CHAPTER 3 OF (30-24) PREPARING THE STREAK CHASES OF 2008

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It took me about a week to iron the changes necessary to go for the streak chase. The total cost to alter the plane trips and buy additional tickets was about a Thousand Dollars when all was said and done. I was ready for the tickets portion. Before I even bought the tickets I strategically mapped out how the plane fares would work, and the mapping of each park, from one to another, after each game.
For years it had been my dream to visit all Fifty-States through visiting baseball games—both minors and majors league games alike. For this very reason, I was good at geography. Being a Canadian doing this trip I had to study the geography even harder. I also had to contend with a slipping dollar now too. I was lucky enough to purchase all of my plane tickets when the dollar was at par. In all Forty Flights were arranged.
Out of the plane fares, some of the tickets were of the multi-city variety. I was travelling to a lot of cities one way. The main site I used was “Kayak.” The plane fares had to be searched in relevance to price right after I picked the main schedule I wanted to ahead with. After months of this practice I practically memorized the entire three letter airport codes of all the airports.
The main thing about the streak was that I had to leave myself outs in the double headers should I miss the second game of them. For this concept, it is somewhat parallel to establishing a flush. Your back end of the schedule kind of looked like your front schedule. This was new territory to me. I was confident of my travel ability because I had already been to nineteen of the ballparks. This both helped me and hindered me in this quest.
Here is the schedule I came up with.

Before the streak started I would see three games. I started my journey by catching a ‘QUICK SHUTTLE BUS” to Seattle where I was flying to Oakland.

2008 RECORD ATTEMPT 1
30 GAMES IN 26 DAYS JULY.02-27 2008

BEFORE THE STREAK STARTED FOR FUN

OAKLAND SAT-28 0 MCAFEE COLISEUM GIANTS 6:05 PM
NY METS SUN-29 0 SHEA STADIUM YANKEES 1:05 PM
NY YANKEES MON-30 0 YANKEE STADIUM RANGERS
CW-SOX JULY 0 US CELLULAR ATHLETICS 7:11 PM
1ST

STREAK STARTED ON THE 2ND BUT COULD BE RETRO
COULD BE RETROCATIVE TO THE DAY BEFORE IF
MISSED CWS ON DOUBLEHEADER ON THE 2ND

DOUBLEHEADERS IN BOLD-Number in order of Double headers
1-7 in brackets

(THIS CAME OUT MEGA JUMBLED

HOME TEAM DOULEHEADERS BRACKETED
DT EG. W-02
GM NEXT NUMBER BESIDE GIVE WHAT THE STREAK WAS AT
DAY
VENUE AND GAME TIME

MINNESOTA (1) W-02 1-1 METRODOME TIGERS 12:10 PM
CH W SOX (1) W-02 2-1 US CELLULAR FIELD ATHLETICS 7:11 PM
HOUSTON T-03 3-2 MINUTE MAID PARK DODGERS 1:05 PM
CINCINNATI F-04 4-3 GREAT AMERICAN BALLPARK PADRES 12:35 PM
ATLANTA S-05 5-4 TURNER FIELD ASTROS 7:05 PM
PHILADELPHIA (2) S-06 6-5 CITIZENS BANK PARK METS 1:35 PM
NY YANKEES (2) S-06 7-5 YANKEE STADIUM RED SOX 8:05 PM
PITTSBURGH M-07 8-6 PNC PARK ASTROS 7:05 PM
TEXAS T-08 9-7 BALLPARK IN ARLINGTON ANGELS 7:05 PM
SAN DIEGO (3) W-09 10-8 PETCO PARK MARLINS 12:35 PM
LA DODGERS (3) W-09 11-8 DODGER STADIUM BRAVES 7:10 PM
DETROIT (4) T-10 12-9 COMERICA PARK TWINS 1:05 PM
CLEVELAND (4) T-10 13-9 PROGRESSIVE FIELD RAYS 7:15 PM
CHIC CUBS(5) F-11 14-10 WRIGLEY FIELD GIANTS 1:20 PM
MILWAUKEE (5) F-11 15-10 MILLER PARK REDS 7:15 PM
TORONTO S-12 16-11 ROGERS CENTER YANKEES 1:07 PM
WASHINGTON (6) S-13 17-12 NATIONALS PARK ASTROS 1:35 PM
NY METS (6) S-13 18-12 SHEA STADIUM ROCKIES 8:05 PM
JULY 14-16 ALL STAR BREAK 3 DAYS PENALTY DAYS 13,14, 15
COLORADO T-17 19-16 COORS FIELD PIRATES 7:05 PM
ST. LOUIS F-18 20-17 BUSCH STADIUM PADRES 7:05 PM
LOS ANGELES S-19 21-18 ANGELS STADIUM RED SOX 12:55 PM
ARIZONA S-20 22-19 CHASE FIELD DODGERS 1:10 PM
SEATTLE M-21 23-20 SAFECO FIELD RED SOX 7:05 PM
FLORIDA T-22 24-21 DOLPHIN STADIUM BRAVES 7:15 PM
TAMPA W-23 25-22 TROPICANA FIELD ATHLETICS 12:40 PM
BALTIMORE T-24 26-23 ORIOLE PARK AT CAMDEN ORIOLES 12:40 PM
KANSAS CITY F-25 27-24 KAUFFMAN STADIUM RAYS 7:15 PM
OAKLAND (7) S-26 28-25 MCAFEE COLISEUM RANGERS 1:00 PM
SF GIANTS (7) S-26 29-25 AT@T PARK D BACKS 6:00 PM
BOSTON S-27 30-26 FENWAY PARK YANKEES 8:05 PM

I COULD HAVE MOVED FLORIDA TO THE 23RD FOR A DOUBLE
HEADER IF I MISSED THE 6TH NYY GAME(STILL FOR 30-26) ALSO METS 13TH
THEY ALSO PLAYED ON THE 22ND COULD HAVE MOVED
NY YANKEES TO MONDAY THE 28TH IF MISSED BOTH
NEEED 7 DOUBLEHEADERS FOR 30-26
NEEDED 6 DOUBLE HEADER FOR 30-27
NEEDED 5 DOUBLE HEADERS FOR 30-28
ABILITY TO RESTART THE STREAK AGAIN ON JULY.09 IF FAILS
I COULD MAKE UP EITHER MILWAUKEE OR CLEVELAND ON TH 28TH
IF MISSED
THERE WAS NO MAKE UP GAME FOR SF GIANTS

AFTER THE STREAK WAS OVER IF MADE IT ALL
CASUAL VIEWING LIST OF GAMES IN 3RD COLUMN OVERALL
GAMES FOR TRIP

BESDIDE THE DATE WAS THE NUMBER OF GAMES IN THE TRIP TOTAL
NEW YORK YANKS M-28 35 YANKEE STADIUM ORIOLES 7:05 PM
NEW YORK YANKS T-29 36 YANKEE STADIUM ORIOLES 7:05 PM
BOSTON W-30 37 FENWAY PARK ANGELS 7:05 PM
NEW YORK YANKS T-31 38 YANKEE STADIUM ANGELS 7:05 PM
ST.LOUIS AUG 39 BUSCH STADIUM PHILLIES 7:05 PM
1ST
CHICAGO CUBS S-02 40 WRIGLEY FIELD PIRATES 12:05 PM
HOUSTON S-03 41 MINUTE MAID PARK METS 1:05 PM
TEXAS S-03 42 MINUTE MAID PARK BLUE JAYS 7:05 PM
TEXAS M-04 43 BALLPARK IN ARLINGTON YANKEES 7:05 PM
CHICAGO CUBS T-05 44 WRIGLEY FIELD ASTROS 1:20 PM
CHICAGO W SOX T-05 45 US CELLULAR FIELD TIGERS 7:11 PM
CINCINNATI REDS W-06 46 GREAT AMERICAN BALLPARK BREWERS 12:35 PM
ST.LOUIS W-06 47 BUSCH STADIUM DODGERS 7:15 PM
SEATTLE T-07 48 SAFECO FIELD RAYS 7:15 PM
SEATTLE F-08 49 SAFECO FIELD RAYS 7:15 PM
SEATTLE S-09 50 SAFECO FIELD RAYS 7:15 PM
SEATTLE S-10 51 SAFECO FIELD RAYS 1:05 PM
51 GAMES IN 41 DAYS

2ND ATTEMPT
30 GAMES IN 26 DAYS
JULY.09-AUG.03 2008

HOME TEAM DT GM DAY VENUE AND GAME TIME
SAN DIEGO (1) W-9 1-1 PETCO PARK MARLINS 12:35 PM
LA DODGERS (1) W-9 2-1 DODGER STADIUM BRAVES 7:10 PM
DETROIT (2) T-10 3-2 COMERICA PARK TWINS 1:05 PM
CLEVELAND (2) T-10 4-2 PROGRESSIVE FIELD RAYS 7:15 PM
CHI CUBS (3) F-11 5-3 WRIGLEY FIELD GIANTS 1:20 PM
MILWAUKEE (3) F-11 6-3 MILLER PARK REDS 7:15 PM
TORONTO S-12 7-4 ROGERS CENTER YANKEES 1:07 PM
WASHINGTON (4) S-13 8-5 NATIONALS PARK ASTROS 1:35 PM
NY METS (4) S-13 9-5 SHEA STADIUM ROCKIES 8:05 PM
JULY 14-16 ALL STAR BREAK DAYS 6,7,8
COLORADO T-17 10-9 COORS FIELD PIRATES 7:05 PM
CHICAGO W SOX F-18 11-10 US CELLULAR FIELD ROYALS 7:05 PM
LOS ANGELES S-19 12-11 ANGELS STADIUM RED SOX 12:55 PM
ARIZONA S-20 13-12 CHASE FIELD DODGERS 1:10 PM
SEATTLE M-21 14-13 SAFECO FIELD RED SOX 7:05 PM
BALTIMORE T-22 15-14 ORIOLE PARK AT CAMDEN YARDS BLUE JAYS 7:15 PM
TAMPA (5) W-23 16-15 TROPICANA FIELD ATHLETICS 12:40 PM
FLORIDA (5) W-23 17-15 DOLPHIN STADIUM METS 7:05 PM
PITTSBURGH T-24 18-16 PNC PARK PADRES 12:40 PM
CINCINNATI F-25 19-17 GREAT AMERICAN BALLPARK ROCKIES 8:05 PM
OAKLAND (6) S-26 20-18 MCAFEE COLISEUM RANGERS 1:00 PM
SF GIANTS(6) S-26 21-18 AT@T PARK D BACKS 6:00 PM
PHILADELPHIA S-27 22-19 CITIZENS BANK BALLPARK METS 1:35 PM
MINNESOTA M-28 23-20 METRODOME WHITE SOX 7:05 PM
ATLANTA T-29 24-21 TURNER FIELD CARDS 7:05 PM
BOSTON W-30 25-22 FENWAY PARK ANGELS 7:05 PM
NY YANKEES T-31 26-23 YANKEE STADIUM ANGELS 7:05 PM
ST.LOUIS AUG 27-24 BUSCH STADIUM PHILLIES 705 PM
1ST
KANSAS CITY S-2 28-25 KAUFFMAN STADIUM 7:05 PM
HOUSTON SUN-3 29-26 MINUTE MAID PARK METS 1:05:00 PM
TEXAS SUN-3 30-26 BALLPARK IN ARLINGTON BLUE JAYS 7:05 PM
OPEN DAY MON-4 30-27 IF NECESSARY
OPEN DAY TUES-5 30-28 IF NECESSARY

MAKE-UP DATE FOR DODGERS-GIANTS WAS AUG.02 AND MOVE KC TO AUG.4TH
AUGUST THE 4TH AND 5TH COULD BE MAKE UP DATES FOR
TEXAS IF FAILED DOUBLE HEADER WITH HOUSTON-ALSO MAKE-UP
KC AND SAME FOR NEXT DAY
THE 28TH WAS MAKEUP DATE FOR MILWAUKEE, CLEVELAND, FLORIDA IF
DOUBLE HEADERS FAILED
NEEDED 7 DOUBLE HEADERS FOR 30-26
NEEDED 6 DOUBLE HEADER FOR 30-27
NEEDED 5 DOUBLE HEADERS FOR 30-28

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