power hitters: Toronto's Jose Bautista and Philadelphia's Raul Ibanez and Ryan Howard. Below, Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino and 2nd baseman Chase Utley. Even with the Blue Jays batting in the bottom of the innings and wearing their home whites (while the Phils donned their road grays), it was almost impossible to make it feel like a Toronto home game. The Phillies with sparkplug Jimmy Rollins getting three hits, dominated the Blue Jays 11 - 2. Above, Toronto starting pitcher Brett Cecil was hit hard, and betrayed by shabby defense -- he gave up 7 runs in less than 5 innings. Below, Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista is enjoying a breakout year -- with more than ha...

The Mets and Tigers capped an interleague series last night at Citi Field. That gave me a chance to watch Armando Galarraga, who threw what will forever be remembered as the "almost perfect game" earlier in June. Once a pitcher touches greatness, as Galarraga has, you'll always wonder "can he do something special this time?" No headlines, nothing for the record books tonight -- though Galarraga didn't give up a hit until the 4th inning. By then, the Tigers held the lead -- thanks to a 1st inning sacrifice fly by their best hitter Miguel Cabrera. With the sun not setting until 8:30, fans in the upper right field seats enjoyed the bonus daylight. Galarraga gave up a run in the 4th and three more in the 6th. He left with the lead. While the Mets pulled closer in the 7th inning, the Tigers held on for a 6 - 5 victory. Here's a look at the on-field victory line after Jose Valverde nailed down the save for Detroit.

A few shots from Labor Day, 2003, a make-up game between the Phillies and Boston Red Sox. This was my last of many visits since 1977 to Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia's round bowl of concrete and plastic. Amazingly, over the last decade, nearly all of the similarly designed multi-purpose stadia have disappeared from the baseball landscape. Only Toronto's Rogers Centre remains as a legacy of that architectural generation. Above: a 1984 visit to The Vet on a night Hall of Pitcher Steve Carlton was on the mound. Note the original pastel seating -- and scoreboard responding to a Von Hayes home run. While Joni Mitchell may warn, "You don't what you got til it's gone," I'm not sure many Phillies fans would agree. Next Sunday, we'll be on hand for the Phillies interleague "road" series against the Blue Jays at its remarkably superior replacement, Citizens Bank Park.

A visit to Yankee Stadium, especially for first-time visitors, often starts with a walk through Monument Park. The club's incomparable history is displayed through plaques, monuments and enough retired numbers (15) to fill out a lineup card and staff a bullpen!

You're looking at a small slice of history -- yesterday at Yankee Stadium was the final time Dave Trembley carried out the lineup card as Orioles manager. With his club off to a 15-39 start, it's no shock that he was fired this morning.

A year ago, looking out from the Great Hall of the new Yankee Stadium you saw its distinguished predecessor. In 2010, the view is stunningly different.

Yankees closer Mariano Rivera's signature pitch is a cutter, well-named for its effect to cut bats up in the hands of helpless hitters. Here's a fascinating moment captured from the 9th inning of today's Yankee win over Baltimore. Watch how Rivera's cutter literally shatters a bat

Neil Walker was one of several impressive Pirates prospects I saw playing for Indianapolis. A .321 batting average and 26 RBIs in April and May earned him a promotion. On June 1st, the Pittsburgh native smacked his first big league homer -- a two-run, 8th-inning shot that brought the Pirates from behind as they beat the Cubs 3 - 2.