Erin and I from our bleacher seats
Guy pounding bass drum from bleachers during Indian Rallies
View from Upper Deck
Hall of Fame Plaques at Progressive Field
Hall of Fame Section in Center Field
Indians' Mascot Showing His USA Pride
View from our bleacher seats
Restuarant down the third base line
View of Progressive Field from outside stadium
Cleveland Cavaliers' Quicken Loans Arena
Johnny Cash's Tour Bus at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Michael Jackson Memorial at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Jim Thorpe Statue as you enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Brett Favre Memorabilia from breaking career records
Frerotte and Berrian Jerseys and football they used to set record
Player Bench from last game Vince Lombardi Coached at Lambeau Field
Head Statues of all of the Hall of Fame Players
Cris Carter's shoes and ball from breaking single season receptions record
Jim Marshall Memorabilia
Uniform used in the first indoor pro football gameSaturday July 4th
I finally got back into the Cleveland area on the morning of July 4th after a LONG trip back to Iowa for my friends’ funeral. I was supposed to get to Iowa Thursday morning about 10:30 a.m. but instead I spent 17 hours in airports and airplanes. I had two flights cancelled due to mechanical problems and I also missed a flight in Chicago because I was at the wrong gate. I missed the visitation but I was able to make the funeral on Friday.
I flew into Cleveland about 11:00 this morning and I dropped Erin off at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland and then drove an hour south to Canton to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Erin enjoyed looking at the memorabilia of all the different bands and singers throughout the decades. Of course they had a big memorial for Michael Jackson and people left flowers, cards and other stuff at the memorial. Erin also heard the quote of the day while at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She was sitting outside looking out at Lake Erie which was behind the Hall of Fame and she heard some 20 year olds talking. One of them said “Yeah I’m pretty sure that’s an ocean but I’m not sure what it’s called.”
The Pro Football Hall of Fame was definitely worth the trip down to Canton. It was very interesting to see the entire history of pro football, not just the NFL. I definitely learned some things about the different pro leagues that were out there. The highlight of the visit was going into the room that had head statues of all the Hall of Famers.
Two of the things at the Hall of Fame dealt with games that I’ve attended in person. I was at the game Adrian Peterson broke the single game rushing record and they had a highlight video of that game. I was also at the Bears-Vikings game this year which Gus Frerrote threw a 99-yard touchdown pass to Bernard Berrian. The Hall of Fame had both players’ jerseys and the football that was used for the pass. The funny thing is I’ve been to only 3 NFL games in my life and history was made in two of them.
We ate at the Hard Rock Café in downtown Cleveland before heading over to Progressive Field for the game. Quickens Loans Arena, home of the Cleveland Cavaliers, was right next to Progressive Field. Progressive Field was a nice looking stadium but it would rate as the lowest stadium on our trip. That’s not necessarily a knock against Progressive Field because the first three we saw were outstanding. Erin and I sat in the bleachers at Progressive Field and that was a very fun atmosphere, easily the best atmosphere on the trip. At the top of our bleachers section they had an Indians’ employee pounding a bass drum during Indian rallies. If you’ve ever seen the movie Major League which is based on the Indians, they also had a bass drum in the bleachers. The fans in our section were very much into the game and they were doing their share of heckling of A’s leftfielder Matt Holiday. Progressive Field had a Homerun Porch in leftfield where fans could stand against the fence to try and catch a homerun. Progressive Field had the best Hall of Fame section of all of the stadiums we’ve seen so far this trip. They had individual plaques on each HOF player detailing their career. Another interesting thing in the stadium was a fancy restaurant that was built into the stands down the third base line.
Since it was the Fourth of July they had a huge fireworks show after the game and they also handed out red, white, and blue Indians’ hats to everybody that came into the game.
A word to the wise if you ever buy your tickets on Stubhub, make sure you bring their 800 number along with you to the game. We gave away our Friday night tickets to Erin’s relatives because we couldn’t go to the game. When they had their tickets scanned at the game the ticket people said that those tickets had already been scanned in that night. They didn’t have the 800 number with them, but luckily the ticket people gave them other bleacher seats. I’m not sure all stadium people would be that nice. Stubhub guarantees your tickets so if the tickets don’t work you can call their 800 number and they’ll get you different tickets.
Tomorrow we’re off to the Great America Ballpark in Cincinnati, just three days left on the trip.
The rankings so far:
1. Kauffmann Stadium in KC
2. Busch Stadium in St. Louis
3. PNC Park in Pittsburgh
4. Progressive Field in Cleveland
I finally got back into the Cleveland area on the morning of July 4th after a LONG trip back to Iowa for my friends’ funeral. I was supposed to get to Iowa Thursday morning about 10:30 a.m. but instead I spent 17 hours in airports and airplanes. I had two flights cancelled due to mechanical problems and I also missed a flight in Chicago because I was at the wrong gate. I missed the visitation but I was able to make the funeral on Friday.
I flew into Cleveland about 11:00 this morning and I dropped Erin off at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland and then drove an hour south to Canton to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Erin enjoyed looking at the memorabilia of all the different bands and singers throughout the decades. Of course they had a big memorial for Michael Jackson and people left flowers, cards and other stuff at the memorial. Erin also heard the quote of the day while at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She was sitting outside looking out at Lake Erie which was behind the Hall of Fame and she heard some 20 year olds talking. One of them said “Yeah I’m pretty sure that’s an ocean but I’m not sure what it’s called.”
The Pro Football Hall of Fame was definitely worth the trip down to Canton. It was very interesting to see the entire history of pro football, not just the NFL. I definitely learned some things about the different pro leagues that were out there. The highlight of the visit was going into the room that had head statues of all the Hall of Famers.
Two of the things at the Hall of Fame dealt with games that I’ve attended in person. I was at the game Adrian Peterson broke the single game rushing record and they had a highlight video of that game. I was also at the Bears-Vikings game this year which Gus Frerrote threw a 99-yard touchdown pass to Bernard Berrian. The Hall of Fame had both players’ jerseys and the football that was used for the pass. The funny thing is I’ve been to only 3 NFL games in my life and history was made in two of them.
We ate at the Hard Rock Café in downtown Cleveland before heading over to Progressive Field for the game. Quickens Loans Arena, home of the Cleveland Cavaliers, was right next to Progressive Field. Progressive Field was a nice looking stadium but it would rate as the lowest stadium on our trip. That’s not necessarily a knock against Progressive Field because the first three we saw were outstanding. Erin and I sat in the bleachers at Progressive Field and that was a very fun atmosphere, easily the best atmosphere on the trip. At the top of our bleachers section they had an Indians’ employee pounding a bass drum during Indian rallies. If you’ve ever seen the movie Major League which is based on the Indians, they also had a bass drum in the bleachers. The fans in our section were very much into the game and they were doing their share of heckling of A’s leftfielder Matt Holiday. Progressive Field had a Homerun Porch in leftfield where fans could stand against the fence to try and catch a homerun. Progressive Field had the best Hall of Fame section of all of the stadiums we’ve seen so far this trip. They had individual plaques on each HOF player detailing their career. Another interesting thing in the stadium was a fancy restaurant that was built into the stands down the third base line.
Since it was the Fourth of July they had a huge fireworks show after the game and they also handed out red, white, and blue Indians’ hats to everybody that came into the game.
A word to the wise if you ever buy your tickets on Stubhub, make sure you bring their 800 number along with you to the game. We gave away our Friday night tickets to Erin’s relatives because we couldn’t go to the game. When they had their tickets scanned at the game the ticket people said that those tickets had already been scanned in that night. They didn’t have the 800 number with them, but luckily the ticket people gave them other bleacher seats. I’m not sure all stadium people would be that nice. Stubhub guarantees your tickets so if the tickets don’t work you can call their 800 number and they’ll get you different tickets.
Tomorrow we’re off to the Great America Ballpark in Cincinnati, just three days left on the trip.
The rankings so far:
1. Kauffmann Stadium in KC
2. Busch Stadium in St. Louis
3. PNC Park in Pittsburgh
4. Progressive Field in Cleveland
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