Bob and Andrew’s last stop of the 8th Grade Field Trip. Yankee Stadium. New York. The Bronx. The City That Never Sleeps. The Big Apple. No Aaron Judge. Giancarlo Stanton was ready to go. Gerrit Cole? Had to leave? What happened? The Orioles didn’t care. Ryan Mountcastle came to play. So did Gunnar Henderson and Cedric Mullins.

The game measured up. What about the new Yankee Stadium? Every Major League field is beautiful, right? You can’t beat that color green. But what about the rest? Bright lights. Lots of colors. Kind of… lacking? In what, exactly? Check out the boy’s trip to Yankee Stadium, the Times Square of Major League Baseball parks, for a matchup between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees.

Bob and Andrew took in a game in style in the nation’s capital with monuments and history galore surrounding them. A truly exceptional experience, except for the Budget Rental Car counters. Good grief, people. Signs? Google? Customer service? And on-street parking? Working Green Line Trains? Nope. But, free food for kids!!! The hot dogs! Oh, the hot dogs! It was awesome. So was Corbin Carroll. Click below for the podcast.

Camden Yards is now the eighth-oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball. It certainly did not disappoint as the boys overcame a lack of mass transit at the airport and relied on the generosity of the Comfort Inn and Suites Inner Harbor’s bag-stowing policy to make the game against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Maryland Fleet Week and Flyover Baltimore event taking place simultaneously certainly added to the ambience. The rest of the city? Well, hear for yourself.

These doors have been closed to Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson for a long time. But, Commissioner Rob Manfred has lifted the ban that kept both men from being recognized as the game’s greats. The Hall will likely welcome the men as inductees if 12 members of a Classics Era committee votes as expected in 2027 that the two are Hall-of-Fame worthy. Bob Moffitt has his take on the announcement and the reasons why it took so long.

Bob and Andrew’s Stadium Road Trip Part 2: Fenway

This episode, part of Bob and Andrew’s and Paul Revere’s Midsummer/Midnight ride, takes us to baseball’s oldest ballpark in the quest for historical knowledge and the best stadium experience. No way this sucks, chowda heads. The hated Yankees are in town.

Andy Smith and Numbero Unobro Andy Smith leads us through buying Springsteen tickets and Orioles futility with Patrick Smith. Flashback to the earliest days of Spitter yesteryear and see if Smitty knew what he was talking about! From December 2015.

It’s been a crazy year. A gorilla kills just one small child and gets the death penalty. Hulk Hogan has to get on a witness stand. David Bowie, Prince, and half of the entertainment world die. Donald J. Trump becomes President. The Cubs and Red Sox are in the mix for the World Series. Andy Smith hosts a staff party preview of the postseason.

Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson are now eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred’s reversed bans for gambling that have been in effect for 36 and 104 years respectively. Bob Moffitt weighs in on a topic that has been dividing fans for just as long.

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Bob and Andrew Stadium Road Trip Part 2: Fenway

This episode, part of Bob and Andrew’s and Paul Revere’s Midsummer/Midnight ride, takes us to Baseball’s oldest ballpark in the quest for historical knowledge and the best stadium experience.

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Bob and Andy Stadium Road Trip Part One: Citi Field, home of the New York Mets.

The Moffitt 8th Grade road trip to Washington D.C. and New York City took a couple of detours from the typical middle school trip. There were many more stops, many more cities, many more baseball games, and many more hot dogs. In part one of The Spitter podcast’s return, Bob and Andrew are on the road to Boston and are reviewing the game at Citi Field the night before. Not only do they recap the games on the trip, but also, the stadium experience. This -of course- includes the hot dogs.

Audio: “Bob and Andy Stadium Road Trip Part 1: Mets”

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