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The Great Baseball Ride: Game 10; Oakland A’s.

“The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure of rooting for David is that, while you don’t know what to expect, you stand at least a chance of being inspired.”  Michael Lewis, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game Keke and I woke early and departed the …

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The Great Baseball Ride: Game 9; Los Angeles Dodgers and The PCH.

“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” – Jackie Robinson San Diego marked the beginning of leg three of The Great Baseball Ride. We were calling this portion the Pacific Coast Highway Baseball Ride. The Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) is California Route 1 and goes from San Diego …

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The Great Baseball Ride: Game 7; Anaheim Angels and More Route 66.

“Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter once said, ‘It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.’ Well Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I’m concerned.” – Gene Autry, Actor and former owner of the Anaheim (California) Angels. We woke up this morning in Kingman, AZ.  Kingman is a …

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The Great Baseball Ride: Game 6; Arizona Diamondbacks.

We woke up from a nice nights sleep at the HoJo in Flagstaff.  I had an early morning oil change scheduled at the local Honda dealership and was eager to get it done with so we could go on with our day.  The oil change revealed an oil leak issue. It would be just under …

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The Great Baseball Ride: Route 66 and The Big Texan.

So far on The Great Baseball Ride, our trip to see the best of the baseball experience including every MLB team, we’ve seen five MLB games, Universal Studios/Harry Potter World, Ft. Lauderdale Beach, South Beach in Miami, the Louisville Slugger Factory, the Gateway Arch, Navy Pier, part of Route 66, and Uranus. With all this …

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The Great Baseball Ride: Game 5; St. Louis Cardinals and Route 66.

While the Route 66 portion of The Great Baseball Ride technically started when we arrived in Chicago two days ago, we didn’t really start driving the route until today.  Our stay at the Ohio House Motel was wonderful; affordable, clean, updated, free parking, great breakfast at Cafe Tola next door, good location, etc. We had …

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The Great Baseball Ride: Game 4; Chicago Cubs

Thus far on The Great Baseball Ride, we’ve completed the first leg our trip which included games with the Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Rays, and Miami Marlins. We also visited the Louisville Slugger Factory & Museum and had an ill-fated attempt at a game with the Durham Bulls (though we did get to see the …

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