The day began at 4:44am. Why at this time? Well, I love the number 44 and I had to get up anyways to catch a flight from San Diego to Phoenix. While waiting at the airport, I was observing a little boy with his mother and grandpa. I hear the little boy say, “When are we going on the airplane? How do they know our name?” His grandpa answers, “Because they have our money!”

Not surprisingly, I sat behind this little boy during the flight and started feeling for him as he was crying and…

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Back for a third season is my series for my employer (I'm a tv photographer), KCRG-TV9, "Ballparks of the Midwest." The last two seasons I went and visited all of the Midwest League parks (our station is in Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

Now in 2011 we're expanding the definition of "Midwest" and hitting some other parks. One that is certainly in the Midwest, is the new AAA…

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Hello fellow chasers, its about time someone thought of a site like t

his. I am not into facebook, though this is similiar. I am from New York City, a die hard Yankee fan and I have always wanted to do a ballpark roadtrip, but couldn't do if financially. It all started back in 2008 when me and my girlfriend were planning a vacation to Chicago and the Cubs were in town. I thought it would be cool to see a game, however, had difficulty getting those days off. That's when I realized Chicago… Continue

Stop number two on our official All 30 Parks tour, no parks that we have visited before count.

 

The tickets are printed, the itinerary is planned, the Red Sox shirts are washed and the caps are as dirty and faded as ever. Just how we like ‘em.

 

We head out to Philadelphia tomorrow to see what very well could be the World Series matchup. Since we…

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Here we go again! The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum is reportedly going to be renamed the Overstock.com Coliseum. Scratch that, after only a few days, it has now changed to O.co Coliseum. This would make it the Coliseum's fifth name since opening in 1966. After losing the latest corporate sponsor in 2008 with McAfee Inc., the Coliseum has been looking for a new deal ever since. The latest deal will earn the California government roughly $1.2… Continue

Hello fellow Ballpark Chasers,

 

I believe this is my first blog post and well I'm looking for a little bit of help. As fellow ballpark chasers I know that everyone here can relate to me in wanting to take home a souvenir from each ballgame that they attend such as a souvenir cup, t-shirt, baseball, etc. I normally take home all three of the aforementioned items but what I always take home with me is a game program.

 

First off I'm looking for a program from the…

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June 23, 2011: Attended the last game of the Mariners vs. Nationals series, a game that the Nats came into with a cool .500 record.  Here was their chance to break into a winning record, something they have not done since 2005.

 

The game went into the 9th tied at 0. Laynce Nix pinched hit for Pitcher Tyler Clippard and hit a sacrifice fly to left field scoring…

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June 18 & 19, 2011: What's better than a baseball game on Father's Day? Spending the Father’s Day weekend with your daughter at the ballpark. 

Sofia and I spent Saturday and Sunday (mom joined us for the Father's Day game) at Nats Park to watch the Beltway Series. We had hoped to see the Nationals sweep the Orioles, but rather saw them split the games we…

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Here's a fellow who is biking (bicycle) to all stadiums.  Wow. 

 

Friends and i are going on our 5th 1 week - 5 ballpark journey this year.

going to design some t-shirts but we need a group name of some sorts... any thoughts?

Ballpark Chasers is just too perfect and it is just hard to come up with anything that differently captures what we are doing here....

we have some time so just wanted to throw it out there for any other thoughts....

 

aug 17-24 , colorado, minnesota, kansas city, st. louis,…

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Sometimes work has benefits outside of a steady paycheck, excellent co-workers, and a stellar mission. Sometimes work takes you places on just the right day so you can catch a ballgame at a ballpark that you have never been to before. And on May 3rd that happend for me! I was in Hickory North Carolina, on a warm…

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