Pretty simple poll. I’m curious to see which Major League team has been visited by the most Dopers. The poll is multiple choice, so please check off each team’s stadium you’ve been to. For the purposes of this poll, it can be a present or past stadium, and team name/city changes still count toward the same organization (so if you saw the Expos play at home, it counts under the Nationals). Remember that only the home team you saw counts for this poll.
If you’re participating in the thread discussion, I’d also appreciate people’s estimates on how many home games they’ve been to for each team they’ve seen play.
As for me, I went to my first Dodgers game when I was 10. I went a smattering of times in my teen years and twenties, and in my mid-30s, I got my first mini-plan, so I went very consistently for a few years. I’d estimate I’ve seen somewhere between 100-150 games at Dodger Stadium.
The Big A would be next on my list, being right down the road. I’ve probably seen between 10-20 games there. Other teams I’ve seen at home multiple times would be the Indians (5 times), Padres (~4-5 times, including once at Qualcomm), Orioles (4 times), Nationals (4 times), A’s (twice) and Diamondbacks (twice). I’ve seen eight other teams play at home just once.
I grew up in Wisconsin, and still consider the Brewers to be “my team”. I saw five or six games at old County Stadium, and one at Miller Park.
I’ve lived in Chicago for 27 years, and my wife’s family are White Sox fans. Thus, I’ve seen probably 10 games at U.S. Cellular (plus two games at the old Comiskey Park). I’ve also gone to around 10 Cubs games at Wrigley.
Finally, when I was in college in the 1980s, I dated a girl from the Twin Cities, and we went to a Twins game at the Metrodome.
I’ve also attended three Pirates spring training games at McKechnie Field in Bradenton, FL.
The Cubs are my team, so I’ve been to Wrigley Field about 25 times or so from 1988 to now.
Others:
Brewers (once)
White Sox (once)
Padres (once)
Nationals (thrice)–I lived in the Washington area for only two years, but it happened to be during the time when their new park opened. Therefore I saw games in two stadiums during those two years.
I should get the Rangers twice as I’ve seen them both in Washington and in Texas.
Orioles are first, probably about 20 times at home, followed by four or five times in KC and Texas (all to see the Orioles) and Boston two or three times.
I’ve seen the Expos too and I guess I should have clicked “Nationals” because it’s the same franchise, but it didn’t work in my brain. Not sure why I missed that.
The Blue Jays and Tigers I have seen in two different home parks each.
Didn’t see the Pilots on the list. Saw them twice back in 1969. Saw the Padres 3 times while stationed in San Diego back in the 70’s. Seen the Mariners about a dozen times over the past 30 years.
Major league, I’ve seen the Indians about four, maybe five times (twice at the old Municipal Stadium, two or three at what’s now called Progressive Field), and the Phillies twice, at whatever stadium they were in in the late 90s. Minor league, the Delaware Blue Rocks and the Lake Erie Captains, twice each.
Braves: 1 in their old stadium for July 4 day game, thank god we were in the shade
Cubs: a few times over the years
Mariners: 1 in the old crappy Kingdome
Marlins: 1 in original stadium on the day OJ Simpson had his famous chase in the white Bronco
Phillies: 1
Twins: a dozen or so in three different stadiums
White Sox: 1 or 2
Yankees: 1 in old Yankee stadium