Introduction..
Hello.. how's that for an inspired introduction?
In this space I intend to collect and recollect my family's experiences traveling the country on a quest to visit all 30 major league parks.. Actually by the time we are done there will several that we have covered twice because of new stadiums opening, etc.. there are also a few bonus parks that we have hit so the final count will be somewhere near 40 stadiums i figure..
Anyhoo.. we are the Agan family.. there's me, Steve, my wife Jackie and our three kids, Dylan our oldest and the twins, Breanne and Justin. We live in Upstate NY just outside of Albany, NY.
I'm a die hard card carrying member of Red Sox Nation since long before such a thing ever existed. I've been a fan since i was a kid. When I went to Northeastern back in 1986 and spent many an afternoon/evening sitting in the bleachers watching a young rookie phenom named Roger Clemens pitch for the Sox.. back then it was only $4 and you could walk up to the box office and get tickets no problem, unless the Yankees were in town.
My wife, Jackie, was raised with the New York Mets in her blood. Her dad was a huge Mets fan and he passed his love for the Mets on to his daughter.. he was also a season ticket holder to our local AA minor league team and my wife learned to keep score as well as keep track of statistics for the local team long before such things were available on the internet. She used a calculator and a typewriter to compile the stats for her dad..
My oldest son, Dylan, is a dynamo.. more interested in video games and martial arts than baseball. Dylan does not openly profess a love for the sport or any particular team in general. This is important to note because we are NOT all baseball freaks (though we try to instill our love for the game). When we do go to different places, we try to keep the whole family involved and plan activities outside of just baseball. This is an adventure. We are on a quest not only to see the 30 parks, but the whole country (and a little of Canada) while we are at it. Along the way I'll try and give advice on how we try (and sometimes failed) to keep everyone interested.
Breanne is our twin daughter. She's boisterous and outgoing and loves baseball. She could mimic Nomar Garciaparra's at bat routine before she was 4. She likes the Mets too.. mostly David Wright. She wore #5 in little league to honor both of her favorite players. Nowadays, she's become more of a Papelbon fan now that Nomar is always hurt.
Justin is the other of the wonder twins.. Justin is the polar opposite of Breanne, he tends to be very quiet and is very shy around people. Above all else, Justin idolizes his older brother. Justin is fairly neutral when it comes to baseball, but he does like the Mets nowadays. When he was younger he had a brief stint where he liked the Yankees too, though thankfully that has passed. He had both Mom and Dad worried for awhile.. :)
Anyhow, that's a brief introduction to us and who we are.. this blog is our story of our journey of discovery across this great country on our quest to see it all..
In this space I intend to collect and recollect my family's experiences traveling the country on a quest to visit all 30 major league parks.. Actually by the time we are done there will several that we have covered twice because of new stadiums opening, etc.. there are also a few bonus parks that we have hit so the final count will be somewhere near 40 stadiums i figure..
Anyhoo.. we are the Agan family.. there's me, Steve, my wife Jackie and our three kids, Dylan our oldest and the twins, Breanne and Justin. We live in Upstate NY just outside of Albany, NY.
I'm a die hard card carrying member of Red Sox Nation since long before such a thing ever existed. I've been a fan since i was a kid. When I went to Northeastern back in 1986 and spent many an afternoon/evening sitting in the bleachers watching a young rookie phenom named Roger Clemens pitch for the Sox.. back then it was only $4 and you could walk up to the box office and get tickets no problem, unless the Yankees were in town.
My wife, Jackie, was raised with the New York Mets in her blood. Her dad was a huge Mets fan and he passed his love for the Mets on to his daughter.. he was also a season ticket holder to our local AA minor league team and my wife learned to keep score as well as keep track of statistics for the local team long before such things were available on the internet. She used a calculator and a typewriter to compile the stats for her dad..
My oldest son, Dylan, is a dynamo.. more interested in video games and martial arts than baseball. Dylan does not openly profess a love for the sport or any particular team in general. This is important to note because we are NOT all baseball freaks (though we try to instill our love for the game). When we do go to different places, we try to keep the whole family involved and plan activities outside of just baseball. This is an adventure. We are on a quest not only to see the 30 parks, but the whole country (and a little of Canada) while we are at it. Along the way I'll try and give advice on how we try (and sometimes failed) to keep everyone interested.
Breanne is our twin daughter. She's boisterous and outgoing and loves baseball. She could mimic Nomar Garciaparra's at bat routine before she was 4. She likes the Mets too.. mostly David Wright. She wore #5 in little league to honor both of her favorite players. Nowadays, she's become more of a Papelbon fan now that Nomar is always hurt.
Justin is the other of the wonder twins.. Justin is the polar opposite of Breanne, he tends to be very quiet and is very shy around people. Above all else, Justin idolizes his older brother. Justin is fairly neutral when it comes to baseball, but he does like the Mets nowadays. When he was younger he had a brief stint where he liked the Yankees too, though thankfully that has passed. He had both Mom and Dad worried for awhile.. :)
Anyhow, that's a brief introduction to us and who we are.. this blog is our story of our journey of discovery across this great country on our quest to see it all..
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