Last night Mason and I added our third stadium to the list of major league baseball stadiums we have visited this summer. Hello, Great American Ball Park, home of the Cincinnati Reds. This time our seats were the first row in the outfield. It was a very different and very fun experience. We were told […]
We made a last minute decision to head to St. Louis for a Sunday afternoon baseball game. Guests over 16 got complimentary hats which we desperately needed on this afternoon. Our seats were in a prime location but in the direct sun. It was so hot that Mason and I almost burned our legs when […]
Today we had tickets for the Yankee game at 1 pm so we left Westbrook on the early side. We took advantage of the fact that we had a little leeway with time to see if we could find two of the places Bill lived in Greenwich when he was a kid. Finding the first […]
Today Mason had a private lesson with a batting coach. He repeatedly said Mason was a strong kid and a fast learner. These are the tips he shared with Mason: How to use the lower body .:Swing with lower body. .:Squash the bug. (pretend there is a bug under the back foot and swivel.) .:Line […]
We dropped my folks off at the airport and loaded the boys in the car for a weekend away. When we gave them their packing lists, we did not tell them where we were going. We headed northeast on roads that were familiar to the boys. Somewhere between Bloomington and Indianapolis, Walker started to figure […]
What better way to celebrate Independence Day than with something as American as baseball (and apple pie)? That’s right! We went to Chicago to see the New York Yankees. Mason has become a pretty big fan so we made getting to a game a priority. We left early, early yesterday morning in the pouring rain. […]
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