le and made the journey into a figure 8 pattern, heading north from Texas to Saint Louis and Kansas City then west to Colorado, north to Seattle, and finally south through Cali. The planing was greatly aided by the keg of Leinie's Honey Weiss in Mr. Nagel's kegorator. We did manage to get a few breaks in to watch the Milwaukee Admirals defeat the Hamilton Bulldogs in minor league hockey action and a trip to the Landmark 1850 Inn, Milwaukee's oldest and greatest bar.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
War Room
What a way to spend a weekend! Friday and Saturday, March 2-3, Peter and I spent locked away in the baseball room at his house and planned out the trip. We had planned on starting in Minnesota, Milwaukee, or Chicago and making a clockwise circuit around the country. Things were going swimmingly until we got to California. You'd think with five major league teams and scores of minor league ones, we'd be able to make our way through the state fairly quickly. Unfortunately, the schedule makers conspired against us and we were held up waiting for a couple of the teams to come home from road trips. So...we reworked the schedule and made the journey into a figure 8 pattern, heading north from Texas to Saint Louis and Kansas City then west to Colorado, north to Seattle, and finally south through Cali. The planing was greatly aided by the keg of Leinie's Honey Weiss in Mr. Nagel's kegorator. We did manage to get a few breaks in to watch the Milwaukee Admirals defeat the Hamilton Bulldogs in minor league hockey action and a trip to the Landmark 1850 Inn, Milwaukee's oldest and greatest bar.
le and made the journey into a figure 8 pattern, heading north from Texas to Saint Louis and Kansas City then west to Colorado, north to Seattle, and finally south through Cali. The planing was greatly aided by the keg of Leinie's Honey Weiss in Mr. Nagel's kegorator. We did manage to get a few breaks in to watch the Milwaukee Admirals defeat the Hamilton Bulldogs in minor league hockey action and a trip to the Landmark 1850 Inn, Milwaukee's oldest and greatest bar.
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touch with baseball when his childhood heroes Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, and Jim Gantner retired but the Great Home Run Chase of 1998 reignited his passion. As a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Erik became involved with the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity. With this group Erik traveled to Portland, OR and Baltimore, MD to work on construction projects and help the group raise $25,000 to partially sponsor a house in Milwaukee. Also at UWM, Erik met Peter Nagel. The two attended their first Brewers game together during Opening Weekend 2003. Despite their failure to ignite the coals at their first tailgate, the two had a blast and were soon making weekly trips to the ballpark. Erik has gone on to several colleges and changed careers several times, and has moved all the way out to New Hampshire, but has always stayed true to his baseball roots by holding part-time stadium usher jobs. To this day he looks back fondly on his incredible cross-country journey.
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the best part by far was that we drank fo free all weekend. unfortunately, we couldnt work any double headers in there. but we did discover a new bar to tie one on at - Polonez.
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