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...]

Guaranteed Rate Field

May 23, 2003: Chicago, Illinois Mike and I decided to celebrate our college graduations by taking a four-day trip to Chicago. We found a weekend when the Cubs and White Sox both played home games. As an added bonus, we had enough time to catch a … [Read More...]

Marlins Park

April 28, 2012: Miami, Florida There are few instances in my life where procrastination has paid off. Waiting five years to share my Marlins Park experience is one of them. On Friday August 11th, Jeffrey Loria agreed to sell the Marlins to an … [Read More...]

Turner Field

April 10, 2005: Atlanta, Georgia I am not sure if it was the decade of Atlanta Braves dominance over my New York Mets or the Mets 0-5 record, but I wasn’t very excited to visit Atlanta during the Sun Belt Ballpark Tour. All of these notions were … [Read More...]

Great American Ball Park

September 16, 2004: Cincinnati, Ohio I have been following the Cincinnati Reds since I dominated the PlayStation 2 world in 2002 with EA Sports’ Triple Play Baseball. Adam Dunn and Austin Kearns were young star outfielders coming into their own, … [Read More...]