“You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.” Yogi Berra Our endeavor to search for the best of the baseball experience was just that, a search for the best experience. The game is only one part of that, as is the stadium, the city around the stadium, …
“You’re killing me Smalls!” Ham (The Sandlot) We were blessed this summer to visit 15 MLB teams, the Louisville Slugger Museum, the College World Series, the Northwoods League, Minnesota Town Ball, and two different Minor League teams. None of that can compare to playing the game, however. After we finished The Great Baseball Ride for …
“Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it’s business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don’t love what you’re doing and you can’t give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You’ll be an old man before you know it.” Al …
The Great Baseball Ride: Nashville Sounds – Day 2 – Game Time. Read More »
“The University of Nebraska says that elderly people that drink beer or wine at least four times a week have the highest bone density. They need it – they’re the ones falling down the most.” – Jay Leno After we left Denver, we were on a high from the mountains, the baseball, and the family …
“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 …
The Great Baseball Ride: Town Ball; Dundas Dukes. Read More »
“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 …
The Great Baseball Ride: Northwoods League; Duluth Huskies. Read More »
“It is the life-affirming genius of baseball that the short can pummel the tall, the rotund can make fools of the sleek, and no matter how far down you find yourself in the bottom of the ninth you can always pull out a miracle.” Bill Vaughn On our way back up I-35 from Texas we …
The Great Baseball Ride: Town Ball; Miesville Mudhens. Read More »
“You know what a Motel 6 and Luke’s jeans have in common? There’s no ballroom.” Blake Shelton on his buddy Luke Bryan Today was a travel day. The goal was to get as close to Kansas City as possible. There was a secondary goal that ended up becoming the highlight of the day. Keke keeps …
The I-35 portion of The Great Baseball Ride continued after another nice nights stay at a HoJo. We made the three and a half or so hour drive down from Dallas to Houston in true Judges fashion by us arriving 5 ½ hours after departure. We had no expectation on doing anything in Houston other …
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 14; Houston Astros. Read More »
“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 …
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 13; Texas Rangers. Read More »