In 1994, now 65-year-old Ron Shufrin of Stoughton, Mass. was looking to go on a baseball trip when he came across an ad for Sports Travel and Tours. He’s been hooked on traveling with the company ever since, going on one or two trips a year. In fact, Ron has gone on so many trips […]
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Tour Guide Talks Chicago Up
Jim Dries of Sequim, Washington, has been a tour guide on Sports Travel and Tours’ Windy City Plus trip for several years. If you ask him, Chicago is one of the best cities to visit in the United States. In terms of its baseball merits, Chicago is one of the few cities—along with New York […]
Read MoreShe’s Not Going It Alone
As Sally Ryen and her husband, Doug, neared retirement age, they talked of the extensive traveling they would do. “My parents have traveled all over the world, and that’s what Doug and I always thought we would do,” says Sally, of Davis, California. But, two years ago, Doug passed away at 59, shortly after their […]
Read MoreDave Baker’s Baseball Dream Tour: Stadium #7, US Cellular Field, Chicago
Chicago, Brrr! and Brrr! Game time temp 42 degrees with a 15 mph wind. Couple these conditions with the most sterile stadium environment we have seen so far and it was a pretty tough night for my lovely wife. There was not a lot of advertising signage in the park but what there was was […]
Read MoreDave Baker’s Baseball Dream Tour: Stadium #5, Wrigley Field, Chicago
The friendly confines of Wrigley Field combines great history with a great place to watch a game. We sat in the terrace boxes which are below the girder line in the stadium. I would think if you are above the girder line there could be some obstructed views of the field depending on the angle […]
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