Pete Rose has been banned from Major League Baseball for more than 25 years now. I think there is one very simple reason why the all-time hits leader {4,256 for his career} hasn't been let back into the game. America is known as the "land of second chances," and, if Rose had come clean to Bart Giamatti – admitting that he committed the number one sports sin by betting on his sport – he would've ended up serving something like a 10 year ban.

So it turns out that something that we are…

Well my friends and I just made the down and back trip to see the Reds vs Pirates play. It's our goal to try to see one park per season with the Pirates being the away team. So far, so good. We were pleased to see numerous Pirates fans in attendance at GABP. The Reds fans were friendly to us, including several that welcomed us to their city. Being that I have been to PNC Park countless times, since I'm from Pittsburgh, GABP seemed to have a lot of similarity to PNC with the views of the…

My wife, Penny, and I are seven stadiums into the journey. This blog includes stories about the journey.

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Days after I wrote the update to my 30 ballpark, 30 day plan, things began to finally come together. I had to make a final set of schedule alterations, but the blind baseball traveler is now 55 days from the ultimate baseball dream.

I’ve managed to also make arrangements with a few teams so far to see the field, particularly in the outfield where the ballparks have their personality or lack thereof.

Seats for all but four teams have been purchased, with the Cubs, Nationals, and…