Ken Griffey, Ed Herrmann, Gary Peters, Gorman Thomas, Larry Parrish, Dave Campbell, Bill Russell, Juan Marichal, Ellis Valentine, Rico Petrocelli, Cookie Rojas, Stan Bahnsen, Tommy Davis, Jesse Barfield, Glenn Beckert… Okay, enough. If you recognize even three of those names, you're a baseball fan. If you recognize all of them, you're a fanatic. Either way,… Continue reading Theme Cruises with a Unique Pitch
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Notes from Around the Cruise World
It’s time for some “new ship” announcements…Carnival is adding three but none will have the familiar funnel design…The newbies are going to less familiar members of the Carnival family — Costa and AIDA, the latter a little-known branch of the family residing in Germany…Costa will get a 3,700-passenger ship in 2014, its 17th and largest… Continue reading Notes from Around the Cruise World
Bahnsen, Baseball and Cruising
Many years ago, I knew Stan Bahnsen, whose name may now be familiar mostly to the Bahnsen family, old sportswriters like me and a diminishing number of baseball addicts who remember him. By the time I met Stan, he was a journeyman righthander near the end of a career that had some high moments, like… Continue reading Bahnsen, Baseball and Cruising