Road Trip, part 3 - Auburn, New York

Saturday was a beautiful day to drive from Altoona, Pennsylvania to Auburn, New York, as my wife and I continued our baseball road trip to see the Auburn Doubledays and West Virginia Black Bears in New York-Penn League action at Falcon Park.

Along the way we stopped in Corning, New York and visited the Rockwell Museum (art, but not Norman). The Rockwell Museum contains an important collection of Western American painting and sculpture assembled by local Corning business owners, Robert F. and Hertha Rockwell.

Corning is the headquarters of Corning Incorporated, formerly Corning Glass Works, a manufacturer of glass and ceramic products. The Corning Museum of Glass is also located here and houses one of the world's most comprehensive
collections of glass objects. The museum houses the Rakow Library, one of the world's major glass research centers.

We plan on stopping at the Museum of Glass today on our way to Williamport to see the Crosscutters play the West Virginia Black Bears at BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field this evening.

Now back to Auburn, New York. We couldn't locate a room in Auburn, so we stayed in Seneca Falls, about 17 miles from Falcon Park. See a review of the ballpark at Malcolm MacMillan's Ballpark Guide. We got to the ticket window early and we able to get box seats in the second row. Weather wise, it was a perfect night for baseball. They have the ordinary food options and the beer is reasonably priced (I recommend the brownies). The Doubledays defeated the Black Bears 3-1. Pitching highlighted the game before a loyal Doubledays crowd of 1,003. I highly recommend a road trip to Auburn to see the Doubledays. Ticket information is available at their website.

Next up: Road Trip, part 4 - BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field.

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