Baseball Parks--Quirks and Rituals PART 1 (IF you have something to add please let me know about each ballpark.



Since I have begun to write a book on my experiences in chasing down the World Record by going to all the baseball parks, I decided to ask for help in my research. I have been to every ballpark for two years in a row, and am always fascinated by traditions and things each city does at a ballpark. LIke the 7th innins strectch is always sung from the media box at Wrigley..or… Continue

I want to personally thank Ken Lee for all the hard work and diligent writing he added to the updates during the record chase. It has been an exhausting and rewarding record breaking trip. I am going to write a novel based on the chase and of the ballparks in general of "SURVIVAL GUIDE'. I am looking for people who have seen all the ballparks to help in a survey, so I can keep the rankings more neutral. Here is my top 30 ballparks that come from 7 key topics like, stadium… Continue

Like I have said a few different times before, a trip such as this magnitude can send you off on roller coasters of emotions. Sunday night at 9:00 PM EST I was driving back to the rental car outlet in Miami when a circus of events transpired that almost made me miss the nooner at the 'TROP' on Monday. 1st off my car rental did not have an interior light which made it hard to navigate the directions back to Miami Intl' airport. Some of you also may know that the car rental outlets for Miami are… Continue

I am at the first week through this now 24 day quest. I have made it to every 1st and last pitch of all the games except for having to put Detroit to the 14th of August making the streak attempt 30-24 now. Every day I have been fighting the rain and today in Baltimore was no different. Thundershowers hit Baltimore from the time I landed today. Luckily they all subsided and I made another game. I have STL WED and the most pivotal double header left on thursday with CINCY/CWSOX. If i make both… Continue

So, I am sitting in my car at work when I decided to check on VISA balance for the upcoming trip, (any ballpark chaser dreads the '$200" minimum buy in at the car rentals so it is good to plan ahead), when I realized my Visa Card was gone. Also someone decided to buy a bunch of gas on it. The bottom line is I started to panic since it was my only credit card. I start the streak in 6 days, but I am starting my vacation tomorrow in Vegas. Luckily my card issuing company is going to send it to a… Continue

A few days later a flight crew fell ill landing into Chicago and they could not fly to Toronto for an early morning flight. My mom was supposed to meet me in toronto for an afternoon game versus the Yankees. I could have driven to Cleveland to make up the game a few days prior but I chose family. I still had a shot for 30-27 with some luck. There were four doubleheaders left, although I had to put it to three doubleheaders when I saw the changing of the schedule would have cost a thousand… Continue

Over four years ago I was listening to the "Jim Rome Show" in my hometown of White Rock BC Canada, when he had a special motivational guest speaker come on named "Jim McClaren". I often thought I had a difficult life at that point until I heard his story. Jim, was an all 'American' guy in the mid eighties, playing football in college and aspiring to make it in Hollywood. He stood Six Foot Five And weighed almost 300 pounds. He had life by the tail, until he was riding his bike in New York City… Continue

NEW SKED BECAUSE THE JULY.23 POSSIBILITY OF A DOUBLE HEADER CAME ABOUT



(BEFORE TRIP-COULD BE USED AS RETROACTIVE INCASE A DOUBLE HEADER SHOULD FALL, ALLOWED BY GUINESS IF I DO NOT SET FOOT IN the same park twice in same streak



MON JULY.20 CHICAGO WHITE SOX AT US CELLULAR FIELD 7:11 PM



COULD BE USED IF I MISS THE WHITE SOX DOUBLE HEADER ON THE 30TH AND I WANTED TO MAKE THE REST OF THE TRIP AND FOREGO THE DOUBLE HEADER GAME OF KC ON THE 6TH FOR A 30-25 RECORD. AT… Continue

Since I originally had a a different schedule before I have some extra tickets that I am not using for some cities. I would be willing to send them to any ballpark chaser. All I would ask in return is when the person would receive the ticket to make a small donation to the Charity I am campaigning for during the World record Attempt.



Here are the following dates and amount of tickets.



Sat July.25 Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates (1) ticket on the field level worth 32.00… Continue

I TOOK OVER A '1000' PICTURES OF the ballparks and have some video footage at www.facebook.com if you are on there. Also I have a myspace account too at www.myspace/com/30baseballgamesin26days. I would post a lot of these pics here too but I don't have that computer set-up right now.



Here is the official streak dates



WED JULY.22 PITTSBURGH PIRATES AT PNC PARK 12:35 PM GAME 1 DAY 1.



WED JULY.22 DETROIT TIGERS AT COMERICA PARK 7:05 PM GAME 2 DAY 1.



THU… Continue

While I agree that is Josh's streak is 'extremely impressive doing all of his by car or ground transportation, the schedule to try and break such his attempt of only those guidlines with a 30-25 is virtually impossible. Add that I am a Canadian, and can't bring a U.S rental car to Toronto, Canada, and it is made even harder to accomplish the task. Only Detroit via a greyhound bus would be a possiblity. Besides that the doubleheaders are liimited to just driving or ground transport. I have 3… Continue

WED JULY.22 PITTSBURGH PIRATES AT PNC PARK 12:35 PM GAME 1 DAY 1

WED JULY.22 DETROIT TIGERS AT COMERICA PARK 7:05 PM GAME 2 DAY 1

THU JULY.23 TORONTO BLUE JAYS AT ROGERS CENTRE 12:37 GAME 3 DAY 2

THU JULY.23 NEW YORK YANKEES AT YANKEE STADIUM GAME 4 DAY 2

FRI JULY. 24 CHICAGO CUBS AT WRIGLEY FIELD 1:20 GAME 5 DAY 3

FRI JULY.24 MILWAUKEE BREWERS AT MILLER PARK 7:05 GAME 6 DAY 3

SAT JULY.25 COLORADO ROCKIES AT COORS FIELD 6:05 GAME 7 DAY 4

SUN JULY.26 HOUSTON… Continue

I have done the research for the greatest chance at breaking Josh's record of 30 different home baseball games in 26 days. As some of you already know, I came just short of reaching his total last year. (I did 30 baseball games in 29) days technically. Before I set out on the trip I did not know about any recrod for such a chase, so I just booked my trip around the allstar break so I could go to the FIELD OF DREAMS MOVIE SITE. I did make 30 games in 26 days but the 3 day allstar break ended up… Continue