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**Buck** · 07-06-2010, 01:38 AM

I will be flying back east at the end of July and I will be in a close enough vicinity to attend any of these games. Which would you choose if you were me?

Phillies @ Nationals
Angels @ Orioles
Mets @ Phillies
D'backs @ Mets
Blue Jays @ Yankees

I figure that the Phillies or Yankees tickets will be hard to come by, and expensive. My #1 choice is Phillies @ Nats if I can see Strasburg pitch. Also, Washington DC is the closest destination.

I'd like to hear from you if you've been to any of the ballparks that these teams play in and hear your input.

Thanks

Frazod · 07-06-2010, 02:23 PM

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Yeah I'll be doing some of tht too. I've been to DC a few times and one time was when my grandpa was awarded the MoH. We got a free tour of the city so I've seen a lot already.

Your grandfather won the Medal of Honor? For real?

RJ · 07-06-2010, 02:24 PM

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I have family that lives there. I love the board walk. It's amazing.

I'm jealous. We (family) were just talking about OC yesterday. Being from Baltimore, in my younger years me and my buddies would sometimes get a wild hair on a Friday night, fill up the cooler with beer, pile in the car and drive down the ocean (downy ocean, in Baltimore-speak). Seemed like we always knew somebody that had a condo for the week or something. We'd just go down and party and sleep on the floor.

I miss the salt air, the boardwalk fries, the bars, Bull on the Beach, English's fried chicken and the donut place I can't remember the name of.

Anyway, you can probably get to Camden Yards for a game in three hours or less and the ride over the Bay Bridge is interesting.

**Buck** · 07-06-2010, 02:25 PM

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Your grandfather won the Medal of Honor? For real?

Yes. The guy who was to turn in the papers was KIA and they didn't find the papers until 53 years later.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Day

**Buck** · 07-06-2010, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by RJ

I'm jealous. We (family) were just talking about OC yesterday. Being from Baltimore, in my younger years me and my buddies would sometimes get a wild hair on a Friday night, fill up the cooler with beer, pile in the car and drive down the ocean (downy ocean, in Baltimore-speak). Seemed like we always knew somebody that had a condo for the week or something. We'd just go down and party and sleep on the floor.

I miss the salt air, the boardwalk fries, the bars, Bull on the Beach, English's fried chicken and the donut place I can't remember the name of.

Anyway, you can probably get to Camden Yards for a game in three hours or less and the ride over the Bay Bridge is interesting.

yeah everytime we go we fly into Baltimore so I know the brigldge well. My mom is scared as hell when we drive over the bridge and if I drive over 25 mph she screams at me to slow down lol.

I like the salt water taffy too.

Frazod · 07-06-2010, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Buck

Yes. The guy who was to turn in the papers was KIA and they didn't find the papers until 53 years later.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Day

That is way awesome.

I've only seen one recipient in real life - some crusty old chief who must have won it in Vietnam passed me in the hall of my building one day. The little blue ribbon at the top always stands out.

SDChiefs · 07-06-2010, 02:30 PM

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chavez ravine. the most beautiful park in the country

False. PETCO is far nicer.

Frazod · 07-06-2010, 02:32 PM

Nicest one I've been to is Turner Field. New Busch is a close second.

Fritz88 · 07-06-2010, 02:37 PM

KC bitch

**Buck** · 07-06-2010, 02:38 PM

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KC bitch

I'll be going to a Royals Game in KC this year too. Same day as the MNF game.

blaise · 07-06-2010, 02:40 PM

I like the Royals remodeled stadium. The only thing it lacks, really, is the backdrop some of the downtown stadiums have.

RJ · 07-06-2010, 02:48 PM

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One my main interests is history, and there's so much to see in that area. The first place I'd hit is one of the Civil War battlefields in the area, especially if a reenactment's being staged. Or maybe go to Baltimore and see the Constellation or Fort McHenry (and get some kick ass crabcakes). But that's just me.

I was stationed in Norfolk for three years and kick myself now for not seeing more of the surrounding area when I had the chance.

I went to a lot of those battlefields as a kid - Harpers Ferry, Antietam, Gettysburg, Bull Run - but it was so long ago that I barely remember them now. I'd love to go back, I'd probably appreciate them more as an adult.

Frazod · 07-06-2010, 02:52 PM

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I went to a lot of those battlefields as a kid - Harpers Ferry, Antietam, Gettysburg, Bull Run - but it was so long ago that I barely remember them now. I'd love to go back, I'd probably appreciate them more as an adult.

I've scheduled trips to Gettysburg three times, but everytime something has happened to screw it up at the last minute. It's definitely on my list of places to see.

The ex and I visited Colonial Williamsburg and spent a weekend in DC once. That was pretty much the extent of my travels in the area unless I was driving back to Missouri. I never even drove down to North Carolina and the border was like fifteen miles away.

**KcMizzou** · 07-06-2010, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Buck

Yes. The guy who was to turn in the papers was KIA and they didn't find the papers until 53 years later.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Day

If they ever make a movie of his life, it's pretty obvious who should play him. In that pic he looks a lot like Robert De Niro.

**luv** · 07-06-2010, 03:07 PM

I would have said Yankees in a heartbeat if they were in their old stadium. I'd say Baltimore.

**2112** · 07-06-2010, 03:10 PM

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I've scheduled trips to Gettysburg three times, but everytime something has happened to screw it up at the last minute. It's definitely on my list of places to see.

The ex and I visited Colonial Williamsburg and spent a weekend in DC once. That was pretty much the extent of my travels in the area unless I was driving back to Missouri. I never even drove down to North Carolina and the border was like fifteen miles away.

I was in Gettysburg at night. and I swear to god that field is haunted man. that place gave me the spooks. YOU WOULD LOVE IT with all of your ghost stories.

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