He Knew He Was Right

The flight from my home to Phoenix is about 5 hours The drive from Phoenix to Anaheim is about 360 miles From Anaheim to, ummm, Los Angeles (Dodger Stadium) is about 30 miles. The flight home from LA is about 5 hours. Now check out this corresponding baseball schedule: The Diamondbacks are home on June 23 The Angels are home on June 24 The Dodgers are home on June 25. With this plan, we're only talking about three games, and way less driving time. But, we're adding a flight and a rental car, so common sense is going to prevail here too. Still, Anaheim is the only American League team I haven't seen play at home, so I wouldn't mind knocking it off the list. Further, if I am going to get to all of the ballparks, I will need to get to these stadiums at some point. And, finally, the two NL games are against the Yankees! I'm going to have to think about this a little bit....

From my home to Cincinnati is about 560 miles From Cincinnati to St. Louis is about 365 miles From St. Louis to Minneapolis is about 560 miles From Minneapolis to Detroit is about 690 miles From Detroit to Pittsburgh is about 285 miles From Pittsburgh to DC is about 245 miles From DC back home is just over 300 miles. Now check out this corresponding baseball schedule: The Reds are home on June 29 The Cardinals are home on June 30 The Twins are home on July 1 The Tigers are home on July 2 The Pirates are home on July 3 And, yes, the Nationals are home on July 4. The Pirates are one of the 7 teams I have not seen play at home, and the other 5 games represent an opportunity for me to knock off all at once the remaining "new stadiums" of teams I've already seen play in their old ballparks. Hmmmm. The stars are all aligned. That it is a late afternoon game in St. Louis is not a problem. However, losing an hour for the time change between Minneapolis and Detroit does make that ...