Thoughts of a Middle Aged Man

We spent two weeks in New Zealand visiting my daughter, visiting some friends and taking the time to explore the South Island. First of all, it was wonderful to see my daughter who has been in New Zealand for 4 months and is planning to stay there for many more. This is [...]

It started as a little trip to pick up my fall shipment from Tablas Creek Winery in Paso Robles. It ended up as an adventure cruising the back roads of San Luis Obispo county sampling some wine and some excellent food. The weekend got a little more extravagant when dining at our favorite restaurant, Citrus [...]

We did our parental duty and visited our son, who is a freshman at St. Mary’s College last Saturday. A quick flight to Oakland and a ride on BART to Walnut Creek where Will met us. We spent most of the day in Walnut Creek, having coffee, lunch and shopping for wardrobe items that [...]

My daughter lives here now. Our adopted “son” is already there and owns a house. His wife and their two dogs left our house last night to go here. Annette Will and I are heading there before Christmas, so I thought I would play a commercial for the location.

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. [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Rome is full of suprises. Walking along a road with cars and modern shops then all of a sudden something ancient catches your eye. Nothing like seeing a car from 2005, building from the 1800s and then the Colliseum from 80AD.