It has been approaching 100 degrees here in Montana, and today it seemed like the hottest it’s been on the trip to date. The Mustangs play their games at Cobb Field, which is not named after Ty Cobb, but rather Bob Cobb, who was responsible for bringing professional baseball to the town of Billings. Seinfeld […]
I would have never thought last year that I would be spending the Fourth of July in Great Falls, Montana. But here I am at the Great Falls White Sox game doing just that. The crowd was a record setting 4,651—and the ballpark was packed. Thanks to Bob for helping me out with everything and […]
Today’s drive in Montana was one of the most scenic to date, and Montana is probably the best state to drive through. The first of four games in Montana featured the Missoula Osprey taking on the Billings Mustangs, and what a game it was. In the bottom of the ninth, the Osprey rallied from four […]
The last stop in the state of Washington was in Spokane home of the Indians. The team’s home field, Avista Stadium, has been around since 1958 and is a fairly large park compared to those in the Northwest League. It has also been named “Northwest League Field of the Year” seven times since 1997. Tonight […]
Just north of Seattle, the Everett AquaSox play Everett Memorial Stadium. Today we raffled off a Jay Buhner signed ball along with a team signed ball—thanks to Brian, Rick and Dwight Schrute for helping me out. They call this one intern Dwight Schrute (from the tv show The Office) because both the GM and the […]
Today marks the first of three trips to America Jr., our neighbor to the north. Vancouver is a very nice city, serving as the setting for many of the TV shows and movies you watch everyday. Back in the day the Canadian currency was worth approximately 1/3 less than the U.S. dollar, but as […]
Today we had sometime before the game to check out the downtown area of Seattle in the on-again/off-again rain. Chris and I visited the Seattle Art Museum, which we have to say was a bit lacking in content—all filler, no killer (art). We also had a chance to go to the Pike Place Market, where […]
Let me start off this post with a really low quality, unflattering close-up of Chris Richards. Right before the Mariners game, Chris was scheduled to leave Seattle and fly back to Philadelphia in order to continue his education at the very prestigious Temple University. His ability to sell raffle tickets was crucial to our fundraising […]
Tacoma is located just south of Seattle, in fact, the two cities share an airport. Arriving in Tacoma we did in fact experience rain, which was appropriate for the team we were seeing tonight. The game was delayed a bit, and our table had to be moved under covering and away from most of […]
Yakima is a very remote place in Washington, and the stadium reflects the size of the local town, seating just over 2,600 people. It’s a very basic looking ballpark, with no frills and metal bleachers for a majority of the seating. The one very cool thing the ballpark had was a miniature baseball field […]
