Love and Baseball

Today the wife and I took her sister to Comerica Park in Detroit to watch the Tigers defeat the St. Louis Cardinals by a final score of 6-3. My wife, Jennifer, and I share a common interest in baseball. We both are loyal Tiger fans, although Jenn is also a Mets fan from her time as a New Yorker.

In the three plus years that we have been together, Jenn and I have made traveling a regular occurrence. Long trips, short trips, far away or just a few hours drive, we take as many trips as time and money allow. It is now a custom for us to attend a baseball game in every city we visit that has a major league team.

Our plan is to visit every stadium in MLB. Living just outside Detroit allows us to attend several areas without going excessively far. In 2011 we traveled to New Jersey for a friend's wedding. Along the way we stayed a few hours at Niagra Falls but could loiter no longer as Fenway Park in Boston awaited us. This was special due to the history of the building. We attended a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago the year before so all of the remaining classics are checked off the list.

After Boston we were able to stop in New York for a day but the Mets and Yankees were out of town (Jenn has been to both). On our way home from the wedding we went slightly out of our way to visit the city of brotherly love and see the Phillies live. We passed through Pittsburgh while Detroit and our pets were missing us. Unfortunately the Pirates were out of town but once again, Jenn has been there too.

Both of us have been to Cleveland to watch the Indians. Jenn's brother lives in Kansas City so the Royals and their majestic fountain was convenient. Along with a Miller brewery tour, Milwuakee has the Brewers and one funky home crib. Milwaukee didn't feel like a real major league game and the humidity plus lack of air in their retractable dome arena was most unpleasant. The aesthetics of the place are very nice but the ambiance is not consistent with that of any other park I have visited.

Next month we will cross Atlanta and the Braves off the list when they welcome the Mets to town. A month after that we head to Minnesota because that's the week in August when the temperature may be a bit over freezing in the twin cities. Long term plans include hitting up multiple parks during the same vacation. The coolest thing about doing all of this is that I get to do it all with my best friend and the love of my life. I'm truly thankful for all the great blessings I have.