Everyone has heard of the phenom 21 year old pitcher who was selected #1 in the 2009 MLB draft. This past weekend I was headed to Long Pond, Pennsylvania to shoot NASCAR. I was browsing ESPN.com and I saw Strasburg would make his final minor league start on Thursday in Buffalo. So I did a quick search to see how far Buffalo was from me and how far it was to the track. 5 hours from home then another 5 hours to the race. This being such a big deal I had my editor request a media credential for the Buffalo Bisons vs Syracuse Chiefs. Once credentials were approved I had to figure out what time I should leave Ohio to make it for a 1:05 start time. I left home at 5 am which got me to the stadium around 10:30 which gave me plenty of time to check out the stadium get something to eat and relax.

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Being a sports photographer your schedule changes quite frequently. I was suppose to head down to Oxford, OH to shooting #10 Cincinnati against Miami of Ohio but with the Tigers having a chance to clinch the American League Central that would be a way better story. I got to the stadium around 5:30 and the Twins vs. Royals game was playing on the scoreboard and everyone was watching in hoping the Royals would be able to beat the Twins. But that didn’t happen so covering the game wasn’t as big of a deal as it should be.
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After covering NASCAR the previous weekend, I had to redeem my self from poor coverage. The Chicago Cubs were in town, playing a three game series against the Tigers. Game one ended when the Tigers hit a home run in the bottom of the ninth, defeating the Cubs 5-4. After I saw the exciting game on SportsCenter I headed up Wednesday, hoping to witness another great game.

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For my 20^th birthday I decided to head up to Detroit to cover them playing the Cleveland Indians. Since I can’t get credentials to Indians games at Progressive Field I used this game to focus mostly on stock photos.

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