I have added Yankee Stadium (Yankees), Nationals Park (Nationals), Ballpark at Arlington (Rangers), Minute Maid Park (Astros), Busch Stadium (Cardinals).
How to watch a baseball game in every mlb stadium
How I did it: I spent over two months scouring maps and game, train and plane schedules, planning the itinerary. Since I was on a tight schedule, if I missed any game for any reason, my trip would be incomplete. Fortunately, I had a 4-hour rain delay before the Sunday, May 9, 1993 game in Kansas City (David Cone pitched a 2-hitter but lost 2-1 to Kevin Brown of the Rangers), and a 30-minute delay during a June 8th game in Pittsburgh (Rockies 4, Pirates 1). It took 42 days, and on the final day (June 17) I saw a 1pm game in Oakland (A's 5, White Sox 2) then flew to Anaheim for a 7pm game (Rangers 18, Angels 2).
Lessons & tips: It's all about the planning and budgeting -- my dinner at each game was a ballpark hot dog, Pepsi and a bag of peanuts. Be realistic about possible delays and give yourself enough time between games to complete your travel.
Resources: I created a database in Filemaker on my Mac, and to this day I do all my travel itineraries on Filemaker.
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I started this last summer!
I have the whole east Coast:
Boston
Yankees – new and old
Baltimore
DC
Phillies
Atlanta
Flordia Marlins
Tampa Bay Rays
Now I am working on the West Coast
I have seen:
Seatlle
San Fran
I have tix tonight to see the A’s, then later in the week the Angels, Dodgers and Padres!
Bringing my total to 15 this Sat! 1/2 way to go!
By the way, My fiance and I fell in love at Atlanta! I love baseball!
Did go see the Mariners again this summer, but in Petco Park in San Diego. Although it was a different stadium (last time was in Jack Murphy Stadium), still same venue.
Looking at going to see the M’s play the Rockies next summer.
Phillies – 2006 Citizen Bank Park and 1993 Veterans Stadium
Orioles – 2004 Camden Yards and 1989 Memorial Stadium
2007 Yankees – House that Ruth Built Yankee Stadium
5/20/08 Nationals – Nationals Park
27 to go
Shea Stadium this summer… will get added to list. Sad thing is that I will have to add in the new stadiums to the total left so I will get down to 26 maybe 25 (if i can get to Pittsburgh) then will have to add the 2 NYC stadiums back on the list. bummer (minnesota closing in a couple years too)
Shea Stadium (NY, NY)
Yankee Stadium (NY, NY, soon to be gone)
Olympic Stadium (when the Expos were in Montreal)
Tiger Stadium (Detroit)
Kingdome (Seattle, now gone)
In other words, I have a long way to go…
Anyone out there who has made the trip got any advice?
I’ve been to eleven so far, which includes two in Philly (Veterens Field and Citizens Bank Ballpark) and Olympic Stadium in Montreal (may it rest in pieces!). My favorites so far are Fenway Park in Boston and PNC Park in Pittsburgh. I keep track of my progress on my website here: http://www.robbecker.com/index.php?cat=12
I’ve visited most of the stadiums that are close to me and now my rate of visiting is slowing down :( I need to motivate myself to plan some trips.
seen games at
Veteran’s Stadium
Citizen’s Bank Park
Shea Stadium
i’ve got a long way to go
Saw the Twins beat the crap out of the Royals in KC this month. It was in a major league stadium, but didn’t look like a MLB team.
GREAT night to go… college night. $5 entry and $1 hotdogs!!! Every stadium needs to do that.
Phillies – 2006 Citizen Bank Park and 1993 Veterans Stadium
Orioles – 2004 Camden Yards and 1989 Memorial Stadium
7/15/07 Yankees – House that Ruth Built Yankee Stadium
5/20/08 Nationals – Nationals Park
27 to go
Shea Stadium this summer… will get added to list. Sad thing is that I will have to add in the new stadiums to the total left so I will get down to 26 maybe 25 to go then will have to add the 2 NYC stadiums back on the list. bummer (minnesota closing in a couple years too)




