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On the Road: Nutting but a Good Time in Modesto 24 Aug 2013 | 06:39 am
When I am on these Minor League road trips I have become accustomed to showing up at a ballpark and being told “Too bad you’re here on a [insert day of the week]. Our best days are [insert different d...
On the Road: Around, Down, Up, Over and Out in Fresno 22 Aug 2013 | 02:07 am
Part One of this Fresno saga featured slow elevators, neglected stanzas, mascot wardrobes and deceased appliances. It was a masterwork, in other words, and like all masterworks it is bound to be negle...
On the Road: Providing the Grizzly Details in Fresno 21 Aug 2013 | 06:21 am
This West Coast road trip began with Bakersfield and then continued on to Visalia before bringing me here, the largest and, arguably, most in-chargest city to be found in California’s Central Valley. ...
On the Road: On Top of the Action in Visalia 16 Aug 2013 | 12:45 am
Part one of this current mini-saga was good for what Visalia, as it detailed the charming quirks, historical markers and reptilian wrath appeasement efforts to be found throughout Rawhide Ballpark. We...
On the Road: Gunite for Greatness Amid Reptile Dysfunction in Visalia 14 Aug 2013 | 09:05 am
“Structurally unique, I guess you’d call it.” That’s how Visalia Rawhide broadcaster Donny Baarns summed up Rawhide Ballpark, his place of employment since 2008. And with Donny, I would agree. This p...
On the Road: Wieners and Weirdness Abound in Bakersville 10 Aug 2013 | 01:48 pm
I’ve seen and done so much on this west coast road trip, but yet again here I am, in some random hotel room (this time a Days Inn in Klamath Falls) writing about my evening at Bakersfield’s Sam Lynn S...
On the Road: Trying Not To Stare at the Sun in Bakersfield 8 Aug 2013 | 10:15 pm
Today marks the beginning of another deluge of road trip content, this time from the west coast, and to begin I’ll let you in on a little Minor League Baseball writing secret: Instead of referring to...
Crooked Nuggets: July Edition 4 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
I am writing this from a hotel in Bakersfield, cranking up the AC while contemplating the legacy of Buck Owens. My content from this California (and Oregon) trip, which begins tonight at Sam Lynn Ball...
On the Road: A Blogging Ouroboros in Wisconsin 2 Aug 2013 | 12:53 am
Like a snake eating its own tail, this series of Midwest League “On the Road” posts shall end where it began: in Appleton, WI, home of a snake entity that avoids tail devourance whenever possible. Tha...
On the Road: Synagogues, Sausages, and Psychological Warfare in South Bend 31 Jul 2013 | 03:38 am
This Midwest League trip featured two teams in Wisconsin, four in Michigan, and then, finally, one in Indiana. That lone Indiana entity was the South Bend Silver Hawks, occupants of Stanley Coveleski...
