Welcome to the
Magical Baseball
History Tour
Where savvy baseball travelers
start their trips.
If you love baseball and its history and like to visit ballparks and other sites of baseball interest around the country, bookmark us now!
The Magical Baseball History Tour is a year-round journey in search of the best historic baseball sites that we will share with you.
Here you'll find travel suggestions, travel tips and baseball facts. We'll tell you about museums, monuments, grave sites, minor league, collegiate, major league and even no-longer-existing ballparks to make your next baseball trip an even richer, more fulfilling, more memorable experience.
We'll discuss the new (and old) books that tell the great stories of baseball history. And we'll tell you where we've been and where we're going to be, so we can share some baseball travel together. We promise to be lively and informative to help you plan your next baseball odyssey.
In This Issue:
MBHT on the Road: We report on our "Lewis & Clark" trip to the 2006 SABR convention, Baseball Heritage Fest and 2006 Pirate Fest.
How to Plan a Trip: Knowing where and when to go is the key to a fun and meaningful baseball excursion.
Baseball Events: Pittsburgh celebrates its summer of baseball activities featuring the MLB All-Star Game at PNC Park.
101 Destinations: We present our favorite baseball travel locations, leading off with college baseball sites.
Essential Books: Check out these informative guidebooks before planning your next baseball trip.
Paul's Picks, Pans and Memories: A review of Gene Carney's Burying the Black Sox, spring training memories, plus candid commentary on ballpark touring and hot dog cuisine.
Footsteps to Follow: When planning your travels, consider following the footsteps of these baseball legends.
More Features: Author, lecturer and film historian Rob Edelman shares photos from his baseball journeys.
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MBHT Partners
Morris Eckhouse: Executive Director, The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), 1990-2000. Host, The Magical Baseball History Tour, WERE-1300 AM Cleveland, 2003-present. Author/editor of six books. Publisher, Showdown at League Park (audio CD). Contributor to other books and periodicals.
Paul Adomites: Publications Director, SABR, 1986-1991. Founder of Sheraden Publishing, 1990. Creator/Editor of The SABR Review of Books and The Cooperstown Review. Author of six books of baseball history. More than 15 years of experience as advertising writer/creative director. Marketing consultant for internet startups. Literacy tutor and board member, Literacy Council of Venango County, Pa.
Bob Moon: Independent editor and producer of sports history books, 1994-present, including Legends of the Tribe, An Illustrated History of the Cleveland Indians; Babe Ruth, Sultan of Swat; The Cleveland Browns, The Great Tradition; Warpaths, The Illustrated History of the Kansas City Chiefs; and The Pittsburgh Steelers, The Official History.
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