With Tucson out of the picture Surprise, at the western fringe of the Phoenix sprawl, is the longest road trip in the Cactus League for the east side teams. It’s about 40 miles from my Scottsdale headquarters, the last eight or so being on city streets past an endless string of Walmarts, TGI Friday’s and ...

A few friends and I try to take a baseball trip every summer.  This year’s destination was an easy choice when I saw Wrigley on the schedule.  We went online the day they went on sale and let me tell you, they don’t give away tix to Wrigley.  Ours were $45 each for bleacher seats.