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[why_me_why_not]

Daytona testing today means I am SO EXCITED about the upcoming NASCAR season. And if I don't make it to more races this year, I'm going to be upset.

I've also been debating taking the kids to a major league baseball game. We go to Carolina League games all the freaking time, but they've never been to a major league one, which is a whole 'nother experience. (seriously, cheap tickets for a major league game cost me more than the kids' season passes!) Boston is a possibility, but I really hate the actual Red Sox. I mean, I know they're our affiliate and whatever, but ugh. But Boston also has an aquarium. And we could go visit my aunt and go to Hershey midway to Boston. Both the Orioles and the Nationals are an option as well. They're both in days-driving distance. Nationals means we could make a long weekend of it and do DC stuff too. Orioles means Baltimore aquarium. And basically anywhere I go, I can orchestrate meet-ups with one of yall. What do you guys think?

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[bicrim.livejournal.com]

visit me in NJ!

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

Is there NASCAR or baseball in NJ?

[bicrim.livejournal.com]

there is baseball in NYC, which is near us! Yankees?

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

boo. I like the Yankees even less than the Red Sox! ;)

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

(also, I would LOVE to come visit you!)

[bicrim.livejournal.com]

also, if you do baltimore, my sister lives near there, we could come down and meet you there, maybe.

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

That'd be cool! I'll let you know what we decide! :)

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

Well, DC has more to do than Baltimore. But Baltimore's stuff is located all within walking distance of the ball park, while DC's is not. To Metro or not to Metro, 'tis the question.

I've been to a Nats game -- the park is nice and the food is good -- but like Oriole Park better. Also, I like AL better than NL. I don't *get* the way pinch hitting works with pitching changes; the DH may be laziness, but it's what I'm accustomed to.

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking maybe do Baltimore for this (and the aquarium! idk what else to do with the kids there?) and then just do DC some other time. I just think that the experience of a major league park is something the kids need to do, y'know? (b/c Carolina League is a completely different world)

It may come down to who has home games when I can play to get away, though, lol.

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

The Science Center and IMAX are nearby -- closer to the ball park than the aquarium actually. And there's a just-opened Ripley's Believe It or Not in the Light Street pavilion. In the spring and summer, you can take a water taxi to Fort McHenry and tour the old fort. There's Port Discovery near the aquarium, but I'm not sure what's there. There's also a pop culture museum right next door to the ball park.

Growing up, I think we went some amateur team stuff -- Tippy played -- but not to a MLB game until high school, and no minor league games until much later. My excuse: I went to school blocks from the O's, and we could walk down and watch batting practice. Why go elsewhere?

The O's play Houston this year...road trip south?

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

Ohh, we like Ripley's! And forts!

We have the minor league here in our hometown. We're a Class A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox (blech). Up until a few years ago, we were affiliated with Houston. (H & I went to an Astros game once when I visited.)