Pete Riola, I am a family man, sports (of which baseball is the best), nature and nature photography, fisherman, forager, cooking enthusiast and owner of Ham Lake Web Design.

Some notes of interest include:

I have attended many sporting events…The famous game 2 of the ’91 world series…Hrbek, Gant play at first base, most suspenseful game of the zillions of ball games I’ve attended.

I attended the Bobby Heenan vs Greg Gagne Weasel Suit match.

The Minnesota Gophers basketball Big Ten title clinching games in 1982 and 97.

Bobby Jackson is the greatest Gopher hoops player I ever saw during 30 plus years of attending almost all the  games.

Torii Hunter is vastly underrated.

The Rashad TD catch against Cleveland with no almost time remaining…I left early for the only time to beat the traffic ha ha ha.

Frank Thomas’ 500th home run.

I attended the infamous 84-13 Gopher drubbing aginst Nebraska in 1983..I stayed for the entire game.

Minnesota Kicks 9 The Cosmos 2!

I still miss the old WCHA.

I had the pleasure of escorting Tim Conway for 3 days during his ambassadorship of the 1986 St Paul Derby.

Yellowstone.

Black trumpets are outstanding.

I worked at Met Stadium selling popcorn.

I once had a collection of autographs and memorabilia from the 1970’s that would be impressive if I still had it .