“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 …
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 …
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 5; St. Louis Cardinals and Route 66. Read More »
Yesterday was our game at Wrigley, and we decided to hold off on a game with the White Sox for another leg of the trip. Thus far on our trip we’ve been on the road for 11 days, but have only spent more than one night in one spot once with our two night stay …
Thus far on The Great Baseball Ride, we’ve completed the first leg our trip which included games with the Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Rays, and Miami Marlins. We also visited the Louisville Slugger Factory & Museum and had an ill-fated attempt at a game with the Durham Bulls (though we did get to see the …