Visit every major league ballpark

this would be awesome…

I started out saying I was just going to visit the American League parks, but then I found myself in Los Angeles, and the Dodgers were playing… So now I’ve expanded it to include the whole league! So far, as of June 2008, I’ve been to two in Toronto (the old park at the CNE and the new SkyDome/Rogers Centre), Yankee Stadium (before they planned to tear it down, thankfully!), SafeCo Field in Seattle, and Dodger Stadium in L.A. Many more to come, I’m sure. Next on my list looks to be visiting Cleveland; after that, probably Boston. I don’t know if I’ll make it to Shea Stadium before they tear IT down, but…one never knows.

So far…

Chase Field – Arizona

haha i need to go places.

so far i have only been inside Citizen’s Bank Park, Camden Yards, Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, and Coors…and Veteran’s Stadium and County Stadium in Milwaukee, but they have since been torn down. I have seen many more from the outside, but haven’t been inside of them.

I collect the plastic souvenir batting helmets from the stadiums I visit. This was a tradition started by my dad. There are a few that I’m missing, and a few I’ve had to buy after the fact. Here are the stadiums I’ve been to:

Active stadia:

Wrigley Field (Cubs)

US Cellular Field (White Sox)

Miller Field (Brewers)
PNC Park (Pirates)

Great American Ballpark (Reds)

Busch Stadium III (Cardinals)

Kaufman Stadium (Royals)

Turner Field (Braves)

Yankee Stadium (Yankees)

Fenway Park (Red Sox)

Jacobs Field (Indians) – this has been renamed

Camden Yards (Orioles)

Citizens Bank Park (Phillies)

Older stadia – no longer used for MLB play:

Arlington Stadium (Rangers)

Astrodome (Astros)

Busch Stadium II (Cardinals)

Milwaukee County Stadium (Brewers, at the time I visited)

Metropolitan Stadium (Twins)

Candlestick Park (Giants)

Comiskey Park I (White Sox)

Minor league parks:

Rosenblatt Stadium (Omaha)

Firebird Field (name?) Phoenix

I’ve been to the following:
Boston Red Sox (best place on earth)
Minnesota Twins
Montreal Expos
Philadelphia Phillies
Chicago Cubs

I’ve been to:
Chicago Cubs,
Atlanta Braves,
Pittsburgh Pirates,
Boston Red Sox,
Cincinatti Reds (both),
Detroit Tigers,
Seattle Mariners,
Kansas City Royals,
Milwaukee Brewers,
Arizona Diamondbacks,
Chicago White Sox,