The great MLB quest

[fleetfootmike]

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:

When	Where	Who	Swag	Company
6 July 1994	Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN	TOR 4 MIN 5	None	Anne, greylady & son
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, plaid_dragon, losthismarbles
13 April 2010	Rogers Center, Toronto, Canada	CWS 8 TOR 7 (F/11)	Vernon Wells number/name t-shirt, logoed baseball	hofdave

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

Comments

[hms42]

Any chance of you seeing the NYC area ball parks (along with Philly maybe) around June/July 2011? I can use a hand with sound @ Contata again. (Yes, you were very appreciated last time.)

[fleetfootmike.livejournal.com]

Very much depends on budget, but it does seem the obvious way to do Citi Field, new Yankee Stadium and possibly (depending on time) a couple of the others. :D

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.

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

There are enough parks within a day's drive of NYC that you could use this as a base for seeing a major swathe, if you can add a week for scheduling:

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.