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Number of MLB stadium you've seen

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by RonClements, Apr 12, 2018.

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  1. mpcincal

    mpcincal Well-Known Member

    Not a whole lot for me neither:

    Angel Stadium (also when it was Edison Field and Anaheim Stadium)
    Petco Park
    Jack Murphy/Qualcomm Stadium
    Safeco Field
    Kauffman Stadium (twice, 22 years apart)
    Veterans Stadium

    I've also been to all the Arizona spring training parks

    Went on a family vacation to Seattle in 1981, right in the middle of the players strike, but we went to the Kingdome and took a guided tour.
     
  2. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Thanks for reminding me. I've been to Kauffman Stadium and Jack Murphy (only for football), too.
     
  3. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    I also saw a Yankees-Orioles spring training game at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami before they re-configured it for baseball. The left field wall was about 220 feet from home plate with a 30-foot screen.

    (As an aside, I'm impressed we're 5 pages into this thread without one of the old-timers chiming in that it's been done already. Did I just do that? Damn!)
     
    Last edited: Apr 12, 2018
  4. I Should Coco

    I Should Coco Well-Known Member

    Looks like a cool tour, Ron. I'll keep checking your website/blog.

    As for me, in chronological order:
    Comiskey Park (old and new)
    Wrigley Field
    Busch Stadium (in 1991, not new version)
    Tiger Stadium
    Coors Field
    Comerica Park
    Bank One Ballpark (Phoenix)
    Safeco Field
    Anaheim

    Would like to hit a few more out west ... and maybe Fenway someday, just to say I've been there.

    I also have been to the Metrodome, but that was for football (Hawkeyes vs. Gophers!) And @MachineHead, no, I was not "that Iowa fan" who used a bathroom stall for ... ah, nevermind!:D
     
  5. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
    Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia
    Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
    Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh
    Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
    Shea Stadium, New York
    Camden Yards, Baltimore
    Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg (is it still called that?)
    Candlestick Park, San Francisco
    Oakland/Alameda County Coliseum
    PNC Park, Pittsburgh
    RFK Stadium, Washington
    Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia
    Skydome, Toronto (when it was Skydome)

    Should've been more.
     
  6. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
    Camden Yards, Baltimore
    RFK Stadium, D.C.
    Nationals Park, D.C.
    Turner Field, Atlanta
    Progressive Field, Cleveland
    Wrigley Field, Chicago
    Chase Field/Bank One Ballpark, Phoenix
    Dodger Stadium, L.A.
    Angels/Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim
     
  7. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    I saw a soccer game there in the old NASL days.

    Sucked for that, too.
     
  8. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

    Ive done all 30, but among the current ones haven't done both new New Yorks, new Minnesota, new Miami, new Atlanta
     
  9. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Veterans Stadium (where I saw my first game)
    Camden Yards
    Wrigley Field
    Old Busch Stadium (the 1967-2003 version)
    Rangers Ballpark
    Diamondbacks stadium (not sure what they call it now; took a tour there but didn't see a game)
    Kaufmann Stadium
     
  10. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    Yeah, was right next to the lake and the wind seemed to blow in there all the time. Was frigid from April through maybe the middle of June and from Labour Day on. Horrible layout better suited for football. Some of the seats faced away from the field. The grandstand was covered - where we used to sit for $2 - while the more expensive seats were open to the elements.

    Anybody here who wishes we had one of those retro outdoor stadiums never sat on the metal benches along the right or left-field line in April and risked dying of exposure. The dome allowed the Jays to get their seven-game homestand in to start the season, we had the same shitty weather everybody else has had.
     
  11. Key

    Key Well-Known Member

    -- Fenway Park
    -- Old Yankee Stadium
    -- Veterans Stadium
    -- Camden Yards
    -- Three Rivers Stadium
    -- PNC Park
    -- Jacobs Field
    -- Busch Stadium (Current)
    -- Fulton County Stadium
    -- Turner Field
    -- Suntrust Park
    -- Tropicana Field
    -- Astrodome
    -- MinuteMaid Park
    -- Ballpark in Arlington
    -- Great American Ballpark

    I'm not sure the Vet or Three Rivers should even count, but I wore a "CubsBuster" T-shirt in Philly - an Inquirer promo, if I remember correctly - and saw Schilling touch 96 in the 9th at Three Rivers, so I think that's good enough.
     
  12. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Old Yankee Stadium
    New Yankee Stadium
    Shea Stadium
    Citi Field
    Fenway Park
    Citizens Bank Park
    Olympic Stadium
    Nationals Park
    Camden Yards (well, drove by it, I guess that counts)
    Joe Robbie Stadium (or whatever it's called now)
    Tropicana Field

    I liked Citizens Bank and Citi Field a lot. Old Yankee Stadium had the history, but the new place feels like a souless corporation. Fenway was fun. Nats Park was fine.

    Joe Robbie (or whatever) at a July day game felt like I was slowly cooking.

    The Trop was meh, but at least it was bright inside. I went to one game in Montreal where the roof was open, and it didn't even feel like you were outdoors. With the roof closed, you felt like you were in a warehouse.
     
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