New England Trip June 15-30 2008

Here are the pictures from the New England tripwith the Chinese National Team.

Bus to Torrington CT




Late night passing around of peppermint sticks. (Random much?)
Torrington CT. Downtown 1 am.
Torrington Twisters. Press conference. Coach Yi Sheng interprets.

Kang Kang and Zhang Rong from CCTV. Shooting a documentary. Travelling with the team.

Torrington's Mayor Ryan Joseph Bingham
Lobby
Yankee Pedlar Inn

View from hotel window. Warner Theater in background.
Torrington Twisters vs. Team USA.
Me and the tiger-mascot.
Dad threw for Torrington at the bottom of the seventh inning. http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/stories/061808aan.html

Action Wildlife exhibit.


Fuessenich park, Torrington CT. Team USA vs. Team China
After the game. Local kids shake hands and take pictures with Coach Wang

One of Torrington's mansions. Hotchkiss house. We got a tour. Pictures were not allowed inside... :(
Torrington graveyard in the background. Mom sniffs nearby flowers. She said they took her back to her childhood or something.
Volunteers picking weeds to maintain the property of the Hotchkiss house.

Staten Island ferry ride.

Yankee Stadium

9/11

Ground Zero monument. Building site for another tower.
New York Stock Exchange
Press conference. USA wrestling team with Chinese National team. Sports Museum of America. New York City.

New York City

Sports Museum of America. Pictures were not allowed. But I took this one ONLY because there was another photographer in the room; snapping away.
Walking across the street. Chinatown.

Typical New York couple.
Tour of city hall.

George Washington's writing desk.

Madame Shen Wei and the Deputy Mayor of New York.
City Hall. New York City.Fenway Park

Steve, Cindy, Zhang Yufeng, Kang Kang and his wife, Zhang Rong.


IHOP breakfast. Newport RH. Wang Chao and Peter Burns.

Autographs in Rindge NH.


Dad throwing batting practice. Newport RI.
Last picture with the team.