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The Great Baseball Ride: Nashville – Day 3

“NASHVILLE IS WICKED. IT’S LIKE A PROPER MUSIC COMMUNITY, BUT IT’S ALSO QUINTESSENTIALLY AMERICAN. YOU BUMP INTO PEOPLE THERE WITH COWBOY HATS THAT SPIT IN JARS AND CALL YOU ‘BOY.’ I JUST LOVE THAT.” Ed Sheeran Day three on our Nashville trip and technically day two actually in Nashville. Yesterday we arrived and got right …

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The Great Baseball Ride: Town Ball; Dundas Dukes.

“Have fun, you’re in the Town of Baseball.” Dundas Dukes In a town of about 1,500 people about 45 minutes or so South of Minneapolis, you’ll find a baseball treasure. Dundas, Minnesota is the self-proclaimed “Town of Baseball.” This is Minnesota Town Ball. We wrote about town ball in a previous post for the Miesville …

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The Great Baseball Ride: Northwoods League; Duluth Huskies.

“The coldest winter I ever experienced was a summer in Duluth.” Mark Twain (maybe…probably not…but maybe) After some time off from our trip which included some fun (time at the family cabin in northern Minnesota), and some pain ($2100 car repair), we were excited to get some more baseball in. We had a couple scheduled …

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The Great Baseball Ride: Game 13; Texas Rangers.

“Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player.” Unknown After a couple of days at home, we started our next drive yesterday. It was a long drive, 12 hours to be exact. We were headed from Minnesota to Texas with a stop in southern …

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The Great Baseball Ride: First Minor League Game; Saint Paul Saints.

“The Saints are the most fun baseball experience you can possibly have in the world.”  Bill Murray, Actor/Comedian Just back last night from seeing games in 12 different MLB stadiums and 34 days on the road, today is technically day one of the fourth leg of The Great Baseball Ride.  It doesn’t feel like it …

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