This is just a quick list of my top-11 baseball destinations. In no particular order.
1. Fenway Park - one of the few old ones left.
2. Wrigley Field - same thing
3. Cooperstown - the Hall of Fame
4. Tokyo - the Japanese Hall of Fame
5. Dyersville, Iowa - where Field of Dreams was made
6. Cuba - I want to see a game there. It's a religion as much as anything else.
7. Brooklyn Avenue & 22nd Street - site of the old Municipal Stadium in Kansas City, where I saw my first major league game.
8. Omaha - the College World Series
9. Williamsport - the Little League World Series
10. Hoboken - where Elysian Fields was located, site of the 'first' baseball game played
11. England - the exact spot where baseball was invented. Hah, just kidding.
This is a list of places I haven't been. There are a lot of places I wanted to see, but never quite made it. Yankee Stadium, Tiger Stadium, Comiskey Park, etc. But you can only visit so many plaques.
So that's my list. What is yours?
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It's been my goal to see a game in every major league park. Here are the major league parks I've seen games at:
Kauffman/Royals Stadium
Old Busch Stadium
Wrigley Field
Old Milwaukee County Stadium
The Ballpark at Arlington
Fenway Park
Old Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Minor League parks I've seen a game at:
Lawrence-Dumont Stadium (Wichita Wranglers)
Hadlock Field (Portland (ME) Sea Dogs)
Independent League parks I've seen a game at:
Community America Ballpark (Kansas City T-Bones)
I've also been to the Field of Dreams, once with buddies and once with my dad. And, I got to go to the Olympic training facility in Millington, TN in 1992.
Places I want to go:
1. Cooperstown - the Hall of Fame
2. Every other major league stadium
3. Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (As a life-long KC resident, I realize it is unacceptable that I haven't been yet.)
4. Cuba or the D.R. would be awesome places to watch some baseball
5. Also, Mexico City would be interesting.
What parks/places have you been, Ron?
I think this is the full list:
Kansas City - Municipal Stadium
Royals Stadium
San Diego - Jack Murphy Stadium
Los Angeles - Dodgers Stadium
Anaheim Stadium
Seattle - Safeco Field
Denver - Coors Field
Arlington - The Ballpark
St Lous - Busch Stadium (old)
Busch Stadium (new)
Philadelphia- Veteran's Stadium
Baltimore - Camden Yards
Washington - RFK
Atlanta - Fulton Country Stad
Turner Field
Tuscon - Hi Corbett Stadium
I think that's all of them.
Negro League Museum
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