Five and a half years after kicking off an insane journey in Oakland back in April 2021, one Dodger fan is staring down the finish line of a quest to see their team play in every single MLB stadium across the league, plus Tokyo. This is it, folks. The Bronx is next, and that means the goal to complete the circuit is right around the corner. What a wild ride it must have been.
The Price of Obsession and Bad Seats
This fan’s past few months have been a complete roller coaster. While they hoped to get a follow up report out for Chicago, it seems they had said everything that needed saying in their initial guide entry. Getting a decent seat at that ballpark was a nightmare. Apparently, the only real solution there is to shell out for a club seat. We’re talking $200-400 per game ticket, and let’s be real, that’s no solution. That’s a flat-out joke. When you have to spend that much for a single game, the best option becomes staying home. Even a spot picked for the series finale in Chicago looked promising until people started moving around, completely blocking the action. Talk about frustrating!
The Unforgettable Scars of 2017 and Unpopular Opinions
This fan also has some thoughts on other teams, especially when it comes to “leaning into coming second.” They’ve gotten questions about why they seem “meaner” to Blue Jays fans than Yankees fans. And their answer? They have way less sympathy for Blue Jays fans because they have never seen an organization or fanbase lean so hard into coming second. Yes, they admit the Dodgers are probably overdoing it with their Game 7 bobbleheads, like “The Catch” finally hitting bobblehead form this September. But imagine the mockery if the Dodgers had followed the Blue Jays’ tack in 2018, celebrating 50th anniversaries and AL Pennants. That fan says they got “broken” after 2017, feeling like the Dodgers were so close, yet so far. The “Yu Darvish laying an egg in Game 7” joke was brutal, only to be “retraumatized” when the Astros’ cheating came out. Still, this fan stands firm: they have never said the Dodgers should be awarded the 2017 title. They know the Dodgers still blew it, pointing to a Kenley Jansen meatball in Game 2, Clayton Kershaw not listening to coaches in Game 5, or that Yu Darvish turkey in Game 7. Three is less than four, after all, and vacatur was the right move for the Astros’ actions.
So now, it’s off to the Bronx for the final stop. This fan is on the cusp of something huge, finally wrapping up a five-and-a-half-year journey. What a feeling it must be, heading into that last park, knowing you are almost there.
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