MLB Roadtrip 2007

Ah…. Central Florida. Home of sun-seeking and retired New Yorkers and New Englanders. More on that later. And home of heat, humidity, mosqui...

The drive to Atlanta was perhaps one of the toughest of the trip. It’s 10-11 hours from DC to Atlanta, and I left in the morning, and needed...

Ah… RFK Stadium. Key word, “stadium”. Because it really is. Also, while it was the 2nd true stadium on the trip, after Shea, and while Shea ...

I guess they didn't make Petco "Barry-proof" after all.

Ok… so I’ve got to comment on this. Bud Selig, baseball commissioner, whose job, as I can best understand it, appears to be to look like a t...

PNC Park was rated the best park in the majors a few years ago in an unscientific ranking system devised by two ESPN columnists, just edging...

Because, you see, I should have good and well predicted that on a day in which I drove for 11 hours from DC to Atlanta, before tomorrow'...

Having missed out on the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, but finding myself with some time between waking in Cleveland and arriving in...

Attending a baseball game is an inherently social activity, as the interaction between fan and game is generally nicely enhanced with some g...

Ok, so maybe not so much. In fairness, when I arrived last night, I was very impressed with the city. With a downtown area far more populat...

Meanwhile, it's not all about baseball. In between 30 games and tracking Barry's efforts to hit #756, I've also been able to sp...

When Camden Yards was built in 1992, it redefined the landscape for new ballpark development. While in the years prior, the pinnacle of stad...