Bucket List Stadium Tour Hits Ballpark No. 10 in Anaheim

Anaheim, Calif. - I take great joy in keeping track of how many Major League Baseball stadiums I've visited. It's a sports bucket list sort of deal. This past Labor Day, I had the opportunity to visit Anaheim with my brother Dave to follow the Rangers as they took on the Angels.

The stadium was crazy nice. The first night (9/5), the Rangers beat the Angels, 2-1, behind eight masterfully spun innings by southpaw Derek Holland. After a woeful start to the 2014 season, Texas has completely turned its season around and at the time was in the thick of the wild card and AL West race. It made our trip that much more enjoyable. There's nothing quite like meaningful baseball in September.

The following day, we sat closer to the Rangers dugout. We got blown out in the final game of the series, but it was still a great time. Of course, it doesn't hurt that it was sunny with a high of 82 every day we were there, but the architecture is superb. And the locals were very nice to us as visiting fans: 

My Bucket List Stadium Tour tally increased to 10 after the visit: 

1. Texas

2. Anaheim

3. Kansas City 

4. Chicago Cubs

5. St. Louis

6. LA Dodgers

7. San Diego

8. Miami 

9. Colorado

10. San Francisco