He Knew He Was Right

Ok, it ain't nearly so complete as my ballpark roster , but here is what my list of football stadium visits looks like through the end of 2013: Year Date Home team Stadium Opponent and score 1988 Giants / Jets Giants Many Giants/Jets home games 1990 11/4 Browns Municipal BUF42-CLE0 11/5 Colts Hoosierdome NYG24-IND7 1991 9/8 Bengals Riverfront HOU30-CIN7 9/15 Bears Soldier Field CHI20-NYG17 1993 12/11 Redskins RFK NYJ3-WAS0 1997 12/7 Ravens Memorial Stadium BAL31-SEA24 1998 11/1 Redskins Jack Kent Cooke (Fedex) WAS21-NYG14 2000 11/19 Ravens PSINet BAL27-DAL0 12/3 Chargers Qualcomm SF45-SD17 2001 12/2 Dolphins Pro Player MIA21-DEN10 2002 10/20...

And here I am at Sports Authority Field!  It should be a good one, as Peyton and company go against the Chargers at my first ever Thursday Night Football game. Unfortunately, Wes Welker, one of Manning's key weapons, is out, which means any op to tie Brady's single-season TD record tonight is less likely. I flew out of NY this morning, met a colleague for lunch, and now am joining a retired former co-worker for the game. This is my first new NFL venue of the year, and finishes off the AFC West for me. After this game I will have seven teams left to see. I focused on finishing off the baseball stadiums this year, so didn't make a lot of progress with football. I hope to pick up the pace next year, which should be easier, as I only have to see one team west of the Rockies (the Niners), and just three west of the Mississippi River. And speaking of west of the Mississippi, this trip preserves a streak of at least one annual trip west of the river that start...

Announcing the North American National Parks Project! I love and loathe lists/goals like this. They put good and vile ideas in my head. After all, I have this thing about completing them. So far, I have completed travel tasks such as seeing all 50 states, touching all five Great Lakes, seeing all 30 MLB teams play a home game, and then seeing all current MLB ballparks. I'm also well underway to doing the same for NFL stadiums. Next, I already have an idea about trying to see a sporting event in all 50 states; I'm at 27 at the moment. I'm not really committed to that last one, but there are about a half dozen states--those which I've only previously driven through, e.g.--where I am planning on spending a bit more travel time. Anyway, travel king Everything Everywhere wants to see all of the National Parks. I've seen a bunch. He posted this list, which I trust is accurate, and I've made bold those I've visited: Acadia, Maine American Samoa, American Sa...

Ok, here it is. The list of my first visits to each MLB venue... Year Date Home team Stadium 1975 Mets/Yankees Shea* 1985 Yankees Yankee* 1991 5/28 Orioles Memorial Stadium 6/22 Red Sox Fenway 9/9 Cardinals Busch 9/10 Royals Kansas City 9/13 Brewers Milwaukee County 9/14 Cubs Wrigley 1993 5/17 Giants Candlestick 5/28 A’s Oakland 7/17 Orioles Camden Yards* 8/28,29 Indians Cleveland (old) 9/17 Twins HHH Metrodome 1994 7/21 Blue Jays Skydome 1996 9/13 Rangers The Ballpark at Arlington 1997 9/1 Phillies Veterans 1999 5/28 Indians Jacobs Field 5/29 Tigers Tiger 7/23 Rockies Coors Field ...