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The Great Baseball Ride: We Get A Mile High.

“Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.” Anatoli Boukreev A happy coincidence to the Colorado Rockies portion of The Great Baseball Ride was that Keke’s family was having a family reunion in Colorado. Relatives from all over the country but mostly the …

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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: 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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The Great Baseball Ride: Home After 34 Days On The Road.

“Is it possible for home to be a person and not a place?” Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss Today we really have nothing to do but to drive home (five to seven hour drive).  Upon arriving home this will mark the first time since April 14th well be back in the state of …

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The Great Baseball Ride: Deadwood and Mount Rushmore.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who …

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