Mike McCann's Field of Fotos

May 29th, 2010:  Roy Halladay pitches a perfect game -- with little margin for error --  as the Phillies blank the Marlins 1-0 at Miami. The righthander strikes out 12, and uses 115 pitches the become the 20th man to throw a perfect game -- and the second of the 2010 season (Oakland's Dallas Braden did it weeks earlier, marking the first season since 1880 with two perfectos in the same year). Halladay joins Jim Bunning as the only Phillies ever to throw a perfect game; ironically both occurred in the first seasons with the club. May 29th, 2000: Ex-Yankee Randy Velarde completes the tenth unassisted triple play in major league history -- and does it against his former club. Even tacking on a 9th inning solo homer, it's not enough to overcome the Yankees, who win the game 4-1. May 29th, 1996: Cal Ripken becomes the Orioles all time home run leader, belting the 334th of his career (off Sterling Hitchcock) to move past Eddie Murray. The Orioles wind up losing to the Marine...

I am not sure there was ever another ballpark view quite like this. Certainly not any place I'd visited since the '70s. From Tiger Stadium's upper deck above the right field corner, a space to look straight down at the field. To call it obstructed is being kind, but you're actually looking through the superstructure and peering down on a group of Oriole pitchers: 34 is Storm Davis; 19, Ben McDonald' and 30 Gregg Olson. Not sure about the fourth player, looking toward the camera.

...you share it with one of the White Sox rising stars, Yoan Moncada . The Cuban expat, signed to a pricey contract by the Red Sox, enjoyed a breakout 2019, belting 25 homers, hitting .315 and most crucially, cut his strikeout total by more 60 compared to '18. Garrett Richards posted two strong seasons for the Angels, going 13-4 in 2016 and winning 15 the next year, before being tripped up by arm injuries. Working his way back, he appeared in three games with the Padres late last season. Jose Berrios has quietly developed into one of the American League's better starting pitchers, winning a dozen or more in each of the last three seasons. He posted a 14-8 mark and made the All Star team in 2019 as Minnesota won the AL Central. Isan Diaz , the Springfield, Massachusetts product who made his major league debut last season with the Marlins. Drafted out of high school by the Diamondbacks, he moved through their organization and then the Brewers before coming to Miam...

Darin Ruf gave hints in the mid 2010s that he might become an important Phillies player. The Omaha native showed impressive home run power, but struck out in more than a third of his plate appearances (an ugly 36.3%). His progress wasn't helped by being stuck behind the expensive but declining Ryan Howard. After spending parts of five seasons in the majors -- even after Howard retired -- Ruf fell behind in the organization's pecking order, with the younger and more promising Rhys Hoskins and Dylan Cozens the new apples of the Phanatic's eye. A winter 2017 trade to the Dodgers, didn't provide a path back to the show. Instead, he signed with Samsung in the Korean Baseball Organization, where he smacked 86 homers over three seasons, hitting .290 or better each year. That led to one more big league chance: the Giants gave him a minor league contract and invitation to spring training in Arizona. Making the most of this chance, Ruf was hitting .429 with three ho...

May 22nd, 1976: Reggie Smith belts three home runs and drives in five, as the Cardinals outscore the Phillies 7-6 at Veterans Stadium. May 22nd, 1963: Mickey Mantle 's homer off Bill Fischer of the A's bounces off the facade high above the right field seats at Yankee Stadium. It's the highlight of an 8 - 7 win over the Kansas City A's. May 22nd, 1930:  The Yankee bats were blazing! In the second game of a doubleheader, Lou Gehrig hits three home runs and Babe Ruth adds another in a 20-13 win over the Philadelphia Athletics. The Bambino had a pair in the opener after belting three in the previous game. Ruth ties a major league record with six homers over a three-game span. May 23rd, 2004: Tom Glavine shuts the Rockies out on just one hit. Kit Pellow breaks up the no-no bid with an 8th inning single of the Mets 4 - 0 victory. May 23rd, 2002: Shawn Green becomes the first Dodger since Gil Hodges (in 1950) to belt four home runs in a game -- and adds a double and ...

June 12th, 1992, from the field level seats in lower right field. Once again, arriving well before game time paid off in views the fan who just comes in for a game can't capture. As Tiger Stadium's classic splendor sparkles in the late afternoon sun, there's a different dimension when the image is converted to black and white. Doesn't it remind you a bit of the first time you saw Tiger Stadium on TV? Or a game photo from a daily newspaper?

...you share it with Jayson Werth . The power-hitting outfielder whose hair and beard seemingly grew longer year-by-year was a late bloomer. Once a top Blue Jays then Dodgers prospect, the Phillies picked him up after he missed 2006 with a serious wrist injury. From that point, he rose to stardom on four consecutive NL East winners -- highlighted by the 2008 Worlds Championship. The love from Philadelphia fans turned to hate when he signed a seven-year nine-figure contract to jump to the division-rival Nationals, where, between injuries and inconsistency, he only authored two impressive seasons. Werth sprouts from an impressive family tree: his grandfather and uncle, both named Dick Schofield, were both longtime infielders; and his stepfather Dennis Werth saw time in the majors with the Yankees and Royals. Also on our cake and candles parade: Austin Kearns , a power-hitting righty outfielder who never hit enough to remain a regular. Still, he popped 121 home runs over a dozen...