And the World Tour Continues….

On the road again, and another good one at that.

If it’s really true that “you can leave Buffalo, but Buffalo never leaves you” then this weekend will be proof of that.

Columbus will be the first stop on the weekend tour to visit Huntington Park, the new home of the Columbus Clippers for games tonight and Friday. (Buffalo connections: the Clippers are affiliated with former Bisons parent club Indians and feature several former Bisons up to and including manager Torey Lovullo. Also Columbus is home to our former Arena Football League Destroyers, though that entire league seems about ready to go under.)

Saturday: Canton, Ohio for the 2009 Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. (Buffalo connections: What? Do you live under a rock? Just brace yourself for the Old Geezer’s speech, it could be epic.)

Sunday: We’ll pass on the Hall of Fame game featuring the Bills as I have to be back at a decent hour for the real world on Monday. So we’ll do a side trip to see the best major league baseball park in the country(that doesn’t host a major league team) in PNC Park.(Buffalo connections: A stretch here, but former Bison Ryan Ludwick will be playing for the visiting Cardinals. And you can insert any crack at the Pirates to fit here…..”payroll roughly the same as the Bisons”….”crappy Major League team like Buffalo sports”….etc.

And back home we go after the Pirates game….unless we have a moment of insanity at game’s end(about 4:30 PM) and say “you know…it’s a short drive back to Canton for an 8pm kickoff. We should be home before sunrise Monday.”