Mapping the Path
@mappingthepath
Mathew Burns. #Travel narratives for big trips. SITE: Baseball road trips & European journeys. LAST: Eastern Midwest Baseball, Sardinia. 2025: Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip, Yellowstone-Tetons. ALSO: UX director, former journalist mappingthepath.com
Pew Research poll in 2022 on shifts toward the extremes for both parties found the right has moved much more to the right than the left has moved to the left in the last 50 years. I had AI build this out through 2025, and of course the trend continues.
🚨 NEW! Episode 13 of the Southern Baseball Road Trip with the MiLB Double-A Columbus Clingstones! We catch a Sunday afternoon game with the Clingstones as they host the Knoxville Smokies! Watch ➡️ youtu.be/h4mp5rGOX54 #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
We set up some chairs on the beach in Fort Bragg in perfect weather yesterday and just sat watching the waves. #Travel
We drove up the rugged Northern California coast from Fort Bragg, over mountains, aside rivers, and along the full length of the Avenue of the Giants to Humboldt Redwoods State Park and the excellent Rockefeller Loop Trail. #Travel
Dinner last night on the Nolo River in Fort Bragg, CA. Long weekend getaway! #Travel
Episode 10 of the Southern Baseball Road Trip! Dad and I visit the brand-new Erlanger Park in Chattanooga, TN, to see the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts – playing as Las Montañas de Chattanooga – host the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. ➡️ youtu.be/HAprhbxriWg #SothernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
It's Episode 8 of the Southern Baseball Road Trip! Dad and I head to AutoZone Park in Memphis for Game 8 of our 19-ballpark road trip: a Triple-A tilt between the Memphis Redbirds and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp! ➡️ youtu.be/9QiAmw_MMxo #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
🚨 NEW! 🚨 Episode 7 of the Southern Baseball Road Trip with the Bowling Green Hot Rods! Pink jerseys on Mother's Day, a gigantic footlong, and a walk-off win for the Hot Rods! ⚾️➡️ youtu.be/hTUVADANFL4 #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
A big night with the Louisville Bats at Louisville Slugger Field: the Mashers identity, a marriage proposal, 18 runs scored, and a win for the home team! ⚾️ It's Episode 6 of the Southern Baseball Road Trip! ➡️ youtu.be/BFuEPxwErBs #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
NEW! Episode 5 of the Southern Baseball Road Trip in Lexington, Kentucky! Dad and I see the @GoLexLegends playing as the Bourbon Barrels as they host the @Lancstormers. ➡️ youtu.be/5rjcx53jMo4 #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
NEW! Episode 4 of the Southern Baseball Road Trip! Dad and I travel to Salem Memorial Ballpark for a Carolina League matchup between the Single-A Salem RidgeYaks (Red Sox affiliate) and the visiting Delmarva Shorebirds! 🧢⚾️➡️ youtu.be/x-KGodYtdP8 #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
🎉It's Episode 2 of the Southern Baseball Road Trip video series with the Richmond Flying Squirrels! ➡️ youtu.be/LNwWeduRPsY #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
🚨 I have launched my video series covering last month's Southern Baseball Road Trip! Each episode will be about 10-12 minutes, and I'll produce 1-2 episodes per week. Check out Episode 1 on the @wilsonwarbirds! ➡️ youtu.be/I76wdW-KzcE #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
My hat haul from last month's Southern Baseball Road Trip! #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
My U.S. map pins are updated to reflect the Southern Baseball Road Trip just completed! One of my favorite parts of any #Travel journey. 🔴 = Visited 🔵 = Visited Twice 🟢 = Visited Three Times or More 🟡 = Stopped Briefly (e.g., for lunch)
Final mileage tally, Raleigh-Durham to Gulfport, and 19 ballparks in between: 3,575 miles #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days #Travel
Parting shots from Game 19 tonight with the Biloxi Shuckers, who beat the Birmingham Barons 7-5 to end our Southern Baseball Road Trip on a high note. Thanks to all for following and helping make this a very memorable trip! My video series begins in June. Stay tuned!
It was a pleasure to meet Biloxi Shuckers GM Hunter Reed and extend my thanks for the team’s tremendous hospitality on the final game of our road trip! #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
The Biloxi Shuckers have right field wired for fans young and old. #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
I really appreciate Biloxi Shuckers broadcaster Javik Blake coming down to see me and Dad before the game, and letting me hang out in the broadcast booth while he called the game! #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
Schooner the Seagull, mascot for the Biloxi Shuckers #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
I threw out the first pitch for the final game of our road trip with the Biloxi Shuckers! Looks like the top of the strike zone to me! Many thanks to the team for the honor! #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
Dad & I are thrilled to be at Keesler Federal Park in Biloxi tonight for the final game of our 19-ballpark, 22-day Southern Baseball Road Trip with the Double-A Biloxi Shuckers (Brewers affiliate), who will host the Barons (White Sox) #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
We’ve made it to Biloxi! #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
Lunch at Vicious Biscuit in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. We both had The Babe, with pulled pork, candied bacon, Carolina Gold BBQ sauce, and cowboy candy (jalapeños slow-cooked in syrup). Great! #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days #Travel
Dad and I are finishing strong with a big drive through western Alabama and eastern Mississippi, stopping for lunch in Hattiesburg before getting to Biloxi for the grand finale of our 19-ballpark road trip with the Biloxi Shuckers! #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days #Travel
I got to throw out a first pitch with the Rocket City Trash Pandas tonight! #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
It’s Harry Potter Night at Toyota Field in Madison, AL, where we’ll see the Double-A Rocket City Trash Pandas (Angels affiliate) host the Chattanooga Lookouts (Reds) in the penultimate game of our 19-ballpark road trip! #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL, is the visitor center for the Marshall Space Flight Center and includes an authentic, full-sized Saturn V rocket plus many other rocket models. It was very cool! #SouthernRoadTrip #19ballparks22days