“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 …
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Soren loves the beach, and we love Coronado, so we elected to go there for the day. Coronado is an island off the coast of San Diego, connected by a bridge. It is home to beautiful beaches, beautiful homes, the historic Hotel Del Coronado, and also home to a Naval base. Coronado is where Navy …
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“Well, it took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball, and I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.” — Hank Aaron We got up and left our room in Anaheim (Orange) at the HoJo. We really enjoyed this hotel. Big room, updated, clean, nice pool, close to the stadium, and …
The Great Baseball Ride: Route 66, Hollywood, Santa Monica, and Saint Diego. 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 »
“Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona.” – George Will The agenda today is to see that hole in Arizona, get our car from the shop in Flagstaff, give them a good chunk of our money, and proceed to Kingman, AZ for our …
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 »
Yesterday was a travel day and all Route 66. The goal for the day was to catch more sites along the Route, and eventually make it to our overnight stop in Flagstaff, AZ so as to get closer to our next MLB game; the Arizona Diamond Backs. The first site seeing stop was still in …
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 …
The Great Baseball Ride: Route 66 and The Big Texan. Read More »
After a great game and a great night in St. Louis we woke up rested and ready to make further headway along Route 66. There would be no baseball on this day as our next MLB stop would be in Arizona; we’d have two hotel overnights before then. Exploring the Route is all that was …