The great MLB quest
Apr. 14th, 2010 02:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I dunno how long it's going to take me, but I'm aiming to visit all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums before I run out of time :D
So far:
AL games seen: 4
NL games seen: 0
Interleague games seen: 0
Team seen most: White Sox, Blue Jays (2 each)
Extra innings games: 1
Total home runs: 16 (including one by Kirby Puckett)
Domed stadiums: 3
Of course, I shall have to visit 31 now, since Target Field has replaced the Metrodome: as a Twins fan, I shall probably leave that till last to bookend the list.
I guess you can expect to see me at a few strategically placed US cons sometime soon :D
So far:
When | Where | Who | Swag | Company |
---|---|---|---|---|
6 July 1994 | Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN | TOR 4 MIN 5 | None | Anne, ![]() |
18 June 2008 | US Cellular Field, Chicago, IL | PIT 2 CWS 8 | generic White Sox t-shirt, logoed baseball | no-one |
5 August 2009 | Tropicana Field, Tampa, FL | BOS 4 TB 6 | Jason Bartlett number/name t-shirt, kids logoed baseball and bat | Anne, James, ![]() ![]() |
13 April 2010 | Rogers Center, Toronto, Canada | CWS 8 TOR 7 (F/11) | Vernon Wells number/name t-shirt, logoed baseball | ![]() |
Stats so far:
AL games seen: 4
NL games seen: 0
Interleague games seen: 0
Team seen most: White Sox, Blue Jays (2 each)
Extra innings games: 1
Total home runs: 16 (including one by Kirby Puckett)
Domed stadiums: 3
Of course, I shall have to visit 31 now, since Target Field has replaced the Metrodome: as a Twins fan, I shall probably leave that till last to bookend the list.
I guess you can expect to see me at a few strategically placed US cons sometime soon :D
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Date: 2010-04-14 01:47 pm (UTC)Were you rooting for the White Sox or the Blue Jay last night?
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Date: 2010-04-14 02:17 pm (UTC)Hoping to get to Balticon and Baycon one year to nail Nats, Orioles, A's and Giants, too, and Conchord is also in season for the Dodgers, Angels and Padres.
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Date: 2010-04-14 06:16 pm (UTC)New York (N): Citifield (Mets)
New York (A): Yankee Stadium (Yankees) (and it's a shame you missed Shea and old Yankee Stadiums; Shea was a pit, but it'd have been one more notch in the brim of your cap)
Boston: Fenway Park
Philadelphia: Citizens Bank Park (Phillies)
Baltimore: Camden Yards (Orioles)
Washington: Nationals Park (Nationals)
Pittsburgh: PNC Park (Pirates) (perhaps stretching a bit, but Pittsburgh is about 9 hours by car from NYC)
Also, NYC has two minor league ballparks (Staten Island Yankees and Brooklyn Cyclones), which are a totally different and fun experience (plus about a zillion more such, locally).
2011 schedules, of course, are not yet out, but in general, MLB likes to schedule one team in NY and one team on the road at any given time. So we'll see what happens for next summer.
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Date: 2010-04-14 02:20 pm (UTC)Did I mention that I have season tickets for the Cubs? And I'm planning to go to the game on Wednesday, June 16th vs. the As, which is conveniently located relative to Duckon the following weekend? :)
Of course, you get to see Talis more frequently than we do...
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Date: 2010-04-14 02:22 pm (UTC)Still mildly miffed that I didn't plan last year better, as a) I missed a Cubs game by 2 hours and b) I missed a Yankees game by the same margin.
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Date: 2010-04-14 06:58 pm (UTC)I note, for future reference, that Milwaukee and St. Louis are both within rational driving distance of Chicago and that a potential native guide and Cardinals fan still hasn't seen the latest incarnation of Busch Stadium. :)
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Date: 2010-04-14 06:59 pm (UTC)So noted :)
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Date: 2010-04-14 05:10 pm (UTC)Trading
Date: 2010-04-14 10:06 pm (UTC)Re: Trading
Date: 2010-04-15 05:10 am (UTC)Also, doesn't really cut it, since the whole point is me, you know, BEING there :D
Re: Trading
Date: 2010-04-15 07:03 pm (UTC)Re: Trading
Date: 2010-04-16 06:54 am (UTC)Um... I can offer the England/Australia T20 international from 2005 :D (in which Australia were roundly trounced)
Re: Trading
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