R.I.P. Beast

Last September, I embarked on a great mission that every man should take…or he’ll be jealous forever: Baseball Roadtrip.  The trip was from September 9th – September 17th 2008.  I packed my car with my friend Jessica and we drove from Chicago to Detroit, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and back to Chicago. Along the way we met up with her brother Matt, my girlfriend Heidi and our friend Travis.  Although our timing didn’t allow a pilgrimage to Cooperstown, I promised myself my next trip will include the Hall as well as both the NY stadiums opening in 2009.

The Stats:

• Days of trip: 9
• Stadiums visited: 9
• Cities visited: 7
• Miles driven: 2,221
• Hours spent in my little Honda Civic SI: 44+
• Home Teams (4-5)
• Total Runs: 85
• Total HR: 20
• Leadoff HR: 1 (Marco Scutaro v. White Sox)
• Canadian Tuxedos: 32 – If you don’t know what this is look it up…
• Food eaten: Dogs, Beef, Pizza, Chicken Sandwich, Cheesesteak with Whiz, Italian Sausage, Cheesburger
• Shot Glasses purchased: 17

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  17 Shot Glasses...

• Other souvenirs: Mets Cup, Tigers Yard, Patches, Mousepad, Pins, Carlos Zambrano Bobblehead
• Matt’s bat collection reached 6: Phillies, Yankees, Mets, Pirates, Indians, Cubs
• Jess wore her Cubs hat to all but one game: our first game at US Cellular Field
• I had Cubs gear on for the same 8 games

And now the pix…