Images tagged "rust-belt"

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Busch Stadium II

September 5, 2005: St. Louis, Missouri Mike and I had not planned on visiting Busch Stadium during the 2005 season. It was a 1960’s cookie-cutter stadium entering its final season. We had originally hoped to visit St. Louis in 2006 when the new … [Read More...]

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

September 2, 2005: Minneapolis, Minnesota Maybe because it was the first city I visited after my father passed away, or the great restaurants like Chef E’s Soul Food, Runyon’s, and Famous Dave’s BBQ. Maybe it was the cosmopolitan culture with … [Read More...]

PNC Park

September 19, 2004: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania With Great American Ballpark and Jacobs Field behind us, Mike and I had one more city to visit on our September Central Division Ballpark tour. After visiting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, we set out … [Read More...]

Petco Park

September 1, 2006: San Diego, California “Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which of course in German means a whale’s vagina.” – Ron Burgundy Self-proclaimed as “America’s Finest City,” San Diego has grown from a Naval … [Read More...]

Target Field

May 23, 2010: Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnesota, Land of 10,000 Lakes and one of the finest ballparks in Major League Baseball. Target Field made its debut in 2010 and ushered in a return to open-air baseball for the Minnesota Twins. The Twins’ … [Read More...]