Road Testing Baseball-RoadTrip.Com

Last August, Melvin became aware for the first time of Baseball-RoadTrip.Com and he shared the URL with me. At that point in 2025, we had no immediate need for a website whose stated goal is "to make it simple to plan a baseball roadtrip." However, with the 2026 season almost upon us, I decided to give the online resource a try.

the usual  disclaimer applies: don't try this yourself; this is a professional driver on a closed road with AFFF firefighting equipment and an ALS ambulance located outside of the frame of the photograph

Over our 20-plus years of baseball travel, Melvin and I have used a spreadsheet-based system for planning our trips. We have not, as Baseball-RoadTrip (BRT) presumes, "found it difficult to find all of the schedules[, ...] find all of the home dates and lay them all out...." Our method is however somewhat laborious, so if there is easier way, why not? I took a look.

 

With potential direct applicability for this year, my first test was seven destinations in the Southeast that Melvin and I have contemplated visiting; the elusive Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (the black pin), the new ballparks that opened in 2025 (red pins), and the stadiums that will debut this year (orange pins).

 

the Atlanta Braves could potentially be added to this itinerary

Open to traveling anytime, I did not change the date range, which is preset in BRT for the duration of the season. I inputted the seven teams beginning with the Richmond Flying Squirrels in the northeast and ending with the Columbus Clingstones. I clicked the box to indicate a willingness to alternatively start in Georgia and finish in Virginia, which is a great feature.

BRT returned five options, all southwesterly, that are essentially three variations on two basic itineraries. Although this might seem a deficiency, it is in fact a good thing. Similar is not synonymous with the same. Leaving on Tuesday rather than Wednesday, with the differing game times in Spartanburg SC and Knoxville TN, might have implications for meeting with friends (at the game or otherwise) or sightseeing. 

Melvin would be inclined to label these itineraries B1 and B2 but what's in a name?

So far, so good, but all five options were in May. I was suspicious and said as much to Melvin. This was like catnip to my travel partner, who in short order found five distinct itineraries for these seven teams; early-May, late-May, mid-June, late-July, and late-August.

Based on my brief time working as a programmer and our decades of experience planning baseball road trips, I hypothesized that code could not replicate what Melvin and I do. However, I was unprepared for Baseball-RoadTrip to, well, fail. Further, I had given no thought to what I would write here if that was the case. Someone, or a group of people, not only created BRT but they upload 150 schedules to the website on an annual basis. I respect that.

I tested a few more itineraries with both actionable and buggy results. And I rewrote this post several times. This is what I experienced when I road tested Baseball-RoadTrip.com. Your mileage may vary.