Muti-city MLB road trip

Make sure you read the schedule really well so you don't roll up to Miller Park as traffic is letting out from the game that just ended.

Or so I've heard.

When I was young we did the Rangers / KC / St. Louis in a 10 day period visiting family including a Mt Rushmore trip.

No sense to skip Cleveland if they’re in town. It’s between Pittsburgh and Detroit.

Sounds fun

I live in Birmingham and will be visiting a friend in Lexington, 2 hours from cinn

That’s the type I’m planning for next year. I want to get in all 30 stadiums. I’m at 20, plus some that aren’t MLB anymore (Montreal, Kingdome, Astrodome, Mile High Stadium, etc), and I could get another 6 or so if I go up to the Northeast.

If you're looking to blend scenery with stadiums, it's hard to beat California. 5 teams and a beautiful coastline drive in between.

It's just a longer drive, but I'd pick the California coast over any other inter-city drive if you have time.

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Has anyone ever done this? 

How many days? How many stadiums? 

Any tips? 

Thanks

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I did this in May. 5 stadiums, 6 days, California. It was awesome!

Biggest tip is to find the schedule that best connects the dots. Last year when MLB released its schedule I looked for dates that lined up or overlapped. May was the only dates that alinged for me as I was flying in from up north and beginning and ending my trip in SF.

Did 10 parks in 14 days a few years back. Knocked out 1/3 of the parks and it was a fun trip. Started in KC and then onto Minnesota, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Cubs, and then St. Louis before heading back home.

Often with the way the schedule is it’s hard to catch two teams in the same city at home so that will be your toughest obstacle when scheduling. Normally once one team goes on a road trip the other is at home though so maybe you can catch back to back games on back to back days.

BOS, NYY, NYM, BAL, WAS

Key is 1) make sure to leave for traveling early, no matter how hungover you are to avoid traffic issues with your planned driving times 2) know where the best pregame places are to erase the hangovers that exist from driving so early

Pregame spots:
BOS- Landsdowne Pub
NYY- Bronx Biergarten
NYM- Mikkeler Tasting Room in the stadium (just opened)
BAL- Pickles
WAS- Bluejacket

Best spot is probably the Mikkeler Tasting Room. It was opened to spite the brewery owner's twin brother that runs Evil Twin brewing in Brooklyn (no joke), so the beer choices are next level if you're a beer nerd. Bluejacket is a very close 2nd.