https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23567-on-the-road-againnew-york-state-of-mind/23567Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23547-opening-day/I'm two days into the Kansas City trip, and I've learned several important things: 1. When given a choice of 4-rib or full slab at Arthur Bryant's, take the over...then take a nap. 2. Game 1 had about 200 Twins fans in attendance, and I think I managed to talk to most of them. And they ar...23547Sat, 01 Apr 2023 17:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23541-my-bags-are-packed-im-ready-to-go/23541Wed, 29 Mar 2023 18:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23536-road-trippin/March 30th. Kansas City. April 2nd. Miami. Plans are set, trip will happen. April 13th. New York. April 18th. Boston. Plans are set, trip will happen. In December I put forth an imaginative dream. What would it be like to travel to every Twins away game in a season? I ran the mi...23536Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:37:20 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23509-the-realities-of-baseball-road-tripping-comes-home-to-roost/In late December, as the cold wind howled and the Twins 2023 schedule seemed like a breath of warm air, hope sprung eternal. I made an excel spreadsheet, calculated mileage, ordered books written by crazy people who had attended all 162 games of a season, or visited all 30 stadiums in a year, and I...23509Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:43:34 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23496-what-a-difference-a-month-makes/The Twins away game idea emerged as a "rooting for laundry" dream. Roster moves over the past month have started to imply that something more might be underfoot for our 2023 squad. All of a sudden, I have new names to learn and new expectations to decipher. A trip to re-introduce myself to this nat...23496Tue, 24 Jan 2023 04:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23456-on-interleague-play-and-interstate-realities/2023 marks a distinct revolution in MLB scheduling.  For the first time, the Minnesota Twins will play every MLB team during the regular season. In the ever evolving nature of sport, some changes can fly under the radar.  This scheduling change will impact the entire league in both extreme and...23456Sat, 31 Dec 2022 17:49:08 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23441-away-from-home-the-2023-twins-journeys-to-target-field/You can tell that I’ve been spending too much time planning travel itineraries for this “all 81” away game trip.  I drove by a nativity scene downtown and realized how thankful I was that I don’t have to worry about a “donkey” column on my navigational spreadsheet. I had n...23441Thu, 22 Dec 2022 16:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23436-2023-trip-2-%E2%80%93-april-13-20-%E2%80%93-new-york-and-boston/The second road trip of the 2023 Twins season contains perhaps the biggest potential for “issues,” both natural and Twins-made.  It also represents the most exciting and most difficult stretch of games in the first few months.   Yankee Stadium.  Fenway Park.  Let’s begin…   April 13-16 -...23436Mon, 19 Dec 2022 14:11:04 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23427-away-for-the-1st-time-twins-vs-white-sox-comiskey-park-8212002/The summer of 2002 found me on the verge of a major move.  I had accepted the invitation to seminary training at Garrett-Evangelical in Evanston, Illinois. And as nice as “Evanston” sounds, any look at a map worth its weight would tell you that I was moving to Chicago.  In mid-August I packed the B...23427Fri, 16 Dec 2022 13:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23417-2023-trip-1-march-30-april-5-kansas-city-miami/The "All 81" away game journey begins in 109 days.  That seems like a long time away.  Until you enter it into a spreadsheet and realize that its only one mouse scroll from tomorrow... Here's my plan of attack for keeping everyone in the loop during planning season: 1.  Monday blogs will...23417Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:05:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23413-june-17-19-2022-my-all-81-gateway-drug/All crazy ideas start out with smaller, somewhat less crazy ideas.  In Twins Territory, staring out at a foot of sanded/graying snow usually factors in as well. Going to every Twins away game in 2023 started out similarly.  It began to sprout one February evening, while I celebrated an annual...23413Fri, 09 Dec 2022 22:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23408-into-the-weeds-a-spreadsheet-for-all-81-away-games-use-with-discretion/Counting the costs. I spent most of the weekend drumming up the potential ramifications of my "all 81 away games" dream in an excel spreadsheet.  This led to some quality angst and vulnerability hangover, for both I and spouse :) Upon entering mileage and dates, a few things are apparent:...23408Mon, 05 Dec 2022 13:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23407-what-if-you-went-to-all-81-away-games-making-the-dream-a-reality/Hello everyone, allow me to introduce myself. Steve Trefz, 42 yrs old, Twins fan by virtue of birthplace (farm in rural NorthCentral South Dakota), of influence (Herb and John every summer evening for 3.5 hrs), and of circumstance (first World Series that I remember watching was 1987, which wa...23407Sat, 03 Dec 2022 19:42:22 +0000