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 »
“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 …
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“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 …
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“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 »