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1<header class="editorial-header"><a class="editorial-brand" aria-label="Ballpark Passport home" href="/"><img alt="Ballpark Passport app icon" width="40" height="40" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" style="color:transparent" src="/brand/app-icon-192.png"/><span>Ballpark Passport</span></a><nav aria-label="Main navigation"><a href="/ballparks/">Ballparks</a><a href="/blog/">Blog</a><a href="/topics/">Topics</a><a href="/data/mlb-ballparks/">Data</a><a href="/guides/">Guides</a><a href="/chrome-extension/">Chrome</a><a href="/about/">About</a></nav><a class="editorial-app-link" href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ballpark-passport/id6786068787" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" data-analytics-placement="site_header" data-analytics-label="Get the app">Get the app<!-- --> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="15" height="15" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-arrow-up-right" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M7 7h10v10"></path><path d="M7 17 17 7"></path></svg></a></header><section class="about-hero"><div class="about-hero-copy"><p class="editorial-kicker">Independent. Fan-built. In the stands.</p><h1>The game is nine innings.<br/><em>The story is everything around it.</em></h1><p>Ballpark Passport exists for fans who collect cities, concourses, scorelines, food orders, delayed trains, perfect sunsets, and the people sitting beside them.</p><a class="editorial-app-link" href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ballpark-passport/id6786068787" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" data-analytics-placement="about_hero" data-analytics-label="Start your passport">Start your passport<!-- --> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="15" height="15" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-arrow-up-right" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M7 7h10v10"></path><path d="M7 17 17 7"></path></svg></a></div><div class="about-hero-image"><img alt="A shareable Ballpark Passport showing visited stadiums" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" src="/brand/passport-template.png"/></div></section><section class="about-story editorial-section"><div class="about-story-heading"><p class="editorial-kicker dark">Why it exists</p><h2>A beautiful record of where baseball took you.</h2></div><div class="about-story-copy"><p>I built Ballpark Passport because a list of visited stadiums never captured why those visits mattered. A park is not just an address. It is the route into the city, the first view of the field, the thing everyone told you to eat, the score, and the story you repeat years later.</p><p>The app brings that journey into one place: real games, active ballparks, travel stats, park guides, friends, and a passport designed to be shared. The website extends the same idea with practical, source-conscious field guides for planning the next trip.</p><p class="about-signoff">â Theo Nicole, independent maker and baseball fan</p></div></section><section class="about-values"><article><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-heart" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M2 9.5a5.5 5.5 0 0 1 9.591-3.676.56.56 0 0 0 .818 0A5.49 5.49 0 0 1 22 9.5c0 2.29-1.5 4-3 5.5l-5.492 5.313a2 2 0 0 1-3 .019L5 15c-1.5-1.5-3-3.2-3-5.5"></path></svg><span>01</span><h3>Made for memories</h3><p>The score matters. So do the seat, the city, the companions, and the moment you still tell people about.</p></article><article><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-map" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M14.106 5.553a2 2 0 0 0 1.788 0l3.659-1.83A1 1 0 0 1 21 4.619v12.764a1 1 0 0 1-.553.894l-4.553 2.277a2 2 0 0 1-1.788 0l-4.212-2.106a2 2 0 0 0-1.788 0l-3.659 1.83A1 1 0 0 1 3 19.381V6.618a1 1 0 0 1 .553-.894l4.553-2.277a2 2 0 0 1 1.788 0z"></path><path d="M15 5.764v15"></path><path d="M9 3.236v15"></path></svg><span>02</span><h3>Useful in the real world</h3><p>Guides should help at a station, outside a gate, and on the morning you decide where to fly next.</p></article><article><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-shield-check" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M20 13c0 5-3.5 7.5-7.66 8.95a1 1 0 0 1-.67-.01C7.5 20.5 4 18 4 13V6a1 1 0 0 1 1-1c2 0 4.5-1.2 6.24-2.72a1.17 1.17 0 0 1 1.52 0C14.51 3.81 17 5 19 5a1 1 0 0 1 1 1z"></path><path d="m9 12 2 2 4-4"></path></svg><span>03</span><h3>Honest about the source</h3><p>Current facts are checked against official club information, dated, and corrected when the league map changes.</p></article></section><section class="editorial-band"><div><p class="editorial-kicker">See how we work</p><h2>Useful beats noisy.</h2><p>Read how we research, date, review, and correct the information in every field guide.</p></div><a href="/methodology/">Our methodology <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-arrow-right" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M5 12h14"></path><path d="m12 5 7 7-7 7"></path></svg></a></section><footer class="editorial-footer"><nav class="editorial-topic-rail" aria-label="Ballpark planning topics"><span>Explore by topic</span><div><a href="/topics/mlb-ballpark-road-trips/">MLB Ballpark Road Trips: Routes, Budgets & Game Days</a><a href="/topics/mlb-ballpark-tracking/">MLB Ballpark Tracking: Apps, Passports & the 30-Park Chase</a><a href="/topics/mlb-game-day-planning/">MLB Game-Day Planning: Seats, Arrival, Parking & Food</a></div></nav><div class="editorial-footer-top"><div class="editorial-footer-brand"><img alt="Ballpark Passport app icon" loading="lazy" width="52" height="52" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" style="color:transparent" src="/brand/app-icon-192.png"/><div><strong>Ballpark Passport</strong><span>Every ballpark. 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