Thoughts of a Middle Aged Man

Musings about Baseball, Life, Fitness, Cooking, Dining and Travel

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I Bit the Bullet

July 27th, 2008 · No Comments

After enjoying two major baseball games this year and the week at the Little League state championship, I bit the bullet and bought 4 tickets to five games at Angel Stadium scattered over the remainder of the season. I didn’t go cheap. I got on Craig’s List and hooked up with a season [...]

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Now Batting Number 24

July 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

For the past two weeks, my wife was asked be the official scorekeeper for the local Little League All Star Tournament and yours truly was the official announcer.  My wife had the tough job of keeping track of not only the game score, but pitch count, who playing, who is not playing and making sure [...]

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Take Me Out to the Ballgame

June 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

With out of country visitors filling Hotel Clark, my wife was able to score 4 field level seats to an Angel game, so we decided to make it a guys night out with Jim, the ex patriot, Tomo, the Kiwi fireman, my friend Nick, the guy picking out his fish dinner in the Better than [...]

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New York, New York Its a Hell of a Town

May 5th, 2008 · 6 Comments

What could be better, four days of exploration of all things New York city has to offer. Landscapes, history, entertainment, and dining pleasures. We arrived late Thursday night and checked into the Helmsley Hotel on 42nd Street. I quick walk to pick up some .99 cent per slice New York style pizza [...]

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The Season is Over

April 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

I didn’t follow baseball as much as I normally do and I chalked it up to being busy at work. So I sat down Tuesday evening to watch my beloved Giants play the Dodgers on my big screen TV in high definition. After two innings I came to a quick conclusions that the [...]

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Best of the Best

July 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Sorry for the delay, but a family vacation got in the way. These are the Go-Go parks. You should make every attempt to attend a game at all of these stadiums. They run the gambit from the oldest to some of the newest stadiums, but they all have one thing in common. [...]

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Take me out to the ball game

July 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Now that we dispensed with the no-go and so-so parks, its time to talk about the 11 parks that you should take the time to visit and catch a game. Parks 6-11 are as follows:

Jacobs Field, Cleveland - A good looking downtown park in a city that has adopted its rock and roll heritage. [...]

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So So Parks

July 5th, 2007 · No Comments

These are the parks classified as So-So. If you are in town, then I would catch a game at one of these parks, but I wouldn’t necessarily go out of my way to make a special trip to the stadium.
The older Stadiums with some history:

Yankee Stadium, New York - After the remodel [...]

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

July 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

Now that I have visited every major league park that is currently being used, there is a strong desire to rank my favorites. To help me in my ranking, I decided to group the stadiums into three categories; Go-Go, So-So and No-Go. Go-Go stadiums give the fan a unique baseball experience and everyone that [...]

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Seamhead 2007

July 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

I just returned from my annual baseball roadtrip where my brother and I, along with some friends and other family members, visit several ballparks in a week. This year’s trip included stops in Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago’s Wrigley Field, Detriot, Toledo (minor league game), Cleveland and Pittsburg. This trip marks the culmination for [...]

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