My MLB ballpark list

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
2001
9/19
Reds
Cinergy Field
9/20
White Sox
Comiskey (new)
9/21
Brewers
Miller Park
2004
4/22
Mariners
Safeco Field
4/29
Giants
SBC (PacBell)
2007
7/8
Nationals
RFK
2009
6/26
Mets
Citifield
7/1
Yankees
Yankee Stadium (new)*
7/11
Phillies
Citizens Bank Park
2010
4/10
Rays
Tropicana Field
4/12
Marlins
Sun Life Stadium
7/1
Pirates
PNC Park
2011
4/13
Nationals
Nationals Park
4/30
Braves
Turner Field
7/8
Angels
Angel Stadium of Anaheim
7/9
Dodgers
Dodger Stadium
9/23
Cardinals
Busch Stadium (new)
2012
5/5
Astros
Minute Maid
9/8
Twins
Target Field
9/28
Padres
Petco Field
9/29
DiamondBacks
ChaseField
2013
5/18
Marlins
Marlins Park

8/2
Reds
Great American Ball Park

8/3
Tigers
Comerica Field


It's a thing of beauty to me. Depending on how you count, that is 43 venues, and all 30 teams. The italics means that I also visited the newer stadium of that team, and the asterisk simply denotes multiple visits to the same stadium. Mets fans will like this--my first baseball game was a Yankee game, when Yankee Stadium was being remodeled in the mid 70s, and they called Shea home. I didn't get to a Yankee game or the Stadium for another 10 years.

Like I said in my last post, it has been fun, and it's been awesome talking to others along the way doing the same thing. With MLB done now, I can focus on getting to the last dozen or so NFL stadiums I haven't seen...

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