You think this is a baseball road trip? Or this? Not even close.
These guys know a baseball road trip. 30 games in 30 MLB ballparks in 44 days. 16,000 miles and counting with only Wednesday’s game in St. Louis to go. Their blog chronicling the trip is well written and […]

I’m heading to Cincinnati Thursday for the Reds vs. Mets game. I’ve had this trip planned for a few months, but I’ve discovered that there’s a special attraction at Thursday’s game. Is is the NL East-leading Mets? Nope. The Wild Card-leading Reds? Nope. Home Run Derby runner-up and “Wright […]

Principles in youth coaching from Stanford Magazine via Guy Kawasaki:
First, no shouting, no embarrassment, no humiliation. Be the same to every kid. Respect them. No berating, no browbeating. Don’t treat the star any different than the kid just learning the game. Be a model, be an example. Kids are enormously, exquisitely sensitive, and you never […]

From the New York Times:
According to Loan Performance, a research firm, 26.7 percent of all loans were interest-only last year and another 15.3 percent were payment-option adjustable rate mortgages, which allow homeowners to choose how much they paid each month.
That’s staggering. Almost half of all mortgage loans last year were interest-only or payment-option, and […]

We did it. The Elon White Sox are Burlington Pee Wee B-Bracket Champions. We peaked at the right time, playing unbelievably well this week, especially the last two games. We went 8-4 in the regular season to finish in 2nd place in our division then ran off three wins in the tournament […]

Went to the USA-Taiwan game at Burlington Athletic Stadium tonight. Fantastic. Got to attend a pre-game coaching clinic which was poorly attended but otherwise great. The USA coaches (Tim Corbin from Vandy, Jim Schlossnagle from TCU, Tom Slater from Auburn, and Mark Machtolf from Gonzaga) were terrific.
And leaving the game I was […]

Boyd made the mistake of mentioning a baseball road trip. Which got me thinking about my ultimate mid-atlantic/midwest baseball trip, round trip from Burlington, NC. Here we go:
Day One: day game in DC (do the trip in 2008 so the new park is open) and night game in Baltimore at Camden Yards.
Day Two: […]