We finished our journey with a drive back to Kansas City, indulging in one last BBQ platter before visiting the excellent Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
Chapter 42 (the last!) of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
www.mappingthepath.com/negro-league...
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Dad and I traveled across Iowa for the final ballpark of our road trip and the biggest venue of them all — Charles Schwab Field, home of the @CWSOmaha
Chapter 41 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️⚾️ www.mappingthepath.com/college-worl...
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Into every road trip, a little rain must fall. Our game was postponed, but we made a brief visit to Community Field, home of the Prospect League Burlington Bees
Chapter 40 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️ mappingthepath.com/burlington-b...
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Heading down the homestretch of our journey, we visited Burlington, Iowa, where we drove down the crookedest street in the world before a tour of the town
Chapter 39 of the 2025 Western Midwest baseball Road trip:
➡️ www.mappingthepath.com/burlington-i...
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Where can you ride a 110-foot-high Ferris wheel during a ballgame? At Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport, Iowa, home of the Quad Cities River Bandits
Chapter 38 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️ ⚾️ mappingthepath.com/quad-cities-...
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We toured downtown Davenport, Iowa, visiting the Figge Art Museum and learning a bit about the region’s German heritage.
Chapter 37 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️ mappingthepath.com/davenport-iowa
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We visited NelsonCorp Field, another historic ballpark in Iowa, to see the Prospect League Clinton LumberKings battle the Danville Dans
Chapter 36 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
mappingthepath.com/clinton-lumb...
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Dad and I got a chance to tour the Field of Dreams Movie Site before heading to Clinton, Iowa, to have Chicken George and learn about lumber.
Chapter 35 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️ mappingthepath.com/clinton-iowa
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It was a HUGE night with the Minor League Cedar Rapids Kernels: a first pitch, live and taped interviews, incredible ballpark food, and a walk-off win for the home team
Chapter 34 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️⚾️ mappingthepath.com/cedar-rapids...
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Our tour of Cedar Rapids began with Czech Village and its excellent museum and finished with a bounty of Midwestern art
Chapter 33 of the Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️ mappingthepath.com/cedar-rapids...
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We went back to the collegiate Northwoods League to see the Waterloo Bucks take on the Rochester Honkers in a doubleheader at Riverfront Stadium in Waterloo, Iowa.
Chapter 32 of the Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
⚾️➡️ www.mappingthepath.com/waterloo-bucks
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We spend more time in Omaha before driving to Waterloo, Iowa, where we learn about one of the most dominant competitors in any sport
Chapter 31 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️ www.mappingthepath.com/waterloo-iowa
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Dad and I visited Haymarket Park, home of the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers and the independent Lincoln Saltdogs, for a wet Sunday ballgame
Chapter 30 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️⚾️ www.mappingthepath.com/lincoln-salt...
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We make the short drive from Omaha to Lincoln, Nebraska, stopping at a Vietnam Veterans Memorial before exploring the Nebraska state capital
Chapter 29 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
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It was Runza Night at Werner Park near Omaha, where Dad and I saw45-year-old Rich Hill lead the Triple-A Omaha StormChasers to victory over the Iowa Cubs
Chapter 28 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️⚾️ mappingthepath.com/omaha-storm-...
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We continued south to Omaha, learning a little history and exploring the origins of the Reuben sandwich before taking in an outstanding art museum
Chapter 27 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️ www.mappingthepath.com/omaha-nebraska
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We made a trip to The Birdcage to see the independent Sioux Falls Canaries and a celebration of the greatest home run hitter in American Association history
Chapter 26 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️ mappingthepath.com/sioux-falls-...
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We got lost in a maze of cornfields, then returned to South Dakota to see Sioux Falls, visiting its eponymous water feature
Chapter 25 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️ mappingthepath.com/sioux-falls-...
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We returned to the collegiate Northwoods League to see the Mankato Moondogs host the St. Cloud Rox at ISG Field in Mankato, MN
Chapter 24 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
⚾️➡️ mappingthepath.com/mankato-moon...
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We spend the morning touring the sights around downtown St. Paul before hitting the road for Mankato, MN, stopping at the state's largest candy store
Chapter 23 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️ mappingthepath.com/st-paul-saints
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Ushertainers! A bonanza of ballpark food! A ball pig! It’s a big night of Triple-A baseball as Dad and I see the St. Paul Saints at CHS Field.
Chapter 22 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
⚾️➡️ mappingthepath.com/st-paul-saints
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Dad and I traveled southeast to Minneapolis for a great lunch and a long visit to the outstanding (and free!) Minneapolis Institute of Art (many photos!)
Chapter 21 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
🎨➡️ www.mappingthepath.com/minneapolis-...
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We returned to the American Association for a game at Newman Outdoor Field between the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks and the visiting @kscitymonarchs.bsky.social
Chapter 20 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️⚾️ mappingthepath.com/fargomoorhea...
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We made our way to Fargo, stopping for spaetzle, contemporary art, and the iconic wood chipper before visiting the mall to see the Roger Maris Museum
Chapter 19 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️ mappingthepath.com/fargo-north-...
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We had a very entertaining night at Bismarck Municipal Ballpark, more than 100 years old and home to the Bismarck Larks of the collegiate Northwoods League
Chapter 18 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️⚾️ www.mappingthepath.com/bismarck-larks
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We spent an early morning seeing the capital of South Dakota before traveling to the capital of North Dakota.
Pierre to Bismarck -- Chapter 17 of the Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
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It was Zap vs. Moo as we visited Hyde Stadium in Pierre, SD, to see a collegiate Independence League game between the Oahe Zap and the visiting Fremont Moo.
Chapter 16 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
➡️ ⚾ mappingthepath.com/oahe-zap
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We drove into South Dakota to explore the towns where our Czech ancestors settled, then made a trip to “The World’s Only Corn Palace.”
Chapter 15 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
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We returned to Lewis and Clark Park for a matchup in the independent American Association between the Sioux City Explorers and the Cleburne Railroaders.
Chapter 14 of the 2025 Western Midwest baseball Road Trip:
⚾️➡️ mappingthepath.com/sioux-city-e...
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In Sioux City, we discovered the city’s connection to the Lewis & Clark Expedition and learned more Siouxland history before afternoon TV and radio interviews.
Chapter 13 of the 2025 Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip:
mappingthepath.com/sioux-city-i...
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