I attended games at the parks of the following Major and Minor League teams during 2001. The year the stadium opened is shown in parentheses:
Land O’ Lakes Park, Cleveland Indians (Spring Training in Winter Haven)*
City of Palms Park, Boston Red Sox (Spring Training in Ft. Myers)*
Ed Smith Stadium (1989), Cincinnati Reds (Spring Training in Sarasota)*
The Dell Diamond (2000), Round Rock Express
Franklin Covey Field (1994), Salt Lake Stingers
BellSouth Park (2000), Chattanooga Lookouts
Camden Yards (1992), Baltimore Orioles
Enron Field (2000), Houston Astros
Zephyr Field (1997), New Orleans Zephyrs*
Fair Grounds Field (1986), Shreveport Swamp Dragons*
The Ballpark In Arlington (1994), Texas Rangers
Nelson Wolff Municipal Stadium (1994), San Antonio Missions
Victory Field (1996), Indianapolis Indians*
Comerica Park (2000), Detroit Tigers*
Fifth Third Field (2000), Dayton Dragons*
Louisville Slugger Field (2000), Louisville RiverBats*
Applebee’s Park (2001), Lexington Legends*
PNC Park (2001), Pittsburgh Pirates*
Jerry Uht Park (1995), Erie SeaWolves*
Harry Grove Stadium (1990), Frederick Keys
Prince Georges Stadium (1994), Bowie Baysox
McCoy Stadium (1946), Pawtucket Red Sox*
Centennial Field (1922), Vermont Expos*
Stade Olympique (1976), Montreal Expos*
Wahconah Park (1919), Pittsfield Astros*
Fenway Park (1912), Boston Red Sox
Hadlock Field (1994), Portland Sea Dogs*
Edward LeLacheur Park (1998), Lowell Spinners*
Wrigley Field (1914), Chicago Cubs
Miller Park (2001), Milwaukee Brewers*
Coors Field (1995), Colorado Rockies
Sky Sox Stadium (1988), Colorado Springs Sky Sox
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982), Minnesota Twins*
Keyspan Park (2001), Brooklyn Cyclones*
Shea Stadium (1964), New York Mets
Richmond County Bank Ballpark at St. George (2001), Staten Island Yankees*
Veterans Stadium (1971), Philadelphia Phillies
Cinergy Field (1970), Cincinnati Reds
* – my first time seeing a game in this particular park (and nothing is more fun for me than attending a game for the first time in a ballpark!)
Other highlights for 2001 included: the Class AA All Star Game in Round Rock, TX; the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Convention in Milwaukee; the Smithsonian’s tribute to the 100th Anniversary of Minor League Baseball in Washington (and getting to meet the real-life Minor League hero Crash Davis!); achieving my goal of seeing a game in all 30 current MLB parks (number 30 was the Metrodome); topping my personal record of 35 parks in a year, when I attended a game in my 36th at Staten Island; seeing Cal in the final stages of his “farewell tour;” and exploring the sites of now-demolished treasures like Crosley Field (Cincinnati), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh), the Polo Grounds (Harlem), Ebbets Field (Brooklyn), Connie Mack Stadium and the Baker Bowl (both in Philadelphia), Griffith Stadium (Washington), Braves Field (Boston), Metropolitan Stadium (Bloomington, MN), Municipal Stadium and League Park (both in Cleveland) and my beloved Memorial Stadium (Baltimore).
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