baseballparks/MLB1-30.asp ( 2 1 April 2 0 1 4 , Monday ) - - One of the reasons I contemplate RETIREMENT most every day : I get to ponder what Mrs . Flanagan and I will do when we ve the time , the means and the discretion to travel . VISITING EVERY MAJOR LEAGUE BALLPARK is , for this typist , a must . [ Of the existing ballparks , I ve only seen ANAHEIM s ANGELS STADIUM . BALTIMORE s ORIOLES PARK AT CAMDEN YARDS , BOSTON s FENWAY PARK , OAKLAND s O.CO COLISEUM and SAN FRANCISCO s A . T . & T . PARK ] . Now that the MONTREAL EXPOS have vacated the Province of Quebec for the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA , all thirty Major League Parks save for TORONTO s RODGERS CENTRE [ formerly SKYDOME ] are situated here in The States ; in alphabetical order , ARIZONA [ 1 ] , CALIFORNIA [ 5 ] , COLORADO [ 1 ] , FLORIDA [ 2 ] , GEORGIA [ 1 ] , ILLINOIS [ 2 , both in CHICAGO ] , MARYLAND [ 1 ] , MASSACHUSETTS [ 1 ] , MICHIGAN [ 1 ] , MINNESOTA [ 1 ] , MISSOURI [ 2 ] , NEW YORK [ 2 , one in THE BRONX and one in FLUSHING MEADOW ] , OHIO [ 2 ] , PENNSYLVANIA [ 2 ] , TEXAS [ 2 ] , WASHINGTON D . C . [ 1 ] , WASHINGTON STATE [ 1 ] and WISCONSIN [ 1 ] . The Eastern Time Zone is top - heavy with baseball teams and their parks [ fourteen of thirty ] . true of every major team sport in North America . The Mountain Time Zone is a quick study , with no more than two [ COORS PARK in DENVER , CHASE FIELD - formerly BACK ONE BALLPARK - in PHOENIX . ] Whereas the NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE has thirty - two teams situated in twenty - two states , Major League Baseball has its thirty teams in seventeen states , the District of Columbia and the Canadian Province of ONTARIO . Occasional talk of expansion involves the Mexican City of MONTERREY , which is daunting : that s one trip - by - car about which I d be reluctant . Whereas baseball in Montreal was enjoyable , despite the occasional xenophobia of Quebecois toward Yanks and the low marks given STADE OLYMPIQUE , a relic of the 1 9 7 6 Montreal Summer Olympiad that became the new ballpark for the Expos , giving them far greater seating capacity than JARRY PARK . [ The ATLANTA BRAVES had a similar transition , departing ATLANTA - FULTON COUNTY STADIUM for the new unit that was built for the 1 9 9 6 Atlanta Summer Olympiad . The Braves , however , now have plans to leave TURNER FIELD . ] The Atlanta Braves weren t even playing in Atlanta at the time this typist was born [ the Braves were in MILWAUKEE then , in 1 9 5 6 ] and fourteen of the Major League Franchises hadn t yet been founded . [ The fourteen : ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS , COLORADO ROCKIES , HOUSTON ASTROS , KANSAS CITY ROYALS , LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM , MIAMI MARLINS , MILWAUKEE BREWERS , NEW YORK METS , SAN DIEGO PADRES , SEATTLE MARINERS , TAMPA BAY RAYS , TEXAS RANGERS , TORONTO BLUE JAYS , WASHINGTON NATIONALS ] . In fact , Major League Baseball hadn t any teams west of Kansas City when I made my debut . Circa 1 9 5 6 , the AMERICAN LEAGUE consisted of these eight teams : BALTIMORE ORIOLES BOSTON RED SOX CHICAGO WHITE SOX CLEVELAND INDIANS DETROIT TIGERS KANSAS CITY ATHLETICS NEW YORK YANKEES WASHINGTON SENATORS Of these eight , only the Red Sox still play in the same home field . The Athletics and the Senators relocated to OAKLAND and MINNESOTA respectively . The National League s eight at that time , fifty - eight years ago : BROOKLYN DODGERS CHICAGO CUBS CINCINNATI REDS MILWAUKEE BRAVES NEW YORK { BASEBALL } GIANTS PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES PITTSBURGH PIRATES ST . LOUIS CARDINALS The Cubs are the only National League team from that era that has the same ballpark , WRIGLEY FIELD . The Braves , as mentioned previously , left Milwaukee for Atlanta , while most everyone with a modest command of Major League history knows that the Dodgers and Giants became the first Major League teams on the Left Coast , departing Brooklyn and MANHATTAN following the 1 9 5 7 season for LOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCO respectively .
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