The Bowie Baysox play their games at Prince George’s Stadium, which can actually hold up to 10,000 fans, making it the largest Minor League ballpark in all of Maryland. The BaySox have been around since 1993 as an affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. Before the team settled on the name “BaySox”, there was a naming […]
Today’s first game was in Woodbridge, VA, right outside of D.C. for the Potomac Nationals game. Since the team’s first season in 1978 as the Alexandria Dukes, the team has gone through several name changes—as the Prince William Pirates, Prince William Yankees, Prince William Cannons, Potomac Cannons, and now the Potomac Nationals. Likewise, the MLB […]
The only team not to play in the East Tenn—Southern VA—West VA region are the Burlington Royals (formerly the Burlington Indians), who play their games in Burlington, NC. This is the first year for the Royals affiliation, having been affiliated with the Indians for some 20+ years. The crowd was pretty sparse, and was probably […]
The Kingsport Mets and the Greeneville Astros are the first of several teams the Tour will come across in the Appalachian League, which is Rookie-level baseball located mostly in a region where Tennessee, Virgina, and West Virgina all come together. Tonight’s game was a lightly attended event, which will most likely be the theme of […]
Memphis, home of the Redbirds, and more notably—Elvis Presley. And wouldn’t you know it, tonight was Elvis Presley Night at the ballpark tonight, to help kickoff Elvis week in Memphis. Being the biggest night for the Redbirds, we didn’t do anything tonight except for hang out in the press box. Over 15,000 fans packed into […]
Another day, another long drive. Hard to imagine that at this time last week the Tour was in Lakewood, New Jersey and now the Tour has brought us to Pearl, Mississippi. Holy smokes is it hot in Pearl. How hot exactly? The starting game time temperature on the scoreboard read 105 degrees. They say it’s […]
Today’s first stop was in Kansas City to see the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Originally built in 1973, it was actually the sole baseball-only facility built in the majors between 1962 and 1991—most of the stadiums built were those horrible multi-sport concrete bowl structures during that same time. Although Kauffman Stadium does resemble those same […]
It was a super long drive from Toledo to Des Moines overnight, and the Tour for the Cure team made it just in time for the noon Cubs game. The Cubs play their games at Principal Park, which in its current state has been around for about 15 years. It was previously known as Pioneer […]
Tonight in Toledo, thunderstorms threatened to postpone the MudHens game, but after over an hour-long rain delay, the tarp was removed off the field and the game got going. The Mud Hens play their games at Fifth Third Field, located in downtown Toledo. While most of Toledo’s downtown seemed somewhat abandoned, the area around the […]
State College is known more for its football, the Nittany Lions, and the legendary coach of Penn State—Joe Paterno. Medlar Field at Lubrano Park is located right next to Beaver Stadium, and today’s game had a beach theme for the afternoon. Today was the first time we had a silent auction instead of a raffle, […]
