baseball

  • Terry’s Travels: Salt City – Syracuse Mets

    Terry’s Travels: Salt City – Syracuse Mets

    Some fast facts from our quick stop in Syracuse, NY: The Syracuse Mets are a Minor League Baseball team based in Syracuse, New York, and they serve as the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets. Since rebranding from the Syracuse Chiefs in 2019, the team has embraced its connection to the big-league Mets, giving… Read more

  • Terry’s Travels: The Ballad of El Gordo – Hill City Howlers (Lynchburg, VA 4/11/26)

    Terry’s Travels: The Ballad of El Gordo – Hill City Howlers (Lynchburg, VA 4/11/26)

    What was sure to be an extraordinary night, getting to sit in a Sky Box, and getting to chat with Jason Prill (Howlers director of broadcasting and media relations) about all the fun stuff the Howlers have going on (Watch the Full Interview here), became so much more unforgettable than we could ever have imagined,… Read more

  • Terry’s Travels: The First Flight With the Flying Squirrels (Stadium Speed Run #1 – Richmond, VA 4/10/26)

    Terry’s Travels: The First Flight With the Flying Squirrels (Stadium Speed Run #1 – Richmond, VA 4/10/26)

    On April 10th, 2026, we took a trip out to Richmond, Virginia, not only to see the Flying Squirrels and the new “Carmax Park”, but actually, primarily, to see “The Diamond” next door before its destruction. Anyway, Once we conquered our first seemingly impossible task (finding a parking spot), we made our way across the… Read more

  • Terry’s Travels – 4/3/26 – Columbus Clippers (Columbus, OH)

    Terry’s Travels – 4/3/26 – Columbus Clippers (Columbus, OH)

    On April 3rd, 2026, Terry and our crew headed Down to Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio for some Triple-A baseball action between the Columbus Clippers (Cleveland Guardians) & Indianapolis Indians (Pittsburgh Pirates). This trip also marks stop #1 on our quest to see all the Guardians affiliates in less than a Month! In what was… Read more

  • The Diarrhea Meter: Punk Rock Summer Camp at Four Chord Music Festival

    The Diarrhea Meter: Punk Rock Summer Camp at Four Chord Music Festival

    Full Four Chord Music Festival Analysis – Overall Rating: 4.5/10 On September 13th & 14th, 2025, Chewing on the Wire took to the Four Chord Music Festival in Washington, Pennsylvania, held at EQT Park, the home of the Frontier League’s Washington Wild Things Baseball Team. The festival featured bands like Bowling for Soup, Jimmy Eat… Read more

  • Raise The Jolly Roger – Discovering a new “Home Field”

    Raise The Jolly Roger – Discovering a new “Home Field”

    Growing up, I largely considered my two Favorite Baseball Teams to be the Cleveland Indians (at the time), and the Detroit tigers – sprinkled in with a little Chicago White Sox, depending on who was playing. Even with grandparents who were Steelers fans, I don’t think I was ever introduced to Pittsburgh anything (aside from a vast… Read more

  • Bull Durham….er I mean Durham Bulls & the Durham Bulls Athletic Park

    Bull Durham….er I mean Durham Bulls & the Durham Bulls Athletic Park

    On my way home from about a week away in North Carolina, Installing a new Haunted event at Burlington Athletic Stadium, home of the Burlington Sock Puppets…..in Burlington, NC (again, a story for another article), I had to make a pit stop and visit a legendary team as far as MiLB, and baseball as a… Read more

  • A Day in The Office – “Guest Worker” in the Tennessee Smokies Front Office

    A Day in The Office – “Guest Worker” in the Tennessee Smokies Front Office

    It was early Spring 2021. I was busy starting work on multiple Haunted House design projects, specifically a brand new ballpark experience I was designing for the Newly Dubbed Burlington Sock Puppets (which is a story for another time). Coming off the (non) baseball season of 2020 (the covid year), multiple Minor League teams were… Read more

  • Sparks Fly in Buffalo (Buffalo Bisons)

    Sparks Fly in Buffalo (Buffalo Bisons)

    you ever wonder what it’s like to be inside a firework? View the Full Photo Gallery! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jM1vBA0paf3oU1C3zIPzSaoASjXQpp08?usp=drive_link Our time in Buffalo was quite interesting. The stadium itself was interesting. After a short walk through a little bit of the city, we found our way to the highway….which dang near literally ran through the stadium (we’ll get… Read more