Baseball Road Trips

2008-09-10T07:12:55-04:00

Baseball Road Trips

2008-06-04T14:28:06-04:00

2008-09-10T06:39:49-04:00

2008-06-12T19:56:23-04:00

thirty27.com

Redondo Beach 439877

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/thebigblog/archives/140954.asp?from=blog_last3 http://laist.com/2008/05/29/to_thirty_baseb.php Local Pursues a New World Record ??? 30 Major League Games in 27 Days and Benefit Area Little League Hawthorne, Calif., May 5, 2008 ??? One man will strive to set another world record this summer. South Bay resident Josh Robbins, with help from his friends and family, will drive from Seattle, Washington starting June 16 to July 12, 2008 and hope to establish a world record by driving to all 30 major league baseball stadiums in 27 days. While preparing for a trip to achieve a personal goal, an effort to share their passion for baseball emerged. In addition to the pursuit for a new world record, this group is also raising money to benefit the Jim Thorpe Little League in Hawthorne, California. Hawthorne Mayor, Larry M. Guidi, has pledged $500 to the project and urges anyone interested to donate what he or she can afford. Fifty-percent of all donations go towards the Jim Thorpe Little League in Hawthorne, California. The other half will go towards the Thirty27.com project for tickets, food, traveling expenses, and a vehicle. According to Josh Robbins, ???we kept receiving such great feedback, support and enthusiasm from people about the trip that we thought we could use it as a platform to give back to our community by sharing our passion for baseball with the youth.??? Business supporters include Toyota USA, the Mattel Corporation and Homewood Suites by Hilton. ???We hope to raise $10,000 and would appreciate financial contributions or in-kind donations to auction off. This way, we hope that other young people will continue to experience the excitement of this American pastime and develop a love for it as we did.??? For more information about the trip and fundraising effort, please log onto thirty27.com or contact Josh Robbins at 518-331-7211 or via email at robbinsjosh@hotmail.com 1968021

2008-06-11T03:00:29-04:00

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CubsWin08

Phoenix 85070

I used to skip school in the spring and drive to up to Chicago for Cub games.(Kids, this was BAD!) I went down to St Louis once, but Chicago was much more fun. I always sat in the right field bleachers. 1952309

There's nothing that says summer quite like a baseball road trip. Traveling to different ballparks, be it major or minor league, and soaking in the local flavor is what makes the game the American pastime. Two years ago, Luke Winn and Pablo S. Torre designed <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_blogs/baseball/road_trip/">six road trips</a> in different parts of the country. This year Torre has engineered the trip of all trips, a 71-day adventure across the country covering 43 parks, 16,000 miles and lasting whole summer. You can get some good ideas for your own trip <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/more/06/03/road.trip/">here</a>. And Winn takes us through the <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/more/06/03/alaska.pipeline/">Alaskan summer collegiate league</a>. What are your favorite road trips and memories? Share them and give us your ultimate baseball road trip. 2196

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