For several years now I have made New Year’s resolutions to visit ballparks in the coming year. Most of my goals are to visit new Minor League Baseball stadiums, but my resolutions are not exclusive to MiLB parks. Each year I review my resolutions and assess how successful I was in fulfilling them. So, here’s how I did with my 2019 ballpark travel resolutions. Resolution #1: In 2019, I resolve to see all three @TravelOregon #MiLB teams (@EugeneEmeralds, @HillsboroHops, & @SKVolcanoes) play at home. #PlayBall #NewYearsResolutions — Steven Ericson (@StevenOnTheMove) January 1, 2019 Last year my wife Katie started a program for an additional certification related to her job. Part…
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My day with the Columbus Clippers – June 9, 2019
The Columbus Clippers are extremely proud of their award-winning ballpark. Huntington Park, which opened in 2009, has been named “Ballpark of the Year” a total of six times by various publications. So it jumped to the top of my list of ballparks to visit this summer. Arriving at the ballpark Huntington Park is part of downtown Columbus’s Arena District, which means there are numerous parking spots within a short walk from the stadium. According to the team’s website there are 14,000 spots within a 10-minute walk of the ballpark. Standard Parking-controlled lots charge between $3 and $5 depending on proximity to the field. Visitors staying at a downtown hotel should…
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Midwest baseball road trip preview
Summer travel is in full swing and I am back in the United States for the next two months. So that means time for an old-fashioned baseball road trip. After a full week working in Cincinnati, Ohio, I will embark on a Midwest baseball road trip. Trip plans are focused on visiting new baseball stadiums, but I will be doing some other sightseeing, too. Most importantly I will visit two new ballparks. Without further ado here are the plans for my Midwest baseball road trip. Baseball games The trip is built around visiting new ballparks close to Cincinnati. As I made a swing through Kentucky last summer, I am heading…
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Revealing my 2019 ballpark resolutions
The new year leads many people to make resolutions to better themselves by losing weight or spending less or quitting bad habits or a host of other goals. I believe in resolutions, but prefer to focus on travel goals at the beginning of the new year. Since 2014, I’ve posted my ballpark travel resolutions on Twitter at the start of the year. So here are my New Year’s ballpark resolutions for 2019… Resolution #1: In 2019, I resolve to see all three @TravelOregon #MiLB teams (@EugeneEmeralds, @HillsboroHops, & @SKVolcanoes) play at home. #PlayBall #NewYearsResolutions — Steven Ericson (@StevenOnTheMove) January 1, 2019 My wife Katie will be completing coursework for an…
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My night with the Louisville Bats – June 11, 2018
There is something to be said for returning to places you have visited before. If you haven’t been to that place in a number of years you may get to see how it has changed since your last visit. Sometimes the more you visit a place the more you notice different characteristics. That was the case this summer when I returned to Louisville, Ky., to attend a Louisville Bats baseball game. I had previously attends a Bats game in 2005. So some things had changed and some things had relatively remained the same since my last visit 13 years ago. The Bats still play at Louisville Slugger Field just east…
