We attended a double-A baseball game between the Akron RubberDucks (Cleveland Guardians affiliate) vs Somerset Patriots (New York Yankees affiliate) at Canal Park in Akron, Ohio.

An interactive map of the ballpark:

Entrance of Canal Park:

Team store:

The Dog Pound:

Food:

The ballpark:

Our seats, right behind home plate: section 12, row A, seats 9 & 10. It had been raining, so an usher kindly wiped our seats for us:

Selfie:

Our front-row view:

Play ball:

Home run:

Mascots:

Exploring the ballpark:

Popcorn and hot chocolate:

Jenn admired this pitcher’s long hair:

A baseball on the field:

Dancing grounds crew:

We attended a game of the Philadelphia Phillies vs San Francisco Giants, playing at the Phillies ballpark, Citizens Bank Park.

Jenn’s game summary:

Lovely, if cool, day for a ballgame. The Phillies Phanatic is the greatest mascot (sorry, Moose). The hometown crowd is very vocal and even boos their own players when they make an error, but otherwise, the folks we met were friendly and helpful to us out-of-towners. The park itself is rather mid-tier—no really “wow” factor, and we sadly didn’t get to see the homerun bell in action. Took over an hour to get out of the parking lot afterwards—craziness!

An interactive map of the ballpark and extensive surface parking around it:

Philadelphia:

Citizens Bank Park:

Home of the Philadelphia Phillies:

Selfie:

Crabfries:

Chicken donuts and crabfries:

Baseball stadium passport stamp:

Jenn with a model Phillie Phanatic:

Peach parfait:

View from our seats, Section 132, Row 26, Seats 1-2:

The Phillie Phanatic:

Play ball:

Camera guy and a dancing fan:

Exploring the ballpark:

Beverages:

Attendance 41,321:

Run scores:

Scores:

Phillies win!

We attended a spring training game at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida, between the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Phillies.

Grand Slam Grill:

Lunch:

Beverage:

Distance sign:

Outfield chairs:

Bullpens:

Big D:

Play ball:

Automated Ball-Strike challenge, being tested in spring training:

Mascot:

We attended a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the San Diego Padres, playing at the Giant’s ballpark, Oracle Park in San Francisco, California. What we thought would be our last game of the year (but actually only our last game of the regular season), and the 8th ballpark we’ve visited in our stretch goal of visiting all of the ballparks (six new ones this year, plus re-visiting the Mariners’ park a couple of times).

Jenn’s game summary:

The Giants lost after 10 innings. The Padres had a large number of fans in attendance, and it was difficult to distinguish the chants for each team. The weather was very changeable and I got a little sunburnt on my neck. Ramos hit a home run into McCovey Cove, so that was fun—the first right-handed hitter to do so. Tatis Jr. came out to pinch-hit in the 8th and sent the first pitch over the wall. It’s a nice park with lovely panoramic views of the Bay, but not much entertainment between innings.

Bay Bridge:

Oracle Park:

Team store:

Three times world champions:

Concessions:

Burritos:

View from outfield:

Big Coke bottle:

Big glove:

Cable car:

Ferry next to the ballpark:

View from outfield:

World Series rings:

View from our seats:

Orlando Cepeda memorial:

Mascot:

First pitches:

Out at first:

An advertising boat circled for half the game:

Exploring Oracle Park:

Boats and kayaks next to the ballpark, waiting for a splash home run: 

Our traditional ballpark dessert:

Submarine pitcher:

Runs score:

That was a new splash hit home run:

Final scores:

Padres win, sorry Giants:

The second Seattle Mariners game vs the New York Mets, at the Mariners’ ballpark, T-Mobile Field was originally going to be an afternoon game, but was pushed back a few hours as it was featured on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball.

We were there very early, having done the ballpark tour beforehand, so had ample opportunity to sample more ballpark food:

Julio Rodríguez exercising, having been on the injury list until this game:

Marking the batting boxes:

Jenn with inflatable trident:

Pitching:

Batting:

Cal on base:

ESPN Sunday Night Baseball:

Pitching:

Run scores:

Salmon Run:

Home run:

Two runs score:

Even though I’ve been in this ballpark more times than any other over the years, and had explored in the previous game, plus the guided tour, I still wanted to explore some more, to take pictures from other angles and places:

“Hotdogs from heaven”, a Mariners innovation where they drop hotdogs on little parachutes:

The wave:

Cal Raleigh is nicknamed “Big Dumper” (because he has a big butt), and they played on that by having him read out messages to dump people:

The M’s did rather well:

Mariners win:

Sweep:

Cal interview: