User:Dakern74

Doug Kern, born July 1, 1974 in Washington, D.C.

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Trail of Bread Crumbs

• Lived in Largo, Md., until age 2.
• Lived in Bowie, Md., until age 6.
• Moved to Manassas, Va., on December 1, 1980. Attended Sudley Elementary School, Stonewall Middle School, and Stonewall Jackson High School (graduated June 12, 1992).
• Attended Virginia Tech for four years (and only four-- less than our average). Graduated May 11, 1996, with a bachelor's degree in accounting.
• Lived/worked in Richmond, Va., for Travelers Insurance as an accounting service representative through summer 1998.
• Moved to Manchester, Conn., in September 1998 to become an I.T. specialist for Travelers.
• Laid off from Travelers, March 2006, when they sent all the work to India.
• Since October 2006, statistics associate for the ESPN Stats and Analysis Team in Bristol, Conn.

Fields Of Dreams

Since making a spur-of-the-moment road trip to the hallowed ground of Tiger Stadium on its final weekend of use, have been on a mission to visit all 30 Major League ballparks. Right now I have four of the current stadiums left. There are more than 30 on this list because some have been replaced since I was there.

Where I've Been

1. Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore (first of several visits: July 13, 1995)
2. Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta (September 7, 1996) (demolished)
3. Yankee Stadium, New York (first of many visits: September 27, 1998)
4. Fenway Park, Boston (first of many visits: May 5, 1999)
5. Shea Stadium, New York (first of many visits: July 4, 1999)
6. Tiger Stadium, Detroit (September 24-25, 1999) (no longer in use)
7. Ameriquest Field, Arlington, Texas (August 10-11, 2000) (then known as The Ballpark At Arlington)
8. Angel Stadium, Anaheim, Calif. (May 5-6, 2001) (then known as Edison International Field)
9. Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles (May 7 and 9, 2001)
10. Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego (May 10-11, 2001) (no longer used for baseball)
11. Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Mo. (September 24-25, 2001)
12. Olympic Stadium, Montréal (June 15-16, 2002) (no longer used for baseball)
13. Miller Park, Milwaukee (August 24 and 26, 2002)
14. U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago (August 25 and 27, 2002) (then known as "new" Comiskey Park)
15. Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, August 28-29, 2002)
16. Wrigley Field, Chicago (August 31-September 1, 2002)
17. Jacobs Field, Cleveland (June 14-15, 2003)
18. Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati (June 16-17, 2003)
19. Comerica Park, Detroit (June 18-19, 2003)
20. PNC Park, Pittsburgh (June 20-21, 2003)
21. Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia (August 15-16, 2003) (demolished)
22. Turner Field, Atlanta (September 20-21, 2003)
23. Dolphin Stadium, Miami (May 28 and 31, 2004) (then known as Pro Player Stadium)
24. Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. (May 29-30, 2004)
25. Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia (July 11, 2004)
26. Safeco Field, Seattle (August 27-28, 2004)
27. Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington (July 4 and 6, 2005) (no longer used for baseball)
28. Busch Stadium (old), St. Louis (July 21-22, 2005) (demolished)
29. AT&T Park, San Francisco (April 13, 2006)
30. McAfee Coliseum, Oakland, Calif. (April 14-15, 2006)
31. Rogers Centre, Toronto (June 23-24, 2006)
32. Busch Stadium, St. Louis (July 3-4, 2007)
33. Chase Field, Phoenix (May 6 and 13, 2008)
34. Petco Park, San Diego (May 10-11, 2008)

Where I Haven't Been

1. Coors Field, Denver
2. Minute Maid Park, Houston
3. Nationals Park, Washington

Minor Infractions

My real area of interest is in following the minor leagues, notably the double-A Eastern League, since I'm in New England and it's all around. I can regularly be found at Connecticut Defenders games (section 10, row N, seat 16) and New Britain Rock Cats games (section 213, row G). Additionally, I've made many a road trip to some of the other double- and triple-A stadiums on the East Coast, and occasionally include them in my major-league trips as well.

• International League

1. 1. The Diamond, Richmond, Va.
   2. Harbor Park, Norfolk, Va.
   3. McCoy Stadium, Pawtucket, R.I.
   4. Lackawanna County Stadium, Moosic, Pa.
   5. Alliance Bank Stadium, Syracuse, N.Y. (then known as P&C Stadium)
   6. Frontier Field, Rochester, N.Y.
   7. Dunn Tire Park, Buffalo, N.Y.
   8. Fifth Third Field, Toledo, Ohio
   9. Victory Field, Indianapolis
   10. Louisville Slugger Field, Louisville, Ky.
   11. Lynx Stadium, Ottawa

• • I have also visited Cooper Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, but have not seen a game there.

• Eastern League

1. 1. Dodd Stadium, Norwich, Conn.
   2. New Britain Stadium, New Britain, Conn.
   3. Hadlock Field, Portland, Maine
   4. Gill Stadium, Manchester, N.H. (no longer in use)
   5. MerchantsAuto.com Stadium, Manchester, N.H. (in 2005, before it had a name at all)
   6. Prince George's Stadium, Bowie, Md.
   7. Mercer County Waterfront Park, Trenton, N.J.

On Wikipedia

I am particularly active on the Wikipedia pages relating to minor-league baseball teams and stadiums. Having visited a lot of parks and collected many programs, scoresheets, media guides, and pictures from my travels, I can provide considerable background on the history of teams, records, design and features of their stadiums, etc. So far I have been involved mostly with the Eastern League teams, but am hoping to expand outward once those are finished up.

As a former official scorer, I'm also well-versed in the rules and statistics aspects of the game, and I keep on eye on some of those pages (particularly Talk:Baseball) for questions that may come up from other users. I have also rewritten the baseball scorekeeping page in a response to a couple of cleanup tags.

When I'm not at a game on any given night, I'm probably watching one of the cable news channels, and am prone to updating current events, news stories, bios, or topics that I see on TV. And of course, any random article that I'm browsing might have my stamp on it, if there is a spelling/grammar error that needs fixed, or any redirects that I notice need cleanup.