Me and a few friends are planning on hitting a game in every MLB stadium over the next few years and I was wondering if anybody here has any advice, either you have done something like this before or things to see/tips for any of the cities. Thanks.
I know this has been done before, and then copied in that MasterCard commercial, and then the people who originally did it sued MasterCard. But anyways, it sounds cool.
I'm trying to do this, but for all the league grounds in England. I'm just over 1/3 of the way there (35 of 92)
How could people sued mastercard for that? Is it not a somewhat common thing for people to try to do this?
Well, if Trump can try to copyright "You're fired!", anything goes I guess. I guess that the guy set up a website in order to attrct advertising, so I guess he decided he had a commercial interest in his idea, though other people have done this sort of thing all over the world. Safer than trying to hit every bar in Missoula in 24 hours, which I tried once (never made it by the way). Here is the website: http://www.baseballodyssey.com/ Used to like baseball ( went to a lot of Expo games in the early 70's at great Jarry Park, but I find it so slow and boring now). The only thing at all attractive about going to a ball game now is relaxing in the sun with a beer, a frenetic schedule of visiting mega baseball stadiums kind of goes against that.
well... if you can sue and win when your hot coffee spills because it was between your legs... seriously though, if you make the trip i can give you detailed help on st. louis and atlanta
I want to do that for soccer in the US. Sure, you'll see a lot of football stadiums and craphole places, but it'd still be interesting.
I wish i was. That would be a feat that i would love to attempt when i move back to the states.... Need to get the 92 league grounds first though... can't just quit partway through...
I haven't covered too much ground on the US soccer project. As far as club soccer, I've been to Crew Stadium, RFK, and DeKalb Stadium (Atlanta Silverbacks). I've got a looooooong way to go, although I will be crossing Soldier Field off the list this summer.
I haven't hit them all (Safeco, both Denver's, KC, St. Louis, both Milwaukee's. both Comiskey's, Wrigley, both Detroit's, Jacobs, PNC, Camden, & Fulton County), but last year (and probably this year), I've mixed baseball trips with hiking. Last year I hit Jacobs, PNC, Hagerstown, MD, Frederick, MD, Camden, and Columbus, OH on the way to from Shenandoah National Park. Here's some things I found helpful: 1. Try to schedule the longest trips on a getaway day. One of the longer drive's you'll have to make is KC to/from Denver. You'll want to hit an afternoon game in the one city, then a night game in the next. It's a nine hour trip (according to Mapquest) between the two. I saw Sunday game in KC, got out of there about 5 or so, drove about four hours to Hays, got a room, and then it was just a five hour trip to Denver. You won't have this problem too much in the east--there's no way to avoid it with Seattle. 2. Decide what stadiums you really want to see and build around that. 2a. If you don't have advanced tickets, avoid rivalry games and weekend games with teams that consistently draw well. If you want to see something like Giants/Dodgers, Cubs/Cards, etc, get those tickets in advance and build your trip around them. The Cubs are sold out for the year (and I think the Bosox are, too), so, unless you're willing to pay through the nose, you have a connection, or you don't mind standing, those teams are tough to see at home this year. Traffic will be down, and it'll be easier to access more of the park (and the area around it). 3. Allow yourself plenty of time. If you schedule to pull into Miller Park from the south at about 6:00 on a Friday, you'll probably get caught in traffic and risk missing the first part of the game. If you have specific questions, PM me.
My friends and I did this twice. Flew into Chicago and did the White Sox, drove to STL for the Cardinals, over to KC for the Royals, back up to Chicago to hit the Milwaukee Brewers (day trip) and the Cubbies. The next year we flew into LA, saw the Padres (before the new stadium), the Dodgers, Angles, drove up to San Fran for the Giants and Oakland. The best thing is to plan some rest days. Don't plan to drive 300 miles each day to get from one to the other. Hang in good cities like San Fran, Chicago, NY, Boston, etc if you can. Matching the schedules are a b!tch, and for teams like the Cubs, Giants and Yanks, get tickets in advance.