Rounding Third

Stumbled across a baseball blog right up my alley: http://roundingthird.net  

A fan posts many details about his recent cross country journey visiting every MLB stadium. He posts the details of every day: what he did, what he ate, miles travels, dollars spent, details about each game, and lots more stuff. Something I would do. He also posts lots of photographs. He also muses on things he thinks about and conversations he has with other fans. The guy is much more outgoing than I would be. He often spends the night with family or friends. He takes time to visit team museums and take ballpark tours, and take side trips to places like the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and the Louisville Slugger Factory. My dream trip. I’ve even daydreamed about blogging about such a trip.

This fan mentions that he has crossed paths more than once with others taking the same journey. That got me thinking: someone should create a website for fans that have made similar journeys to post the details and dates of their trip, or the progress they have made. Something they should have for hikers of the Appalachian Trail. Something I should set up were I a website pro.

Of course I had to list the progress I’ve made visiting all the parks. I’ve done so before, but teams change stadiums every now and then.

30 MLB Teams

20 MLB cities with stadiums I’ve seen or visited

15 MLB stadiums I have yet to visit

13 stadiums I’ve attended games at

11 stadiums I’ve seen in person (driven past, etc)

05 stadiums I’ve visited no longer in use

05 stadiums I’ve seen no longer in use

Stadiums I’ve watched games at:

1. Arlington Stadium, Texas

2. Atlanta Stadium

3. Atlanta’s Turner Field

4. Baltimore’s Camden Yards

5. Boston’s Fenway Park

6. Chicago’s old Comminsky Park

7. Chicago’s Wrigley Field

8. Houston’s Minutemade Park

9. New York’s Shea Stadium

10. St. Louis’ old Busch Memorial Stadium

11. St. Petersburg’s Tropicana Field

12. San Francisco Giants

13. Washington’s RFK Stadium

Stadiums I have seen in person (driven past, etc):

14. Anaheim Stadium

15. Chicago’s new Comminsky Park

16. Old Arlington Stadium

17. Cincinnati’s Riverfront Stadium

18. Denver’s Mile High Stadium

19. Detroit’s Tiger Stadium

20. Houston Astrodome

21. Kansas City’s Kaufman Stadium

22. Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium

23. Oakland Coliseum

24. Phoenix’ Bank One Ballpark

Stadiums I have yet to visit:

25. Cleveland Indians

26. Denver’s Coors Field

27. Detroit Tigers

28. Miami Marlins

29. Milwaukee’s Miller Park

30. Minnesota’s Target Field

31. New York’s Citi Field

32. New York’s Yankee Stadium

33. Philadelphia Phillies

34. Pittsburgh Pirates

35. St. Louis’ new Busch Stadium

36. San Diego Padres

37. Seattle Mariners

38. Toronto SkyDome

39. Washington’s Nationals Park