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

[flabosib.livejournal.com]

Cool! If I ever win the Lottery, visiting all the ballparks would be one thing I'd like to do. (Grad School being another....)

Were you rooting for the White Sox or the Blue Jay last night?

[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.)

[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...

[ericcoleman]

My Dad has season tickets for the Iowa Cubs so the kids and I go join him several times every summer. I have to admit to have a distinct preference for AAA ball, but I really want to do this as well. I'm not a fan of any particular team, but I love baseball.

[ccrazy.livejournal.com]

Any time I have to travel to an Major League Baseball city during the season, one the first things I do is check if they'll be home while I'm there. Doesn't always mean I'll make it to the ballpark (like I still haven't seen a game in Toronto), but it's definitely part of my planning. I definitely need to plan a trip the Mets new stadium this summer. Last summer got weird and I never made it down.

[janeg.livejournal.com]

Did Ken end up being substituted for Dave, or did you mean hofdave for Monday's game?

Trading

[(Anonymous)]

Do you want to 'buy' my attendance at Yankees Stadium in 2000 ?

[mrgoodwraith.livejournal.com]

You'll have to come to Confluence and take in a Pirates game with Marty Adkins. But it'll have to be soon, before we finally get tired enough of the Pirates losing to let them go somewhere else. (Actually, The Onion did a terrific piece once about PNC Park demanding to be traded...LOL!)