Early morning game, another Education Day. This felt like the busiest Education Day yet, with over 3,500 kids piling into Ernie Shore Field. Built in 1956, the stadium underwent some modest improvements in the early 1990s. As of December 2006, tentative agreements have been put into place to sell Ernie Shore field to Wake Forest […]

Our first stop today was to see the Charlotte Knights—and being a morning game, you know what that means—Education Day. More kids. More buses. The SpongeBob SquarePants theme song blasting over the ballpark speakers. Today, there was a wide range of grades attending the game. One of the older classes actually had an assignment during […]

Whoa! We raised the most amount so far in Myrtle Beach! Most of it was due in part to the “Awesome Premium Pelicans Prize Pack” (our name for it, not theirs) that Jackie put together for our raffle, featuring a Pelicans bobblehead, t-shirt, foam hand, four tickets to a game, and a team signed ball! […]

Augusta is known more for the golfing scene than baseball. Next time you are in Augusta I recommend checking out the GreenJackets—a team that is appropriately named for its location. It was a chill Sunday night, but that didn’t stop the generous fans of Augusta from donating to the Tour for the Cure. Thanks to […]

I had heard great things about this stadium. It was named the best stadium of the 2006 Tour for the Cure by Cass. I didn’t want to get my hopes up too high just in case it fell short of my lofty expectations. Good news—this really is the best stadium in the country (at least, […]

Finally made it out of Florida and are back in the state of Georgia—Columbus to be exact.
The Columbus Catfish play their games at Golden Park, a nice open ballpark with brick walls in the outfield. This is the first time we have come across a stadium with brick outfield walls, and I must say it […]

On Friday we woke up at 5am to hit the road and head to Columbus, GA—over a 10-hour drive. Here are some thoughts upon leaving.
Things we will miss: the beaches, 85 degrees and sunny weather, the very nice and accommodating staff at the ballparks.
Things we won’t miss: $3 for a gallon of gas, turnpike toll […]

Our last day of games in Florida, and it’s also the last day of three straight doubleheader days. We are a little tired of driving all up and down and around Florida, but the Palm Beach/Jupiter and Miami areas are both quite nice. We again came back to Roger Dean Stadium to see the Palm […]

Another morning game, another Education Day in the Minor Leagues. Kids from local elementary schools piled into Legends Field, a 10,000 seat stadium that hosted its first game a little over ten years ago. The stadium is also the home of the New York Yankees during Spring Training, and to no surprise they sell out […]