Parks I visited in 2007
Here's the list of parks where I attended a game during 2007. I was able to get a jump on the season by traveling to Puerto Rico on February 1st for the Caribbean World Series. What fun! I'm also thankful that college baseball starts so early in the south ... a practice that the NCAA seems bound and determined to derail (boo!).
My goal, you see, isn't to attend the most games. It's to attend games in the most different parks in a single calendar year. My "personal best" was in 2006 when I hit 65 different ballparks. Prior to that, my own record was 61 in 2005. I guess I wasn't up to the challenge to top that in 2007, as I "only" attended games in 57 different parks. Of those, 17 were first-time parks for me, which ain't too bad.
Along the way in my ballpark travels, I created a spreadsheet that you can use to tally up how many parks you've visited, since it lists all of the big-league and affiliated minor-league teams. If you'd like for me to send it to you free of charge, send an e-mail to the following address (I'm not stringing it all together to prevent those no-good, worthless spammers from stealing it and sending me hundreds of garbage messages): "joemock" then the "at" sign (you know, a "@") then "baseballparks.com". In the subject line simply put "Scoresheet for counting ballparks."
All the parks I've ever seen are on another page. Note that I'm typically way behind in updating this.
If the name of the park below is a link, then clicking on it will take you to the in-depth review (done this year) of this stadium or an article I've written at some point about my experience there. By the way, I do full reviews of all newly opened pro ballparks -- well, at least those in the Majors and affiliated Minors.
So here's the list. For your information, the year the stadium opened
(if known) is shown in parenthesis. If there's an asterisk, that means it's my first time attending a game in this park ... and nothing is more fun for me than that!
- Estadio Municipal Roberto Clemente (2000), Carolina, Puerto Rico for the Caribbean World Series*
- Dell Diamond (2000), University of Texas Longhorns (temporary home) and later for the Round Rock Express, NCAA Tournament and Texas State High School 5-A Championship
- Patriot Field (1983), Dallas Baptist University Patriots
- Clay Gould Ballpark (1974), University of Texas at Arlington Mavericks
- Ft. Lauderdale Stadium (1962), Baltimore Orioles spring training exhibition
- Roger Dean Stadium (1998), Florida Marlins spring training exhibition
- FAU Field, Florida Atlantic University Owls*
- Reckling Park (2000), Rice Owls
- HoHoKam Park (1979), Chicago Cubs spring training exhibition
- Surprise Stadium (2003), Kansas City Royals spring training exhibition
- Maryvale Baseball Park (1998), Milwaukee Brewers spring training exhibtion
- Peoria Sports Complex Stadium (1994), Seattle Mariners spring training exhibition
- Brazell Stadium, Grand Canyon University Antelopes*
- Kauffman Stadium (1973), Kansas City Royals
- Rangers Ballpark in Arlington (1994), Texas Rangers
- Dr Pepper Ballpark (2003), Frisco RoughRiders
- Dickey-Stephens Park (2007), Arkansas Travelers*
- Minute Maid Park (2000), Houston Astros
- Nelson Wolff Municipal Stadium (1994), San Antonio Missions
- Dan Law Field, Texas Tech University Red Raiders
- Citibank Ballpark (2002), Midland RockHounds
- Arrowhead Credit Union Park (1996), Inland Empire 66ers
- Eddy D. Field Stadium, Pepperdine University Waves*
- Dodger Stadium (1962), Los Angeles Dodgers
- Dedeaux Field (1974), University of Southern California Trojans*
- Oldsmobile Park (1996), Lansing Lugnuts*
- Fifth Third Ballpark (1994), West Michigan Whitecaps*
- Comerica Park (2000), Detroit Tigers
- Dow Diamond (2007), Great Lakes Loons*
- McAfee Coliseum (1968 for baseball), Oakland Athletics
- Banner Island Ballpark (2005), Stockton Ports
- Chukchansi Park (2002), Fresno Grizzlies
- Sam Lynn Ballpark (1941), Bakersfield Blaze
- Recreation Park (1946), Visalia Oaks
- Wrigley Field (1914), Chicago Cubs (night game!)
- Elfstrom Stadium (1991), Kane County Cougars*
- Principal Park (1992), Iowa Cubs
- Rosenblatt Stadium (1948), College World Series
- Pratt Field, Mineral Wells Steam of the Texas Collegiate League*
- Hammons Field (2005), Springfield Cardinals
- Community Field (1947), Burlington Bees*
- U.S. Cellular Field (1991), Chicago White Sox
- Pioneer Park (2004), Greeneville Astros*
- Smokies Park (2000), Tennessee Smokies*
- Bowen Field (1939), Bluefield Orioles*
- Appalachiam Power Park (2005), West Virginia Power
- Greer Stadium (1978), Nashville Sounds*
- Louisville Slugger Field (2000), Louisville Bats
- Dolphin Stadium (1993 for baseball), Florida Marlins
- Fairgrounds Field (2003), Coastal Bend Aviators
- Whataburger Field (2005), Corpus Christi Hooks
- Busch Stadium (2006), St. Louis Cardinals
- GCS Ballpark (2002), Gateway Grizzlies*
- AT&T Bricktown Ballpark (1998), Triple-A Championship Game
- Coors Field (1995), Colorado Rockies
- Phoenix Municipal Stadium (1964), Phoenix Desert Dogs (Arizona Fall League)
- Scottsdale Stadium (1956, rebuilt in 1992), Scottsdale Scorpions (Arizona Fall League)
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