Revisiting Stadiums Brings Back Memories for Lifelong Baseball Fan
When Jim Mathis was growing up in Wichita, Kansas, summer meant baseball. He was a boy who ran out to get the newspaper each morning in 1949, anxious to see how close Ralph Kiner was to beating Babe Ruth’s homerun record. Jim lived only three miles from a minor league stadium and took advantage of […]
Read MoreMajor Minor Tour Highlights Northeast Towns Big and Small
It’s not often that Sports Travel and Tours travelers get to see our company’s home base, nestled in an all-New-England kind of town in western Massachusetts with roughly 3,000 residents. But that’s exactly what’s going to happen in June as part of 2019’s Major Minor Northeast tour. Since 2011, tour guide Gary Laprade has been […]
Read MoreFather, Daughter Throw Their Hearts into Baseball Travel
For about 10 years, a brochure highlighting Sports Travel and Tours’ baseball-themed travel packages kept showing up on Manual “Manny” Cotla’s doorstep in South San Francisco, California. Manny would simply tuck the brochure aside, too busy caring for his two daughters to think seriously about a baseball getaway. In 2018, Manny, now 58, realized his […]
Read MoreSports Travel and Tours Announces 2019 Baseball Trips
It may be football and hockey season now, but it’s already time to start thinking about the 2019 baseball season because we’ve developed and announced our line-up of adventures! Featuring classics like Windy City Plus and Central Express, our season next year will also hold some newer trip options such as Ocean, Desert, Mountains and […]
Read MoreBaseball Trips Grow Bond Between Mother and Son
Chad Supranowicz was a third grader in 2007, when his mother, Stacie Weldon, gave him a map of the country for Christmas. Rather than highlighting state capitals, it featured the 30 major league baseball stadiums in the United States. The gift came with pushpins in three colors, so Chad could mark parks he and his […]
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