Life and travel can be funny sometimes. In the past 13 years, I’ve probably been to a couple hundred destinations around the world, from Thailand to Tahiti and Scotland to Saint Lucia. I’d been all over the globe, but somehow I forgot about one of the great cities a mere 10-hour drive from my home in Toronto. My wife and I visited Boston before we had our first child, and I thought it was terrific. A few years later I became one of the Toronto Star’s baseball writers, which allowed me to cover Blue Jays’ games at Boston’s fabled Fenway Read more
Fenway Park
Here’s an interesting study that arrives just in time for what is Opening Day for most teams in Major League Baseball. A new study from FlashPicks ranked all 30 MLB ballparks based on the overall number of Instagram hashtags, to determine which stadium is the most picturesque. I do quibble a bit with the methodology, as the teams that attract the most fans, which is are usually the biggest cities, are likely to have the most social media tags. I’m biased as I’ve been a San Francisco Giants fan since I was six, but the Giants’ stadium is hands down Read more
