One of the questions I get most often asked is how long it takes to plan this trip. I’m not actually sure what the answer is, as it happens over a series of days and weeks, a little bit at a time. But honestly, probably not as long as you might think. You have to…

At the Journalism Education Association’s Fall 2018 Convention in Chicago, I presented a session on the importance of advisers engaging in activities that were engaging AND helped make them stronger classroom teachers. The idea is to take on a project that holds personal interest but could also help you in your advising job. There’s no…

  I watched a good portion of Boston’s Game 1 win last night, despite the fact that it lasted seven-and-a-half hours like most Red Sox games. And I realized I hadn’t blogged in a while. So here we are. I did see the Dodgers play this summer, and I’ve seen Fenway before, about 15, maybe…

Here’s the list of 14 Major League ballparks I haven’t seen (in order of ranking according to USA Today): PNC Park in Pittsburgh Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City Target Field in Minnesota Citi Field in New York Camden Yards in Baltimore Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. SunTrust Park in Atlanta…

Sunday, June 17: GIANTS 4, DODGERS 1 OK, so it isn’t really ‘Day 12′ and I’m not really on the trip any longer, but I wanted to continue writing until I’ve made it around to every park, so I better keep going. I had not ever seen Dodger Stadium before, and it’s definitely worth the…

Yesterday was my first day NOT spent in a ballpark since May. So I napped a bunch, and I watched two College World Series match-ups before any MLB games came on, then checked in on about four different games. “I’m glad you got to watch some baseball today,” my wife said when she got home….

Sunday, June 10: A’s 3, ROYALS 2 Welp, that’ll do it. Ten stadiums, ten games, ten days. Time for a nap. I thought about ending this blog right there, but I still have lots to say. So let’s get to it… Oakland Coliseum is generally considered to be the second worst ballpark in the league,…

Saturday, June 9: CUBS 2, PIRATES 0 “In April of ’89 I made my first trip to Wrigley,” C.E. Sikkenga told me. “In a blizzard. Only college kids would drive three hours because it was free hat day.  We thought we’d just show up, pick up our hats and go home. It was the coldest…

Friday, June 8: CARDINALS 7, REDS 6 (10 innings) Autograph seekers are an interesting bunch. I was wandering around downtown Cincinnati, slowly making my way toward the stadium on a warm afternoon when I walked past a bus in front of a hotel. On the sidewalk in front of it a few important-looking people were…

Thursday, June 7: CARDINALS 4, MARLINS 1 Cardinals’ legend Red Schoendienst died last night at 95. He’s often called ‘Mr. Cardinal,’ and wore the jersey, all told, for more than six decades. He was also the oldest living member of the baseball Hall of Fame (a distinction now held by Tommy LaSorda, I believe). Red…