2010 Road Trip planned!!
Since MLB announced their 2010 schedules the week of September 15th, it was time for all of us "Ball Park Geeks" to sit down and start planning our 2010 Baseball Road Trips. 2010 will be very different than I had originally pictured it. I only need to pick up Target Field in Minneapolis to (re)complete having seen all 30 current MLB ballparks. I had planned a quick run over to Minnesota for a game, or two, then back home. I got to talking to Chuck Booth about it a while ago and we decided to make this run together. This mounted from there and I am very excited to say that I will be doing a really cool road trip with "Mr. World Record" himself next June!!!
This trip came about from the need to see a game at Target Field and the fact that Chuck didn't like that I have the new Yankee Stadium ranked at #24 on my "Top 30!" So after some discussion, this is the trip Chuck has planned for us for next summer, assuming the schedules hold as previously announced.
June 22 - Drive to Denver from Lacey, WA
23 - Rox vs Red Sox @ Coors
24 - Rox vs Red Sox @ Coors
25 - Royals vs Cards @ Kauffmann
26 - CHW vs Cubs @ US Cellular
Brewers vs Mariners @ Miller
27 - Mets vs Twins @ Citi
28 - Cooperstown
29 - Yankees vs Mariners @ Yankee
30 - Twins vs Tigers @ Target
July 1 - Drive rest of the way home
I have to give up seeing the Cubs in Seattle for 3 games to do it, but getting to see my Red Sox @ Coors for 2 makes up for that. On the 26th, the time for the Cubs vs White Sox at US Cellular has not been announced, but most often those games are at 1:10pm EST, so if that's the case we will be able to make that game and the nightcap in Milwaukee @ Miller Park. If the White Sox/Cubs game is scheduled differently we're talking bypassing Chicago completely and hitting "The Field of Dreams" in Dyersville, IA on our way to Milwaukee :)
We would be driving from Lacey, WA to Denver (1370 miles), then to Kansas City (about 610 miles), then to Chicago (530 miles) and up to Milwaukee (92 miles) then over to Minneapolis (337 miles). From Minneapolis we would fly to New York (LGA) for the Mets game, then drive to Cooperstown (223 miles), and back to New York (223 miles) for Yankees game before flying back to MPLS for the Twins game and hitting the road shortly after the game (1697 miles from MPLS to Lacey). Since it's a 12:10pm start it will allow us a few hours of drive time after the game before finishing the drive on in to Lacey the next day.
On the 28th, after a FULL DAY at the Hall of Fame, we are hoping we can add a minor league game in somewhere, like maybe Binghamton. That would be cool.
Should be an awesome trip and to get to share it with "Mr. World Record" will be awesome!
This trip came about from the need to see a game at Target Field and the fact that Chuck didn't like that I have the new Yankee Stadium ranked at #24 on my "Top 30!" So after some discussion, this is the trip Chuck has planned for us for next summer, assuming the schedules hold as previously announced.
June 22 - Drive to Denver from Lacey, WA
23 - Rox vs Red Sox @ Coors
24 - Rox vs Red Sox @ Coors
25 - Royals vs Cards @ Kauffmann
26 - CHW vs Cubs @ US Cellular
Brewers vs Mariners @ Miller
27 - Mets vs Twins @ Citi
28 - Cooperstown
29 - Yankees vs Mariners @ Yankee
30 - Twins vs Tigers @ Target
July 1 - Drive rest of the way home
I have to give up seeing the Cubs in Seattle for 3 games to do it, but getting to see my Red Sox @ Coors for 2 makes up for that. On the 26th, the time for the Cubs vs White Sox at US Cellular has not been announced, but most often those games are at 1:10pm EST, so if that's the case we will be able to make that game and the nightcap in Milwaukee @ Miller Park. If the White Sox/Cubs game is scheduled differently we're talking bypassing Chicago completely and hitting "The Field of Dreams" in Dyersville, IA on our way to Milwaukee :)
We would be driving from Lacey, WA to Denver (1370 miles), then to Kansas City (about 610 miles), then to Chicago (530 miles) and up to Milwaukee (92 miles) then over to Minneapolis (337 miles). From Minneapolis we would fly to New York (LGA) for the Mets game, then drive to Cooperstown (223 miles), and back to New York (223 miles) for Yankees game before flying back to MPLS for the Twins game and hitting the road shortly after the game (1697 miles from MPLS to Lacey). Since it's a 12:10pm start it will allow us a few hours of drive time after the game before finishing the drive on in to Lacey the next day.
On the 28th, after a FULL DAY at the Hall of Fame, we are hoping we can add a minor league game in somewhere, like maybe Binghamton. That would be cool.
Should be an awesome trip and to get to share it with "Mr. World Record" will be awesome!
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Comment by Ken Lee (30/43) on October 17, 2009 at 10:43am
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Hey Jack... the MLB released its premil schedules last month. Most of the time they are right on as they will be for the year. It's always fun to start planning. Our schedule has changed some, for the better, will post that later :)
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Comment by Jack (6) on October 16, 2009 at 8:55pm
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This is so cool you guys are already planning trips! Did the schedule come out earlier than normal? I haven't even heard that it was released.
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Hey Paul, that would be awesome!! And No Chuck, I probably wont like it, so I will save the extra blood pressure meds and just not watch it :)
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Comment by Chuck Booth (35) ALL 30/23 DAYS! on October 6, 2009 at 8:12am
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Thanks Paul, you have to check out this youtube video of the 86 world series that some guy did on rbi baseball-(i don't think Ken will like it too much though-LOL). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-GgbP9C9Zk&feature=PlayList&p=E28CC3876C26B969&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=5
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Comment by Paul Sanders (15) on October 5, 2009 at 11:10pm
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well guys let me know if this happens. i would love to meet you all for the mets and the yankees games. ken it would be nice to see you again, Chuck you seem awesome, would be great to meet you!
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Really wicked guys. Hey Ken, Binghamtom would be great, also my brother lives in Sicklerville New Jersey and we could stay there (3 hours away) after that to save some more $... Have a place to hang before that Yankee game Monday night
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Awesome Bob, that would be cool to see ya there! Bummed I gotta miss those Cubs games up here, that just means I need to get back to Wrigley to see some games! :)
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Comment by Bob DeVries (30 all in 09 & 10) on September 29, 2009 at 5:27am
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Hey Ken - Looks like I will be at Coors on the 23rd as I make my way to Safeco to see the Cubs there.
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