My trips to Major League Baseball parks
Ok, so I’m on the road a alot. A whole lot in fact. After I get done teaching at 5:30 I have nothing to do in all these strange cities. What I started to do way back on Day 2 of Baseball season was visit the local MLB park and catch a game. Here we are more than 1/2 way through the season and I’ve managed to catch a game at, I believe, 8 parks. Not a huge number but pretty decent considering I didn’t pay for any of the travel associated.
I’ll try to list the parks in order of visit.
- Safeco Field (Seattle)
- AT&T Park (San Francisco)
- Chase Field (Phoenix)
- Nationals Park (Washington D.C.)
- Camden Yards (Baltimore)
- Coors Filed (Denver)
- Yankee Stadium (New York City)
- Rangers Ballpark (Arlington, TX)
- Fenway Park (Boston) Can’t really count as no game was played that day though I do have a pic of me atop the Green Monster
I’ve missed seeing games in about 5 other towns as no games were played the week I was there. Very sad. I was hoping to hit 1/2 of the fields this season. It’s looking like I won’t make that goal. I should get close though.
Ok, now my favorite fields:
My overall favorite was Chase Filed in Phoenix. I liked the design of the roof and the rotating outfield walls. It also had the best value as far as ticket prices. I paid $6 at the window for a decent seat near right field.
Safeco was also really nice though I couldn’t enjoy it. It was about 35degrees at game time and they decided to leave the roof open. The wind off the water chilled me to the bone.
Yankee Stadium was a lot smaller than I pictured. I dont understand what was so wrong with it that they need to replace it though. I got a great seat off a scalper just before game time. I was right behind home plate, about 15 rows up. For $35. Amazing.
I absolutely hated Rangers Ballpark. Traffic into that place sucks. And public transportation? In D/FW? Hah! It took me an hour and 45 minutes to get to the park. I spent 45 minutes driving the last 1.5 miles. It would have been easier to walk in from there. We missed the first 1 1/2 innings because of it. I’ll never go back there. The upside? The Yankees kicked the Rangers’ asses.
I’d post pics of myself outside each of these parks but I had my backup drive go bad without my knowledge and when I reinstalled my laptop I couldn’t get them back. Let’s say I’m not happy about that little development.