Progressive Field (Cleveland Indians)

Road to Cleveland (from Central Jersey) Pictures

Cleveland Pictures

Pro Football Hall of Fame Pictures

Ballpark Assessment

Category Score (0 to 10)					TOTAL (0 to 50)
Location	Atmosphere	Food	Exterior Architecture	Interior Architecture
8	6	4	7	7	32

The stadium was memorable for being next to Quicken Loans Arena where Lebron James played.  The stadium was near a lot of bars and restaurants with outdoor seating.  Inside the stadium in the outfield is a tribute to some of the Cleveland Indians greats (Bob Lemon, Jim Thome, CC Sabathia, etc).

Game Comments (courtesy of MLB.com)
Game Date: May 25, 2010
Attendance: 14,441
Weather: 74 degrees F, partly cloudy
Length of Game: 2 hours, 16 minutes
Final Score: Cleveland Indians 7, Chicago White Sox 3

Mitch Talbot held the White Sox to two hits until the seventh, and Jason Donald and Shin-Soo Choo homered as the Indians posted two three-run frames. Talbot went seven innings, allowing Chicago just two runs.

Stories from the Road
And thus begins the 7 day, 7 city (Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Toronto and Pittsburgh) baseball roadtrip with my brother.

To start off, the eight hour drive to Cleveland from central Jersey provided at least some excitement.  During the drive, we listened to a lot of my brother's music (so that's what the kids are listening to these days).  Along the way we stopped off for a late lunch in the "Nowheresville, PA" where they served freedom fries.  That's right ... freedom fries.  None of that French crap!

For dinner, we stopped at a trucker restaurant somewhere in the middle of Pennsylvania that purported to serve "America's Best Apple Pie."  Dave ordered it, and while I wouldn't say it is the very best, the pie was accompanied by the biggest scoop of ice cream possible in the bowl it was served in.

After this loooong Monday afternoon/evening drive, we were excited for our visit to the Football Hall of Fame the following day.  To our chagrin, the HoF looked like a church from the outside.  Like a lot of football stadiums across the country, the Football Hall of Fame is nothing special from the outside and is surrounded by a large parking lot.  When we got the tickets, we also purchased tickets to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the same time (it's not every day I'm in Cleveland).

The inside of the Hall of Fame was fantastic!!! The Hall of Fame room where all the inductees had their bronze statuettes was a sight to be hold.  In a nod to possible the greatest Super Bowl ever, the HoF had the helmet that David Tyree wore when he caught "THE PASS" from Eli Manning in their Super Bowl win over the Patriots.

We had decent seats for the Indians game, first row in the outfield.  I was able to get half priced tickets for bringing pepsi cans to the game.  Also, that night's Indians game was $1 hot dog night.  Of course, I had to take part and got 3 hot dogs for dinner .... Uggh.