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This Saturday, my dad and I will embark upon another big baseball road trip: 20 ballparks in 21 days across the Western Midwest (MN, IA, MO, ND, SD, NE, KS), including all 7 @MiLB teams in the region and many sights along the way!
A walkthrough🧵
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Here’s the Mid-Atlantic Baseball Road Trip map!
Starting July 23, my Dad and I will see games in 20 different ballparks in just 21 days, with a visit to Cooperstown on our “off” day. I’ll show progress each day on this map
Just look at those glorious logos!
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My dad and I are a week away from a travel trip of a lifetime to see all 15 @MiLB ballparks in the Carolinas, plus Atlantic league Gastonia, in just 18 days, with a lot of sights along the way! A walkthrough thread: 1/
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After @HVRenegades take the lead in the top of the 9th with back-to-back jacks, Nick Gonzalez (the @pirates’ #1 draft pick in 2020) hits a walk-off grand slam, his 2nd slam and 5th homer in 2 games, to win it 9-7 for @GSOHoppers#RaiseTheJollyHopper!
On Sunday, Dad and I will kick off our most ambitious baseball road trip yet, seeing games in 20 ballparks across the Mid-Atlantic in just 21 days, plus Cooperstown and Williamsport, and many sights along the way
A walkthrough🧵:
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In one week, Dad and I will embark on our second big baseball travel journey – this time in the Pacific Northwest! We’ll see 17 games in 19 days, plus a bunch of sights, across Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. A walkthrough 🧵:
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We have a map! (Thanks @WeAreMattercell!)
Dad and I are getting ready for our biggest trip yet: 23 ballparks in 23 days. All 14 @MiLB teams in 5 midwestern states, plus top independent and collegiate summer league teams. And sights! Follow to follow!
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The white smoke is rising from the home dugout...
We have a 2024 schedule!
On June 15, my Dad and I will kick off a baseball road trip through the Eastern Midwest (OH, MI, IN, IL, WI), seeing games in 22 ballparks in 22 days -- including all 14 @MiLB ballparks in those states!
45-year-old Rich Hill, who has pitched for 13 different Major League teams and is trying to work his way into his 14th with the @Royals, started the game for the @OMAStormChasers tonight. He pitched 6 innings: 1 hit, 0 ER, and got the win!
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That’s a wrap! We got to 20 ballparks in 21 days (2 rainouts) and had a fabulous time seeing great baseball, meeting people, driving through the region, watching fans have fun at the ballpark, and most of all, spending this time together
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We have our 2025 schedule! (Fancy map to come)
On 5/25, Dad & I will begin a 20-ballpark, 21-day trip through the Western Midwest. We’ll see all 7 @MiLB teams, all 5 @AA_Baseball teams, 7 collegiate (@NWLbaseball, @ProspectLeague, @ILBTweets) teams, and the College World Series!
Baseball Map!
My son @technocinema (a composer and animator) made this view of my upcoming Northwest Baseball Road Trip with my dad (starts 6/15). He created the map in Blender, which will help him produce the cool route animations he does for my video series
So many logos!
Dad and I are at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, ready for the night game at the College World Series between LSU and Arkansas – Game 20 of our 20-ballpark Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip!
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I have finally put up the 21 hats from this year’s baseball road trip!
Here are all 75 hats from our California, Northwest, Carolina, Mid-Atlantic, and Eastern Midwest road trips (plus my @Padres hats), in order of appearance. Still missing a few that will be on my Xmas list!
So I was hearing a lot of complaints from a crow just outside my office. I investigated and found this beautiful great horned owl in my eaves!
#nature#birds#BirdsSeenIn2021#birdsofprey
Here is the final version of our road trip map. It all starts in 10 days!
I'll post a megathread introducing each step of the trip on Tuesday
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Today is the start of 20 games in 20 ballparks in just 21 days! We’ll head into Kansas City to see the World War I Memorial and the @nelson_atkins before our afternoon game with the @kscitymonarchs and dinner at J Gilbert's Steak & Seafood!
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Dad and I have little scorecards for each ballpark on the trip to capture our thoughts about the experience — fun, food, mascots, the ballpark itself, etc.
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On Saturday, my dad and I will kick off our biggest road trip yet to see games in 23 ballparks in 23 days across the Eastern Midwest (WI, IL, MI, IN, OH), including all 14 @MiLB teams and many sights along the way.
A walkthrough 🧵:
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Thank you to the community for your votes on which hat I should get for each home team (except the Cubs) on our upcoming 23-day, 23-ballpark Eastern Midwest Baseball Road Trip (starts June 15). It's helped!
Here are your picks. Look at these beauties!
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Tickets acquired!
On Sunday, May 25, Dad and I will kick off our next big baseball road trip -- 20 ballparks in 21 days across the Western Midwest -- with the @kscitymonarchs of the @AA_Baseball at Legends Field in Kansas City, KS!
#MonarchsRule | #LetsGoMonarchs
Today, Dad and I recorded some video for a segment on our road trip that will air on @ABCWorldNews for Father’s Day! Very excited to see it!!
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🚨NEW!🚨 One year ago tomorrow, my Dad and I began a 16-ballpark, 19-day, Northwest Baseball Road Trip.
I’ve written 33 photo essays (1,000+ photos!) covering the games and the surrounding towns. You can check out the whole collection now!
➡️ mappingthepath.com/northwest…
Planning for next year's regional Minor League road trip with Dad, I've been putting the teams' 6-game weekly schedules into My Maps as layers, then revealing the "patterns" for potential routes by clicking on each week. Really helpful way to visualize it across 3 weeks of games!
Dad and I are dropping Danny off at O’Hare today and hitting the road to ABC Supply Stadium in Beloit, WI, where we’ll check out art museums before seeing the @MiLB High-A @beloitskycarp face off against the @LansingLugnuts. Game 5!
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Dad and I will visit the @MiLB@TimberRattlers on July 6 for Game 22 of our 23-day, 23-team Eastern Midwest Road Trip.
I limit myself to one hat per team. Which should it be? 1, 2, 3, or 4?
(Or post an alternate in the comments.)
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Dad and I started our day at the Memorial to Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha at the site of the old ballpark that hosted the College World Series from 1950-2010 and Omaha @milb teams starting in 1949.
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It’s the grand finale of our baseball odyssey through the Western Midwest! Today, Dad and I will drive back to Omaha, Nebraska, to see a game at the @CWSOmaha -- an opening game between LSU and Arkansas.
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I’m off to meet Dad in Portland, where we will spend the night before flying to Kansas City to begin our 20-ballpark Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip!
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Dad and I will visit the @MiLB@MudHens on June 26 as part of our Eastern Midwest Road Trip.
I can buy one hat. Which should it be?
1, 2, 3, or 4? (Or post an alternate in the comments.)
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Dad and I will visit the @MiLB@beloitskycarp on June 19 as part of our big Eastern Midwest Road Trip. I can buy one hat. Which should it be?
1, 2, 3, or 4? (Or post an alternate in the comments.)
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Today Dad and I are headed east for the first of five nights of Iowa baseball. We’ll see a few more sights in Omaha before driving to Waterloo, IA, for Game 15 with the @waterloobucks!
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The Eastern Midwest Baseball Road Trip quantified (1/2):
3,497 miles driven
23 days
23 ballparks
25 games
13-12 home team record
34 teams
8 leagues
211 innings
232 runs
37 home runs
6 walk-offs
5 extra-inning games
2 foul balls caught
3 rain delays
1 rainout
8 fireworks nights
Parting shots from our final ballpark on this 23-day tour of the Eastern Midwest. We only caught a few innings after the rain delay and before the airport, but we loved Simmons Field! (The Kingfish lost 15-3 to the @MadisonMallards)
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It’s a special day today for Dad. We’ll drive from Sioux City to Tabor, South Dakota, his mother’s birthplace, then stop by @The_Corn_Palace in Mitchell and continue to Pierre for an afternoon game with the @OaheZap#WMWRoadTrip#20ballparks21days
We’re done with games but not with baseball! Today, Dad and I will drive back to Kansas City, where we’ll have an early BBQ lunch at the Country Road Ice House before visiting the @NLBMuseumKC. Very excited to see it!
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It’s a very busy day today -- a big drive to Wichita, KS, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Allen House, the Keeper of the Plains, the Wichita Art Museum, the Wichita Baseball Museum, and more before Game 4 with the @WindSurgeICT#WMWRoadTrip#20ballparks21days
Today, Dad and I will drive through #Bowie MD, and Anne Arundel County, passing through Annapolis before heading back to see the @BowieBaysox host the @HbgSenators at Prince George’s Stadium -- the first of 20 ballgames in the next 21 days
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Dad and I were each handed one of these by the head groundskeeper of the @GreenvilleDrive, who had learned about our trip. Thank you for the terrific hospitality!
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Today we drive from South Dakota to North Dakota, stopping in Bismarck for lunch at the Walrus Restaurant, a visit to the North Dakota Heritage Center, and Game 8 of our 20-ballpark road trip with the @bismarcklarks of the @NWLbaseball#WMWRoadTrip#20ballparks21days
Dad and I were honored to be interviewed by legendary Oregon St, Mike Parker — who has called three national titles for @BeaverBaseball — for 1 1/2 innings during tonight’s @CorvKnights broadcast! (Sharing the mic in the last shot 🙂)
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That’s a wrap on our Northwest Baseball Road Trip! We both had an an incredible time seeing sights, meeting people, and enjoying some baseball. I’ll be producing a video series chronicling each ballpark we visited, starting Wednesday!
#GetPickled#PNW#17games19days
Dad and I are at the gates in Portland for our flight to Kansas City. We’re easing in this time with a later flight and BBQ dinner in KC before 20 games in 21 days across seven states and 3,600+ miles of driving.
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Today I begin a video series with highlights of each ballpark Dad and I visited on our 16-ballpark tour of North and South Carolina over the past few weeks.
We start with Fluor Field and Game 1 with the Greenville Drive!
VIDEO: piped.video/EBdnYQ0tjCU
The Roger Maris Museum in Fargo, ND, honors the Yankee great who held the single-season home run record (61) for 37 years. It’s a cool little spot in a mall! Maris’ first pro team was the Fargo-Moorhead Twins
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My pins are up for the Eastern Midwest Baseball Road Trip!
These are all new, with Chicago turning blue to indicate my second visit. Yellow pins are places where we stopped briefly for lunch or a quick museum before moving on
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Good morning! Today we drive due east from Bismarck to Fargo, ND, where we’ll have lunch at Würst Bier Hall, take in the @PlainsArtMuseum and Roger Maris Museum, then head to Newman Outdoor Field for Game 9 with the @FMRedHawks!
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After tonight’s game, I found @QCRiverBandits owner Dave Heller on the concourse, thanking fans for coming out to the ballpark. So great to see that connection with fans!
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Here's my baby: A map of all @MiLB teams, with levels by shape (star=AAA, diamond=AA, square=High A, dot=Low A), and leagues by color. Up to date with last week's announcements and rumors, afaik. Clicking on them gives the stadium name, level, league, and affiliation.