Bill Hartel founded Pennant Race Products in 1989 to provide unique, extremely limited edition baseball souvenirs to ballpark fans.  His first product was the Wrigley Field Playoff dirt pen which contained infield "Diamond dust" collected at Wrigley Field on the day of the first 1989 NL Playoff game.  He also produced notarized postcards impregnated with the infield dirt postmarked on the day of the game at the Wrigleyville post office.  Several years later he obtained many wooden seats used in Comiskey Park and fabricated refrigerator magnets and Christmas ornaments - this product was selected by "USA Today" Baseball Weekly as the MUST HAVE Christmas gift for the discerning baseball fan.  In 1995 he wrote the first book on Chicago's Wrigley Field; “A Day at the Park” shot to the top of the Chicago Tribune's Best Seller list in May 1996.  The book is now considered a collector's item and is only occasionally available from used book stores and collector sites.  In 1997 he contracted with White Sox outfielder Al Smith to sign 100 copies of the famous "beer shower" photo in which Smith is accidentally doused with beer by an exuberant fan during the 1959 World Series.

Take a moment to view Baseball Bill’s, Dr. William Hartel, dental website, St. Louis Dental Care, at www.DentalCareStL.com and also visit Bill's Blog.

Dr. Hartel resting up on the Chicago Cubs' dugout bench.	Dr. Hartel throws out the first pitch at Wrigley Field.  STEERIKE!!
Baseball Bill and one of his favorite Chicago Cubs, Billy Williams.	BallParkPens President & Vice-President.
Eric, our pinch hitter, with Lou Brock. Click the photo to visit Lou's website.	Chicago Pen Show Display May 2006.
Mary Ann and Ozzie.	-