After quite a bit of uncertainty, the 2022 Major League Baseball season is on! And we can commence planning for MLB ballpark road trips this summer. Because of the MLB lockout, I delayed in writing this post, as I wanted … Continue reading
With MLB Opening Day around the corner, you’ll see ballpark rankings coming out in a lot of websites and publications. And who can blame them? Ballpark rankings are fun, subjective — everyone’s order is going to be different in some … Continue reading
A stated goal of mine since adolescence — and, indeed, the reason why I started Itinerant Fan in the first place — was to aid in my quest to visit every current stadium in the four major U.S. sports leagues … Continue reading
I’m old enough to clearly remember what it’s like attending Montreal Expos home games. And they’re some of the favorite sports travel memories that I have. The Expos have been gone for 17 years now, having left Montreal after the … Continue reading
The Texas Rangers moved into a new home in 2020, but they didn’t go far. Globe Life Field offers plenty of familiarity to go with the bells and whistles expected of a new ballpark. Start with the name, which isn’t … Continue reading
Are you planning a trip to the 2021 MLB All-Star Game in Denver? Or wishing you could go, but don’t know where to start? You’ve come to the right place! If you’re a baseball fan, attending the All-Star Game is … Continue reading
It gives me great pleasure to say that I am planning out my first sports travel vacation since January 2020. This, of course, should be unremarkable except for, you know, COVID, quarantine, empty stadiums and so on. But it’s the … Continue reading
In 2019 I was fortunate to embark on what was, for me, a new kind of sports road trip: The MLB Daily Double. That’s my name for seeing two games in two different ballparks on one day. This trip took … Continue reading
Last week, I did something that I had done hundreds of times previously but, at one point, was wondering if I would ever have the chance to do again: watch a live sporting event. On the surface, there was nothing … Continue reading
The 2021 Major League Baseball season is upon us, and thankfully, the fans will be along for the ride. All 30 teams have begun the season with limited capacity at their ballparks, with a caveat for one of the clubs. … Continue reading
