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  • 08/20/2013 (Washington Post) – 3 Okla. teens charged in death of Australian baseball player
  • 08/16/2013 (Sports Illustrated) – Grant Holman throws no-hitter in Little League World Series
  • 07/14/2013 (MLB.com) – Tim Lincecum makes statement with no-hitter at PetCo Park
  • 07/05/2013 (Yahoo!) – One of the coolest first pitches you’ll ever see, thanks to a Korean gymnast
  • 07/02/2013 (MLB.com) – Fans feast on Domino’s free pizza after Homer Bailey’s no-no
  • 06/26/2013 (NBC News) – Strike! Why humans can out-throw every other species on earth
  • 06/25/2013 (NY Times) – Doc Edwards, A Baseball Lifer Adds Chapters, a Game at a Time
  • 06/20/2013 (Leland’s) – Lot 182: The Only 1919 World Series Ring Known
  • 06/19/2013 (CBS Sports) – Bans likely, MLB starts interviewing players in Biogenesis probe
  • 05/15/2013 (Yahoo!) – Korean League batter prematurely celebrates game-tying homer but ball is caught on warning track
  • 05/14/2013 (Yahoo!) – Bryce Harper slams face-first into outfield fence: Needs 11 stitches, has no concussion
  • 05/13/2013 (LA Times) – Manny Ramirez is still being Manny — in Taiwan
  • 05/08/2013 (Wall Street Journal) – Now pitching for MLB: Groupon
  • 04/26/2013 (CBS Sports) – Rick Camp, former Braves pitcher, dead at age 60
  • 04/26/2013 (Yahoo!) – The ninth is dark and full of terrors: John Axford could close again, soon
  • 04/26/2013 (Yahoo!) – Baseball’s oldest living player Conrado Marrero turns 102 in cigar-chomping style
  • 04/24/2013 (NBC Sports) – Barry Bonds home run plaque taken from AT&T Park
  • 04/20/2013 (Rolling Stone) – Neil Diamond Leads ‘Sweet Caroline’ Sing-Along at Fenway Park
  • 04/19/2013 (Yahoo) – Cincinnati Reds’ Todd Frazier delivers home run after ball boy Teddy Kremer’s request
  • 04/17/2013 (FOX Sports) – Red Sox show they’re ‘Boston Strong’
  • 04/17/2013 (ESPN) – To honor the Boston Marathon victims, the NY Yankees play Sweet Caroline at Yankee Stadium
  • 04/12/2013 (Washington Post) – Zack Greinke loses his head — and then use of his arm
  • 04/11/2013 (The Atlantic) – The Real Story of Baseball’s Integration That You Won’t See in ’42’
  • 04/11/2013 (Bloomberg) – Red Sox Sellout Streak Ends at 820 Games With Loss
  • 04/11/2013 (Yahoo) – Memorabilia dealer admits to altering famed $2.8 million Honus Wagner card
  • 04/11/2013 (Yahoo) – Goat’s head delivered to Wrigley Field
  • 04/9/2013 (Yahoo) – ‘The Sandlot’ turns 20: Stories from the cast on the film’s 20th anniversary
  • 04/2/2013 (Wall Street Journal) – Jay-Z’s Newest Client: Yankees’ Robinson Cano
  • 03/19/2013 (Sydney Morning Herald) – ‘Baseball Annie’ dies: the obsessed fan who shot star player
  • 03/11/2013 (Yahoo) – Hooters ball girl picks up fair ball and gives it to a fan
  • 03/8/2013 (Reddit) – I am SF Giants catcher Buster Posey, Ask Me Anything
  • 03/6/2013 (Reddit) – I am Blue Jays outfielder and 3 time MLB All-Star Jose Bautista, ask me anything!
  • 03/5/2013 (NY Daily News) – Following skydiving injury, humbled Yankees GM Brian Cashman dives back in
  • 01/28/2013 (Yahoo!) – Brewers announce uniform design winner
  • 01/28/2013 (NBC News) – Mystery Bible packed with baseball history found among piles of donated books
  • 01/19/2013 (Time Life) – Stan “The Man” Musial, died on Saturday, Jan. 19th, at the age of 92
  • 01/19/2013 (Baltimore Sun) – Remembering former Orioles manager Earl Weaver
  • 01/16/2013 (Yahoo!) – Matt Kemp tattoos grandparents on chest — and it’s awesome
  • 01/15/2013 (Yahoo!) – Mike Trout’s latest spectacular catch is that of a 500-pound grouper
  • 01/09/2013 (NY Times) – No Players Elected to Hall of Fame: Voters Shut Out Baseball Hall of Fame Candidates
  • 01/08/2013 (NY Times) – Next Call to the Bullpen May Be From a Cellphone
  • 01/07/2013 (The Post Game) – Most Expensive Beers In Baseball
  • 12/28/2012 (Yahoo!) – ‘Screaming savage’ makes return on Braves’ batting practice caps for 2013
  • 11/27/2012 (NY Times) – Marvin Miller, Union Leader Who Changed Baseball, Dies at 95
  • 11/23/2012 (Larry Brown Sports) – Andrew McCutchen tweets picture from trailer park where he grew up
  • 11/19/2012 (Yahoo) – Baseball commissioner Bud Selig approves Blue Jays-Marlins’ 12-player trade
  • 11/16/2012 (NY Times) – M.V.P. Voters Trust Their Eyes: Buster Posey, Miguel Cabrera are 2012 MVPs
  • 11/14/2012 (NY Times) – Nate Silver: The Statistical Case Against Cabrera for M.V.P.
  • 11/14/2012 (Yahoo) – Poor hound: Mark Buehrle’s dog will also not be welcome in Toronto
  • 11/9/2012 (Baltimore Sun) – Lee MacPhail, Hall-of-Fame baseball executive with Orioles and others, dies at 95
  • 11/6/2012 (Boston Herald) – Big Papi’s powerful enough to link past greatness to future success
  • 11/1/2012 (FOX Sports) – Pascual Perez killed in stabbing in Dominican Republic home
  • 10/30/2012 (NY Times) – Called Third Strike Is a Rare Way to End World Series
  • 10/28/2012 (NY Times) – With a Sweep, San Francisco Giants Are World Series Champions Again
  • 10/25/2012 (Yahoo) – Giants show no weakness on pitching mound, put Tigers in World of hurt
  • 10/25/2012 (MLB) – Panda pride: Pablo Sandoval homers in first three ABs
  • 10/24/2012 (NBC Sports) – Giants fan feels whole by returning Pence’s broken bat
  • 10/19/2012 (Yahoo) – Max Scherzer parties with custom mismatched goggles for his mismatched eyes
  • 10/18/2012 (ESPN) – Alex Rodriguez focused on Australian bikini model during game against Detroit Tigers
  • 10/18/2012 (NY Times) – Eddie Yost, Baseball’s Walking Man, Dies at 86
  • 10/10/2012 (Bleacher Report) – 50 Ugliest Baseball Card Photos Ever
  • 10/5/2012 (Huffington Post) – MLB Playoffs: Wild Card One-Game Are Dramatic, But Fair?
  • 10/5/2012 (Huffington Post) – Bobby Valentine Fired: Red Sox Axe Manager After One Season
  • 10/4/2012 (Yahoo) – Curt Schilling might be forced to sell his bloody sock from the 2004 ALCS
  • 10/4/2012 (Yahoo) – Teddy wins! Nationals mascot finally ends 525-race losing streak
  • 10/4/2012 (Yahoo) – Miguel Cabrera’s Triple Crown achievement not getting the attention it deserves
  • 10/2/2012 (NY Times)Trying to Build for the Future, the Oakland Athletics Win in a Hurry
  • 10/2/2012 (The Onion) – Embarrassed Catcher Not Sure What He Came To Mound For
  • 10/1/2012 (Yahoo) – Michael Morse repeats grand slam swing after overturned call re-starts game (Video)

  • 10/1/2012 (NY Times) – Kris Medlen: A Big Right Arm and a Little Man on His Shoulder
  • 9/30/2012 (NBC Sports) – Mike Trout becomes youngest member of 30/30 club
  • 9/30/2012 (Yahoo!) – Darwin Barney’s errorless streak ends three outs before breaking Major League record
  • 9/30/2012 (Yahoo!) – Tsuyoshi Nishioka says goodbye to a guaranteed $3.25 million, requests release from Twins
  • 9/27/2012 (Away.com) – Take Me Out to the Ballpark: Top Ten Baseball Stadiums
  • 9/26/2012 (Sports Illustrated) – Stress of managing can affect anyone, even cool Dusty Baker
  • 9/19/2012 (Yahoo Sports) – Chris Carpenter says he gave rib removed during surgery to his 7-year-old daughter
  • 9/18/2012 (CNN) – Blue Jays shortstop suspended after homophobic slur on eye black
  • 9/6/2012 (Yahoo) – Robbed! Girl keeps a stiff upper lip after grown man intercepts baseball from her grasp (Video)
  • 8/27/2012 (Yahoo) – Mother loses job to cheer on son and husband’s Little League World Series run
  • 8/27/2012 (Yahoo) – Justin Toole plays all nine positions in minor-league game
  • 8/23/2012 (Sports Illustrated) – Pierzynski accepts reputation at odds with passion he brings to life
  • 8/20/2012 (NY Times) – Minor League Player Billy Hamilton Closes In on Record for Steals in Season
  • 8/20/2012 (NY Daily News) – Bizarre plot by SF Giants’ Melky Cabrera to use fake website to duck drug suspension
  • 8/16/2012 (CNN) – What’s behind baseball’s run of perfect games?
  • 8/16/2012 (Yahoo! Sports) – R.A. Dickey friendship bracelets made by his kids removed at umpire’s order
  • 8/15/2012 (Yahoo!) – Felix Hernandez’s perfect game for Mariners was third of MLB season, and foe was familiar
  • 8/15/2012 (Yahoo!) – Melky Cabrera suspended 50 games for positive testosterone test
  • 8/12/2012 (MSNBC) – Johnny Pesky, beloved by Red Sox fans, dies at 92
  • 8/3/2012 (NBC Sports) – Yankees’ facebook page reports on Derek Jeter’s sex change
  • 8/3/2012 (NBC Sports) – Cal Ripken Jr.’s mother doing “pretty well” after kidnapping
  • 8/2/2012 (CNN) – Umpire ejects a stadium’s soundboard operator for playing “Three Blind Mice”
  • 8/3/2012 (Sports Illustrated) – Trade deadline review
  • 7/27/2012 (Sportress) – Members of Nationals bullpen read passages from ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ (video)
  • 7/23/2012 (NBC Sports) – Smooth Transition: Ichiro, Yanks top Mariners
  • 7/23/2012 (FOX Sports) – A’s are season’s most inspiring story
  • 7/22/2012 (Sports Illustrated) – Larkin’s underrated greatness goes beyond his place among shortstops
  • 7/22/2012 (MSN) – Baseball fan shows true loyalty by shaving a tribute in his back hair
  • 7/21/2012 (Yahoo!) – Justin Verlander’s triple-digit fastball destroys Gordon Beckham’s bat
  • 7/21/2012 (CNN) – Inner city team honors baseball pioneers with cross-country trip
  • 7/16/2012 (NY Times) – Schwinden Returns to Mets AAA After Bouncing Around Waiver Wire
  • 7/13/2012 (NBC Sports) – Guess the naked baseball player from the cover of ESPN the Magazine
  • 7/13/2012 (Yahoo!) – SF Giants Pitcher Arrives at the ESPY Awards With a Rather Odd Date
  • 7/12/2012 (New York Times) – All-Star Fever: Buffalo Remembers the Hopeful Years
  • 7/10/2012 (LA Times) – National League defeats American League, 8-0, in All-Star Game
  • 7/9/2012 (New York Times) – Once Proud Royals Prepare to Host All-Star Game in Kansas City
  • 7/8/2012 (Mother Nature Network) – Albuquerque Isotopes baseball team adopts blind dog
  • 7/8/2012 (CNN) – R.A. Dickey and the Zen of the knuckleball
  • 7/7/2012 (CNN Money) – Why your wireless service sucks at sports games
  • 6/26/2012 (Yahoo! Sports) – Travis Wood’s helmet decal snafu joins long list of ‘Cubbie occurrences’
  • 6/26/2012 (Yahoo! Sports) – President Obama Thanks Boston for Trading Kevin Youkilis to the White Sox
  • 6/26/2012 (Washington Post) – College World Series: Arizona wins title over two-time defending champion South Carolina
  • 6/14/2012 (Yahoo! Sports) – One of the top 30 MLB prospects didn’t get drafted at all, and no one seems to know why
  • 6/13/2012 (St Louis Today) – San Francisco Giant’s Matt Cain pitches 5th no-hitter of 2012
  • 6/8/2012 (NBC Sports) – Hitless in Seattle: Mariners No-Hit Dodgers
  • 6/2/2012 (MLB.com) – Before Johan’s No Hitter, Mets have had many close calls
  • 6/1/2012 (Sports Illustrated) – No more for Jamie Moyer? After 25 seasons in the bigs, the end of a great career seems likely
  • 5/31/2012 (Sports Illustrated) – Last place Mariners whip 1st place Rangers 21-9: a stastical breakdown
  • 5/30/2012 (Sports Illustrated) – A guide to sports fighting terms (inspired by the Rex Sox vs Rays ‘brawl’)
  • 5/26/2012 (NY Times) – Banner Day Returns to the Mets’ Citi Field
  • 5/22/2012 (MSNBC) – Deaf baseball player aims for major leagues
  • 5/8/2012 (FOX Sports) – Hamilton’s historic night ranks among best four-home run games
  • 5/7/2012 (Sports Illustrated) – Slumping Pujols most stunning development in strange season
  • 5/3/2012 (FOX Sports) – Angel’s Jered Weaver throws 2nd no-hitter of 2012
  • 4/21/2012 (ESPN) – ChiSox’s Phil Humber Throws 21st Perfect Game in MLB History

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  • Trip Statistics

    MLB Ballparks Visited: 30/30

    + 5 minor league ballparks & Hall of Fame

    Japanese Ballparks Visited: 12/12
    Mexican Ballparks Visited: 13/16
    Miles Driven: 18,045

    + 15,170 kilometers (9,426 miles) in Mexico

    Days On The Road: 78

    + 22 days in Japan

    + 30 days in Mexico

    States Visited: 36

    + 1 Canadian province

    + 23 Japanese prefectures

    + 12 Mexican states

    Cheapest Gas: $3.19/gallon

    in Columbia, MO

    Most Expensive Gas: $4.89

    in Van Nuys, CA

    Hottest Temp

    Phoenix, AZ - 110 degrees Fahrenheit

  • All Blog Entries

    • Prologue
    • Final Preparations – 3 Days To Go
    • The Journey Begins
    • South by Southwest (Part 1)
    • South by Southwest (Part 2)
    • Florida
    • Straight, No Chaser (Washington DC, Philly and Balitimore)
    • Into the NorthEast (Yankees, Mets and Red Sox)
    • From Cooperstown to the Great White North, eh.
    • Toledo, Cleveland and Detroit… It’s all on the same street
    • Cincinnati, Chicago’s Southside and Arlo Gutherie
    • From ‘The Pitt’ to ‘St. Louie’
    • Mid-West Locomotion (from Kansas City to Chicago)
    • Minnesota to Milwaukee: Amish in the Night
    • Things that go “bump” in the night: South Dakota, Wyoming & Utah
    • Arrival in Tokyo
    • Nickelback, Google Translate & Red Miso Katsu
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