bat-que-10-cmOriginally uploaded by chuckthewriter I didn’t get to see much of Battle Creek this season (heck, they only did one East Coast trip), but I did get plenty of shots, including this nice slam dunk.
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Chuck the Writer's favorite PBL photo of 2009
man-roc-2-cmOriginally uploaded by chuckthewriter Probably my favorite photo from the 2009 PBL season. I had to get special permission from the security staff at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester to allow me to shoot from the catwalk, directly over the hoop. Really fun stuff.
Read MoreChuck the Writer and the Pontiac 6000
So I’ve got my final PBL road trip of the season, going to Rochester Sunday for the PBL finals between the Rochester Razorsharks and the Battle Creek Knights, one game, winner takes all. And in order to make sure there weren’t any issues with me getting to the finals, I had my Pontiac 6000 over…
Read MoreChuck the Writer mourns the loss of Harry Kalas
So I’m reading one of my favorite weblogs, Can’t Stop the Bleeding, and I came across a post that saddened me. Harry Kalas, the stentorian radio voice of the Philadelphia Phillies, passed away at the age of 73. I was never a Phillies fan per se, but I appreciated Kalas’ clear, slow dictation and concise…
Read MoreChuck the Writer gets some props from a PBL team
The Vermont Frost Heaves of the Premier Basketball League finished their season with a very respectable 15-5 record, and an appearance in the PBL Play-In playoff game. During the PBL season, I photographed seven of the Frost Heaves’ games – four at the Barre Municipal Auditorium, one at their other home venue, the Burlington Memorial…
Read MoreChuck the Writer Just Heard of a Promotion
My daughter Cassaundra serves in the Army National Guard. Just heard Monday night that she received a promotion from PFC to Specialist. Congrats!
Read MoreChuck the Writer Published in Manchester NH Magazine
During my thousands of miles driving here there and everywhere for the Premier Basketball League, I was able to snag several photographs of the Manchester (N.H.) Millrats. So when a Manchester-based lifestyle magazine needed photographs of the Millrats for their upcoming magazine… To make a long story short, they used four of my photographs, including…
Read MoreChuck the Writer Loves Those Overhead Shots
Sunday afternoon I was at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y., photographing the PBL playoff game between the Rochester Razorsharks and the Manchester Millrats. Game was a hot affair, with the Rats taking a 116-110 victory over the Sharks to stay alive in the playoffs. But for me, I wanted a different type of shot.…
Read MoreChuck the Writer sends more records to Goodwill
Two more crates of albums are now at the local Goodwill. I rescued a few recordings (anything with Dragon on it stays; I found an autographed copy of Din’s “Great Traditions” that has special meaning for me), but the lion’s share is now being picked through by bargain hunters. This morning I boxed up another…
Read MoreChuck the Writer Ain't Thrilled with Sunset Rec's Saturday Night Trivia
The headline says it all. I won two pitchers of beer, an order of wings, and I’m not going back to that trivia competition ever again. First off, let me say that I do enjoy playing competitive trivia. And when I heard that Sunset Recreation, an Albany-based bowling center, was hosting Saturday night trivia at…
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