Posts Tagged ‘Philadelphia Phillies’
Trying to fix MLB attendance
MLB attendance is down across the board. Why? Ron and Patti Clements discuss several factors, but they also talk about their plans to get kids in the foster system out to MLB games and why baseball is still America’s Pastime. Patti also shares some exciting news about her father, a Vietnam-Era Navy veteran who will…
A Cause for Celebration
The last two weeks have been filled with a bunch of good news, including Ron’s son, David, getting engaged. David’s girlfriend, Gabbey, said yes to his proposal on May 4. (There was no Star Wars-themed party afterward.) We are very happy for David and Gabbey and got some good news on the Home Run On…
Twins prospects Jimmy Kerrigan and Devin Smeltzer
Minnesota Twins prospects Jimmy Kerrigan and Devin Smeltzer, of the Double-A Pensacola Blue Wahoos, joined the Home Run On Wheels podcast to discuss their life journeys toward a professional baseball career. Kerrigan was undrafted out of college, where he had to transfer from Temple to VCU after the Owls folded their program, and then played…
New Year, New Season
Ron and Patti recap their last six months, discuss the Home Run On Wheels book release in July and Holmes’ victory over cancer, and talk about what’s next for Home Run On Wheels. The first baseball game of 2019 for Home Run On Wheels is in the books after seeing the Memphis Redbirds for the…
The blooper episode
Ron and Patti go over the mistakes they’ve made so far through the first four months of living in an RV. There was an issue at the U.S.-Canada border, some mail in limbo between College Park, Md., and Philadelphia, and an embarrassing situation near the Indiana-Illinois border.