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(All 30 MLB Parks – 217 Games,183 Days in 2015) + Getting In Optimum Shape: You Can Never Surrender Mentally Or Physically
2015 MLB Trip Sponsors: Man Fish Brewery, Megabus.com, MLB Reports, National Car Rental and the MLB Ball Park Pass-Port.
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Chuck Booth’s 2015 MLB Park Historical Road Trip
The GOAL: 183 Straight Days (every single day at least 1 gm) Of ALL 30 MLB Parks Trip In 2015 (216 Games) view full year schedule.
The CAUSE: To Raise Money for Concussion Awareness (via Sports Legacy Institute. donate money here) Through Inspiring Others.
I sit here humbled that I made it this far in my journey. 4 years ago at this time, I was not in a good place. I was working, going home and trying to fend off headaches, dizziness and any loud sounds.
The government in my home town province of Canada, was not helping me with my claim versus a 2010 accident where I was hit and ran by a driver of a big truck. I would later hire a personal injury and take them to task. These were the dark days of depression one suffers from repeated concussions. It even went to other parts of my body like arms and shoulders – tingling from stress.
So having said that, one of the things I did during this stretch was still capitalize my best skills with what was given to me. I turned to professional handicapping and earning Air Miles through a google search engine.
I used all the anger I had towards the situation – and it fueled me to earn as much as I could while on the shelf. Read the rest of this entry
My Frugal Week Of Freebies In Baltimore’s 6 Game Homestand (217 Game MLB Park Trip – 2015)
2015 MLB Trip Sponsors: Man Fish Brewery, Megabus.com, MLB Reports, National Car Rental and the MLB Ball Park Pass-Port.
Chuck Booth (Owner/Lead Analyst): Follow @chuckbooth3024
Follow The MLB Reports On Twitter Follow @mlbreports
*** I Will be live tweeting from all ballpark venues I am watching games at. Join the discussion.
Chuck Booth’s 2015 MLB Park Historical Road Trip
The GOAL: 183 Straight Days (every single day at least 1 gm) Of ALL 30 MLB Parks Trip In 2015 (216 Games) view full year schedule.
The CAUSE: To Raise Money for Concussion Awareness (via Sports Legacy Institute. donate money here) Through Inspiring Others.
The week started off in New York City at 12:01 AM pn Monday morning, I drove back to Sicklerville, NJ, completing 26 days where I drove almost 17000 Miles. It was a crazy stretch of travel, but had a nice ending.
Monday afternoon came around the bend, and I was on my way to Baltimore. The idea was to come back to Sicklerville every 2 nights, while blogging the other night at Starbucks in between. The tolls on this roundtrip run around $30.
As soon as I made it to Baltimore, I stopped off at the White Marsh area (Exit 67) on the I – 95. There is a way to avoid the last $4 toll towards the ballpark by taking the 40 West.
I know of this parking place at a casino nearby (for free) and watched the game. It was an extra inning affair, and I was honestly beatdown from the previous week of traveling. Read the rest of this entry
Winners Of The Travel Industry 2015: Megabus, National Car Rental, Parking Panda + Southwest Airlines
2015 MLB Trip Sponsors: Man Fish Brewery, Megabus.com, MLB Reports, National Car Rental and the MLB Ball Park Pass-Port.
Chuck Booth (Owner/Lead Analyst): Follow @chuckbooth3024
Follow The MLB Reports On Twitter Follow @mlbreports
*** I Will be live tweeting from all ballpark venues I am watching games at. Join the discussion.
Chuck Booth’s 2015 MLB Park Historical Road Trip
The GOAL: 183 Straight Days (every single day at least 1 gm) Of ALL 30 MLB Parks Trip In 2015 (216 Games) view full year schedule.
The CAUSE: To Raise Money for Concussion Awareness (via Sports Legacy Institute. donate money here) Through Inspiring Others.
Needless to say I am going to triumph the company Megabus here in this article. For those that don’t know the story, they saved my trip from about a 185 games to about 215 – 220 games early in the season.
I bought half of my journey back then for $1 each, and did the same thing halfway through this odyssey. With me being handicapped as a Canadian – for a plunging Canadian Dollar, this help me off set this.
Back in mid 2014, I saw the trend of the Loonie heading south, so I invested as much savings as I could – stuffing my American $ bank account. So while I may have a tough time traveling to the United States past this year, I will make it through my trip.
In my original design of this concept, I planned to travel a lot of games on the Eastern Seaboard by car. As I like to say “Gucci this, you see the price of that s-it! So far, I have only made a few trips via my own vehicle. The only drawback was I wanted to see 20 MLB games at Fenway, and now that total is done at 6 parks.
Anyways, Megabus created a whole new scope of savings I could use for Baltimore, Washington and the New York teams. Being stationed in Philly is the middle ground between all – and the perfect conduit.
This is the reason I am at 33 games for Nats Park and 20 for Camden Yards. Coupled with Stub Hub cheap tickets, and you get the idea on how I have saved money.
I wrote a massive article on the Megabus company, and they actually sought out me as a potential partner – combining efforts to make this trip a media whirlwind. Having a “PR” guy from the 3rd biggest Transportation in America bodes well for having requests come back.
By the end of the year, I will have 100 interviews done for this trip in all forms of social media. This has been a great partnership, and I hope to work with them in the future.
megabus allows you to switch all itineraries (whether it is one journey or 20, for a $1 fee to trade in for other fares.) I traded 20 trips – not to be used for $27 credit towards a new fare that was a peak trip. It cost me just $3.00 to pull off the maneuver after a small booking fee was added. These guys also don’t require paper tickets (although you can use a computer printout of your reservation.
Epic Failures Of The Travel Industry: Greyhound And Motel 6 Top My List
2015 MLB Trip Sponsors: Man Fish Brewery, Megabus.com, MLB Reports, National Car Rental and the MLB Ball Park Pass-Port.
Chuck Booth (Owner/Lead Analyst): Follow @chuckbooth3024
Follow The MLB Reports On Twitter Follow @mlbreports
*** I Will be live tweeting from all ballpark venues I am watching games at. Join the discussion.
Chuck Booth’s 2015 MLB Park Historical Road Trip
The GOAL: 183 Straight Days (every single day at least 1 gm) Of ALL 30 MLB Parks Trip In 2015 (216 Games) view full year schedule.
The CAUSE: To Raise Money for Concussion Awareness (via Sports Legacy Institute. donate money here) Through Inspiring Others.
I have a projected budget of $22, 500 for this year long journey. $300 of it went to Greyhound and $300 of it went to Megabus, but here is the difference. I ended up doing only 16 journeys for Greyhound compared to 120 from Megabus.
Sure there is a built in advantage for those awesome $1 Megabus rides that I purchased yes, but another facet of Megabus that kicks ass would be their exchange policy. I will divulge that in one moment. Lets just check out Greyhound’s archaic system. Read the rest of this entry
215 – 220 Games MLB Year Long Road Trip Takes A Weird Twist: Count Is At 137 Games in 117 Days Today
2015 MLB Trip Sponsors: Man Fish Brewery, Megabus.com, MLB Reports, National Car Rental and the MLB Ball Park Pass-Port.
Chuck Booth (Owner/Lead Analyst): Follow @chuckbooth3024
Follow The MLB Reports On Twitter Follow @mlbreports
*** I Will be live tweeting from all ballpark venues I am watching games at. Join the discussion.
Chuck Booth’s 2015 MLB Park Historical Road Trip
The GOAL: 183 Straight Days (every single day at least 1 gm) Of ALL 30 MLB Parks Trip In 2015 (216 Games) view full year schedule.
The CAUSE: To Raise Money for Concussion Awareness (via Sports Legacy Institute. donate money here) Through Inspiring Others.
DAY DATE
So you think July was weird, well the last 2 months plus a little of October should shape up to be weirder. I am sitting at Camden Yards last night – and my buddy Scott tells me he can’t make the game tonight – because he missed his flight on the West Coast.
I told him the odds of having something happen to you for the traveling the whole year go up exponentially when you are on the road. I lose stuff pretty routinely. Mostly I can recover these items, but some I like to wonder if “Casper, the un-friendly ghost” got his grubby little mitts on. Read the rest of this entry
120 Games Down In Year Long MLB Parks Quest: 2nd Half Preview (183in2015)
2015 MLB Trip Sponsors: Man Fish Brewery, Megabus.com, MLB Reports, National Car Rental and the MLB Ball Park Pass-Port.
Chuck Booth (Owner/Lead Analyst): Follow @chuckbooth3024
Follow The MLB Reports On Twitter Follow @mlbreports
*** I Will be live tweeting from all ballpark venues I am watching games at. Join the discussion.
Chuck Booth’s 2015 MLB Park Historical Road Trip
The GOAL: 183 Straight Days (every single day at least 1 gm) Of ALL 30 MLB Parks Trip In 2015 (216 Games) view full year schedule.
The CAUSE: To Raise Money for Concussion Awareness (via Sports Legacy Institute. donate money here) Through Inspiring Others.
DAY DATE
So I was put to the test more in the last three weeks than throughout the whole trips. I logged over 10000 Miles on the road from July.1 – July.14/2015. It was worth it and I have had a few days of rest now to gather momentum for the second half run.
I have altered my schedule to accommodate a lot more rest in the 2nd half as I will be making lots of more media appearances on TV and radio.
I added some games in New York City, Baltimore and Washington, and took some games away from Boston and Philadelphia.
As of this date, I have eaten 44 hotdogs, drank 48 beers, took down 100 energy drinks, and 4 gallons of coffee. I have logged 45,000 Miles by air, ground and public transport. I have used 22 of 40 free rental days. The Buick Verano I just returned put on 12,500 Miles of that alone. I now have a 2015 Chevrolet Cruze for the 2nd half that I will venture on similar mileage with.. Read the rest of this entry
183 Day MLB Trip (Days 79 – 84 Recap) in 2015: Games 95 – 101/Angel Stadium, AT & T Park + O.Co
2015 MLB Trip Sponsors: Man Fish Brewery, Megabus.com, MLB Reports, National Car Rental and the MLB Ball Park Pass-Port.
Chuck Booth (Owner/Lead Analyst): Follow @chuckbooth3024
Follow The MLB Reports On Twitter Follow @mlbreports
*** I Will be live tweeting from all ballpark venues I am watching games at. Join the discussion.
Chuck Booth’s 2015 MLB Park Historical Road Trip
The GOAL: 183 Straight Days (every single day at least 1 gm) Of ALL 30 MLB Parks Trip In 2015 (217 Games) view full year schedule.
The CAUSE: To Raise Money for Concussion Awareness (via Sports Legacy Institute. donate money here) Through Inspiring Others.
DAY DATE
Monday, June.22, 2015 – Saturday, June 27th/2015
Games #95 – 101 Days #79 – 84
Today’s game (s) Start Time (s) in EST and Venue (s):
Angel Stadium (Games 3/3 total this year.), AT & T Park (Games 3 and 4/out of 5 this season), O.Co (2/2 games this year there this campaign).
Prepaid Expenses:
Tickets Angels 6/22, 6/23, 6/24 – $14, $23 + $14 = $51 for 3 game
Tickets Giants 6/24,6/25 – $17 + $18 = $35 for 2 games
Tickets A’s 6/26 + 6/27 – $11 + $11 = $22 for 2 games
Tickets Spent $108 on 7 games this week.
Blog Note – (There are lots of photos at the end of this post)
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