Archive for July, 2007

Day 104—Cleveland Indians

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Today the Tour for the Cure welcomes a new Tour member for the week, Mr. Michael Herman. Today we spent our time before the game at the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame, which we both thought was quite disappointing—except for the fact that you can see Michael Jackson’s glove rotating inside of a glass […]

Day 103—West Michigan Whitecaps

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

It’s quite a long drive from Omaha to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Nevertheless, the Tour for the Cure made it in time for the 2pm Whitecaps Sunday game. We weren’t able to do a raffle or info table of any kind, but I did spend most of the game in the press box with the official […]

Day 102—Omaha Royals

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Welcome to Omaha, home of the College World Series. Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium is HUGE—it seats over 23,000 fans. Most of these seats are covered up and roped off during the Royals games, making the park seem very empty, even though there are usually 5,000 attending on average. There has been some talk of moving the […]

Day 101—Tulsa Drillers

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Friday night The Tour for the Cure headed up the road to Tulsa to Drillers Stadium to see none other than the Tulsa Drillers. The ballpark holds almost 11,000 people, making it the largest ballpark in Double-A baseball. Originally the park started out as a multi-purpose facility that seated just 4,800 but over time the […]

Day 100—Oklahoma RedHawks

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

The weather was threatening to rain out the game, but luckily the stormy weather held off just long enough to squeeze in a “Neil Diamond Night” game at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark. We had a small raffle due to the fact that a lot of fans seemed to be scared off by the threatening weather. As […]

Day 99—Wichita Wranglers

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Tonight our game was at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, home of the Wichita Wranglers. Originally built in 1934, it has undergone some major renovations. The playing field has a very unique look—the infield is made out of turf but the outfield is grass. It’s kind of an odd combination. The stadium is also home to the National […]

Day 97 and 98—Days Off—Driving from Utah to Kansas

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

I’m not posting a picture with this post because I want to express the fact that there isn’t really anything to photograph as soon as you get past Denver, CO on the way to Kansas. I did get to see an old CFAR friend Holen Katz in Boulder before heading east to Wichita.

Day 96—Ogden Raptors

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

Today started off with a 6-hour drive from Montana to Utah, arriving in Ogden around 2pm. The weather in Ogden was pretty intense—it felt like it was pushing 100 degrees in the direct sun. Unfortunately for the Tour for the Cure the raffle was also fairly limited due to circumstances out of our control. Today’s […]

Day 95—Helena Brewers

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Tonight’s game was threatened by the weather—before the game some nasty wind and rain came through and delayed the start of the game for about an hour, but eventually the weather held up and we were able to have the game AND the raffle. The Brewers were taking on the Billings Mustangs, and luckily it […]

Day 94—Day Off—Driving through Montana

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

Montana is really the best state to drive through.