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I know this is incredibly self-indulgent, but what the hell? We've been doing these trips for so long and there are a lot of pics and stories we could tell. The whole idea started back in the spring of 1999 when a bunch of us were talking about how cool it would be to go see Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park. Simple as that, right? Just drive 10 hours to New York and buy a ticket. Sure. Simple!

Well, to tell you the truth, back in those days it wasn't really that difficult. It certainly was easier to get a ticket at Fenway than it is now. I called both parks several months after tickets had gone on sale, got right through, and ordered our tickets with no problems. This year, however, we wanted to go to Fenway and not only could you not get through on the phone or internet, but demand for tickets is so outrageous that even if you went through Stubhub.com the prices are through the roof. So we bagged that idea for another year...maybe.

Anyway, the original idea was just to see those two parks and that was it. Well, we had such a good time on our fly-by-the-seat-of-our-pants trip to New York and Boston, that we decided to do it every year.

To date, we've been to 14 different stadiums. We've even seen a few twice (Yankee, PNC, Kauffman) and we've been to the same city (New York for Mets and Yankees, St. Louis for both Busch Stadiums, and Milwaukee for County Stadium and Miller Park) a few different times.

The purpose of the trip started out to see a bunch of Major League parks. And we've definitely done so. However, it has evolved into much more than just that. It's a weekend to get away and hang out with some of our closest friends and have a great time as well as see some of the country and some great parks.

It's been a great time so far, and I have no doubt it will continue. Over the course of time, I will post as many pictures as I can get my hands on. There are a bunch of good ones. And, I/we will try to share some of the cooler stories as well...including why it's called the "Dan Lipscomb Baseball Tour". Come to think of it, you might think we're weird if you hear the story behind that.

Enjoy! And PLAY BALL!!!