DAY 5 The final day of my baseball tour is a Monday, taking me to the Oakland Coliseum for a game versus the Angels. Since it’s a night game, it leaves me free to explore San Francisco for the day. Not a bad way to spend a Monday, although I’m kind of doing it on …
DAY 4 Day 4 is a Sunday and I’m in San Francisco to see the Giants face off against the Arizona Diamondbacks. When I checked my blood sugar that morning it was registering 160. Still a little high but down 100 points from the day before, and I was feeling much more myself. I wasn’t …
DAY 3 Day three and I’m in Anaheim for the Angels/Rangers game. Neither of these teams lived up to their preseason hype and both ended up firing their respective managers. The Rangers are rebuilding but still expected a better showing after spending half a billion dollars signing Corey Seager and Marcus Semien. The Angels have …
DAY 2 Day two takes me to Dodger Stadium where I am, admittedly, biased. Firstly, rather than drive all the way back to Bakersfield, I spent the night in Burbank, where I grew up during my teen years. On Friday morning I made the short drive to Sylmar, taking San Fernando Road. Actually, I took …
DAY 1 I recently completed what I’m going to call the California Baseball Pilgrimage. The idea was to go to a Major League Baseball game at the home stadium of every single California team on consecutive days. That’s five ball games in five consecutive days. My first stop was Petco Park to see the Padres …