Blind Fan making 30 Ballpark, 30 Day 2012 Tour

Reggie Deal, that would be your writer, is going on a dream 2012 ballpark tour.

A blind fan who has visited several parks the last decaid, life circumstances have presented the perfect opportunity for me to embark on my 30 park, 30 day tour.

Multiple schedule options are being evaluated, the ultimate plan that I select is going to be largely impacted by start times of each game, to minimize travel difficulty, as where possible the travel between ballparks will be via bus or train, while also trying to maximize the number of games that are back-to-back in cities with multiple teams.

The favored schedule that I hope can work out, will be a May 11-June 9 arrangement. two versions of this are being considered and are listed here. A third option under consideration begins May 3 and ends June 1, incorporating some of the same dates as the schedule with later dates.

Possible schedule options, listed in order by dates.

first, what is listed as option A because it is the earliest on the calendar from may 3-June 1.
may 3 at St. Louis
May 4 at kansas City
May 5 at Seattle or Anaheim
May 6 at Anaheim or San Diego
may 7 at San diego or Los Angeles
May 8 at Los Angeles or Seattle
May 9-11, a combination in one order or another of Minnesota, Milwaukee, and Pittsburgh
May 12 at Arizona
May 13 at Oakland
May 14 at San Francisco
May 15 at Texas
May 16 at Houston
May 17 at Atlanta
May 18 at Detroit
May 19 at Cleveland
May 20 at Washington
May 21 at Baltimore
May 22 at Philadelphia
May 23 at NY yankees
May 24 at NY Mets
May 25 at Boston
May 26 at Cincinnati
May 27 at chicago white Sox
May 28 at Chicago Cubs
May 29 at Tampa Bay
May 30 at Miami
May 31 at Colorado
June 1 at toronto

As for the may 11 through June 9 schedule, most of those dates are the same, even though two versions are under consideration. that schedule is as follows.

may 11-13, in order Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Minnesota, or Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Miami
may 14-25 are the same on both planned routes.
May 14 at toronto
May 15 at Texas
May 16 at Houston
May 17 at Anaheim
May 18 at Los Angeles
May 19 at San Diego
May 20 at San Francisco
May 21 at Oakland
May 22 at Seattle
May 23 at Arizona
May 24 at St. Louis
May 25 at Atlanta
may 26 either Cincinnati or Minnesota
May 27-28 at Chicago White Sox and Cubs on consecutive dates
May 29 at Tampa Bay or Cleveland
may 30 at Miami or Tampa bay
may 31 at Colorado
June 1 at Detroit or kansas City
June 2 at Kansas City or Cleveland
June 3 at Milwaukee or Detroit

Finally, the six game run June 4-9 is the same on both schedule versions.
June 4 at NY Mets
June 5 at NY Yankees
June 6 at Philadelphia
June 7 at Washington
June 8 at Baltimore
June 9 at Boston

If conditions I cannot predict force me to go later in the summer, schedules have been plotted out for later dates. while I won't list these for now, I will if I have to make those considerations, the schedules are set for dates of July 17 to August 15, August 5 to September 3, August 6 to September 4, or August 21 to September 19.

You ccan like the page I have recently created on Facebook as well, blind baseball traveler is the search term that will take you there.

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Comment by Joseph Donaldson (17) on December 11, 2011 at 6:44pm

Good luck, sounds awesome!

Comment by Kurt Smith on November 4, 2011 at 5:47pm
That is awesome, Reggie! Allow me to offer one tip: May is not as high a demand month as June for most teams, so many times you can get cheaper tickets that way. I would try to stay in May or April if you can swing it. If you need any help with anything, give me a shout (or give Chuck a shout, he knows his stuff too). Please let me know when you firm up your Philly date, I'll try and meet up with you. Best of luck, Kurt
Comment by Chuck Booth (35) ALL 30/23 DAYS! on November 4, 2011 at 8:29am
This is a journey I have done  before a couple of times.  In case this helps-I have put 6 30-30 trips together that I may do in conjunction with MLB.  You could just start it from May.11 onwards http://fastestthirtyballgames.com/30in306times2012.aspx if it helps.

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