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Jason Cooper, a resident of Ohio and an avid “stadium chaser” who has caught games in 30 Major League Baseball stadiums and another 25 in minor league parks, was with his wife visiting family near Antioch when they decided to pop into Sacramento to see an Athletics game in the May series against the New York Yankees.
Cooper is part of a nationwide fan base now zeroing in on West Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park, which joined an elite fraternity this year by being one of 30 cities hosting a MLB team. Overnight, in addition to local fans, Sutter Health Park, highlighted through sites like Facebook’s Stadium Chaser, has become a destination for out-of-town fans following their teams on the road or those who try to visit as many MLB parks as possible.
“I thought it was fantastic,” Cooper said of the ballpark. “It’s a very intimate setting to see a Major League Baseball game. If anybody asked me, ‘Would you recommend going to a game there?’ I’d say, hell yes, I would.”