It has been a few days since I have written! I have been all over Florida, well Tampa and Miami. Also a couple of days in Atlanta, right now sitting in a café in Chicago. This is the last week of the MLB season, my consecutive game streak will end on Sunday in Milwaukee! I… Continue reading Day 214 & 215 “Donkeys…”
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Day 212 & 213 “Scalpers”
“Don’t tell me how to run my business” the guy said after I waved him off when he told me the price of the ticket. He wanted $30 for a $34 ticket. “I can buy a ticket for $24 at the ticket window” I retorted and started walking away, I apparently insulted him with my offer… Continue reading Day 212 & 213 “Scalpers”
Day 211 “Comfortable and not happy…”
As I sit at yet another Starbucks, this time in St Petersburg, Florida, I’m reflecting on the last eight months and trying to “square” in my mind that this is ending. As much as I want to get back to some normalcy, I fear that I will fall back into being comfortable and not happy. … Continue reading Day 211 “Comfortable and not happy…”
Days 206, 207, 208, 209 “A Couple of Class Acts!”
I haven’t posted in a few days. It isn’t because I haven’t written, but because I spent three hours writing something up and I accidentally deleted it when I went to publish it! I then spent an hour wanting to cry, yell, curse Microsoft and throw my laptop. I have done this twice now on… Continue reading Days 206, 207, 208, 209 “A Couple of Class Acts!”
Day 205 “Getting back to normal…”
I am sitting in a Starbucks in West Haven, Connecticut. I have been looking for jobs and apartments in Milwaukee, the reality is setting in that I have to get back to a “normal” existence. I have to say that it will probably be more comforting when the time comes. I will be able to make it to… Continue reading Day 205 “Getting back to normal…”
Day 204 “Fenway Part 2”
Today I am back in Boston. I went to a game between Baltimore and Boston, not much of a game, Boston won, 10-6. I got to see a family I met when I was in Cape Cod a couple months ago, the Hardons. They have been very encouraging since I met them and it was… Continue reading Day 204 “Fenway Part 2”
Day 203 “Such a long season!”
Have you ever wondered why the MLB baseball season is so long? Why do they play 162 games? To answer the first question and part of the second, I think we need to go back to roughly 1904, the beginning of the “modern” era of baseball. At that time there was no one broadcasting games on… Continue reading Day 203 “Such a long season!”
Day 202 “Derek Jeter Day”
As I sat and watched the happenings at Yankee Stadium along with 50,000 other people on Derek Jeter Day in the City of New York, I invariable had to wonder why this man connected with so many people. People were spending hundreds of dollars to buy shirts, hats and other trinkets celebrating his career. I wanted… Continue reading Day 202 “Derek Jeter Day”
Day 201″Family and Friend Section!”
I went to see the Washington Nationals the last two days. I had a great experience on Friday night and this afternoon. I sat in the players’ family and friend section. I have to thank Pam LePlavy and her sister Mandy Zimmermann for hooking me up with tickets (Mandy is married to Jordan, Pam is… Continue reading Day 201″Family and Friend Section!”
Day 198, 199 and 200 “What I remember…”
I am happy to report that I accomplished one of the goals I had when I began this journey. I wanted to get to a game in each of the continental 48 States. I complied a list of the first game I saw in each state and what I remember about the experience. Alabama-AL Game 73,… Continue reading Day 198, 199 and 200 “What I remember…”