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Apr 19, 2023

What is your hometown ballpark?: My Team: Truist Park | Closest Geographic: Nationals Park & Camden Yards

21 Current Parks:

6 Past Parks:

Notable Games:

September 30, 2003: Turner Field
Chicago Cubs vs Atlanta Braves, NLDS Game 1 (My first postseason game)
April 14, 2005: RFK Stadium
Washington Nationals franchise home opener vs Arizona Diamondbacks
March 30, 2008: Nationals Park
First regular season game at Nationals Park, Washington vs Atlanta Braves
April 17, 2010: Turner Field
Ubaldo Jimenez no hitter for Colorado Rockies vs Atlanta Braves
September 28, 2014: Fenway Park
Derek Jeter's final game
August 24, 2015: Wrigley Field & US Cellular Field
Did the Day/Night Chicago doubleheader, catching the 1:05 Cleveland Indians vs Cubs @ Wrigley & 7:10 Boston Red Sox vs White Sox @ US Cellular
October 2, 2016: Turner Field
Final game at Turner Field
April 14, 2017: SunTrust Park
First regular season game at SunTrust Park, Atlanta vs San Diego
September 18, 2021: Yankee Stadium & Citi Field
Did the Day/Night New York Doubleheader, catching the 1:05 Cleveland Indians @ Yankee & 7:10 Philadelphia Phillies @ Mets
October 30 & 31, 2021: Truist Park
Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves, World Series Games 4 & 5 (My first World Series games)

2022 Review:

Had unexpected opportunity to revisit Nationals Park for a Braves game
Had unexpected opportunity to visit loanDepot Park 2 months before my planned trip to Miami
Re-visited Fenway Park for a true Boston game, taking my Dad there for his first time (My previous Fenway experience was Jeter's final game, so not really a Red Sox game)
Visited Milwaukee & Miller Park, and, while not going to the Packers game, did a tour of Lambeau Field and watched Packers vs Patriots in a Milwaukee Packers Bar
Watched Game 162 for the 3rd time, travelling to Miami to watch the Braves play.

2023 Targets:

My first ever Opening Day game, Braves @ Nationals (Complete!)
Re-visit of Coors Field due to work conference opportunity (My first visit since high school in 2002)
High priority targets include Kauffman and Busch (However, likely pushed to 2024)
Possible re-visit to Seattle, possible first visit to Citizens Bank.
Additional visits to Nationals Park, Camden Yards, and Truist are always possible.

My "Other" Ballparks of Note:

Harbor Park - Norfolk, VA
Home of AAA Norfolk Tides
The Diamond - Richmond, VA
Former home of the AAA Richmond Braves, current home of AA Richmond Flying Squirrels & Virginia Commonwealth University Rams
Salem Memorial Ballpark - Salem, VA
Home of Single-A Salem Red Sox
Pfitzner Stadium - Woodbridge, VA
Former home of Single-A Potomac Nationals
War Memorial Stadium - Hampton, VA
40's-era park, home of CPL Peninsula Pilots
Shawn T. Mansfield Stadium - Bangor, ME
Home of Senior (15-16) Little League World Series. I umpired the series there in 2014.
Lamade & Volunteer Stadiums - Williamsport, PA
Home of the Little League World Series
Buck Bowman Park - Clover Hill, VA
50's era tiny wooden ballpark, home of the Clover Hill Bucks
Glen Allen Stadium @ RF&P Park - Richmond, VA
No teams/events of particular note, but a really neat, small stadium in Richmond, VA
Deltaville Ballpark - Deltaville, VA
My true "Hometown" Park - 1948 wooden ballpark. Hosts semi-pro, Legion, High School, and Youth games

At 3:45pm on June 30, 2015, Craig (17) said…: Hi Stephen- welcome to Ballpark Chasers! Do you have any trips planned for the 2015 season? Please let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions that I can help with in regards to our website. Thanks for signing up!
-Craig (Founder of Ballpark Chasers)