Baseball Greats Theme Cruises: a Home Run for Boomers and MSC

Stan Bahnsen in his New York Yankee pitching heyday

Hey, baby boomer baseball fans: Anybody remember former stars like Frank Howard, Ferguson Jenkins, Tommy Davis and Ken Griffey, Sr.?

Of course you do. And MSC Cruises has figured out a way for you to meet them on their long-running series of Baseball Greats Cruises, now in their ninth year.

Organized and hosted by ex-Yankees pitcher Stan Bahnsen, the Baseball Greats Cruises run from November to April or May each year, forming a kind of high seas hot stove league.

Passengers get to mix and mingle with the greats, who mostly vary for each cruise — 17 different players, along with Bahnsen, will appear during five cruises between November 2013 and May 2014.

Highlights include autograph sessions, baseball trivia, pitching contests, baseball skills clinics, storytelling, question  and answer sessions, and bonuses like blooper films and baseball movies.  Passengers… Continue reading →