Category: baseball

This isn’t a true 0-fer this week, but it does point out my literary failings, which is what I’m all about.

Last night, it occurred to me that the number of ballparks I’ve visited may be greater than the number of Shakespeare plays I’ve read. I checked out both lists this morning and I’m glad to report that’s not the case:

Ballparks I’ve attended:

1. Anaheim
2. Baltimore
3. Boston
4. New York Yankees (old)
5. New York Mets (old)
6. Oakland
7. Philadelphia (old)
8. San Diego
9. Seattle
10. Toronto

Shakespeare plays I’ve read:

1. As You Like It
2. Henry IV, 1
3. Henry IV, 2
4. Henry V
5. Hamlet
6. King Lear
7. Macbeth
8. The Merchant of Venice
9. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
10. Much Ado About Nothing
11. Othello
12. Richard II
13. Romeo and Juliet
14. The Tempest
15. Winter’s Tale

I’ll probably see a Braves game when I’m in Atlanta next month, but I also just began reading Antony and Cleopatra, so the deficit will remain at 5. Unless I go on a real Shakespeare binge (which is possible) or get fired and decide to go on that “8 parks in 10 days” tour of midwestern ballparks I plotted out back in 2002 (which is very unlikely (I hope)).

Howzabout you, dear readers? Any of you read fewer plays of Shakespeare than the number of MLB ballparks you’ve visited?

Bonus! NBA arenas I’ve attended:

1. Philadelphia
2. Chicago
3. New Jersey
4. Toronto
5. New York
6. Washington (old)
7. New Orleans
8. Dallas