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How to Visit All 30 Major-League Stadiums in 30 Days

Take me out to the ballpark—all of them, how to visit all 30 major-league stadiums in 30 days..

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There are 30 major-league teams and there are 30 days in a month. Baseball is our national pastime. Driving is our other national pastime. According to my friend Ben Blatt, the logic was simple: Completing a 30-day journey that would take us to all 30 ballparks, entirely by car, was basically our duty as young Americans.

It seemed impossible to me, but Ben, who loves baseball almost as much as he loves math, had successfully devised an algorithm to calculate the “optimal” baseball road trip. By optimal, he meant the road trip that completed the stadium tour in fewer than 30 days while maximizing the amount of time between cities, for ease of travel. He even published a paper on it.

If visiting all 30 stadiums in 30 days sounds like a great idea to you, you’re in luck. The tool above, constructed by Ben, allows you to build your own road trip. Pick your home stadium and a start date, and the algorithm will shoot back a custom-made road trip that will take you to every stadium in America, and back to the city where your trip began, in 30 days or fewer. The math allows four hours for every game, more than enough to stay in your seat from first pitch to last out for most contests (the league average last year was 2 hours and 58 minutes). Provided, of course, that none of the games are delayed by weather, or worse, rained out—either outcome can put a serious crimp in your carefully laid plans.

Be advised: Not every itinerary Ben’s machine spits out will be the shortest possible trip; the results are intended to minimize risky driving. The algorithm takes pains to avoid hard-to-complete drives, like an 11-hour haul scheduled in a 12-hour window, even if such a leg would cut down on total miles travelled. For most trips, the nastiest segments will leave you with 25 percent of the day for rest time; on your worst day, this could mean having to complete a 20-hour drive—from Houston to San Diego, say—in only 25 hours. But most legs are more manageable, depending on your definition of the word manageable .

It turns out that the biggest obstacle to planning these trips isn’t always getting to out of the way stadiums in places like Seattle or Denver, though that is a challenge. It’s finding the best way to visit stadium-dense regions. There are a half-dozen stadiums nestled in the Northeast corridor, from Boston to Washington, D.C.—but that doesn’t mean they’ll all have home games on consecutive nights. And cities with two teams rarely schedule overlapping home stands. Last season, for example, there wasn’t a single day when both L.A. teams had home games played at least four hours apart.

If you’re looking for the most efficient trip based on this year’s schedule, the fastest remaining route starts in Oakland on May 30 and will require only 16,927 driving miles to complete. That may still sound like a long journey, but it’s actually less driving than the most optimal trip from last year, which is when Ben and I undertook the challenge.

So: Thanks to Ben’s widget, you now have just about everything you need to make your own 30 stadiums in 30 days trip. But that doesn’t mean you should make the trip. Before you start packing the station wagon with sunflower seeds and sunblock, let me tell you a little more about how our trip went down.

On June 1, 2013, Ben and I walked, wide-eyed, into Yankees Stadium to take in our first game of the trip, a Yankees–Red Sox game in which Boston blew out the Bombers, 11–1. After the game, we hopped in our Toyata RAV-4 and set off for Pittsburgh. Then we went to Philadelphia. Then north to Boston. Then down I-95 to D.C. Then up to Detroit. That last drive was a leisurely eight hours. We were just getting started.

The rules of our trip were simple. We had to hit all 30 stadiums before the calendar turned over to July, and had to be inside each stadium for every pitch of every game. No missing the first inning to catch some shuteye after a long drive. No ducking out early to see a local curiosity or visit a far-flung friend.

For Ben, these rules made perfect sense. Completing this trip was the lifelong dream of an ardent fan and admitted math nut. As for me, I was mainly doing it because Ben is my friend, and I figured he’d probably fall asleep at the wheel and die a horrible death if I didn’t go with him. (Ben assured me that the odds of getting in a crash over the course of our 18,000 journey was a mere 0.5 percent.)

I’d also never been on a road trip longer than five hours before, and this trip seemed like a great way to see the country. That turned out to be a wildly naive conclusion. I mean, we did see a lot of the country. But that was about it. Ben’s witness-all-27-outs edict left precious little time between cities—and when the games went into extra innings, things were even tighter. Most of the trip was conducted at breakneck speed, with a series of down-to-the-minute sprints required to keep the game-a-day pace achievable. While the Northeast was a pleasant stretch of five- and six-hour drives, there was little pleasant about a 10-hour drive from Chicago to Baltimore followed by a 15-hour drive to Miami. It turns out one man’s statistically optimized fantasy can be another man’s nightmare.

It wasn’t until about a week into the trip when I truly realized what I’d gotten myself into. That’s when we drove by the Grand Canyon. Not to the Grand Canyon—just by it, straight past a sign that read “Grand Canyon. Exit Right.” According to Ben, we couldn’t risk the 45-minute detour because we’d run the risk of hitting “bad Phoenix traffic” three hours later when we neared Chase Field. Ben was nothing if not a man of accord. In fairness, it was without a doubt the most awe-inspiring sign for the Grand Canyon I’d ever seen.

Ben refused to let the fun stop there. Day by day, we traversed the country, sleeping in gas station backlots, subsisting on hot dogs and Cracker Jack, checking into rundown motels for half-hour showering stints that often left us feeling dirtier. Ben’s algorithm had plotted out an admirably efficient path. But he’d had left a key factor out of the equation: He’d forgotten to account for us being human. Had he calculated how much car sleep you need so that you don’t fall asleep at the ballpark? Did he know the “optimal” way to get out of a speeding ticket? Did he know how long two best friends could spend trapped in a RAV-4 before they’d forget why they became friends in the first place?

I’m exaggerating—a little. The trip wasn’t a total disaster. Just the parts in the car and most of the parts in the ballparks. But from Ben’s perspective, it was a dream come true. Even the weather cooperated: Based on past Junes, Ben had calculated that there was a 1-in-3 chance that a rainout would spoil our mission, but the skies were as clear as my mood was foul. For most of the trip Ben was ecstatic, despite my growing misery. It often felt like we were on two entirely different trips and just happened to be taking the same car.

But that’s baseball—some people love it enough to do crazy things, some people, it turns out, don’t love it at all. If you happen to be a baseball-obsessed masochist hell bent on achieving the pinnacle of fandom—punch in your coordinates to Ben’s widget, drive safe, and do your best to remember where you parked. If you want to see the Grand Canyon, book a flight to Arizona.

Correction, May 6, 2014: The interactive in this article originally mislabeled Cleveland, Detroit, and Cincinnati as being in the Central Time Zone. They are in the Eastern Time Zone.

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Planning The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip

In honor of Opening Day...AND our brand-new MLB Baseball Collection , we're celebrating two beloved All-American pastimes: baseball and road trips .

The classic baseball road trip is a tale almost as old as the sport itself. In fact, there are even official names for its enthusiasts: stadium hunters and ballpark chasers , for example. 

Whether you yourself have chased a ballpark or two or you're just hearing about this whole MLB stadium road trip thing for the first time, let's get into it!

Tips for Planning a Baseball Road Trip

One of the best things about planning a baseball road trip is that there's really no wrong way to do it. There are multiple strategies for how to plan your route and itinerary, depending on your individual preferences and how much time you have.

For example, you may want   to visit as many stadiums as possible or see  as many  games  as possible. Or, you can follow a specific team around for awhile, cheering them on in different cities.

The main thing to keep in mind for an MLB stadium road trip is that scheduling is super important. If you want to visit a certain stadium, the home team needs to actually be in town, hosting an opponent. And if you plan to visit multiple stadiums, ideally, all those teams will be playing at home around the same time. 

Wondering how the heck you're supposed to know who's playing where and when? We're glad you asked. 

Allow us to introduce you to an amazing, easy-to-use tool, cleverly called   The Baseball Road Trip Planner .

This handy tool lets you select all the teams you want to see (including minor league teams!) and customize the length of your trip and specific days for games. It even suggests in what order you should visit the stadiums! Once you customize your options, the baseball road trip planner gives you sets of dates throughout the season when it's actually possible.

Ready to   play ball ? Sorry, we had to... Here are a few of the baseball road trip routes we're most looking forward to.

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Whether you have just enough time for a quick weekend getaway or you can devote multiple weeks to your baseball road trip, here are three awesome itineraries.

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Best of the Midwest

With the potential to catch games at four stadiums  and  visit several iconic American landmarks, this is the perfect baseball road trip!  Start in either St. Louis or Milwaukee, then make a stop in Chicago, where you can visit the home stadiums of both the Cubs and the White Sox.

Along the way, be sure to set aside time to check out the   Gateway Arch in St. Louis   (the country's smallest national park!), go up to the Sky Deck of Chicago's Willis Tower, and grab a brew  —   or two  —   on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee.

If you have more time to spend on your MLB stadium road trip, you can also start from Kansas City, Missouri (home of the Royals), and/or add a stop to catch a Twins game in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Sunny Southwest

There's nothing quite like taking in a game with a cold beverage in hand on a gorgeous sunny day, are we right? On this awesome baseball road trip through Arizona and California, you'll get to experience plenty of just that!

Catch the Diamondbacks in Phoenix, then take an easy drive west to   southern California . In San Diego, stop to watch the Padres before heading up to L.A. where you can catch both the Dodgers and the Angels.

If you start this MLB stadium road trip in Phoenix and time it just right, you can catch several spring training games  plus  opening day! 

East Coast Classic

No matter who "your" team is, this is the ultimate baseball road trip! With stops at some of the most iconic MLB stadiums (including the very oldest, Fenway in Boston) and a visit to Cooperstown, any serious baseball fan will appreciate this one.

Depending on home schedules and how much time you have, you can catch the Orioles, Phillies, Nationals, Mets, Yankees, and Red Sox. Plus, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown is a fantastic detour traveling between New York and Boston!

Even if you're short on time, you can easily catch three games in Baltimore,   Washington, DC , and Philadelphia. As a bonus, each of these cities has a TON to see and do outside of baseball!

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So, are you as excited to plan this summer's baseball road trip as we are?! Before you head out, don't forget to include stadium souvenirs in your budget. 

Much like game ticket stubs, our Limited-Edition Baseball Glove Wanderchain and MLB Stadium Tokens make wonderful stadium souvenirs for preserving memories of your trip — and bonus, you don't have to worry about them fading, wrinkling, or tearing.

Shop the complete  Baseball Collection now, and consider customizing your tokens by adding the dates you visit each stadium! Safe travels, and keep your eyes (and hands!) open for foul balls!

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So you no longer have the MLB ballpark tokens??

We are 21 stadiums in with our yearly trip taking us to Seattle this year.

we are one of those stadium hunters families. we only have 2 left to see, seattle and arizona. after testing out your planner i wish i could have used it. it made planning a trip so much easier than the way i did it by printing out all the schedules and plotting them on a calender. although i did leave some time between stadiums in case of rain or to do other things in those cities. it has been a lot of fun for us. something that i know we will always remember doing together.

[email protected] Your various trips left out one of the best stadiums in all of MLB. PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

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Despite the blemishes put on the eye of America's national pastime in recent years with the bloated salaries and allegations of steroid use, it remains one of the top two sports in the United States, alongside National Football League football. But even the fan fervor of the NFL can't match baseball's diehards. There are stories of New York baseball fans who have refused to even watch a game since their beloved Dodgers were moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1957. We've heard of Chicago Cubs fan Harry Grossman, who at the age of 91 had attended more than 4,000 games at hallowed Wrigley Field. We've wept during "Field of Dreams" and rooted for pitchers on the opposing team who are vying for a no-hitter, just for a chance to see history.

Baseball has roots almost as old as its country of origin. This rich history is what fans are after when they visit ballparks to watch the boys of summer take the field each night. It's the same history that inspires some fans to achieve what seems like an impossible feat -- visiting all 30 major league ballparks in a single season. But not only is it not impossible, it's achieved every year by the most dedicated fans. We'll take a look at just how you can accomplish the ultimate baseball road trip.

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Baseball stadiums have gone through some major changes over the years. The original stadiums, like most buildings of the day, were beautifully designed and for the most part, functional. Sure, there were obstructed view seats here and there and not every section had convenient access to restrooms, but they were cathedrals, monuments to the country's beloved pastime. As attendance and revenues increased over the years, many of the original stadiums were razed in favor of larger, less intimate stadiums designed by architects who, some might argue, knew more about building codes than batting averages.

It made sense for ballparks to become larger, but the design choices of the 1960s and 1970s didn't retain the classic look and feel of what makes baseball parks unique. The oddly shaped, charming ballparks of days gone by were replaced by circular behemoths with limited architectural value that did little to honor the game. Old favorites like Yankee Stadium, Wrigley Field and Fenway Park remained, but many others were lost over the years.

In 1992, the Baltimore Orioles made a change that would reverberate through Major League Baseball, when they opened Oriole Park at Camden Yards. This was the first of what would become a trend in new stadium design and construction, and a major shift in how professional baseball was marketed. Starting with Camden Yards, new ballparks became a destination for fans, eager to see modern amenities coupled with a classic look. Retro was suddenly in fashion in MLB and the design mistakes of the past were destined to be corrected, city-by-city.

Because of the new throwback ballparks, attendance increased dramatically and a new summertime activity caught fire -- the baseball road trip. Fans of the game were inspired to travel to as many of the new stadiums as possible and drink in the atmosphere that the new digs provided. Road tripping to cities, mainly along the East Coast, became a rite of passage for the most diehard fans. But this kind of fanaticism comes at a price. In 2009, the average cost of a MLB ticket was $26.74 [source: food and lodging.

Now imagine trying to go see one game in all 30 ballparks in a single season, the ultimate baseball road trip. Can it be done? Yes. Fear not, baseball fan -- we'll give you some tips and tricks on the next page.

So, you want to visit all 30 MLB ballparks in a single season? You better have some time, money and serious organizational skills. Let's assume that you'll want to undertake this challenge with a partner. Here's some advice -- choose wisely. If you're going to marathon through 30 cities with a friend or loved one, it's going to take you at least 40 days or so. Sixty days is more realistic, allowing you to avoid a breakneck pace that could lead to burnout. So pick someone who has an equally undying passion for the game and who you generally get along well with in close quarters for extended periods of time.

Now that you have your partner lined up, you'll want to start plotting your course. It's best to start this process as soon as the schedules are released in the offseason. Planning the logistics of this kind of trip is difficult. You'll want to avoid backtracking to make it as efficient and inexpensive as possible. That means carefully plotting out a geographical map that aligns with the baseball schedule. Obviously, showing up in Philadelphia when they don't arrive home from a road trip for several days only adds to the time and expense incurred. You'll want to arrive on game day or the day before at the earliest, with a day of travel built in for each city.

Luckily, there are a couple of Web sites that can help you during the planning process. ESPN's "Baseball Road Trip Planner" site and baseball-roadtrip.com both offer helpful tools to assist you in your quest. The ESPN site allows you to browse scrollable schedules by city or by league. Baseball-roadtrip.com will even plot your course for you if you input your dates and starting points.

If you've managed to establish your timeline and plan your route, the only thing left to do is to get to each stadium and buy a ticket. This means making the trip financially viable. Here are some tips:

• Rent a hybrid vehicle to save on gas costs.
• Try to hit games on consecutive days for teams within the same state.
• Avoid hotels and try camping -- book camp sites ahead of time.
• Have a backup plan for rainouts.
• Call ahead to team customer service departments -- letting them know what you're doing might get you some discounted or free tickets.
• Most stadiums have great deals on nosebleed seats.
• Like any vacation, plan for overages in your time and budget.

Thanks to the iPhone, your baseball road trip just got a little easier. For just one dollar, you can download the Baseball Road Trip app to help you along the way. All 30 stadiums have vital information listed -- photos, maps, ticket office phone numbers, capacity, dimensions and fun facts. You can also access schedules and get pointers on hotel and dining options near each stadium. Also available are signature food items you won't want to miss at each stadium. Dodger Dog, anyone?

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Travelling to different baseball stadiums is a hobby many enjoy. The baseball roadtrip has become a way to visit multiple stadiums in relatively short time. While the trip is a blast, trying to plan a roadtrip to hit as many stadiums efficiently can take a lot of time. The Baseball Roadtrip Router is a tool to make such planning easier than just randomly searching the schedule.

• Maybe you know you want to leave from a particular city and want to see how many stadiums you can visit in a week.
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Any of these objectives can be planned with the router. The router is built to take your search criteria and search the current schedule for trips that match. A brief synopsis of the matching trips will be returned from the search From this list, you can drill down to see specifics of the trip, such as which dates, teams and miles driven.

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Each of the ballparks on the Midwest Tours has its own distinctive features from the ivy covered walls of Wrigley Field to the ballpark village of Busch Stadium. Choose an extended Midwest Tour with multiple games and cities; or select a shorter Mini Midwest or Windy City Tour. Every tour itinerary offers extended time in Chicago where you can enjoy the shopping, clubs, restaurants, and attractions of the Windy City. 

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Enjoy plenty of baseball action and free time to explore the Major League cities during a Southeast Tour. This tour includes games in Miami, Tampa, and Atlanta. Come into Miami early to catch some rays and enjoy the food scene. Stroll the bayfront in St. Pete. And relax at the Battery in Atlanta. 

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The Southwest Tour takes you to four different cities and four different stadiums that are just that, very different from each other. Take in some early season games in Denver, Phoenix, Dallas and Houston. This trip includes MLB's newest ballpark, Globe Life Field. We'll fly between cities to make reaching these ballparks a bit easier! And you'll have free time to explore these great cities.

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Travel the Pacific Coast for a tour of Major League Baseball's western ballparks. Our West Coast Tours include a variety of baseball stadiums, old and new. The venerable Dodger Stadium is a crown jewel of ballparks, while Oracle Park is a modern marvel with fan amenities and features unsurpassed in professional sports. Choose a Full West Coast Tour on which you will visit 5-6 ballparks and cities; or select a “mini” version like the Southern Cal, or California Gold Tour. 

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Inside the Great American Baseball Road Trip

Forget loyalty. In 2013, it’s all about the stadium, as ballpark chasers take to the road with the goal of seeing a game in every stadium on the continent

Alastair Bland

As 2013′s Major League Baseball season begins, that sage advice from the cornfield whispers truer than ever: If you build it, he (or she) will come.

The cross-country stadium hunter, that is. There are thousands of them, traveling city to city, spending their summers and their money on the road with the fanatic’s goal of visiting as many as they can of North America’s 30 Major League Baseball stadiums. Some ballpark chasers, as they’re often called, manage the grand slam of the stadium hunt—hitting all the parks in a single season. Those more ambitious have aimed for doing the tour in one month or less.

But most chasers devote their lifetimes to the pursuit, as Craig Landgren is doing. The 32-year-old Cincinnati Reds fan lives near Seattle, has visited 14 active stadiums and aims to see the rest in coming decades. Landgren is also the founder of BallparkChasers.com , an online community base for baseball fans with a penchant as much for stadiums as the game itself. He launched the website and the organization almost five years ago.

“I kept meeting people who had the same goal as me, to visit all 30 of the stadiums,” Landgren told Off the Road . “I decided there should be a community for this.”

Today, there is. BallparkChasers.com has 1,500 members. They use the site as a resource for tips and suggestions on how to most efficiently and most enjoyably make the Can-American stadium tour—including hotel and restaurant suggestions for each city and suggested multi-stadium weekend routes. Members also use the site as a social networking tool for meeting other ballpark chasers, often at games. Many ballpark chasers have become pen pals. Others have become best friends. Some are baseball newbies, while others have seen hundreds and hundreds of games.

For a few especially ambitious chasers, the pastime is not just a goal but a race—and among these people, records are kept. One member of BallparkChasers.com, for instance, named Josh Robbins, holds the so-called “land record,” having visited every stadium in 26 days without traveling by air—an achievement made especially difficult by such outlying baseball cities as Miami, Phoenix, the San Francisco Bay Area and, especially, Seattle. Another member, Chuck Booth, holds the all-around fastest record of 23 days—several of these, obviously, doubleheaders. Booth describes the journey in his book The Fastest Thirty Ballgames : A Ballpark Chasers (sic) World Record Story , which he co-authored with Landgren.

Another stadium-hunting baseball fanatic, from Annapolis, Maryland, plans to ride a bicycle to every park in the country. Jacob Landis , 23, left home several days ago and will be pedaling the entire 10,500-mile stadium circuit, with van support. The journey may take 175 days.

Roberto Coquis and Judy Pino completed the stadium tour in 2009 with their months-old baby, Sofia.

Bob DeVries , of McHenry, Illinois, became a ballpark chaser in 2009. DeVries lost his wife, Shawn Marie, to a heart condition called arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia in 2008 when she was 35. In 2009, DeVries spent all spring and summer touring the nation, visiting every stadium by September 6, four days before the anniversary of Shawn Marie’s passing. It was a way of keeping himself busy and focused while distracting himself from the alone time he suddenly had to face each weekend, DeVries, 49, told Off the Road . In 2010, the Cubs fan repeated the journey—this time with media coverage and a fund-raising effort for SADS.org , an organization dedicated to understanding and preventing heart-related deaths like that of Shawn Marie.

DeVries says the stadium tour cost him between $17,000 and $20,000 each of his two years on the road. He said the easiest region to tackle is the Northeast, where one can feasibly see a game at every stadium in a week. Some regions of the country, meanwhile, must be approached carefully.

“I made sure that the Astros and Rangers were both at home when I went to Texas so I wouldn’t have to go back again later,” he said. “I did the same thing in Florida and in San Francisco.”

Like so many ballpark chasers, DeVries says his favorite stadium in the country is the Giants’ AT&T Park. His least favorite is just several miles away, across San Francisco Bay—the ogreishly named O.co Coliseum. When The New York Times recently scored each park using Yelp ratings, the Toronto’s Rogers Centre came in last (though it’s still the finest Major League park in Canada, no contest) and O.co landed at number 29—the worst-rated stadium in America. High on the list were the historic Fenway Park of the Boston Red Sox—now the oldest active stadium in the Major Leagues—and Wrigley Field of the Chicago Cubs. Oriole Park at Camden Yards—built in 1992 and considered the first of the new wave of American baseball stadiums—came in fifth, while the Pirates’ PNC Park in Pittsburgh was named as the favorite.

Over the past 20 years, the baseball road trip has enjoyed an extreme makeover. Prior to the early 90s, many stadiums were drab and dull, or simply lacking in visitor amenities. Then, the Baltimore Orioles opened Camden Yards. The park was clean and efficient but with a retro brick-and-ivy look that evoked the good old days of classic American baseball. The Orioles had built it, and the fans came. Attendance spiked. Other cities followed suit, and 22 stadiums have since received splurgy makeovers, turning from crusty old venues of aging bleachers and spilled beer underfoot into semi-swanky tourist attractions.

As new stadiums continue to appear through the seasons, even the most accomplished ballpark chasers may find reason to take to to the road again. Currently, there is talk of moving the Oakland Athletics to a new home in San Jose. Some retired stadium hunters, too, will probably retrace old steps when parks receive renovations, which are forever in the works. Still others who have seen every active park, according to Landgren, make it a goal to repeat the feat, this time seeing their favorite team—not just any teams—play in each stadium. Some are looking to expand the chase into Japan, where Major League games have been played. A few look to an entirely other level—the Minor Leagues—and begin a whole new hunt in a land of smaller crowds, cheaper seats and players who aren’t millionaires.

The ballpark chase goes on.

Tips for the Tour : Following are a few suggestions for how to make the stadium tour (no skipping Toronto, Seattle or Miami!) at minimal cost and stress and with minimal backtracking.

Beware of rainouts. If you must race onward from a rained out game in order to catch other games for which you’ve already bought tickets, you will be forced to return later for another try. A rainout in Colorado could potentially be devastating for your summertime stadium tour.

If you’re driving, rent a hybrid car and reduce your gas costs.

When possible, visit two stadiums in a day. This will buy you time for later down the road.

For places with multiple teams within a small region, like Florida, the San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California and the Northeast, try and visit when each club is in town.

Camp. It’s cheaper than sleeping in hotels.

Don’t go too fast, and save time to see the highlights of each city. This may be the only time you’ll visit them.

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Alastair Bland is a journalist based in San Francisco who writes about the environment, agriculture, science and food.

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MLB ballpark road trip ideas for the 2023 season

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Thinking about planning an MLB ballpark road trip in 2023? We’re here to help.

Major League Baseball has already released the 2023 schedule, allowing all of us to get an early start on ballpark road trip planning.

And this slate comes with a very interesting new wrinkle: For the first time ever, every team will play every other team. While this is a definite break from tradition in a very traditional sport, it does offer fans new opportunities to see their favorite teams in different places.

While it’s certainly fun to follow a team on a lengthy road trip, the ballpark itineraries we offer here are targeted for a different audience: the “ballpark chaser,” or someone who wants to visit as many parks as possible over a limited timeframe (less than a week).

Whether you’ve made it your goal to visit every major-league ballpark or you just want to experience a few different cities, we hope these ideas can inspire you to get going on your road trip planning.

Longtime readers of this blog know that we do road trip suggestions for all the major leagues each season, including the NFL , NBA and NHL . We find it much easier to find good road trip itineraries in baseball because of the fact that the teams play nearly every day, so if anything, let this guide be a jumping-off point to finding an itinerary that works for your specific schedule.

If you’re new to the idea of baseball trip planning, you can also check out our standing guide to putting together a good MLB ballpark road trip .

Like the other leagues, we try to apply a few ground rules to these itineraries:

• We looked to pack as many games into as small a timeframe as possible, at least considering typical travel times by car (we won’t suggest you travel cross-country for games on back-to-back days, for instance).
• We try to look only at trips where you’re traveling in the same general direction as you go from city to city (so no zig-zagging around).
• We tried to limit the number of times you see a particular team to twice.
• We looked only at minimum four-city trips, because longer trips are always more fun.
• Because starting times can fluctuate, it’s possible that scheduled day games can impact travel. However, in nearly all of the below cases, itineraries can be stretched out by a day or two to allow for a less hectic travel schedule.

Ready to get inspired? Here are our ideas for MLB ballpark road trips in 2023.

1) The Midwest opener

Wednesday, April 5: Braves at Cardinals Thursday, April 6: Giants at White Sox Friday, April 7: Rangers at Cubs Saturday, April 8: Cardinals at Brewers Sunday, April 9: Astros at Twins

Opening Day in 2023 is on March 30, but if you wait a week, you can take this spin up the Midwest to check off five different ballparks: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Guaranteed Rate Field and Wrigley Field in Chicago, American Family Field in Milwaukee and Target Field in Minneapolis.

One note: The Brewers game on April 8 begins at 6:10 p.m. local time, while the Twins game the following day is slated for a 1:10 p.m. first pitch. If that turnaround is too difficult, the Twins also play at home on Monday, April 10 — also a 1:10 p.m. first pitch against the White Sox.

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2) From Midwest to East

Monday, April 24: Rangers at Reds Tuesday, April 25: Rockies at Guardians Wednesday, April 26: Dodgers at Pirates Thursday, April 27: Mariners at Phillies* Friday, April 28: Braves at Mets Saturday, April 29: Guardians at Red Sox

Check off a slew of parks on this weeklong trip that begins in Ohio and winds all the way to Massachusetts. You’ll make stops at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park , Cleveland’s Progressive Field , Pittsburgh’s PNC Park , Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park , New York’s Citi Field and Boston’s Fenway Park . Whew!

One quick-turnaround alert: The Mariners-Phillies game is an afternoon contest. Coming off a night game in Pittsburgh, perhaps you’d prefer to make the stop in Philly optional.

This ballpark road trip idea is customizable in a couple ways. The Nationals are hosting a weekend series against the Pirates at Nationals Park April 28-30, so you could head south from Pittsburgh or Philly instead of north. Also, if the idea of seeing Citi Field but not Yankee Stadium bugs you, spend the weekend in NYC and hit up Guardians-Yankees in the Bronx on Monday, May 1.

3) The West Coast holiday trip

Monday, May 29: Braves at Athletics Tuesday, May 30: Pirates at Giants Wednesday, May 31: Nationals at Dodgers Friday, June 2: Cubs at Padres Saturday, June 3: Braves at Diamondbacks

Beginning on Memorial Day, take a tour through most of California’s ballparks, starting with a stop at Oakland’s RingCentral Coliseum and San Francisco’s Oracle Park . From there, make your way south to check out Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and Petco Park in San Diego, before finishing up in the desert with a game at Chase Field in Phoenix.

Like with the idea above, perhaps you would rather see both the Dodgers and Angels during a single visit to the Los Angeles area. Unfortunately, with this one you’ll have to wait until Cubs-Angels at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on Tuesday, June 6.

4) Winding around the Great Lakes

Saturday, July 1 and/or Sunday, July 2: Red Sox at Blue Jays Monday, July 3: Braves at Guardians Tuesday, July 4: Athletics at Tigers Wednesday, July 5: Blue Jays at White Sox Thursday, July 6: Cubs at Brewers

Celebrate the national holidays of two great nations on this ballpark road trip that begins with a weekend at Toronto’s Rogers Centre — go to the Canada Day game on July 1 to see the Blue Jays decked out in red jerseys!

Then, you’ll head back stateside for games at Cleveland’s Progressive Field , Detroit’s Comerica Park , Chicago’s Guaranteed Rate Field and Milwaukee’s American Family Field . Ring in the Fourth in Detroit, where the Tigers will be taking on the A’s.

5) The All-Star week trip

Monday, July 10: MLB Home Run Derby in Seattle Tuesday, July 11: MLB All-Star Game in Seattle Friday, July 14: Yankees at Rockies Sunday, July 16: Rays at Royals Monday, July 17: Marlins at Cardinals Tuesday, July 18: Nationals at Cubs

In 2023, MLB’s All-Star Weekend will take place at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park . Seattle, however, is the most isolated locale in the majors, a two-hour flight from the nearest rival.

So you can either take this ballpark road trip idea as an opportunity to experience Seattle and All-Star Weekend and make it a jumping-off point for a full-on road trip … or you can cut out Seattle entirely.

Denver’s Coors Field is also somewhat isolated in relation to other major-league parks, so take an extra day crossing the Plains before your next stop at Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium . Games at Busch Stadium in St. Louis and Wrigley Field in Chicago round out this itinerary.

Wrigley Field

6) Touring the South

Saturday, Aug. 12: Yankees at Marlins Sunday, Aug. 13: Guardians at Rays Monday, Aug. 14: Yankees at Braves Wednesday, Aug. 16: Guardians at Reds

Gear up for the humidity and see some major-league ball down south in this road trip, beginning down in Miami at LoanDepot Park . Then head north, with stops at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg and Truist Park in Atlanta before finishing up with an all-Ohio battle at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park .

By the way, if that Atlanta-to-Cincinnati final leg seems too daunting, don’t worry! It’s actually 460 miles via Interstate 75 — on the high end for a day-long drive, for sure, but doable based on our experience! At any rate, that’s why we added a day off in between.

7) The East Coast stretch run

Sunday, Sept. 24: Braves at Nationals Tuesday, Sept. 26: Nationals at Orioles Wednesday, Sept. 27: Pirates at Phillies Thursday, Sept. 28: Marlins at Mets

For the final week of the 2023 regular season, head east for stops at Nationals Park in Washington, Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia and Citi Field in New York. Division races in both the AL and NL East could be on the line — will one of these games prove to be a clincher?

Got an MLB ballpark road trip idea for the 2023 season that we didn’t cover? Or want to share tales of your ballpark travels? Hit us up at [email protected] .

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