Excuse a personal, gloating post, but I just booked the flights for a vacation for early May and I’m quite psyched about it.
As frequently as possible, my college friends and I plan road trips to visit different baseball stadiums. The goal, obviously, is to eventually visit every Major League park, but we generally schedule a bunch of Minor League stops along the way, plus stops at whatever other points of interest we’d like to check out.
The biggest and most ridiculous road trip came back in the summer of 2005. It put about 6,000 miles on my car. Here’s what it looks like on Google Maps:
This one won’t be quite so impressive, Google Mapically, nor will it involve nearly as much backtracking.
It will begin in Savannah, where I’ll spend a couple of days checking out the Sand Gnats and shooting some video with Toby Hyde for SNY.
Vacation time technically starts when I leave Savannah, so I figure I’ll stop by Milledgeville on the way to Atlanta for a quick photo, then on to ATL to meet up with my friends.
We’re going to snake our way through the South, hitting a couple of Minor League parks (and definitely New Orleans). Baton Rouge is a test market for Taco Bell breakfast, so we’ll stop there for sure.
From there, we’ll hit Houston for an Astros game, not to mention the acquisition of pants and the doing of the hot-dog dance. Then it’s up to the Dallas area for a Rangers game, then back to New York.
I’ll figure out some way of maintaining regular content on this blog while I’m gone, plus I’ll have a laptop and I’ll be checking in throughout, so this probably isn’t the last you’ll hear of the trip. But if you know of anything particularly awesome to do or, better yet, eat somewhere in Alabama or Mississippi that I absolutely should not miss, please let me know.
Tedquarters 
I envision a scenario where Milledgeville cops mistake you for someone having a laugh at the expense of the Roethlisberger incident and you have to explain it’s about your love of L-Millz.
Ted, that sounds like a road trip that no one should ever do. Good luck, and god speed. That trip may sound as bad as going to a Omar Minaya press conference and watching him tap dance and stutter through tough questions.
I love that you are visiting a place that until a couple weeks ago you had no clue existed, simply because it shares a name with a beloved failed Mets prospect who hasnt been in the organization in years. Ted Berg, I salute you.
Ted, and others, I am going on a road trip to Florida to see a few Spring Training games, any tips on where to eat / hang out in Port St. Lucie. Any spots where players like to hang out?
Ted, I assume you’ll be traveling I-20 from ATL through AL and MS. I’ll be able to help with local fare if you would like to e-mail me. I love food and the Mets!
Ted, I suggest looking into some of the places reviewed at HollyEats.com. His motto is “Great Food. Cheap”. Need I say more.
You have to visit Big Bob Gibson’s Bar-B-Q. It’s not the Hall Of Famer, Bob Gibson, but it’s history goes back to 1925, so how bad could it be?
http://www.hollyeats.com/South.htm
Awesome, thanks David. That’s huge.
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