On Tuesday 9 March 2010 a book was published titled: The Baseball Fan’s Bucket List: 162 Things You Must Do, See, Get, and Experience Before You Die, by Robert Santelli and Jenna Santelli. The book’s table of contents lists all 162 items per the authors’ ranking. I have taken that list and organized it into twelve categories, which I find easier to consider when dealing with the list. I will be presenting each category alphabetically over the course of the 2011 baseball season. The number to the left of each item is its position on the Santellis’ list. Items in red would be of particular interest to Red Sox fans. Today’s category number four out of twelve is:
GAMES
13 See Some Grapefruit League Spring Training Games
I haven’t seen any Grapefruit League Spring Training games, which is unfortunate since this is the league in which the Red Sox play during the month of March in Florida. This year’s Spring Training for the Red Sox was so-so – nothing about which to brag. In 2012, Boston will be in a new stadium called jetBlue Park, but still in Fort Myers.
15 See Some Cactus League Spring Training Games
Well, I had a possibility of seeing some Cactus League Spring Training in Arizona during one weekend in March 2004. But alas, the guy I was suppose to go with changed his mind and I lost that opportunity to see spring training games – I was even planning on learning how to drive and everything. Ah well, perhaps the chance will come around again.
25 See The (New York) Yankees Play The (Boston) Red Sox
Yes, this I have seen, but unfortunately it was not a happy time in Fenway Park for me, as the Red Sox lost the game. But in recent years important Red Sox/Yankees games have been won by Boston and that makes up for my personal disappointment.
33 See The (St. Louis) Cardinals Play The (Chicago) Cubs
I have not seen either team play – not against other teams or against each other. However, the Chicago Cubs will come to Fenway Park to play the Boston Red Sox in three Interleague games from Friday 20 May to Sunday 22 May 2011.
58 See An Interleague Game
Haven’t seen an official regular season Interleague Game, but I was one of 115,300 people in attendance at an exhibition game between the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers held in the LA Coliseum on Saturday 29 March 2008. That was the largest crowd ever to watch a baseball game. And by the way, the Red Sox won the game 7 to 4.
59 See The (Los Angeles) Dodgers Play The (San Francisco) Giants
Yes, I have seen them play each other twice in Dodger Stadium – pre-McCourt era when fans from the rival teams didn’t physically bash one another.
Images:
Left: Cactus League logo from the website suite101.com
Center: Interleague logo from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Right: Grapefruit League logo from the website floridagrapefruitleague.com
GAMES
13 See Some Grapefruit League Spring Training Games
I haven’t seen any Grapefruit League Spring Training games, which is unfortunate since this is the league in which the Red Sox play during the month of March in Florida. This year’s Spring Training for the Red Sox was so-so – nothing about which to brag. In 2012, Boston will be in a new stadium called jetBlue Park, but still in Fort Myers.
15 See Some Cactus League Spring Training Games
Well, I had a possibility of seeing some Cactus League Spring Training in Arizona during one weekend in March 2004. But alas, the guy I was suppose to go with changed his mind and I lost that opportunity to see spring training games – I was even planning on learning how to drive and everything. Ah well, perhaps the chance will come around again.
25 See The (New York) Yankees Play The (Boston) Red Sox
Yes, this I have seen, but unfortunately it was not a happy time in Fenway Park for me, as the Red Sox lost the game. But in recent years important Red Sox/Yankees games have been won by Boston and that makes up for my personal disappointment.
33 See The (St. Louis) Cardinals Play The (Chicago) Cubs
I have not seen either team play – not against other teams or against each other. However, the Chicago Cubs will come to Fenway Park to play the Boston Red Sox in three Interleague games from Friday 20 May to Sunday 22 May 2011.
58 See An Interleague Game
Haven’t seen an official regular season Interleague Game, but I was one of 115,300 people in attendance at an exhibition game between the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers held in the LA Coliseum on Saturday 29 March 2008. That was the largest crowd ever to watch a baseball game. And by the way, the Red Sox won the game 7 to 4.
59 See The (Los Angeles) Dodgers Play The (San Francisco) Giants
Yes, I have seen them play each other twice in Dodger Stadium – pre-McCourt era when fans from the rival teams didn’t physically bash one another.
Images:
Left: Cactus League logo from the website suite101.com
Center: Interleague logo from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Right: Grapefruit League logo from the website floridagrapefruitleague.com
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