Only six months until summer! With the winter equinox already behind us, the days are slowly starting to get longer (shortest day of the year is Dec. 21) and what better way to plan for it, than thinking ahead to the summer?
Once my collegiate baseball season ends, along with grad classes, I can start thinking about fun quick trips. And ever since I graduated from high school, my dad and I keep talking about doing a U.S. baseball park road trip. Six years after the fact, it might actually start to come true....
Obviously I'm not in a financial position to roadtrip to all 30 major league stadiums, but lucky for me I've already been to: the Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles stadiums. So that leaves me 22 more to go....
So, we brainstormed a few different routes to take, and after consulting the A's travel schedule in June and July, decided on the northern route.
I propose five ballparks in nine days.
July 2009:
July 3- Fly from San Francisco to Cleveland
July 4- Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians (fireworks night!)
July 5- Drive from Cleveland to Detroit (2.5 hours)
July 6- Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers
July 7- Drive from Detroit to Chicago (4ish hours)
July 8- Atlanta Braves at Chicago Cubs
July 9- Cleveland Indians at Chicago White Sox
July 10- Drive from Chicago to Milwaukee (1.5 hours), and Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee Brewers
July 11- Fly from Milwaukee to San Francisco
Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio (Indians)
Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan (Tigers)
Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois (Cubs)
Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Brewers)
I'm really looking forward to this! Mom and Dad, you better be serious about this happening :) How about a late birthday present then, since I won't be able to go to MLB Spring Training with you in Phoenix this March/April??
2 comments:
I remember on a school trip to the Oriole's stadium that they told us they keep the grass just a little bit longer than others do, so visiting teams complain about it. Sounds like it'll be a fun trip!
Comerica Park is very cool, although the grade on the seats isn't steep enough so you feel like you're about a mile away from the field. But it's a nice ballpark. Too bad I won't be back in the States yet when you come through Detroit!
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