“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 »
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 »
“They’ll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run. Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord PerryOn July, 20 1969, just a few hours after Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon, Perry hit his only home run. Today was our second day in San Francisco and we intended on going down to …
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 11; San Francisco Giants. Read More »
“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 …
“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 …
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 9; Los Angeles Dodgers and The PCH. Read More »
“Winfield goes back to the wall, he hits his head on the wall and it rolls off! It’s rolling all the way back to second base. This is a terrible thing for the Padres.” – Jerry Coleman Legendary Padres Broadcaster Game day. Today we visit the Padres (aka the Friars). I should say I, not …
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 8; San Diego Padres Read More »
“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 …
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 7; Anaheim Angels and More Route 66. Read More »
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 …
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 6; Arizona Diamondbacks. Read More »