At the beginning, there was no conscious decision to do this. When my kids were younger, if we went on a vacation that happened to be near a major league ballpark, I’d make a point of getting tickets to see a game there. No big deal, just another thing to do on vacation. “Hey, we’re seeing Mickey and Shamu, let’s drive over to Tampa and see the Rays.” That kind of thing.
I haven’t come close to getting to every major league park but we do something similar on vacations and go to a game if there is one scheduled while we are nearby. My list includes Tiger Stadium ( my first back in the 60’s) Fenway, Wrigley (a weekday day game in the 70’s) both Yankee stadiums, the Skydome, Petco, and added Progressive field to the list for the home opener this year. Watched the eclipse from the right field drink rail (we had the ballpark pass sro tickets) and watched about 4 innings before the drunks and the exhaustion - got up @ 430 to drive to Cleveland - and the sore feet combined to send us back to the hotel. Almost forgot the White Sox park, went when it was pretty new, certainly the worst of the bunch.
I’m almost halfway, and the memories are so great. Some of the games have been remarkable, and some have been forgettable, but either way the memories add up. Fenway and Wrigley do live up to the hype.
I haven’t come close to getting to every major league park but we do something similar on vacations and go to a game if there is one scheduled while we are nearby. My list includes Tiger Stadium ( my first back in the 60’s) Fenway, Wrigley (a weekday day game in the 70’s) both Yankee stadiums, the Skydome, Petco, and added Progressive field to the list for the home opener this year. Watched the eclipse from the right field drink rail (we had the ballpark pass sro tickets) and watched about 4 innings before the drunks and the exhaustion - got up @ 430 to drive to Cleveland - and the sore feet combined to send us back to the hotel. Almost forgot the White Sox park, went when it was pretty new, certainly the worst of the bunch.
I’m almost halfway, and the memories are so great. Some of the games have been remarkable, and some have been forgettable, but either way the memories add up. Fenway and Wrigley do live up to the hype.