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Through The Years, Memories and Backstories… The Perfect Game…

by Ves January 17, 2023January 17, 2023
CHICAGO - JULY 23:  Mark Buehrle

I’ve been fortunate to have photographed four no-hitters during my career, but only one perfect game. That would change on a warm and humid July afternoon  The …

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CHICAGO, IL-SEPTEMBER 30, 1990:  "Old" Comiskey Park, home of the Chicago White Sox from 1910 thru 1990.  It was demolished in 1991.  Steve Lyons of the Chicago White Sox makes the final putout to end the final game played at Old Comiskey Park on September 30, 1990.  (Photo by Ron Vesely)
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Through The Years Favorites Continued… Old Comiskey Park…

by Ves December 5, 2022December 5, 2022

I grew up a White Sox fan. I still have the ticket stub from the very first game I ever attended.  Comiskey Park on August …

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Through The Years – Favorite Images and Backstories as the White Sox Team Photographer

by VesUpdated on November 28, 2022November 28, 2022

I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite images (along with a few stories) taken during my 37 year run as …

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Chipper, Vladdy, Trevor and Gentleman Jim – Introducing The Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2018

by VesUpdated on June 16, 2019January 24, 2018

Time sure is flying!  It seems like only yesterday that Jim Thome, Chipper Jones, Trevor Hoffman and Vladimir Guerrero were the subjects of my best …

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The Chicago Cubs Win the 2016 World Series

by Ves November 4, 2016November 4, 2016

The Chicago Cubs ended a 108 year championship drought, defeating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in ten innings on an unusually warm and sometimes rainy night …

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On Assignment – Game 6 2016 World Series – Cubs vs Indians

by Ves November 2, 2016November 2, 2016

On an unusually balmy November night in Cleveland (73 degrees at game time), the Chicago Cubs won a “must win” Game Six of the 2016 World …

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On Assignment – 2016 World Series Games 3 & 4 – Indians at Cubs

by VesUpdated on October 31, 2016October 30, 2016

With the Series tied one game apiece, the scene switched to Wrigley Field. There was a buzz in the air as our taxi dropped us …

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My 25th World Series – A Fall Classic for the Ages – Cubs v Indians Games 1 & 2

by VesUpdated on October 28, 2016October 27, 2016

The 2016 World Series marks my 25th Fall Classic… How ironic that my silver anniversary World Series is one of such historic significance! I’ve seen some great …

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The 2016 Chicago White Sox – An April to Savor

by VesUpdated on May 2, 2016May 2, 2016

April in Chicago can be wicked on one’s body and soul. One minute, it’s spring, the next, back to winter…. toss in a tease of summer here …

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On Assignment – The Royals Win the 2015 World Series

by VesUpdated on November 3, 2015November 3, 2015

Exactly 368 days after the San Francisco Giants denied the Kansas City Royals a chance win the 2014 World Series, the Royals took care of unfinished business …

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Saddened to hear the news of Bill Melton’s passi Saddened to hear the news of Bill Melton’s passing today…
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A #WhiteSox legend as a player, broadcaster and team ambassador, “Beltin’ Bill” was always a treasure to be around… I was fortunate to have been around him as he shared priceless stories from “the good old days”… Make no mistake, you knew when Bill was in the area!
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A lot of laughs too…
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RIP Bill… 🙏🏼😔🙏🏼 …Please keep an eye on Moose for me.. I’m sure he, Mickey and Hank have been up to mischief… more than Minnie alone could handle…
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Thanks for the great memories…
Today!! Me and a few pals went chasing Union Pacif Today!! Me and a few pals went chasing Union Pacific Big Boy #4014... What a RUSH!! The video is short, but PLEASE CRANK THE VOLUME to experience the full effect of the power and majesty of the most powerfull steam locomotive ever built!
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Only 25 Big Boys were built (between 1941 and 1945), and of those 25, only #4014 is operable... 7 others are in museums across the country.
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#BigBoy #4014 #UnionPacific #Americana #SteamChaser
Happy #OpeningDay to all that celebrate!! 💥⚾️💥
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This will be the first one I’ve missed in 40 years… by choice, I might add. 😉
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Streaks are just a number…
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Memories, however, last a lifetime…
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#MLB #WhiteSox #OldComiskeyPark #BaseballisStillPartOfMyLife #VeselyPhotography #Baseball #VeselyPhotographyArchives #BaseballPhotographer #SportsPhotographer
Good luck and continued success to you @dylancease Good luck and continued success to you @dylancease7 as your professional journey takes you to ☀️ San Diego!
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It seems like yesterday when I stalked your every move as you made your #MLB debut on a beautiful July day! 😉
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I wish you nothing but the best, Dylan! Cheers to you my friend! 👊🏼⚾️👊🏼
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#WhiteSox #DylanCease #BaseballisStillPartOfMyLife#VeselyPhotography #Baseball #VeselyPhotographyArchives #Portraits #BaseballPhotographer #SportsPhotographer
#MLB Spring Training Photo Day week is underway in #MLB Spring Training Photo Day week is underway in Florida and Arizona and while I definitely do NOT miss the 4am wake up calls, I do miss having fun and the challenge of making quick portraits faster than your lighting could recycle!!
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Here’s a few of my favorites from the “Ves Vault”… funny how @yolmersanchez5 is pictured in more than a few of these… 🤔
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Coincidence? I think NOT!! 🤣🤣
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#WhiteSox #BaseballisStillPartOfMyLife#VeselyPhotography #Baseball #VeselyPhotographyArchives #GoodOldDays #Portraits #BaseballPhotographer #SportsPhotographer
More from the “Ves Vault”… A few images from More from the “Ves Vault”… A few images from spring training 30 plus years ago back in the good ole’ days” down in Florida….
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How about that super rare smiling image of Barry from the mid 80’s?? 🤔 Must have been due to my beaming persona and utmost professionalism… 🤣
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Did you know Bret Saberhagen was an accomplished juggler? I didn’t either until our Inside Sports photo shoot at Baseball City! (How many of you remember Baseball City?)
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Wade Boggs out back of his house on a golf course in Tampa… on assignment for Inside Sports Magazine.
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Jack Morris… Mike Schmidt… Joe Carter… Molly… Roger...
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I recall taking the portrait of Nolan Ryan in Port Charlotte and his comment as he walked up to my set, in his unmistakable Texas drawl… “That is one ugly backdrop”… 🤣 I told him I promise I’d have a different one next season. Hey, not my pick! (Pinnacle Trading Cards pick, actually). 
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The frame from Lakeland as a few Tigers ran sprints in the outfield during the game with the palm trees in the background… I can still feel and smell the humidity and warmth of a spectacular March day in Florida...
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Thanks for letting me share some of my spring memories with you. Baseball will ALWAYS be a part of my DNA! ⚾️💥⚾️
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#MLB #BaseballisStillPartOfMyLife #VeselyPhotography #Baseball #VeselyPhotographyArchives #OldSchool #Film  #GoodOldDays #BaseballPhotographer #SportsPhotographer
MLB #SpringTraining camps open this week as Americ MLB #SpringTraining camps open this week as America’s Pastime awakens from its annual hibernation and gets it into gear. Hope literally “Springs Eternal” for all 30 teams… The optimism present as camp opens is a favorite time of year for yours truly.  I thought it would be fun to look back at some Spring Training moments I captured during the mid 1980’s and early 1990’s… so many future Hall of Famer’s, some maybe not but might have been Hall of Famer’s… One thing IS certain, they were Big Leaguers.. ALL. ⚾️💥⚾️
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Fun memories for me… I hope my trip down memory lane the next week or two might bring back a few memorable baseball memories for you too…
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Let’s start with the Grapefruit League down Florida way…
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Cal, Kitty, Tito, Mr. Tiger, Kurt, MJ, Pudge II… Hah! We were all so YOUNG!! 🤣
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#MLB #BaseballisStillPartOfMyLife #VeselyPhotography #Baseball #VeselyPhotographyArchives #OldSchool #Film  #GoodOldDays #BaseballPhotographer #SportsPhotographer
Mongo… A force for years as part of the legendar Mongo… A force for years as part of the legendary #ChicagoBears defense and 1985 #SuperBowl Champions 🏆FINALLY enters the #NFL #HallOfFame…
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THIS is how I will ALWAYS remember #76… 👊🏼💥👊🏼
So grateful to have photographed the NFL back in the day, and grateful to have been on the sidelines to witness first hand the awesomeness that personified the great Steve McMichael!
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Tear ‘em’ up forever, Mongo!! 🏈💥🏈
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#Legend #SteveMcMichael #DaBears #SportsPhotographer #SportsPhotography #IPhotographedNFLToo #ManualFocus #Film
Happy Birthday to The Commander (The ORIGINAL Pudg Happy Birthday to The Commander (The ORIGINAL Pudge), Carlton Fisk! 
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I sure am glad I was doing my 📷 thing during your career…
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They don’t make ‘em’ like you anymore…👊🏼⚾️👊🏼
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#CarltonFisk #MLB #BaseballisStillPartOfMyLife #VeselyPhotography #Baseball #VeselyPhotographyArchives #OldSchool #Film #ManualFocus #OldComiskeyPark #ComiskeyArches #BaseballPhotographer #SportsPhotographer 
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I’ve begun the daunting task of going through ma I’ve begun the daunting task of going through many years of my published work in an effort to pair things down... Hah!
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For photographers too young to relate, back in the day, “tear sheets” were quite important when putting together a portfolio. Remember... no internet yet... no online anything other that “You’ve Got Mail” via AOL... Portfolios consisted of “hard assets” that traveled via FedEx to prospective clients.
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I came across this gem as I kicked off this project...
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Who remembers Ozark Airlines?? Anyone?  How about “Focus West”? Don Weiner and crew... My first photo agency, which became AllSport, then Getty Images…
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I DO know most of you recognize the Ozark Airline Magazine cover subject. 1986 ... Film ...Manual focus.
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#JimMcMahon #PunkyQB #ChicagoBears #GoodOldDays #VeselyPhotography #VeselyPhotographyArchive #NFLPhotography#IShotFootballToo
Excited to join fellow judges @adbphotoinc, @broo Excited to join fellow judges  @adbphotoinc, @brooksdudleym , @photo_mocavanagh and @nytmills as @baseballphotogs inaugural baseball photo contest kicks into gear!
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I’m looking forward to seeing the “best of the best” in baseball photography from this past year.
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Details on how to enter can be found via the PBPA page…
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Let’s see what ya’ got!! 📸
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#MLB #BaseballisStillPartOfMyLife #VeselyPhotography #Baseball #BaseballPhotographer #SportsPhotographer
Tim, I’ve known you since you were #TA12… You Tim, I’ve known you since you were #TA12… You “wore it” day in and day out, and it showed. 
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I remember once telling you I fed off of your energy. If I was down, I wasn’t for long if you were in the area! 💥⚾️💥
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Best to you and your family as you continue your professional career outside of the #SouthSide.
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Bat flips, corn 🌽 stalks… sweet memories...
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#TimAnderson #TA7 #WhiteSox #BaseballPhotography #MLB #Nikon #VeselyPhotographyArchive #Baseball #SportsPhotographer #BaseballPhotographer
Congrats to @AlekThomas22, his dad Allen (AT) @ATS Congrats to @AlekThomas22, his dad Allen (AT) @ATStrength1 and the entire Thomas family on Alek and the @DBacks earning a trip to the #2023WorldSeries !
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I’ve known his dad forever, as AT was the @WhiteSox Director of Strength and Conditioning for 28 years. And I’ve had the pleasure of watching Alek grow from shagging baseballs in the outfield during White Sox batting practice, to playing in the #DoubleDutyClassic while attending Mount Carmel HS (The Double Duty Classic is named after famed Negro League standout Ted “Double Duty” Ratcliffe,  featuring the best inner-city high school baseball players in the nation) to getting drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks to now playing in the #FallClassic !
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And did I forget to mention Alek is a finalist for a @Rawlingssg Gold Glove in centerfield?
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His story is what dreams are made of. Alek, I’m incredibly proud of you and what you have accomplished, and I’m excited for what lies ahead for you in your professional career! AT, I couldn’t be happier for you and your family!
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You deserve it all my friend!
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Best of luck in the #WorldSeries!! #FourMore
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#DreamsCanComeTrue #MLB #FallClassic #BaseballisStillPartOfMyLife#VeselyPhotography #Baseball#BaseballPhotographer #SportsPhotographer
#OTD 30 years ago tonight… One of #MLB greatest #OTD 30 years ago tonight… One of #MLB greatest moments occurred when #JoeCarter of the @BlueJays walked it off for a #WorldSeries  winner against the @Phillies at #Skydome.
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I covered a lot of cool and historic baseball moments during my career, but this one ranks up there as one of the greatest.
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I always said my job was as a baseball #VisualHistorian and this moment helped back my mantra.
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Touch em all, Joe!
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#My39thSeason #MLB #FallClassic #ShotOnFilm #WorldSeriesHistory #BaseballisStillPartOfMyLife#VeselyPhotography #Baseball#BaseballPhotographer #SportsPhotographer
40 years ago today, September 18, 1983, I “offic 40 years ago today, September 18, 1983, I “officially” launched my professional photography career as I was issued my first press credential, granting me media access to cover the White Sox play the Seattle Mariners.

I was “working for” Baseball Card News… well, "working for" was really a stretch since in reality I was using this access to build my portfolio… 
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40 years later I look back and want to say thanks to editor Allan Kaye for his belief in my ability,  I was indeed able to build a portfolio which helped me land a 37 year run with the White Sox, as well as cover 25 World Series and 13 Super Bowls for #MLB, The #NFL , The Sporting News, Inside Sports and many more.
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I was there to record some of baseball’s greatest moments… Joe Carter’s walk-off World Series winner in 93’, Kirby’s 1991 Game 6 walk-off, Derek Jeter’s “Mr. November” walk-off during the 2001 World Series, Mark Buehrle’s perfect game and Sports Illustrated cover (4 no-hitters total), Kerry Wood’s 20 strikeout game, the 1989 Earthquake World Series in San Francisco, John Elway’s “The Drive” game in Cleveland in 1986, Wrigley’s First Night Game (8/8/88).. and of course the White Sox winning it all in 2005 as well as the Cubs winning it all in 2016. 
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I made many great friends over that 40 year stretch in the business… photographers that I admired as I honed my skills in the early years who then became life long friends.
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I remember that day 40 years ago well… Since the White Sox clinched the Division the night before, ALL the regulars had the day off for obvious reasons.  But I didn’t care, I made it to "The Show".
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Sports Photography might have indeed been my job, but I never called it work!
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#My39thSeason #MLB #NFL #BaseballisStillPartOfMyLife #SemiRetiredAndLovingIt #VeselyPhotography #Baseball#BaseballPhotographer #SportsPhotographer #FootballPhotographer
Congrats #LaPantera, #LuisRobertJr on being select Congrats #LaPantera, #LuisRobertJr on being selected to your 1st (of what I’m sure will be many) #MLB #ASG teams! I’m certainly not surprised, having watched you develop into the 5 tool player you’ve become! 🤜🏼💥🤛🏿
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Cheers for many, many more!
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#My39thSeason #WhiteSox #Portraits #MLB #BaseballisStillPartOfMyLife #SemiRetiredAndLovingIt  #VeselyPhotography #Baseball #BaseballPhotographer #SportsPhotographer #NikonUSA🇺🇸
Get well soon @the_bigbaby74 !! You are missed by Get well soon @the_bigbaby74 !! You are missed by many, whether it’s in lineup, clubhouse or in front of the 📸 too! 😉 Can’t wait to see you swinging that big @sluggernation bat again soon!!
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#EloyJimenez #TheBigBaby #My39thSeason #WhiteSox #Portraits #MLB
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Tomorrow, May 6th… a great ride with a greater c Tomorrow, May 6th… a great ride with a greater cause… 🇺🇸 @honorflightchicago … Be there! Let’s RIDE!
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#AmericanLegionRiders #HarleyDavidson #MyTrike #HOG #TriGlide #ThreeWheelsRules #BigTwin #ABATEofIllinois #StartSeeingMotorcycles #HonorFlightChicago
How could I forget one last piece of my motorcycle How could I forget one last piece of my motorcycle history? 🤔 (I think I know why…see the first part of my @oldtrikerdude Instagram handle… 🤣) Sandwiched in there I also had the pleasure of owning and restoring a 1949 #HarleyDavidson #HydraGlide. The major part of the restoration was done by the late great Dale Walksler, owner and master vintage motorcycle rebuilder/collector/archivist and founder of @wheelsthroughtime . 
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This work was done at the original Wheels Through Time in Mt. Vernon Illinois.
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A thinking man’s motorcycle… tank shift, foot clutch, no throttle return springs, manual spark advance… 
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Spent many weekends at @antiquemotorcycleclubamca swap meets locating the correct and original (many one year only) parts to make it what it became.
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Paint and sheet metal work was done by my pal Tracey Parrotte.
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Peacock Blue was the factory correct color seen here
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Maybe I’ll need to devote an entire post of two on this beauty from “was” to “became”.
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RIP Dale… we miss you…
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#VintageHarley, #Panhead, #HarleyDavidson, #WearYourKidneyBelt
Before 2023 @WhiteSox #OpeningDay departs in the r Before 2023 @WhiteSox #OpeningDay departs in the rear view mirror, I’d be remiss not to mention that one of the BEST moments during any home opener is the pregame introductions!!
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Win or lose, the energy and festive vibe during the intros never disappoints!
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A party like atmosphere to be sure!! 🎉 ⚾️ 🎉
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