WWW.DIGITALBALLPARKS.COM - About Eric and Wendy Pastore

We started off with a small goal... to see every single standing ballpark in the world. We continue to research daily, trying to find old professional ballparks that haven't been seen... some in 60-70 years old. When visiting these ballparks, we "capture them" in digital photography from every single angle, so that if something does happen to them (like progress) ... generations from now, fans of ballparks will be able to know exactly how they looked as if they were there themselves. We work very hard to make you, our fans, feel like you are actually there with us... experiencing the nuances and character of each ballpark (and they all do have their own character). We hope we are able, with our photography, to give you a true sense, of the feeling of these parks... not as they appear on T.V. or in photographs you may have seen, in years past... but as a personal experience. We will not stop till every single ballpark in the world is on this site! So... if your favorite ballpark is here... we hope we will bring back some great memories. If it's not... well... don't worry...
it will be!

All photos & webpages created by
Eric and Wendy Pastore
845-267-8879
Cell: (347) 446-9220

This is a free museum for the true fans of the game. There is no paid advertising on this site and no fees are collected from the users of this site, or anyone associated with it. All photographs however are considered published and copywritten. If you wish to use these photos please contact us first. Use of these photographs is only allowed with expressed written consent of Eric and Wendy Pastore and www.digitalballparks.com.

EMAIL : digital@digitalballparks.com

Eric John Pastore is a graduate of Pace University with a B.S. in Computer Science. When not searching the world for ballparks, Mr. Pastore makes his living as both a musician and a prop guy/set dresser for Major film and television shows. Eric Pastore is a proud member of IATSE Local 52, the official union of New York prop and set / Special FX technicians, and spends most of his time these days on sets propping Hollywood's most elite actors for the scenes that are about to commence or helping create some type of mega-explosion for . Eric also made a name for himself in the NYC clubs scene and can be found in night clubs througout the NYC area specializing in everything from classic heavy metal to hip hop. As a musician, he has released 4 albums. His first CD Haunted Memories (The Eagles meets Pink Floyd?), was a top hit throughout the south. The album was listed 14 times on Gavin Report for extreme Radio Play, including Atlanta. Two albums followed with Sunblister (now called Simantik), a hard alternative NYC Rock Band i, which has played in such venues as Webster Hall, The China Club, Le Bar Bat and dozens of NYC nightclubs with a sound similar to Deftones, Alice and Chains and Nirvana. Eric Pastore (known as Eric Blackwood during this time for stage purposes) founded the band with Guitarist/Singer Mike Marchetta and was with the band for 6 years. Eric Pastore and Wendy have also served as "guest tech's" for the English Rock Band Marillion, helping them on the road when they tour America, Canada and Mexico. His latest release is a collection of 26 original songs used in the latest film by Vincent (Big Pussy) Pastore formerly of the Sopranos, called "Growing Down in Brooklyn". Eric John Pastore wrote, performed, sung and produced 26 songs for the movie, including scoring, italian music, dance songs, rock music and the theme. He was the Music Director for the film.

Eric's work as a Special FX "guy" / propman /set dresser can be seen on Spiderman 3 , Bourne Ultimatum (The next in the set of Bourne Supremecy / Bourne Identity), Oprah Winfrey's new baseball movie premiering on Christmas Eve 2007... For One More Day (featuring Michael Imperioli from the Soprano's) about a washed up 1973 Mets catcher. Law and Order's SVU and Trial By Jury, CSI New York, New Amsterdam, Oliver Stone's World Trade Center, Richard Gere's The Hoax, Perfect Stranger with Halle Berry and Bruce Willis and Will Smith's new film about being the last man on earth I Am Legend expected in summer 2007.

Eric Pastore was the President of the short lived Piedmont League in North Carolina and is now Operations Manager for the Southwestern League of Professional Baseball in New Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. Pastore have resided in Staten Island New York City until 2006 when they moved just northwest of the city to Congers NY

Wendy Pastore is a graduate of Broome Community College, in her hometown of Binghamton New York. She was a Computer Analyst for the prestigious Winston And Strawn Law Firm in NYC for 5 years. Wendy is a former semi-pro baseball and softball player for barnstorming teams that have played from Massachusetts to Kansas City. Her powerful throwing arm, landed her in Right Field, as she was the only one who could get the ball in from the deepest part of the field to home on a fly (don't mess with her). An experienced athlete, Wendy was also on her high school and collegiate soccer and basketball teams. Today she dedicates her life to www.Digitalballparks.com.

We at Digitalballparks.com, will not stop till every single ballpark in the world is on this site! So... if your favorite ballpark is here... we hope we will bring back some great memories. If it's not... well... don't worry...
it will be!

Digitalballparks.com has been seen in:

- "GREEN CATHEDRALS" (Lowry) - The most famous and respected ballpark book ever written now features quite a few photos from the digitalballparks collection.

- "BALLPARKS - A Panoramic History" - This huge ballpark book was a tremendous success in that it was the biggest (in size) and featured some of the highest resolution photographs of any publication in print. There are over 40 photographs from the Eric and Wendy's camera featured in this publication.

THE EASTERN LEAGUE IN BASEBALL "Marshall D. Wright" Is a statistical history of the Eastern League and features a digitalballparks.com photo on the cover.

YAHOO.COM - We're not sure how Yahoo.com found out about us at first, but they certainly believed in us. After making us a "Yahoo Pick", one of the most sought after tabs on the internet, Yahoo then made their list of their 20 favorite websites in their 2002 Year in Review (not in any order). We did indeed find our name on it, so we can literally say that Yahoo considers us to be one of the top 20 websites in the entire world!

CNN - CNN has written articles about the state of baseball using our photographs and naming us as their "ballpark experts" to base their stories on, as well as interviewing Eric and Wendy. CLICK HERE to see one of these stories.

ABC News Nightline - Ted Koppel has featured the photographs of Eric and Wendy on ABC News Nightline while doing a story on the upcoming 2005 spring training season.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS - Eric Pastore was the special guest and was interviewed at length during a Los Angeles Dodgers pre-game show in 2006 about digitalballparks.com

NECBL ALL STAR GAME - During the 2006 NECBL All Star Game, Eric Pastore was invited as a special guest of the league and spent part of the game doing play by play in the radio booth.

SLIPPERY ROCK SLIDERS - Eric Pastore was a guest announcer for play by play during a ballgame at Slippery Rock.

TWO FOR THE MONEY - This famous movie about bookies staring Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey features photographs from digitalballparks.com as set dressing.

Digitalballparks.com has been featured in over 500 newspaper and magazine articles. Here are some of them:

CHICAGO TRIBUNE - The Chicago Tribune has featured more than one story about digitalballparks or referencing the website for information.

STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE - The famed NYC newspaper did a special front page article about Eric and Wendy for its Palm Sunday special edition.

YORK Daily Record. (Penn) This is a 2007 article that is currently online.

DES MOINES Register - 2007 article about Patterson Field,