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The Itinerary

• Jim flies from Burbank to Chicago...
  • American 1268 BUR-DFW (departed about 10:15 A.M. PDT)
  • American 2356 DFW-ORD (arrived about 7:15 P.M. CDT)
• Jim and Levi pick up rental car from Hertz

• Drive to Davenport, Iowa
• Swing of the Quad Cities 1, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 0 (7:00 P.M.) with Stacey and Luke
  Section 5, Row K, Seats 5 through 8
• Drive to Galesburg, Illinois
• Stay at Country Inn & Suites by Carlson

• Drive to St. Louis, Missouri
• St. Louis Cardinals 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 (1:15 P.M.) with Stacey, Luke, Tony, Geoff, Clara, Tom, Patti, Matt, Jill, and Jay
  Section 369, Rows 2 and 3, Seats 5 through 10
• Drive to Carmi, Illinois
• Stay with Tom and Patti Stahl (Levi's parents)

• Drive to University Park, Illinois
• Drop off Luke and Stacey at University Park Metra train station
• Drive to Detroit, Michigan
• Detroit Tigers 7, Chicago White Sox 0 (7:05 P.M. EDT)
  Section 125, Row 18, Seats 5 and 6
• Stay at Holiday Inn Express Detroit Downtown

• Drive to Toronto, Ontario
• Boston Red Sox 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4 (7:05 P.M.)
  Section 113C, Row 21, Seats 1 and 2
• Stay at Days Hotel Toronto Downtown

• Drive to Montreal, Quebec
• Montreal Expos 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 (7:05 P.M.)
  Tickets for Section 140, Row L, Seats 13 and 14; actually sat in Section 102, Row C, Seats 1 and 2
• Stay at Travelodge Montreal Centre

• Drive to Boston, Massachusetts
• Boston Red Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 1 (7:05 P.M.)
  Section 36, Row 13, Seats 21 and 22
• Stay at Best Western Terrace Inn

• Drive to Princeton, New Jersey
• Appear with Maura on WPRB radio
Drive to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Philadelphia Phillies 6, Milwaukee Brewers 1 (7:05 P.M.) with Maura and with Jim and Nancy Boland
  Section 420, Row 12, Seats 16 through 20
• Drive to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Stay at Harrisburg Travelodge

• Drive to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• St. Louis Cardinals 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 (1:20 P.M.) with Maura and Allison
  Section 125, Row DD, Seats 19 through 22
• Stay at Hilton Pittsburgh

• Drive to Cleveland, Ohio
• Cleveland Indians 9, Chicago White Sox 0 (1:05 P.M.) with Maura, Dan, and Dianne
  Ticket for Section 436, Row E, Seat 7; actually sat in Section 136, Row CC, Seats 2 through 6
• Drive to Chicago, Illinois

• Chicago White Sox 9, Philadelphia Phillies 8 (1:05 P.M. CDT) with Bob
  Section 150, Row 26, Seats 8 through 10
• Drive to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Milwaukee Brewers 1 (7:05 P.M.) with Bob and Stacey
  Section 109, Row 8, Seats 9 through 12
• Drive to Chicago, Illinois

• Jim returns rental car
• Jim flies from Chicago to Burbank...
  • American 2309 ORD-DFW (leaves 8:30 A.M. CDT)
  • American 2055 DFW-BUR (arrives about 1:30 P.M. PDT)

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