Greetings from the Infrequent Blogger! Last year, 2012, was a banner year for me in that I visited three parks I'd never been to before -- Turner Field, Petco Park and Dodger Stadium. At this rate, I should make it to all the parks by sometime in 2025.

This year, by contrast, I have only O.co (Oakland) Coliseum on the docket a a new ballpark for my list. However, I'm doing a repeat visit to Rangers Ballpark in Arlington (last there in 2011), and also to AT&T Park in San Francisco,…

Finally, baseball starts this week! We still have 4 days to wait here in Baltimore, but at least the season is here!

Trips for my wife & I this year:

1) Citi Field over Memorial Day weekend.

2) O.co Coliseum & AT&T Park 4th of July week.

3) Turner Field in September

We'll mix in visits to Aberdeen, Delmarva, Frederick, & Bowie to get stamps for the Orioles Passport. I also hope to catch minor league games in Harrisburg, Reading, &…

One of the greatest sounds...the sound of ice sloshing around in a cooler full of beer...on the way to work, but only for half of a day - Opening Day for the Sox!

Wondered what other's opinions are on this article on espn.com's website: http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/9047502/wrigley-ivy-choking-life-field

Very interesting. Some of the stuff the author mentioned in the article will never happen, but it does make some sense. I'm not a Cubs fan or from Chicago, but it is our favorate away field to visit. I might have a different perspective on…

After a long offseason dealing with Hurricane Sandy at work and a long northeast winter at home we can't wait to enjoy some summer fun at ballparks and national parks! This summer we're going to cross the country and head to Seattle's Safeco Field for the first time. This is our only new park this summer (we might make a weekend trip to Toronto though) but we intend to hit Glacier National Park and Badlands National Park on the way out and Yellowstone on the way back. We're also making what…

McFarland and Company released today a new book, "League Park, Historic Home of Cleveland Baseball, 1891-1946" co-authored by ballpark chasers Ken Krsolovic and Bryan Fritz. Available through McFarland and all major booksellers.

After 41 years I can finally say I am living my dream. I found my soulmate and we are going to embark on our first set of ballparks. We will hit Six parks in five days in april. We will See Nationals, Orioles, Phillies, NY Mets, NY Yankees, Then the Red Sox. We are also planning a visit after to Cooperstown, And The origins of Baseball Pittsfield Ma (since I grew Up there). Also in later in the season I will see the Yankees and Astros in houston. Seven parks isnt too bad of a start, Plus We…

Well, I finalized my regular season schedule. Opening day 4/1 Cards at the DBacks, 5/27 Rangers at the DBacks for a double header and various DBacks games throughout the season. This year I will see the Yankees vs Angels in Anaheim on 6/15, Marlins vs Giants in San Francisco on 6/20, and Yankees vs Padres in San Diego on 8/2 & 8/3. Our big trip this year will be myself, my father, my brother and my brother in law flying from Phoenix to Detroit. We will see the Mariners at the Tigers on…

For the first time in my life, I do something crazy like this.

I will fly to San Francisco to support team Netherlands. Probably it will be only for one game, but I bought tickets for the semi final of March 18 and the final.

I am so freaking excited.

Games I'm attending, 2013: (For more info, go to my blog, Take The 7 to Citi)
April 1 Mets vs. Padres (Opening Day)
April 20 Mets vs. Nationals
April 21 Mets vs. Nationals
May 11 Mets vs. Pirates
May 25 Mets vs. Braves
August 3 Mets vs. Royals
September 29 Mets vs. Brewers

Prospective Games:
June 21 Mets @ Phillies
July 13 Mets @ Pirates
July 26 Mets @ Nationals
September 7 Mets @ Indians

There still is snow on the ground here, but smile... baseball is coming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIWFMRJYJGk

Looking at possible additions with vacation this summer:

June13: Peoria Chiefs @ Clinton Lumber Kings

June14: Burlington Bees @ Quad Cities River Bandits

June15: Peoria Chiefs @ Cedar Rapids Kernels

June16th: Detroit Tigers @Minnesota Twins

June17: Omaha Storm Chasers @ Iowa Cubs and/or College World Series

June18: College World Series and/or Albuquerque Isotopes @ Omaha Storm Chasers

June19: Albuquerque Isotopes @ Omaha Storm Chasers and/or Nashville…

Hello all:

I'm planning a trip to see the Oakland A's play but want to stay in San Francisco and commute to a couple of games. This is my 9th stadium and the 7th of our mother/daughter quest to see the Boston Red Sox play in every AL stadium. Would appreciate any advance ballparkchaser fans can provide on where to stay...what to see...where to sit...and best way to get to and from the stadium.

Final question, "does anyone know what hotel the Red Sox stay at when in…

Just back from a weekend series at University of South Carolina. Very nice college ballpark and very nice people. Fridays game got rained out and was rescheduled for as part of a doubleheader on Sunday. The parking lot I parked in Friday let me park for free for the makeup game. Also a fan gave me a souvenier coca-cola bottle from their 2011 national championship year. This was my 70th park seeing a college game and first college park seeing a nio-hitter as my Albany team got no-hit by SC in…

I was looking to see what it is that everybody has on there "Must do list" when they go to a ballgame. I have to do the following things:

1.Keep my ticket stub

2.Walk around the inside and outside of each stadium

3.Keep Score

4.Get plenty of pictures of the stadium

5.Buy a team hat

6.Eat the signature ballpark food (see my stadium foods blog)

Looking forward to see what everybody else does. Again if anybody has any good foods they have had in Colorado,…

Yesterday I wrote about having picked up a book titled The Baseball Fan's Bucket List. This book has a list of 162 things that we baseball fan's must see, do, get & experience. I'm sure most of you have already done a good number of the things listed in this book, such as Take a Baseball Road Trip ( Listed #1 ), Go to Opening Day ( Listed #3 ), and there's some things that some of us may never do, like Throw Out the First Pitch ( #139 on the list ) or Host a Minor League Ball Player (…

Great site, glad to see people who share the passion of MLB and the ballparks. I've been to a bunch, but still have a long way to go. PNC Park is my favorite, the view on the river is amazing. I've been to the Vet, Old Yankee and Shea as well as the current stadiums I have marked above. I am a big Phillies fan, O's are my AL team and since I now live close to Denver, I am a Rockies fan by default. This summer I have a trip planned to US Cellular, Wrigley (again), Miller Park and Target…

I'm in the planning stages of planning our 2013 ball trip. We (me, my two brothers, dad and uncle) are tying up loose ends on the east coast and are trying to figure out where to go this year.

Looking for someone that may have access to 5 tickets to either the Yankees or the Indians. Looking at the weekend of July 5th for our trip this year.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks everyone......
GO Jays Go!

Richard

Since the quest to see all 30 MLB parks is over for my son and I we are looking for a good top 10 of MiLB and NOF (non-affiliated) parks. I would like to get a feel of what everyone here believes is their top 10. There are two rules. One, the ballpark must host some MiLB or NOF teams at least once a season (Rickwood Field falls into this category). Two, it can be anywhere in the world (NOF fails into this category). I've heard seeing a game in the Dominican Republic is phenomenal. So strike…