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 […]
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Sports Travel and Tours’ East Coast Extravaganza
Join us this June for one of our biggest offerings: the East Coast Extravaganza, which is really two trips in one! To offer our travelers options, we combine two old favorites at Sports Travel and Tours: the Mid-Atlantic and Triple Play. The complete package, which runs from Saturday, June 16 to Sunday, June 24, includes […]
Read MoreSports Travel and Tours Pioneers New Shortstops Travel Packages
For sports fans hoping to enjoy extended week-long getaways, Sports Travel and Tours has dozens of traditional baseball trips. And now we’re also your connection to time outs from work and life with our new four-day Shortstops trips. Whereas most travel packages include stops in multiple cities, Shortstops allow travelers to thoroughly explore cities […]
Read MoreDave Baker’s Baseball Dream Tour: Stadium #9, Orioles Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore
Orioles Park at Camden Yards is the original retro park about 20 years old but in great shape. It had rained almost all day but by 4:00 the skies cleared and there was never a doubt that the game would be played. My lovely wife has met the limit of her baseball endurance and has […]
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