After 26 years as an American league and major league baseball umpire, 67-year-old Al Clark of Williamsburg, Virginia, has hundreds of stories to fascinate devoted fans of the sport. He also has a cache of trivia to share. “I have about 20 or 25 great, oddity fun facts that I like to talk about with […]
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Our Major/Minor: Heartland, scheduled from June 8-14, will feature seven games involving 13 major and minor league teams and three museum tours spread out across four states. We will visit three major league parks: Great American Ball Park, Comerica Park and Progressive Field. Here is a look at what you might explore while you’re there. […]
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Kiwi fell in love with baseball when she was 10. She watched as two boys in her class traded baseball cards and got a peek at a card featuring Jose Conseco, an Oakland A’s outfielder. Kiwi’s brother was happy to point Jose out for her when an A’s game was on TV, and Kiwi’s been […]
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Fifty-eight-year-old Gary Laprade of Easthampton, MA is not your average baseball fan. The retired postal clerk has traveled to 96 ballparks throughout the United States—sometimes as a spectator and sometimes as a tour guide. He’s visited 45 major league fields and 51 minor league parks. The triumph of visiting at least 30 major league parks […]
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Clients of Sports Travel and Tours of Hatfield, Mass., will have the opportunity to see not just baseball stadiums but marvelous historical museums while on Major/Minor: Heartland. Scheduled from June 8-14, this trip will feature seven games involving 13 major and minor league teams and three museum tours spread out across four states. According to […]
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