Primary Destination: Boston, MA
Twitter Address: http://twitter.com/Wtriebel
Games Attended:
Game 1: Brockton Rox vs. Worcester Tornadoes, June 24th, 7:05PM, Fitton Field, Worcester MA
Game 2: American Defenders of New Hampshire vs. Brockton Rox, June 25th, 6:35PM, Campanelli Stadium, Brockton MA
Game 3: Worcester Tornadoes vs. New Jersey Jackals, June 26th, 7:05PM, Yogi Berra Stadium, Little Falls NJ
Summary:The Canadian American Association of Profession Baseball is an independent league with six teams located in the United States and Canada. The league was formed in October 2004 with the first season on play in 2005. Five of the six teams are located in the US, with two teams in New Jersey, two in Massachusetts, and one in Maryland. The sixth franchise is in Canada and resides in Quebec City, Ontario. The leagues is also known as the CanAm Baseball League.
This CanAm Baseball League and Beantown Roadtrip is three days in duration with a two-night stay in the Boston, MA area. During the trip two games were attended in the metropolitan Boston area and a third game was attended upon return to my home in New Jersey. Three of the six CanAm league stadiums (Fitton Field, Worcester MA, Campanelli Stadium, Brockton MA, and Yogi Berra Stadium, Little Falls NJ) were visited and four of the six teams (Brockton Rox, Worcester Tornadoes, American Defenders of New Hampshire, and New Jersey Jackals) participated in the games. The other two CanAm league teams are the Sussex Skyhawks, who play their home games at Skylands Park, Augusta, NJ and the Quebec Les Capitales who's home field is Le Stade de Québec in Quebec City, Ontario, CA. Finally, the American Defenders of New Hampshire play there home games at Holman Stadium in Nashua, New Hampshire.
The departure point for the trip is Yogi Berra Stadium in Little Falls, NJ. As part of the twitter stream for the roadtrip, I have provided a number of traveling trips, including stadium addresses, alternate directions, travel distances and times, a potential in-route eating stop (Rein’s NY Deli), and a number of suggestions for arranging lodging.
Even though no time was set aside for an extended stay in Boston, this is a perfect baseball roadtrip to be incorporated into a family excursion to visit Boston. For this reason, I have tweeted information for an in-route stop at Old Sturbridge Village in MA and a wide variety of Family Entertainment and Attraction options available in the city of Boston, MA.
The twitter for each of the games attended includes pregame tweets with the record of the teams, their current standing in the league, and the starting pitchers. During the game, tweets announce the inning by inning score, highlights as runs are score, and other in-game activity such as pitching changes. At the end of the game, post-game tweets give the winning team, final score, and additional information like the winning and loosing pitchers.
Twitter Roadtrip Information:
Total Number of Tweets: 131
Time/Date of 1st Tweet: 9:49 AM June 21st
Time/Date of 131st Tweet: 7:04 AM June 28th
Roadtrip Planning Resources:
The following are the web resources used for planning this "CanAm League" baseball roadtrip.
Official Website of the CanAm Baseball League: http://www.canamleague.com/
Current Standings of the Teams in the CanAm League: http://www.canamleague.com/standings.php
Official Websites of the Home Teams:
- Worcester Tornadoes: http://www.worcestertornadoes.com/
- Brockton Rox: http://www.brocktonrox.com/
- New Jersey Jackals: http://www.jackals.com/home.asp
- Worcester Tornadoes: http://www.worcestertornadoes.com/tickets/schedule
- Brockton Rox: http://www.brocktonrox.com/schedule/schedule
- New Jersey Jackals:http://www.jackals.com/schedule.asp
- American Defenders of New Hampshire: http://www.americandefenders.us/
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