The Baseball Fan's Bucket List: 162 Things You Must Do, See, Get, and Experience Before You Die
No sports fans are more in touch with the history and ephemera of their game than baseball fans. Hitting the sweet spot of our national pastime, The Baseball Fans Bucket List presents a list of 162 absolute must things to do, see, get, and experience before you kick the bucket. Entries range from visiting Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ (site of the first pro baseball game), to starting a baseball card collection; experiencing Opening Day; attending your favorite teams Fantasy Camp; reading...
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162 Things you must do, see, get and experience before you die!
Introduction 81 Take A Baseball Road Trip 142 Visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum 163 Go to Opening Day 184 Attend A World Series Game 215 See the Cubs Play at Wrigley Field 226 Watch the Ken Burns Documentary, Baseball 257 See the Red Sox Play at Fenway Park 278 Experience A Hall of Fame Induction Weekend In Cooperstown 309 Play Fantasy Baseball in a Rotisserie League 3210 Go to a Major Leagure Baseball All-Star Game 3411 Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum 3612 Learn to Keep Score 3913 See Some Grapefruit League Spring Training Games 4114 Watch the Movie, Bull Durham 4315 See Some Cactus League Spring Training Games 4516 Take a Kid to His or Her First Major League Baseball Game 4717 Read the Book, Ball Four 4918 Attend a Major League Baseball Fantasy Camp 5119 Watch the Movie, the Natural 5320 Visit Rickwood Field 5521 Watch the Movie, Field of Dreams 5722 See the Dodgerso Play at Dodger Stadium 5923 Read the Book, the Boys of Summer 6124 Own a Baseball Glove 6325 See the Yankees Play the Red Sox 6526 Go to the College World Series 6727 Watch the movie, a League of their Own 7028 See the Orioles Play at Oriole Park At Camden Yards 7229 Read the Book, Moneyball 7430 See the Pirates Play At PNC Park 7631 Watch the Documentary, Viva Baseball 7832 Watch the Movie, Eight Men Out 8033 See the Cardinals Play the Cubs 8234 Tour the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory 8435 See the Giants Play at at& T Park 8736 Attend the World Baseball Classic 8937 Read the Book, Baseball: A Literary Anthology 9238 See A Triple-A Pacific Coast League Game 9339 Watch the Movie, The Rookie 9640 See A Triple-A International League Game 9741 See the Indians Play at Progressive Field 9942 Coach A Season of Little League Baseball 10243 Watch the Movie, Fob Love of the Game 10444 Own A Piece of Vintage Baseball Clothing 10645 Visit the Legends of the Game Museum 10846 See the Mariners Play at Safeco Field 11047 Learn to Figure Important Baseball Statistics 11248 Become A Member of Sabr 11449 Visit The Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum 11550 Go to the Midnight Sun Baseball Classic 11851 Play in an Adult Baseball League 12052 Attend A Fan Fest 12353 Maintain A Baseball Card Collection 12454 Watch the Movie, 61* 12655 See the Padres Play at Petco Park 12856 Attend A Theatrical Production of Damn Yankees 13057 Attend the Hall of Fame Classic Weekend in Cooperstown 13258 See an Interleague Game 13459 See the Dodgers Play the Giants 13560 Read the Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti 13761 Visit the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center 13962 Watch the Movie, Soul of the Game 14163 See the Rockies Play at Coors Field 14364 Attend the Triple-A all-Star Game 14465 See the Mets Play at Citi Field 14666 Subscribe to and Read Baseball America 14867 See the Yankees Play at Yankee Stadium 15063 Catch A Cape Cod League Game 15269 Create A Baseball Reference Library 15470 Visit Green-Wood Cemetery 15671 Visit the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum 7172 Own an Autographed Baseball Collection 16173 Watch the Movie, Major League 16274 Watch the Documentary, the Life and Times of Hank Greenberg 16475 See the Brewers Play at Miller Park 16676 Watch the Movie, the Pride of the Yankees 16877 Visit the Field of Dream Movie Site 17078 Attend a Theatrical Production of Bleacher Bums 17279 Read the Book, Veeck as in Wreck 17380 See the Phillies Play at Citizens Bank Park 17581 Read the Book, A False Spring 17882 Attend Jackie Robinson Day 17983 Own A Copy of the New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract 18184 Own a Classic Baseball Photograph 18385 See the Angels Play at Angel Stadium 18586 Learn the Story Behind ?Take Me Out to the Ball Game? 18687 Read the Book, the Glory of their Times 18988 Listen to the Great American Baseball Box 19089 Start A Baseball Bobblehead Collection 19290 See the Cardinals Play at Busch Stadium 19491 Attend the Little League World Series 19692 See the Rangers Play at Rangers Ballpark 19893 Visit Dedeaux Field and the Use Baseball Hall of Fame 20094 Read the Book, You Know Me Al 20195 Watch the Movie, Bang the Drum Slowly 20396 Attend the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture 20597 Visit the Bob Feller Museum 20698 See an Independent League Game 20899 Read the Book, Only the Ball Was White 210100 Visit the TY Cobb Musuem 212101 Umpire A Baseball Game 214102 Join the Baseball Reliquary 216103 Watch the Abbott & Costello Skit, ?Who's on First?? 217104 See A Double-A Game 218105 See the Royals Play at Kauffman Stadium 219106 Own A Piece of Baseball Art 220107 Read the Book, Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game 221108 See A Durham Bulls Game 222109 See the Twins Play at Target Field 223110 Listen to Lou Gehrig's Famous Farewell Speech 224111 See the Tigers Play at Comerica Park 225112 Hit in the Batting Cages 226113 Go to an Old Timers' Day 227114 Watch the Movie, Sugar 228115 Visit the Ivan Allen Jr. Braves Museum and Hall of Fame 229116 See the White Sox Play at U.S. Cellular Field 230117 Play Apba 231118 See the Reds Play at Great American Ballpark 232119 Play in A Vintage Base Ball League120 See the Braves Play at Turner Field121 Own A Baseball Antique 236122 Read the Book, Shoeless Joe 237123 Shop For Baseball Memorabilia in Cooperstown 238124 Read the Book, the Summer Game 239125 Play Strat-O-Matic Baseball 240126 See the Nationals Play at Nationals Park 241127 Own A Copy of the Barry Halper Collection of Baseball Memorabilia 242128 Host A Minor League Ball Player 243129 See the Diamondbacks Play at Chase Field 244130 Take in A Local Museum Baseball Exhibit 245131 Read the Book, the Teammates 246132 Delve Into Some Baseball Scholarship 248133 See A Single-A Game 249134 Watch the Movie, Fever Pitch 250135 Attend the Annual Civil Rights Game 251136 See the Astros Play at Minute Maid Park 252137 Catch an Arizona Fall League Game 253138 Watch the Movie, The Sandlot 254139 Throw Out the First Pitch 255140 Eat at A Famous Ballplayer's Restaurant 256141 Visit the Barnstable Bat Company 257142 Take A Baseball Tour of Japan 258143 Read the Book, the Science of Hitting 259144 See the Blue Jays Play at the Rogers Centre 260145 See A Short-Season a League Game 261146 See the Marlins Play at Land Shark Stadium 262147 Attend the Caribbean Series 263148 Fix Up A Baseball Field 264149 Visit the Gravesite of Alexander Joy Cartwright, Jr. 265150 See the Rays Play at Tropicana Field 267151 Read the Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. 268152 Watch the Movie, Cobb 269153 Visit the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum 270154 See A Rookie League Game 271155 See the A's Play at the Oakland Coliseum 272156 Visit George M. Steinbrenner Field 273157 Attend A Negro Leagues Day Celebration and Game 274158 Visit the Sports Museum of Los Angeles 275159 Visit Bowman Field 276160 Catch A Mexican League Game 277161 Read Elysian Fields Quarterly 278162 Visit Elysian Fields 279The Checklist 280Acknowledgements 288
