As much as my Dad loves baseball, it just occurred to me that getting him some tickets to next season’s games would be a great Christmas gift and a good birthday gift, too. His birthday is next month. I know this season will be over by then, but there is always next year!
He’s been to a lot of different baseball stadiums over the years, and sometimes I think the stadium is more important than the teams playing.
I know Dad and I went many times to the old stadium that hosted the Baltimore Orioles. That stadium is gone and they now have the beautiful Camden Yards stadium. Neither of us have been to the new one yet, so tickets for 4 of us to Baltimore will be a gift to more than just my Dad – Mom, hubby and I also benefit from that trip.
The new Yankee Stadium is another new baseball field that none of us have experienced. I want to look into a weekend getaway to New York and base it around a Yankees home game.
Maybe my Dad will remember, but maybe he forgot. The very first baseball game that I went to was a Chicago Cubs game. He had taken the whole family to Chicago on a business trip. While he was at the convention, the rest of us did some fun sightseeing around Chicago. Then, on that Sunday, his boss had gotten tickets for his whole family and our whole family to go to Wrigley Field to watch a Cubs game. That was so much fun! And it is one of the few remaining older stadiums that are all about classic baseball. I would love to go back with my Dad for another game next summer!