Couple See Every Major, Minor League Ballpark in U.S., Canada 55,604 Miles

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The best mascot? Thunder, a purple-nosed, plush green dog who wields a Super Soaker to drench uncooperative fans of the Lake Elsinore Storm, a minor-league team in Southern California.

The worst stadium? Jim Siscel, normally quite free-spoken, hesitated. "They'll hate this," muttered the Lynnwood man. Then he confessed. Charming history aside, the cramped seating and poor sightlines at Boston's 1912 Fenway Park and Chicago's 1914 Wrigley Field just don't cut it from a fan's perspective, he said.

"But don't throw any stones (or baseballs; he already has plenty of those) until you hear him out. He and his wife, Andrea, just wrapped up a 55,604-mile tour of every major- and minor-league ballpark in the United States and Canada, a project that took nearly three seasons to complete.

"It was to see baseball, but mostly it was to see America," said Siscel, 62, who retired from his Shoreline teaching job two years ago. "It reaffirmed for me, personally, what a great country we live in."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001978170_baseball13m.html

[GOPisEvil]

1. I would LOVE to do that.

It sounds like a blast!

[catzies]

2. That's adorable. A gal in my office did a ballpark-touring honeymoon

And it was HER idea.

[Endangered Specie]

3. I hope this means that 'ran the bases' alot

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