My wife and I took our annual trip to the Twins home opener.  We are undecided on this summer's baseball trip, which will be our 17th park.  I just wanted to share some really cool baseball art done by the folk singer & artist Will Johnson.  Interesting pieces.

http://www.willjohnsonart.com/

Hi Ballpark Chasers!



I'll be appearing on the show 35th and Addison to talk about my book A bLISTful Five Years: The Baseball Stadium Tour - chronicling my experiences visiting 30+ major league stadiums! Tune in to eGen.TV (just go to their facebook page - simply search for eGen.TV) at 9:00pm on Monday, April 23rd to watch.



I'll be unveiling the NEW book cover and also discussing the…

Anyone looking to do a Midwest stadium trip this week?

Apr 17 Kansas City

      18 St Louis

      19 Chicago White Sox

      20 See Chicago

      21 Chicago Cubs

      22 Milwaukee

      23 Minneapolis

During the last two weeks I have been planning our father and son trip to 30 Major League Baseball parks.  I enjoy about planning a trip but anticipation of the trip is always my favorite.  There is nothing like finding great bargains.  Getting something for a fraction of what other people pay is always the goal.  A common question I have been asked is:  How do you travel so…

For anyone who lives in the Great Lakes area, heres a great stadium tour you could do later on this season. If you follow the map. it is very efficient for driving. I just checked the schedule, it works pretty good, but you would definately be on the move. I dont live in that region, but hopefully somebody makes this trip, i think it would be a great trip!

August 5  Cincinnati

           6  Cleveland

           7  Detroit

           8 …

What makes a great baseball experience for you?

We all have our reasons to rate one team or stadium above another. Whether it be ticket price; a winning team; a team with a rich history and tons of tradition; a stadium with a great atmosphere, food, promotional give-aways and in-game entertainment; great uniforms; hot players; home run hitters; or a fan base who really knows baseball.…

I'm looking forward to visiting Marlins Park in one week as the Marlins return home ro welcome my beloved Astros for the first weekend series in their ballpark on 4/13-15. 

I'm excited to get back on the road to visiting ballparks after missing out last year on my annual summer baseball trip(s).  (Settling into a new job with limited vacation time was my excuse, but I hope to make up for it this summer! And besides, there wasn't a new ballpark to visit last year.)  Also…

Hello everyone, its been a while...I hope everyone had a great spring training and we are all geared up for opening day this week.  Im still trying to score some tickets to the yankee opener or the day after, we shall see, but I downloaded my MLB app, and I am ready to start.

As for the engagement...it's going great, the clocks ticking and it'll be here in no time.  I mentioned before that the wedding will take up most of my time and money and might not be able to attend a ballpark,…

My first obstacle

Just ran across this picture. Tough to chase this ballpark anymore.

Howdy to all,

Here is the official streak schedule for my attempt at breaking my own Guinness World Record.  In addition to hosting a 93 article series at www.fastestthirtyballgames3021.wordpress.com, 50 of the articles will be posted at http://mlbreports.com/gwr-tracker/ and at the main page of www.mlbreports.com on Mondays and…

Just returned from my trip to see the A's vs. M's at the Tokyo Dome.  Flew out of Newark late morning on Tuesday, arrived Tokyo after 14-hour flight the next afternoon without seeing a night.  Checked into a hotel near the Narita Airport and immediately headed for Tokyo, some 40 miles away, by train(s). Getting off the train and walking to the Dome with the excited baseball crowd felt completely familiar, except that everyone was Japanese and the sign on the ballpark read, "TOKYO…

So I'm sitting here kind of half-watching The Rookie.  Disney's making it's pitch for a heartwarming tear-jerker when it hits me:  I wonder how much better Field Of Dreams would have been with Dennis Quaid in it.  Don't get me wrong, I love Field Of Dreams.  It's a great movie for a lot of reasons, but think about it for a minute.  Would it have been even better with Dennis Quaid?  Watch The Rookie, fast forward it if you want, but stop at the scene when Morris gets called up.  Take that…

While sitting at my house, I was looking at all the stuff that I had accumulated over the years.  It is amazing how we buy things just to buy them.  The stuff sits in our houses collecting dust.  While our dreams of a life we always wanted wait until one day when the kids get out of school, our nation elects a new president, or the years we retire.  But many people forget…

EDIT:  Talked to the Boss this morning... I **AM** going to New Mexico and he agreed to the timing of August 20-24 for me to be working there!  So, it's OFFICIAL, I *AM* gonna make a run at all 30 this season!  Now I just need Chuck's schedule to go smoothly, or for him to have make up games where I need to pick up games as well and all will be golden!



Time to SEEALL30(.com)! :)

In addition to going out on the road with Chuck Booth next month, I have a possibility…

When I first thought about chasing this dream I did a Google search for ball park guides.  I stumbled across www.ballparkchasers.com.  I joined the site and sent a message to Craig B. Landgren who runs the site.  I asked him for any tips that he may have that would be helpful in my journey.  He told me of a book he helped contribute to called the The Fastest Thirty Ballgames: A Ballpark Chasers World Record Story By Douglas “Chuck” Booth. …