In Summer 2007, I drove from San Diego to Cooperstown for Tony Gwynn’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. This is the final installment of a nine-part series covering the first day of my journey. After weaving a path across the heart and several limbs of Albuquerque, I found the hotel around 9 p.m. [...]
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I Almost Prayed in Albuquerque: Author Unknown
In Summer 2007, I drove from San Diego to Cooperstown for Tony Gwynn’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. This is Part 8 of a nine-part series covering the first day of my journey. After refueling, calling home, and chewing on a slab of beef jerky, I continued east toward Grants, N.M. The road [...]
I Almost Prayed in Albuquerque: Spirituals in Sunshine and Shadow
In Summer 2007, I drove from San Diego to Cooperstown for Tony Gwynn’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. This is Part 7 of a nine-part series covering the first day of my journey. I stuck around for a couple innings and then got back on the road. The route north took me through [...]
I Almost Prayed in Albuquerque: It’s Not a Problem for Me
In Summer 2007, I drove from San Diego to Cooperstown for Tony Gwynn’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. This is Part 6 of a nine-part series covering the first day of my journey. Welcome to the Arizona League: home of stealth baseball. The league represents the absolute lowest level of affiliated baseball. Most [...]
I Almost Prayed in Albuquerque: A Crow Left of the Murder
In Summer 2007, I drove from San Diego to Cooperstown for Tony Gwynn’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. This is Part 5 of a nine-part series covering the first day of my journey. I listened to Incubus’ A Crow Left of the Murder during this stretch. You might think that it’s appropriate to [...]
I Almost Prayed in Albuquerque: Twin Cinema
In Summer 2007, I drove from San Diego to Cooperstown for Tony Gwynn’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. This is Part 4 of a nine-part series covering the first day of my journey. Meanwhile, the radio signal had started to fade (or the brassy horn arrangements had started to grate — can’t remember [...]
I Almost Prayed in Albuquerque: This Side
In Summer 2007, I drove from San Diego to Cooperstown for Tony Gwynn’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. This is Part 2 of a nine-part series covering the first day of my journey. My decision to drive from San Diego to Cooperstown for Tony Gwynn’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame was [...]
I Almost Prayed in Albuquerque: Bittersweet Symphony
In Summer 2007, I drove from San Diego to Cooperstown for Tony Gwynn’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. This is Part 1 of a nine-part series covering the first day of my journey. Why, when people in New York hadn’t even returned from their parties yet, would I be getting up at this [...]
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