Amigos Meet More Former Tigers

Set on another adventure, the kids and I travelled to Traverse City to a baseball card to show for some shopping, and to meet two former members of the Detroit Tigers' 1984 World Series Championship team. The kids wanted some baseball and hockey cards, so Papa and I hooked them up with those, and Brian got a couple of Hot Wheels cars and comic books. The players, pitchers Dan Petry and Dave Rozema, were very nice to them and had a lot of fun with the fans. Rozema arm-wrestled Brian, and Lily and Trevor had their picture taken with Petry that turned out nice. We'll try to make it down to Grand Rapids in February for another show, since we had so much fun at this one!

2011 Baseball Trip

Whoa, ok, I know I'm running way late on this, but wanted to get all the posts up on my other site, http://burrilltalksbaseball.mlblogs.com/, Minoring In Baseball, first. There is a detailed entry on each of our stops, so check that out for sure if you're interested. I'm just putting some of my favorite pics on here. We had a great time out east, but lost a couple of games to rain. At least we got the game in at Fenway Park, though, which is just unbelievable. We also hit games in Portland, Manchester, New Britain, and back home in Grand Rapids. I can't wait until next year's trip.

Kids Meet Tigers Legend Jim Northrup

Yesterday the kids and I met Papa and Nana in Gaylord for a nice little baseball card show. At the show signing autographs was Detroit Tiger legend and 1968 World Champion Jim Northrup. Mr. Northrup was very nice to the kids as he was to all of the fans that came to meet him. I think it was hard for Lily and Trevor to grasp the fact that this guy had been a big league ball player. I guess that comes from being little. I think the older players really 'get' the whole thing with the fans and what they used to do for a living. They didn't make millions of dollars and are more grounded than some of the bozos who play these days.