Salutations again, guys! I'm a little over a month through with my roadtrip to all 30 parks, and about 8 stadiums in. I've seen almost all of the California teams (saving the Giants for last, though), in addition to Arizona, Seattle, Colorado, and Minnesota. Figured I'd give you all the stadium rundown...

Anaheim: We started the trip here, for better or worse. While the 2002 World Series highlights they played before the game caused me to die a little inside, the park itself wasn't too bad at all. They did a good job turning a stadium into a ballpark. The fans packed the place (though it was Father's Day), and seemed pretty knowledgeable. The game was against the Braves, so I was conflicted with who to root for.

Arizona: Chase Field was pretty sweet. Phoenix at 115 degrees was not. The game was against the A's and the few east bay fans in attendance made their presence heard. Decent showing of red and black, but nothing special.

San Diego: Gotta say, outside of teh phone booth, PetCo is the best park I've seen so far. Doesn't look like there's a bad seat in the house. The park behind center field is nice, too. Finally was able to see Maddux pitch, too.

Los Angeles: A shithole. I felt bad enough wading into enemy territory, but they really didn't help their cause. The stadium's located in a bad area of town, and the "fans" bring books/work to the game and are generally loud and annoying. A waste of three hours.

Seattle: Nice city, and a very nice park. They were playing the Blue Jays the day before Canada Day, so about 90% of the people in attendance were Jays fans. Was fine with that at first, but around the 5th time a drunk Canadian ran up and down the stairs with a maple leaf flag, I started to get annoyed.

Colorado: Surprisingly nice park. Beer is far cheaper than anywhere else I've been to, and there seems to be plenty to do around the stadium. Fans were knowledgeable and enthusiastic. The Rocks came back to win in the 11th, and they had a July 3rd fireworks show right after the game.

Twins: A little bit nicer than I expected. It feels pretty odd, though; definitely seems like you're in a football stadium. Lots of local representation, though...everyone in attendance had some sort of Twins gear on, and the 10 year old boy next to me was keeping score. Props to him!

Anyway, that's it so far. We're going to be going to the Giants vs. Cubs game on the 11th and I'm pretty psyched. I'll be there decked out in as much Giants gear as I can. I know there's a lot of misplaced SF natives out there in SF...if any of you all feel like grabbing a beer, give me a shout! Also, we're having a problem finding CouchSurfers in Chicago, oddly enough. Anyone happen to have a place for two Giants fans to crash on the 10th and 11th? We'll do dishes, and you get to hear me talk about Timmy for hours. Either way, I'll check back in a couple weeks with another update...the website as always is www.thebaseballroadtrip.com.