@mappingthepath.bsky.social
Mathew Burns. #Travel narratives for big trips. SITE: Baseball road trips & European journeys. LAST: Eastern Midwest Baseball, Sardinia. 2025: Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip, Yellowstone-Tetons. ALSO: UX director, former journalist mappingthepath.com
Tickets acquired!
On Wednesday, May 13, Dad and I will be at First Horizon Park in Nashville to see the Triple-A @nashvillesounds.bsky.social (Brewers affiliate) face the Iowa Cubs -- Game 9 of our 19-ballpark, 22-day Southern Baseball Road Trip!
#SouthernBaseball #19ballparks22days
Tickets acquired!
On Sunday, May 17, Dad and I will be at Synovus Park in Columbus, GA, to see the Double-A Columbus Clingstones (Braves affiliate) host the Knoxville Smokies — lucky Game 13 of our 19-ballpark, 22-day Southern Baseball Road Trip!
#SouthernBaseball #19ballparks22days
Tickets acquired!
On Thu, May 21, Dad and I will be at Fifth Third Park in Spartanburg, SC, to see the High-A @hcspartanburgers.bsky.social face off against the Rome Emperors on Conspiracy Night -- Game 16 of our 19-ballpark, 22-day Southern Baseball Road Trip!
#SouthernBaseball #19ballparks22days
Tickets acquired!
On Sat, May 23, Dad and I will be at Toyota Field in Madison, AL, to see the MiLB Double-A Rocket City Trash Pandas (Angels affiliate) take on the Chattanooga Lookouts -- Game 18 of our 19-ballpark, 22-day Southern Baseball Road Trip!
#SouthernBaseball #19ballparks22days
Tickets acquired!
On Tuesday, May 12, Dad and I will be at AutoZone Park in Memphis, TN, to see the Memphis Redbirds host the defending Triple-A National Champion Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp — Game 8 of our 19-ballpark, 22-day Southern Baseball Road Trip!
#SouthernBaseball #19ballparks22days
Tickets acquired!
On Sunday, May 24, Dad and I will be at Keesler Federal Park in Biloxi, MS, for the grand finale of our 19-ballpark, 22-day Southern Baseball Road Trip as the Biloxi Shuckers face the Birmingham Barons!
#SouthernBaseball #19ballparks22days
One hat for each team from my six big regional baseball road trips, in order of appearance — more than 100 now. I’ll be adding 19 more from the South in May!
#NationalHatDay
Nice! I'm looking forward to the scenery and the new brand!
14.01.2026 22:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
First tickets acquired!
On Thursday, May 7, Dad and I will be at Salem Memorial Ballpark to see the newly rebranded Salem RidgeYaks host the Delmarva Shorebirds in Game 4 of our 19-ballpark, 22-day Southern Baseball Road Trip!
#SouthernBaseball #19ballparks22days
Here's the plan for the 2026 big baseball road trip with my Dad! (Fancy map later!)
This time we're heading to the South for 19 ballparks in 22 days, including 18 MiLB parks and all of the South's new MiLB ballparks & brands from 2025-26!
#SouthernBaseball #19ballparks22days #travel
Our Western Midwest Baseball (6) and Yellowstone (2) trips this year took me to eight new states in 2025, making it 41 overall. Tentative plans for 2026 would make it 47!
31.12.2025 21:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Birthday dinner tonight at The Pear & The Peasant in Danville, CA: roasted artichokes with lemon aioli; Deconstructed Beef Wellington; Braised Beef Shortrib; and a Warm Pear Tart with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce. #foodie
03.12.2025 05:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nice walk along the coastal trail south of Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, California, today #travel
30.11.2025 01:59 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Last night at the Festival of Lights at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. Nice event, and the gardens are incredible in the daytime #travel
29.11.2025 23:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Dodging the rising tide and exploring tide pools in MacKerricher State Park, Fort Bragg, CA #travel
29.11.2025 15:29 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thanksgiving sunset at Van Damme State Beach in Little River, California #travel
28.11.2025 01:29 — 👍 22 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Sunset last night in Little River, California, just south of Mendocino #travel
27.11.2025 22:11 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hey folks, my friend Ethan Bryan is running a 30 Days of Catch challenge this month ("Throwvember") to help men connect and fight depression/anxiety. He will be playing catch and raising money to support the Community Partnership of the Ozarks
Learn more or donate at ethanbryan.com/throwvember-...
Two announcers, Jason Garrett and Dan Hicks, stand in front of a sign that reads "Big Turd" thanks to how they are blocking it
Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
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In Las Vegas this weekend for a wedding. First time in more than 15 years! #travel
11.10.2025 22:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We spent our last day in Yellowstone National Park lmk looking for wildlife in the Hayden and Lamar valleys. Great, long, close look at a grizzly, juvenile red-tailed hawk (we think), bison, a pronghorn herd, plus a black wolf! #travel
03.10.2025 00:59 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and its two falls looking nice today from several viewpoints along the north and south rims. #travel
30.09.2025 22:19 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Morning after a light rain in the Hayden Valley at Yellowstone National Park. Saw a bald eagle and two grizzlies as well! #travel
30.09.2025 22:03 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
More geysers and pools in the Old Faithful Basin yesterday afternoon at Yellowstone National Park #travel
30.09.2025 14:19 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We saw Old Faithful do its thing today. More impressive than expected! #travel
30.09.2025 00:35 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fountain Paint Pot Trail and Black Sand Basin this morning at Yellowstone National Park. #travel
29.09.2025 23:28 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
First stop in Yellowstone National Park today: Grand Prismatic Spring, above and up close. #travel
29.09.2025 22:55 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We did a private wildlife photography tour today focused on the Lamar Valley in @YellowstoneNPS. Hundreds of bison, dozens of elk, a pack of 8 wolves, a grizzly, a black bear, three mountain goats, several pronghorn, several mule deer, a couple of trumpeter swans, and a coyote #travel
29.09.2025 02:29 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A solo bison walking on a sandbar today along Lake Yellowstone in @YellowstoneNPS #travel
28.09.2025 00:31 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fantastic horseback ride from Jackson Lake Lodge in @GrandTetonNPS this morning, highlighted by a panoramic vista of Oxbow Bend and the Snake River in glittering fall colors. #travel
26.09.2025 20:37 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
