After a few days hanging out with my family in North
Carolina I headed back up north to Baltimore.
I arrived into town pretty early so I walked around the park for a bit
and watched the street vendors set up. I
had purchased my tickets on stub hub but I didn’t have the opportunity to print
them out. I made my way to the ticket
office and they printed them out for me.
I told the guy that I was trying to get an actual ticket from each park
and he gave me what he called a “Dead Ticket.”
It was a season ticket holder’s ticket and I think we can all agree that
those are the best ones.
I went over to the Baltimore Sports Hall of Fame but didn’t
get the opportunity to check it out because they were hosting a private
event. But they ensured me that the gift
shop was still open if I wanted to purchase a souvenir from the museum that I
was unable to see. I had recently seen
somebody post on www.Ballparkchasers.com
about the Babe Ruth Museum a few blocks away from Camden Yards. I decided to check it out. I followed the giant Babe Ruth baseballs that
were painted on the sidewalk. I got to
the Museum which is the actual birthplace of Babe Ruth. The attendant explained to me that Babe’s
parents actually lived above a bar not too far from there but when it was time
to give birth they came to Babes mothers house.
It was a pretty cool sight to see.
Tons and tons of Babe Ruth Memorabilia along with other great hitters as
well. There was only one room that
seemed “untouched” by renovations and that was the room the Babe was born
in. I walked around that museum thinking
of memories of my own past. It was a
great walk down the great bambino’s memory lane. I would recommend any baseball fan that
visits Baltimore go check it out.
I was a bit thirsty and had some time so I found the tiny
little strip of bars outside of Camden.
There are three bars side by side, Pickles Pub, The Bullpen, and
Sliders. There was a man advertising a
sign that said “Cheap Ass Beer” and he was correct. Tallboy cans of beer were only $2.00 which is
pretty amazing. However, they did not
have Bud Light which is my drink of choice.
I tried a local Baltimore brew called National Bohemian Beer. It was pretty good, I could drink it for $2.
I went into the park and did my normal routine. One of the things I noticed about the park
was that it appeared that people were smoking everywhere. I asked a worker about it and he explained to
me that the street between the park and the warehouse is actually a public
street and people are free to smoke wherever they’d like in that section. I noticed that the park was incredibly
clean. There were plenty of trash cans
and recycle bins. There were tons of
concession stand. My favorite concession
stand was Pollock Johnnies sausage. I
have a Pollock uncle named John so this amused me. Everything was incredibly expensive. It was literally freezing out that night so I
went to go buy a hoodie. I don’t care
what team it had on it, I just needed to be warm. The first one I saw was $120, I don’t need to
be warm that much. After looking I didn’t
see any prices that I was willing to pay and decided to be cold. I made my way to the top deck like I usually
do when it’s a small crowd and I noticed that there were already giant groups
of people leaving and it was only the 3rd inning.
In the later innings I made my way behind home plate and
talked with a few people there. I spent
most of that time talking to a Police officer who was originally from
Philadelphia. He gave me the history of
the awesome looking clock tower, the warehouse, and told me about the museum of
dentistry that they have in Baltimore.
It was a really interesting conversation and this man knew a lot about a
lot. I was freezing so I decided to
leave the park at the end of the 8th inning and make my way to Tampa
Florida.
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