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Post by Mista Don't Play on Apr 11, 2013 9:59:52 GMT -5
Only been to 3 different stadiums so far. Partly because seeing the O's at home is closer than just about every other Major League park.
1. Camden Yards (Been a handful of times, beautiful park, plus the whole environment around Eutaw St. and the harbor is great) 2. Wrigley Field (History, and Chicago was just a blast in general, and the Cubs won that game so it was even better0 3. Tropicana Field (No explanation needed)
All homerism/nostalgia aside with County Stadium (plus Major League being filmed there), Tropicana Field is without a doubt the worst professional sports venue I've been to and it's really not all that close. And I've been to the Metrodome.
Edit: I got to see the Brant Brown game/Sosa's 64th and 65th homer game when my parents called me out of school. County Stadium ruled.
All homerism/nostalgia aside with County Stadium (plus Major League being filmed there), Tropicana Field is without a doubt the worst professional sports venue I've been to and it's really not all that close. And I've been to the Metrodome.
Edit: I got to see the Brant Brown game/Sosa's 64th and 65th homer game when my parents called me out of school. County Stadium ruled.
County Stadium fell due to just being so young. I hardly remember it. I do know that Jim Abbott pitched against them.
Great idea, Glenn. Mrs. G and I once drove across the country hitting baseball stadiums as we went - what a trip (until we lost 4th and 5th gear somewhere in the mountains of California). This was 14 years ago - so some of my stadiums don't exist anymore.
Nationals Park - DC (HA!) - was at the first game here - greatest stadium in baseball right now. Yankee Stadium (original) - New York - saw Cal Ripken's last game there right after 9/11. Yankee fans holding signs that read "Thanks for the memories, Cal" is something I'll never forget. Wrigley - Chicago Camden Yards - Baltimore - was at the first game here - a great ballpark. The original Busch Stadium - St. Louis Petco Park - San Diego - we bought a brick right by the main entrance for Mrs. G's mom that we go visit every time we go back there. Kauffman Stadium - Kansas City Jack Murphy Stadium (The Murph) - San Diego AT&T Park - San Francisco Coors Field - Denver Memorial Stadium - Baltimore - saw four pitchers combine for a no-hitter here, also the last game there. Shea - New York Riverfront Stadium - Cincinnati Three Rivers Stadium - Pittsburgh Veterans Stadium - Philadelphia Astrodome - Houston Metrodome - Minneapolis RFK Stadium - DC - used to be great for football when I was a kid, but a dump for baseball. Saw the last game here.
B/@jeffp1717 - Not even a little bit. Whoa - Phillies, Cubs, and the Double A Marlins. Bring it on. I'll be at the games this weekend and I will let you know Sunday night how I'm feeling. I forgot I had more than friggin' rdk to deal with on this sh*t.
It's going to be a great race and exciting year. Obviously I'm not going to put much stock in the Braves being the BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL yet, but this weekend is going to be huge. Wish I could be there talking smack in person.
I must say I did not see this coming - but please keep talking.
Post by Roo'adelphia on Apr 11, 2013 10:58:05 GMT -5
61 kids didnt get to see Cliffs glorious game on Tuesday because they got underages on before the game. Had to figure the hammer was coming out the first Dollar Dog game at Citizens Bank Park. Its really a great time showing up 4 hours before the first pitch for some parking lot fun. Those of you with parking garages and no tailgating lots havent lived.
It's going to be a great race and exciting year. Obviously I'm not going to put much stock in the Braves being the BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL yet, but this weekend is going to be huge. Wish I could be there talking smack in person.
I must say I did not see this coming - but please keep talking.
I'm not going to give your boys too much bulletin board material!
Post by Longtime and Frequent Poster on Apr 11, 2013 11:09:33 GMT -5
Can't even tell you how jealous I am of your trip, Tom. Definitely my goal one day to just start making road trips where I hit up like 3-4 stadiums at a time.
I love Citi Field but I wish they didn't move the wall in. I liked the fact that our outfield wall looked like a drunk kindergartener drew the blueprint for it
I wanted them to leave the wall as-is also. Build a team on speed, defense, guys who hit it into the gaps and elite pitching. But no, the Coupons think that moving the walls in and generating 20 more home runs a season (as a team) is going to fill the ballpark with people.
In the game I went to the other night the Shake Shack line was 10 minutes long, not even a full half inning.
For those that don't know, Shake Shack typically carries a 2-3 inning wait. There were 5,000 people there, max.
EDIT: The only stadiums of these that I've been to as an adult are Turner and the California ones. My dad used to pick me up and we would go on treks to parks as kind of our 'thing.' I miss going to visit other parks; there are so many new ones I want to check out now. I'd love to see games in PNC, Busch, Nationals, etc.
I was a strange kid when it came to this stuff though. I got a program every single time I went to a park and kept score.
Wow, wtf. We had the same exact childhood. I, too, got programs and kept score. I also bought mini-bats at every stadium as well. I think my Dad and I have been to 20, I'll make a list when I get home. We still try to hit a new one each summer if we can though we usually just end up at Wrigley.
also my list is not as impressive as you boys but i would say:
1. wrigley 2. arlington ballpark 3. skydome (i think it might be called something else now. wherever the blue jays play) 4. yankee stadium (the original)
also my list is not as impressive as you boys but i would say:
1. wrigley 2. arlington ballpark 3. skydome (i think it might be called something else now. wherever the blue jays play) 4. yankee stadium (the original)
Wow - there were only like 10 fans there for that game - thought it was minor league game for a second. Favorite comment on Deadspin:
"Maybe it's me, but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of chugging going on there. If it said catches foul ball in beer, spills beer all over himself it would be accurate."
Post by nodepression on Apr 11, 2013 12:55:59 GMT -5
I'll just make a list, I don't think I could rank them...
PNC (a bunch, probably my favorite) Skydome/Rogers Centre (a bunch including US vs Canada in the WBC before this year's) Fenway (saw them play the Rangers around 2000? Mo Vaughn hit two dingers) Wrigley (a couple of times, The Reds in 04 and ? in '06 in the bleachers) Jacobs Field (a bunch) Camden Yards (Mariners in the late 90's. Griffey Jr, A-Rod, Randy Johnson pitched. Beautiful ball park.) Three Rivers (The Braves when I was 4. We waited after the game to see if my brother could get an autograph from Dave Justice. No dice) The old Indians stadium (The Yankees when I was like 3(?). Way up in the cheap seats) Angels Stadium (The Twins in 08. Probably my least favorite sight lines in any stadium. Really plain ball park. Still regret not getting a picture by the giant "A" in the parking lot.)
Really want to go to Dodgers Stadium San Francisco Seattle Detroit Minnesota Milwaukee New Yankee Stadium Philly
I'll just make a list, I don't think I could rank them...
PNC (a bunch, probably my favorite) Skydome/Rogers Centre (a bunch including US vs Canada in the WBC before this year's) Fenway (saw them play the Rangers around 2000? Mo Vaughn hit two dingers) Wrigley (a couple of times, The Reds in 04 and ? in '06 in the bleachers) Jacobs Field (a bunch) Camden Yards (Mariners in the late 90's. Griffey Jr, A-Rod, Randy Johnson pitched. Beautiful ball park.) Three Rivers (The Braves when I was 4. We waited after the game to see if my brother could get an autograph from Dave Justice. No dice) The old Indians stadium (The Yankees when I was like 3(?). Way up in the cheap seats) Angels Stadium (The Twins in 08. Probably my least favorite sight lines in any stadium. Really plain ball park. Still regret not getting a picture by the giant "A" in the parking lot.)
Really want to go to NATIONALS PARK Dodgers Stadium San Francisco Seattle Detroit Minnesota Milwaukee New Yankee Stadium Philly
I know you're struggling with posting today so I fixed this one for you.
Post by nodepression on Apr 11, 2013 13:07:54 GMT -5
Haha, I'd love to go to both actually. I definitely meant to add Nats Park but forgot. And Zapp, I'd love to have some barbeque with you in centerfield at a game.
1. Great American Ballpark 2. New Busch Stadium 3. Rosenblatt Stadium (No it's not an MLB stadium, but going to the CWS here was a top 5 baseball experience) 4. Miller Park 5. Old Busch Stadium 6. Turner Field 7. New Comiskey Park (I will not acknowledge this as the cell) 8. Jacobs Field 9. Target Field 10. Metrodome (actually played on this one, and I would have preferred to never set foot on it) 11. Wrigley Field
Still Need to go to:
PNC Both Citi and Yankee Fenway Nationals Park Camden Basically the East Coast
1) Comerica Park - I'm admittedly biased as a Tigers fan, but it really is a nice park and I caught my first and only foul ball here. 2) Coors Field - great location, great sightlines, still feels fairly modern. 3) Turner Field - I attend at least a couple Braves games per season, and this place feels like home to me despite not caring about the Braves. 4) Great American Ballpark - Very nice park, huge improvement from the old place. Many games here, usually with either Skyline or La Rosa's in my belly. 5) U.S. Cellular/Comiskey - Not a lot of bells and whistles, but a solid park. 6) Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - Many great times as a kid. This place seems huge from the perspective of my childhood small person memory. 7) Riverfront Stadium/Cinergy Field - Dump.
I've walked around the outside of Wrigley and been drunk in Wrigleyville a couple times, but haven't seen a game there yet. Seeing Pearl Jam there in July, doesn't really count.
I love Citi Field but I wish they didn't move the wall in. I liked the fact that our outfield wall looked like a drunk kindergartener drew the blueprint for it
I wanted them to leave the wall as-is also. Build a team on speed, defense, guys who hit it into the gaps and elite pitching. But no, the Coupons think that moving the walls in and generating 20 more home runs a season (as a team) is going to fill the ballpark with people.
In the game I went to the other night the Shake Shack line was 10 minutes long, not even a full half inning.
For those that don't know, Shake Shack typically carries a 2-3 inning wait. There were 5,000 people there, max.
Ah, well...at least they have Matt Harvey.
I went to that Friday night game against Miami and tried the filet mignon sandwich. Pretty impressive but the line was 20min long. Also, did you see the Daily News is reporting we might trade D'Arnaud and Wheeler for Stanton? And to think, I was just praising them for cashing in on Dickey and Beltran's success at the right time in very un-Mets fashion
I wanted them to leave the wall as-is also. Build a team on speed, defense, guys who hit it into the gaps and elite pitching. But no, the Coupons think that moving the walls in and generating 20 more home runs a season (as a team) is going to fill the ballpark with people.
In the game I went to the other night the Shake Shack line was 10 minutes long, not even a full half inning.
For those that don't know, Shake Shack typically carries a 2-3 inning wait. There were 5,000 people there, max.
Ah, well...at least they have Matt Harvey.
I went to that Friday night game against Miami and tried the filet mignon sandwich. Pretty impressive but the line was 20min long. Also, did you see the Daily News is reporting we might trade D'Arnaud and Wheeler for Stanton? And to think, I was just praising them for cashing in on weenieey and Beltran's success at the right time in very un-Mets fashion
I completely left out the main reason I responded to you earlier (d'oh!)...the7line.com has fantastic shirts, check it out.
I was at the game on Friday also, but I also didn't get into the game until the 3rd inning.
That story is 100% rumor, the NYDN is blowing up a non-story (as usual). A reporter posed a hypothetical and the response was the talks would have to start with d'Arnaud and Wheeler for Stanton. No. F*cking. Thank. You.
I went to that Friday night game against Miami and tried the filet mignon sandwich. Pretty impressive but the line was 20min long. Also, did you see the Daily News is reporting we might trade D'Arnaud and Wheeler for Stanton? And to think, I was just praising them for cashing in on weenieey and Beltran's success at the right time in very un-Mets fashion
I completely left out the main reason I responded to you earlier (d'oh!)...the7line.com has fantastic shirts, check it out.
I was at the game on Friday also, but I also didn't get into the game until the 3rd inning.
That story is 100% rumor, the NYDN is blowing up a non-story (as usual). A reporter posed a hypothetical and the response was the talks would have to start with d'Arnaud and Wheeler for Stanton. No. F*cking. Thank. You.
1) I just saw the D!ckey filter... lulz 2) that site is pretty clutch 3) I'd like to see us actually hang on to some prospects. Especially battery mates who could come up together. Don't the Mets realize how successful they've been when they actually DEVELOP players from the farm system? They just usually trade them away :/