Friday May 10 brings about a longer flight, this Friday morning you would depart Tampa and head west

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Having taken my crazy version travel packages to cuba of the 30 ballpark, 30 day tour during the spring of 2012, I was looking forward to seeing what options would work during the 2013 season. NO I will not be traveling in 2013 to 30 ballparks, maybe just two or three as I make sure to continue my streak of a major League game every season that dates back to the year 2000. But for anyone who may have the time, the desire, or just the crazy ambition to take on this baseball adventure, then I hope this is of some benefit.
When looking at a potential route of a 30 day 30 ballpark tour, I have several travel packages to cuba things that are highly desirable travel packages to cuba if not an outright must have. The perfect schedule would work in such a way so that you see the Rangers and Astros on consecutive days, same for the royals and Cardinals. IN an ideal world, you also have the Reds and Indians on consecutive dates and you try to also have the Pirates the day prior to or the day after the swing through Ohio. The same logic can be applied to the Tigers if a good Pittsburgh option is not in place. Pittsburgh can also be a good bridge to Philadelphia and the northeastern travel packages to cuba swing and when it comes to those teams, travel packages to cuba the Yankees, Mets, nationals, Orioles, Red Sox and Phillies, the ideal trip has you in new York on consecutive dates or using Boston as a bridge between two stops in NYC. You look to do the same with Washington and Baltimore, perhaps also using Philadelphia as a bridge. Any combination though will work well in the northeast, though Boston to Washington and Baltimore by train is not real desirable. When planning this type of trip, I also try very hard to put Milwaukee in the leadoff travel packages to cuba or back end slot in combination with the two Chicago teams. Minnesota if possible can also be put in a schedule prior to Milwaukee or following Milwaukee. Additionally Detroit can be a stop if you have a date to fill between your two games in Chicago, say a Cubs or Sox game, a Tigers game, then back to Chicago by train or car for the team you didn't see the first day in the Windy city.
Finally, the western swing requires that you try very hard to hit San Diego and the two Los Angeles area teams on consecutive dates and do the same with the two teams in the Bay Area. Some teams are your wild cards and you fit them in where it is best on the schedule, Seattle and Arizona are clearly in this category out west and if you can't get five consecutive dates in California, you can very easily justify a trip to the Mariners and or diamondbacks between the trip to the Giants and Athletics travel packages to cuba and the trip to the Dodgers, Padres, and Angels. You could also use the Colorado Rockies visit in this area, though it is less desired because of the time zone change and if going from west to east, Colorado is a great bridge so that you lose one hour a day on consecutive dates rather than two hours at once. Toronto is another one of those wild cards, it can work well while in the Midwest, leaving Chicago and returning to Detroit for example, or as a starting or ending point while in the northeast. Atlanta and Minnesota mentioned above while easily connected to other nearby teams, Tampa and Cincinnati for instance in the Atlanta example, are far enough away that they don't make or break a schedule if you have to put them elsewhere on a travel route since flying is more likely. Of the states with two teams, the Florida combo is the one most likely to be split if you don't drive, because the bus and train routes are drawn out and the flights between the two cities are very reasonable in cost.
The five travel schedules are as follows on the calendar. Option 1 begins April 22 in Washington and ends May 21 in Milwaukee, Option 2 begins May 28 in Houston and ends June 26 in Seattle, while Option 3 features a few of the same stops as option 2 but it begins June 9 in Milwaukee and ends July 8 in Baltimore. Options 4 and 5 are after the All Star break, with the 4th beginning July 22 in Toronto and ending August 20 in Detroit, with the 5th beginning August 22 with consecutive dates at the Cubs and white Sox and concluding September 20 in New York with the final two dates being the Mets and Yankees back-to-back, both ironically against the San Francisco giants. Three of these five involve holiday travel, Option 2 begins the day after memorial Day, Option 3 features July 4th action, travel packages to cuba and Option 5 features travel during labor Day.
Option 1 You would see your first game on Monday April 22 at Washington. The nationals play host to the Cardinals in the first game of a scheduled three game series and while the starting time is TBD, it is almost a sure bet that this game would start in the early evening. So you could fly into DC that morning and avoid an extra night at a hotel the night before.
Tuesday April 23, take your rental car or hop a train up to Baltimore. The time is TBD, but again it should be a night game as the Orioles travel packages to cuba host the blue jays in the second travel packages to cuba game of a three game series.
Wednesday April 24 takes you further north to Philadelphia, the Phillies host the Pirates in a schedule 7:05 game. Then get up a bit earlier on Thursday April 25 and get to your seats at CitiField for a scheduled 1:10 start as the Mets host the Dodgers. Then relax a bit and plan a fun activity for the night in New York that is not tied to baseball. Friday the 25th you remain in new York, spend the day checking out more of the city, then head to Yankee Stadium for the Yankees travel packages to cuba and blue Jays, the game should be a night game.
Finally on Saturday the 27th, make plans to get out early and head to Boston. The game time is not set and it could be as early as 1:05 or later in the day, the Red Sox host the Astros at Fenway, Houston will by then have moved to the AL and begun a new chapter after 51 seasons in the Senior Circuit.
Later Saturday night or early Sunday morning depending on the start time in Boston, it is time to hit the friendly skies for the first time since getting to DC. Head from Boston for Detroit and at 1:05 Sunday afternoon April 28, enjoy the Tigers at home against the Atlanta Braves in an interleague battle. Get plenty of rest in Detroit, because the one drawback of this trip is that Detroit and Toronto travel packages to cuba could not be put back-to-back and neither could the two Florida based teams. Monday April 29, fly from Detroit to Miami and at 7:10 that evening, see the marlins entertain the Mets at the very enjoyable marlins Park. Then on Tuesday April 30, fly back north to Toronto, that evening the blue Jays at 7:07 host the Red sox. After seeing Toronto three times in nine games, you are nearly done with the Jays on the road trip.
Wednesday May 1, it is an early flight from Toronto to St. Louis, the Cardinals play at 12:45 that afternoon in a game with the division rival Reds. You can then rest that evening in ST. Louis, or get the last flight out to Kansas City, your choice. The next day on May 2, the Royals host the Rays and because it is a getaway day for Tampa, there is a chance this could be a day game as well, but the time is yet to be posted.
Friday May 3, a short flight back into Eastern Time zone territory as you see the Atlanta Braves host the Mets, the third time the Mets will have appeared on the travel schedule. From there, it is back to Central time with weekend stops in Texas. You can do this either direction, I chose Saturday May 4 at Arlington to see the Rangers host the Red Sox, followed on Sunday the 5th by the Astros hosting the tigers at MinuteMaid. Neither team has posted starting times, but the travel from Atlanta to Texas is relatively easy and the drive by car is not horrible between the two Texas cities. If you don't have a car though, you are better off getting a cheap flight of which there are many and just renting a car for the travel around town, because bus travel takes longer than driving it yourself travel packages to cuba and no train service directly connects those two regions. It is also worth noting that no reliable transit serves the area where Rangers Ballpark is located.
The third week on the road kicks off on Monday may 6, with a flight from somewhere travel packages to cuba in Texas depending on your route, landing in Cincinnati. That night, the Reds begin a home stand with a game against the Braves. Time to hit the road after this game, the next two days are relatively easy drives that don't require airfare. Don't have a car, hop the bus Gus for the next two games. Tuesday May 7, head from Cincinnati to Cleveland, where the Indians play host to the Athletics in what should be a night game. Then the next day on Wednesday May 8, make the short drive over to one of the great ballparks in baseball and see the Pirates host the Mariners in the second interleague game of the tour. This could be a day game because Pittsburgh is at the Mets the next evening and the mariners are headed back home. Thursday May 9 then requires air travel, travel packages to cuba the game that day is in St.
Petersburg, Florida where the Rays play host to the blue Jays in what is likely a day game since it is a getaway day. Best case is to hope the Pirate game the prior day is also an early start, but if necessary, the travel from Pittsburgh to Tampa is roughly three hours and you would have time to then get a rental car or a cab to the ballpark, travel packages to cuba getting a car for the day would likely be cheaper.
Friday May 10 brings about a longer flight, this Friday morning you would depart Tampa and head west to Phoenix. You gain three hours of time though dropping back west, so you could take a later morning flight say around 11:00 or noon and do just fine. The diamondbacks play that evening at 6:40 Phoenix time against the Phillies. You then spend the next week out west.
Saturday may 11 takes you to Seattle for th