“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 »
“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 …
The Great Baseball Ride: First Minor League Game; Saint Paul Saints. Read More »
“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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“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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“There are far better things ahead than the ones we leave behind.” C.S. Lewis Mile by mile, we get closer and closer to home. Our latest Super 8 – Missoula stay was fine. This one was a bit more dated than others we’d stayed at, but it was nice enough. We woke to a healthy …
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“On trips you do new things, and this is a new thing.” Soren Judge The Great Baseball Ride continued as we headed for home. We’ve hit up 12 stadiums thus far over the first three legs of the trip, starting with Atlanta, then to the two Florida teams, then to Chicago for the Cubbies, down …
“Here in the corner attic of America, two hours’ drive from a rain forest, a desert, a foreign country, an empty island, a hidden fjord, a raging river, a glacier, and a volcano is a place where the inhabitants sense they can do no better, nor do they want to.” Timothy Egan, The Good Rain: …
The Great Baseball Ride: A Volcano and Game 12; Seattle Mariners. Read More »
“I want to go on a road trip. Just you and me. The highway, the radio, the blue sky, the back roads, and windows down. We’ll talk about everything and nothing. We’ll sing our hearts out, and we’ll make memories we’ll never forget. Just you and me.” Unknown We continue our drive north to Seattle …
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“You know what’s lame? Being in the car for-ev-er.” Soren We all had a good nights sleep. The Ramada at the San Francisco Airport has been a good hotel. Keke got it for around $100 or so a night. The location was been pretty good in relation to the airport and the stadium. The room …
The Great Baseball Ride: Route 1 North of The Bay. 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 »