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

[billroper]

A noble goal and one I haven't managed despite greater proximity. I'm up to twenty parks (if I've counted correctly), but seven of them are no longer operational baseball stadiums.

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...

[fleetfootmike.livejournal.com]

I doubt I shall get anywhere in the US again this year unless someone else (like the BBC) is paying. FKO pretty much did for our con budget :D

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.

[billroper]

I fully understand.

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. :)

[fleetfootmike.livejournal.com]

Ooo.
So noted :)

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

It look as if Detroit, Cincinnati, and Cleveland are within not impossible driving distance, as well (though Cleveland may be stretching the point, at sixish hours). Minneapolis and Kansas City are real stretches, but could be done on not horrid drives, probably planning to do them as overnight stays.