I spent the better part of this evening in Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners. Tonight was the first of three games I’ll be attending between the Mariners and the Boston Red Sox, the team I have been following for many decades. There is no better venue for a ballgame than Fenway Park in…
When my daughter, Ilima, was about 10, we took a memorable trip that combined train travel and my other passion —some say it’s an obsession – with the Boston Red Sox. We flew from Honolulu to Oakland where we saw the Red Sox play the A’s. Our seats were in left field and…
I’m in Seattle now, to see three games between the Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners and to enjoy this marvelous city (as long as it’s not raining, which, according to the locals, narrows things down to June, July and August). In contrast to the dismal experience that is the Oakland Coliseum, Safeco Field where…
I’ll be away from home for the next eight days. First stop: Oakland, California, to see the Red Sox and the A’s in three games. Then overnight on Amtrak’s Coast Starlight to Seattle for three more games, this time with the Mariners. I’ll try to post once or twice along the way and will provide…