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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: 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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