Help getting thru the day 2.0
by PioneerSkies on Apr 16, 2009 6:15 AM MDT
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PrintThese off days are making me a little verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you a topic: the peanut is neither a pea nor a nut. Discuss.
Let's try that again. How about that Nuggets game last night?
Third time's a charm. What MLB ballparks have you been to? This subject came up in holly96's epic Where are you, Rowbots thread, but it's such a great thing to discuss that I feel it deserves it's own thread.
So where have you seen an MLB game? What ballparks are on your bucket list? What makes for a good baseball stadium? Discuss.
Here's my list:
Coors Field (Denver, CO)
Mile Hi Stadium (Denver, CO)BankOne Ballpark Chase Field (Phoenix, AZ)
Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City, MO) (before the construction at the K)
(Old) Busch Memorial Stadium (St. Louis, MO)New Comiskey U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago, IL)
County Stadium (Milwaukee, WI)Ameriquest Rangers Ballpark in Arlington (Arlington, TX)
Fenway Park (Boston, MA)Enron Field Minute Maid Park (Houston, TX)
I'd love to see games at:
Turner Field (Atlanta, GA)
Camden Yards (Baltimore, MD)
Wrigley Field (Chicago, IL)
PETCO Park (San Diego, CA)
Chavez Ravine (Los Angeles, CA)
and pretty much all the others.
Sound off!
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My list:
Coors Field of course
Mile High Stadium
Petco Park (San Diego)
Yankee Stadium (obviously the old one)
Dodger Stadium
Whatever the Angels park was called in 1993 (I saw Nolan Ryan strike out 14, and lose in this game).
I have also been to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
My bucket list is every stadium I have not been to.
Off to work I go…
I'm so jealous
that you’ve been to Cooperstown. My folks went to Cooperstown to see George Brett inducted and they didn’t take me. I still haven’t forgiven them. Were you there for an induction or just a pilgrimage?
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 16, 2009 3:24 PM MDT up reply actions
I went with my good friend and her brother
We went for Kirby Puckett’s induction. He and I were big fans. Growing up in Grand Junction in the 80s, we didn’t have much baseball. One of my earliest baseball memories was the Twins winning the Series in 87, so they became my team (until 1993 anyway). Kirby was just too easy to root for. RIP brother.
Kirby played in Junction...
He once held the record for highest JUCO tournament batting average. I think he is tied for first now?
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Not fair
My grand total is 1 (one) MiLB park: New Britain Stadium, New Britain, CT, home of the mighty Twins-affiliated AA outfit the New Britain Rock Cats.
Not many on my list:
Coors Field, naturally.
The Rockies stadium in Peoria (used to go to ST games a LOONG time ago….so I don’t even remember if it was Peoria). I don’t know if that counts.
Shea Stadium
New Yankee Stadium
And whatever the MiLB stadium is that used to host the Columbus Clippers in ’96 or so.
I thought
the Rox have been at Hi Corbett for their entire history….
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 10:54 AM MDT up reply actions
Well, I could also be wrong.
How young were you, do you think? The Padres had ST in Yuma until 1993…
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 12:27 PM MDT up reply actions
The Rockies have trained
at Tucson’s Hi Corbett Field prior to every season in franchise history.
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 16, 2009 3:26 PM MDT up reply actions
The list
Stadiums I’ve seen games at:
Coors Field (the sentimental favorite, of course)
Mile High Stadium
Tiger Stadium (I was 6 months old, not much of a memory)
Qualcomm Stadium (Saw Trevor Hoffman’s ‘Hells Bells’ entrance – so awesome)
AT&T Park (Best view)
Chase Field (Least favorite – like watching baseball in a warehouse)
Old Busch Stadium (Friendliest – Cards fans don’t give you grief if you’re rooting for the other team)
Kauffman Stadium (Favorite non-Coors stadium, and best BBQ sandwich)
Dodger Stadium (Best hot dogs)
New Busch Stadium (Best out of town scoreboard)
Wrigley Field (Best game experience)
Stadiums I’ve been to but not been inside for a game:
Old Yankee Stadium
Exhibition Stadium (Toronto)
Comiskey Park (the current one)
Minor League/ST Stadiums:
Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Tempe Diablo Stadium
Surprise Stadium
Peoria Stadium
Sky Sox Stadium
Mike Lansing Field
Victory Field (Indianapolis)
Cobb Field (Billings, MT – actually played here)
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
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That's quite a list.
Chase Field (Least favorite – like watching baseball in a warehouse)
The roof was closed when I was at Chase, and I agree it was rather lame. All of the ambient noise from the crowd gets trapped. Rather than making the crowd sound louder or bigger, it was just more difficult to hear anything at all. It was harder to hear the PA let alone the person next to me. I’d love to see a game there when the roof is open, though.
Kauffman Stadium (Favorite non-Coors stadium, and best BBQ sandwich)
Gates is by far the greatest BBQ on the planet with Arthur Bryant’s in a close second. NOTHING beats Kansas City BBQ.
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 16, 2009 3:34 PM MDT up reply actions
Slight disagreement here
I have to go with Memphis BBQ over KC BBQ – like the smokiness of the southern BBQ, and nothing tastes better with BBQ than sweet tea.
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I enjoy
vinegary Carolina BBQ, frankly.
The worst is Florida Panhandle BBQ…. in that Redneck Riviera, they make it with mustard….ugh. Memphis style would probably be second on my list. Texas style has too much beef and too much tomato.
Great…. now I’m really hungry. :-(
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Seriously
Carolina BBQ rules. Then again, I’m originally from NC so I’m biased. But every year when I get back there we have to make at least one major run to Kepley’s. Best hush puppies on the planet there as well.
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When I was in college
on the Gtown crew team, we went to Columbia for Winter Training. The local rowing club there hosted us for a huge South Carolina BBQ feast at one of those picturesque white southern houses you see in movies… it was DELICIOUS. (It was also the only time I’ve ever had homemade pork rinds)
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Randy Jones BBQ in Petco Park...
Is pretty good, and they serve corn on the cob cooked in the husk.
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Have to agree.
A game at Chase is a LOT more fun with the roof open.
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If you thought Chase was bad, you should have been to Olympic Stadium
I’m assuming that at the very least Chase is a new, structurally sound warehouse to watch games in. Stade Olympique seemed like the kind of place that terrorists would hatch their evil plots in before Jack Bauer was able to come in and break things up.
Ok
Coors field (still my favorite)
Citizen’s Bank Park (Game 2 of the NLDS, featuring Kaz’s grand slam. Looks nice on TV but its really just in a big parking lot miles from town. Phillies fans thankfully not as crazy as Eagles fans)
Old Yankee Stadium (kind of a dump)
Shea (even bigger dump)
Citifield (really nice, good sightlines, nice food. I’m clearly getting soft)
Astrodome (almost caught DK’s first career home run)
Mile High Stadium
Here's mine:
Coors Field
Mile High Stadium
Wrigley Field
Fenway Park
Miller Park
Oakland Coliseum (when I was a kid)
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Where I’ve seen games at
Coors Field
Kaufmann/Royals Stadium
Old Arlington Stadium (Texas)
The Ball Park in Arlington (Texas)
Safeco (Seattle)
AT&T Park (SF)
American Ballpark (Cincinnati)
The Metrodome (Minnesota)
Wrigley Field (ChC)
Dolphins Stadium (Marlins)
Stadiums I’ve been to, but didn’t see a game at:
Miller Park (Milwaukee)
New Cominsky Park (ChW)
Tropicana (Tampa)
Turner Field (Atlanta)
Bucket list:
Yankee Stadium (the old one…but I guess I’m too late for that)
Camden Yards
Finway Park
New Busch Stadium (as a Cardinals fan as a youth, I’ve not seen a game there)
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Oh Forgot one
on the bucket list;
The New Twins stadium when it’s done. I really like Minneapolis. it may be my 2nd favorite city (Denver being my 1st…..I’m so lucky to live in the best city I’ve ever been to) So a trip to the Twin Cities and an outdoor Twins game sounds great.
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
I'd be in for that one
I grew up a Twins fan, so it will be nice to see them get a proper ballpark. They don’t really need to be in the dome, Minneapolis in the summer is usually quite nice, albeit a bit humid.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Apr 16, 2009 2:13 PM MDT up reply actions
H.H.M.
easily the biggest crap hole I’ve seen a (mlb) game in…..They really need a new stadium. And I love Minneapolis…..granted I’ve only there between late April to mid November……I understand the time I wasn’t there wasn’t as so good
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True, but it's where I saw my first
And you never forget your first.
Getting blown out the door was always fun, too.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Apr 16, 2009 3:37 PM MDT up reply actions
As the Coffee kicks in
I’ve seen a game at whatever Anehiem stadium is called. Actually a very good remodel from the 70’s multi-purpose hole it once was. Looks like it was always a baseball stadium.
And I’ve driven by the Oakland Colosseum…or again, whatever the name is this week. Driving by counts right?
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I've driven by
Wrigley, Old Yankee, RFK, Oakland, PetCo, Coors, Camden, so if that counts….
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 11:23 AM MDT up reply actions
My list of drove by and waved to but not attended stadiums
would include Mile High, Oakland, PNC, Chase, the old Yankee Stadium and the old Tiger Stadium.
I flew over
Estadio Hiram Bithorn (or at least it’s general vicinity) if that counts…
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 16, 2009 3:41 PM MDT up reply actions
The big A
should probably be on my bucket list as well. From what I’ve seen on TV/intarwebb it looks like a good park. The rocks in the outfield (albeit fake) seem to give it a nice Tempe Diablo-esque charm/
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 16, 2009 3:52 PM MDT up reply actions
I like the park, but there's nothing around it.
It’s a massive field of parking lot. I guess it’s a short hop over to Disneyland, but still, it feels like a used car lot.
And you lose sight of the game..
When you go to the concessions stand. That’s a big deduction on my list of baseball worthiness. You can’t even walk around to the Rocks and still watch the game, not like in Coors where you can walk from foul pole to foul pole on the outfield side and see the entire game (except behind the batters eye).
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I've got a short list too.
Coor’s Field
And then two minor league parks
by Chacinisthefuture on Apr 16, 2009 9:39 AM MDT reply actions
which minor league parks?
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 16, 2009 3:41 PM MDT up reply actions
My list is very short, so I'll pad with other types
MLB
Coors Field
Mile High
Ballpark at Arlington (just a tour, not a game)
MiLB
Veterans Memorial, Cedar Rapids Iowa (Angels A) New and Old version
ST
Hi Corbett Field
Tucson Electric Park
Camelback Ranch
Hohokam Park
Peoria Stadium
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 16, 2009 9:50 AM MDT reply actions
My list:
Coors Field
Wrigley Field
The Cell (Chicago)
Fenway Park
Dodger Stadium
The Big A
Jack Murphy/Qualcomm
Busch Stadium (the one before this one but after the one before that)
Comerica Park
Stade Olympique (Montreal)
Jacobs Field
Great American Ballpark
I’ve been to several minor league and spring training parks as well, but oddly not Chase Field yet.
Parks I have a particularly high interest in going to see a game at:
San Francisco
San Diego
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Washington D.C.
Parks I don’t have much desire to see a game at:
Milwaukee
New York (AL)
Oakland
Arlington
Houston
Miami
Tampa Bay
What no desire to see a game in Arlington TX?
a 7:30 game with a game time temp of 104f is an experience to not forget……not one to enjoy….but not one you will ever forget.
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
The biggest hurdle is working up a desire to go back to Texas in the first place
Going to a game there after that might not be too much of a stretch, I guess.
yep
you got me there. I have no desire to go back to Texas either.
Besides the great country bars…I’m not a big fan of Texas (and I lived in Dallas for a year after I graduated college)
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
See, that might be part of my problem.
Texas might be a lot more tolerable while intoxicated. I was there with pop music loving prohibitionists, so there was zero chance to see the great country bars.
I think
there are a lot of places/things/activities that are more tolerable while intoxicated.
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 11:59 AM MDT up reply actions
I know from personal experience
that the last year in Texas has been much easier since I took up drinking as a hobby.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 16, 2009 10:32 PM MDT up reply actions
Heh
My sister and brother-in-law are moving to Houston at the end of the year (brother-in-law has a job at Exxon lined up). So since they’ll probably be there for good, I imagine I’ll have to go visit at some point. I figure might as well take in a ballgame while I’m there.
Tell them not to do it.
I am not even kidding.
Houston is awful. It’s Wikipedia entry makes it sound interesting, but all of the positives of this city have a direct negative that makes it terrible.
When you come visit, hit up the Galleria. It’s definitely an awesome experience if you can handle the traffic. Also, Minute Maid park is cute and all, but it doesn’t have a good gameday feel. At all.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 16, 2009 10:31 PM MDT up reply actions
Heh
It’s pretty much a done deal. Geoff is in engineering, he’s had the job lined up for months already and doesn’t graduate until August. I’m pretty positive he’ll be making a pretty penny, even just starting out, and in this economy I think you take it. And Exxon does all the moving for them.
Plus, Houston is the only place outside of Utah with a school district where my sister can do her student teaching next January. We have family there (an uncle who also works for Exxon), and they have some friends there. And they should be able to live in one of the nicer areas, from what I understand of where his job is at. So all the details kind of work themselves out.
I’m sure it will take some getting used to, but they’ll survive, I think.
Houston is world famous
for its ::ahem:: gentlemen’s clubs…
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 17, 2009 12:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Aren't there
a lot of fat people in Houston?
Also, I think Tampa is more famous for ::ahem:: gentlemen’s clubs.
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This is
why the Dbacks have an indoor stadium.
a 7:30 game with a game time temp of 104f
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 11:46 AM MDT up reply actions
Short list
MLB
Shea Stadium
Citi Field
Yeah, I never went to Yankee Stadium. Wasn’t that interested.
MiLB
Daniel S. Frawley Stadium/Legends Stadium – The Wilmington (DE) Blue Rockies play here. I went to one game here in 1993 or 1994, but don’t remember the year. The stadium opened in 1993 and was known as Legends Stadium then, but it was renamed a year later.
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They would be cooler
if they were the Blue Rockies or perhaps Blue Rox.
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 16, 2009 3:46 PM MDT up reply actions
Fenway
BOB/Chase
US Cellular
Shea
Tucson Electric Park
Hi Corbett
Harbor Yard – Bridgeport (CT) Bluefish
Want to visit:
Coors
PetCo
Wrigley
Camden
Chavez
New Busch
Great American
Jacobs
Nationals
Miller
SafeCo
Citi
New Yankee
Pro Player/Dolphin/Whatever
Arlington
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Short list as well
Seen Games:
Mile High Stadium
Coors Field
Minor Leauge/ ST:
Hi-Corbet
Surprise Stadium (Really nice for a minor leauge stadium)
Bucket List:
All the major leauge stadiums if possible
My list
Mine is very short:
Stadiums I’ve seen games at:
Coors Field
Mile High Stadium
AT&T Park
Stadiums I’ve seen/been outside of but not seen a game at:
Oakland Coliseum – might consider catching a game when the Rockies visit this season
Safeco – from a distance—pretty sure I saw this from the top of the Space Needle
Chase – from a plane as I was landing in Phoenix for a layover
Camden Yards – I actually saw this one right before a game. We had spent the day in downtown Baltimore and decided to wander up to see the ballpark. We also bought crab cakes from a street vendor just outside the ballpark.
Stadiums I’d like to see:
Everything else
Was
the roof open at Chase? One of the coolest things you can see when you fly into/over Phoenix is when Chase Field has the roof open and you can look inside.
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 12:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Yep
Roof was open, lights on. It was pretty cool.
Also, I just remembered that I think I also saw the Cardinals old stadium from the top of the St. Louis Arch. It would have been 1993 or 1994. Would that have been Busch Stadium? Not sure.
Yeah, that would have been Busch.
Not sure myself, but I was up there when I was about 8 and thought you could see the Royals stadium from the other side.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Apr 16, 2009 2:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Everything else.
That’s an awesome answer. I happen to feel the same way, so I’m biased.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 16, 2009 10:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Not a long list here, either
Seen game(s) at:
Mile High Stadium
Citizens Bank Park
Petco Park
Coors Field
Been to, but not in:
Angel Stadium
Driven by:
US Cellular Field
Jacobs Field
Chase Field
I hope to go to a game at every MLB ballpark in the next few years.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Apr 16, 2009 1:54 PM MDT reply actions
Not well traveled
Seen games in:
Mile Hi
Coors
Safeco
HHH Metrodome (it’s off the hefty bag!)
Supposed to but didn’t happen:
Petco: We got sushi and beers and sat on the beach instead
Camden Yards: I was supposed to go to training in Baltimore and planned on a game, but they made me go to Hartford, CT instead. Seriously, WTF?
Minor Leage (don’t know the stadium name, just the team):
Binghamton Mets
CS Sky Sox
Eugene Emeralds
Wrigley is tentatively on the radar for next summer.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Apr 16, 2009 2:20 PM MDT reply actions
Mine (In order of visit)
Veterans Stadium (Philly—since torn down)
Mile High (Denver)
Coors (Denver)
McAfee Coliseum (Oakland)
AT&T (San Francisco)
Fenway (Boston)
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The bucket wish list...
If I had unlimited resources, I’d go on an insane “30 parks in 30 days” trip—seeing a game in each one, not just tours. If it’s even possible, it would probably be a nerve wracking (not to mention expensive) trip. But I’m pretty sure it would end up as the greatest vacation anyone has ever taken. EVER.
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I don't think it would be doable by car
I’m not sure it’s doable by plane. MOST would be done by car, east coast would be easy, but then there is a big gap from several cities that would require a plane trip, and then another rental car for say upper mid west cities like Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis. Certain cities are fairly isolated like Denver, and Seattle where a plane would be needed to cross the land gap.
First of all the stadiums would have to have games, and have them at the right times. 30 parks in 45 days I think would be a tough one to do. It would take amazing detailed planing to pull off (PioneerSkies comment has had my mind doing all kinds of twists to figure out if it could be done, and in what order)
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I would love to do that.
Just not sure it could be done in 30days though. But I’ve been giving it some consideration lately. Just haven’t informed the better half yet.
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My list is pretty short too
MLB:
Coors Field
Mile High Stadium
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
MiLB/ST:
Joker Marchant Stadium (Lakeland, FL)-Saw a High-A ball game back in ’04, Joel Zumaya started, there was no radar gun, but I could tell he was throwing hard.
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My list is short, as well...
MLB:
Coors Field (only about 300 times, lol)
Dodger Stadium
Chase Field (offseason tour, not actually a game)
MiLB/ST:
Hi Corbett
Hohokam Park (Cubbies ST- proud to say I helped break an attendance record! :-D
Peoria Sports Complex (Mariners/ Padres ST)
Diablo Stadium (Angels ST- Coors Field aside, Diablo is, imo, the best ballpark there is. It’s beautiful, and like Coors, you can see the field from everywhere.)
Oh, and my bucketlist:
I’d love to just, someday when I’m rich, take a spring/summer vacation and visit every major league, minor league, and ST park twice: Once in the front row, once in the cheap seats. I don’t know why I love c heap seats so much, I just do.
Which
is why minor league baseball is so totally awesome.
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Tempe Diablo
is an awesome park. If you’re in Arizona in March, it’s worth the trip from anywhere.
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 16, 2009 5:33 PM MDT up reply actions
My List
Pretty short.
Coors Field
D.C. (RFK) Stadium
Fulton County Stadium
Nationals Park
But the cool part of the list is D.C. Stadium. Saw the Senators and the Yankees twice that week. Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris played in both. Somewhere, I have my Dad’s slides from those games. I’ve got to find them to share with my fellow RowBots.
Bucket List:
Pretty much all of ’em.
Fun thread, BTW!
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Here's my list
MLB:
Coors Field
Safeco (2nd favorite behind Coors…Salmon sandwiches!)
AT&T
Kauffman
Ballpark in Arlington
Old Busch (I really want to see a game at the new one)
Fenway
Veterans Stadium (oh hell, did it suck)
Minor league:
Security Service Field (Co Springs)
Drillers Stadium
Bricktown (OKC, favorite minor league park!)
OKC before Bricktown (when they were still the 89ers)
Lawrence-Dumont (Wichita, Kansas)
Arvest Park (new AA stadium near Fayetteville, Ark)
Ray Winder Field (Little Rock, Ark)
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 16, 2009 8:53 PM MDT reply actions
Edit to this:
Mile High, completely forgot…Saw the Zephyrs play in 1990 on a trip with my grandparents.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 16, 2009 8:55 PM MDT up reply actions
My list
Coors Field (naturally)
Busch Stadium (II and III)
Candlestick Park
Oakland Coliseum
Spring training: Hi Corbett Field, Tucson Electric Park
Minor league parks
AutoZone Park (Memphis, TN)
Pringles Park (Jackson, TN)
Greer Stadium (Nashville, TN)
I think that’s the entire list.
How was Busch 3?
How does it compare to Busch 2?
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 17, 2009 5:48 PM MDT up reply actions
My list is limited to places I've lived.
Coors Field
Mile High
Astrodome (saw the last game there, actually)
Enron Field/Minute Maid Park (And saw the first game there)
Isotopes Park (Home of the Albuquerque Isotopes)
I’d love to go to games…really anywhere else.
I totally forgot to include Isotopes Park on my own list.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
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by Franchise26 on Apr 16, 2009 10:39 PM MDT up reply actions
I went to school
at the place that’s literally right next door for a semester. Awesome game experience, too.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 17, 2009 4:58 AM MDT up reply actions
UNM?
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 17, 2009 10:58 AM MDT up reply actions
Noes
At the time it was called TVI, but has since been re-named.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 17, 2009 10:43 PM MDT up reply actions
What makes for a good ballpark?
Coors Field is my favorite park of all time, and Kauffman is probably my 2nd favorite. Sure, I’m biased for the Rockies in every aspect. But beyond being my team’s home, what makes it such a nice park?
Let me start off by comparing Coors with one of the most famous and historic baseball venues, Fenway Park. I saw a game at Fenway in May of 2007 (the Red Sox got absolutely shelled by the Braves). I have to hand it to Fenway, its history and tradition blows Coors Field out of the water. But to a spectator like me, this couldn’t make up for the laundry list of negatives…
The seats at Fenway are the old wooden kind that give you splinters in your arse. I had more footroom on the flight back to Denver the next day than I did watching the game. Don’t get me wrong, there aren’t recliners at Coors—your butt does get sore after sitting thru a 3.5 hour game—but there is a lot more space around you. Coors was built on a larger plot of land than many other stadiums. This means that there is more room between rows, and the upper decks don’t need to be angled as steeply. For instance, sitting in the nosebleeds at Arlington, vertigo isn’t far off as you watch the game almost between your toes. Of course, Fenway doesn’t have a problem like this, because there is no upper deck.
Many older stadiums have poor sight lines, as Alanna Rizzo recently demonstrated. Every seat in Coors Field has a great view of the field. Even in the Rockpile, the whole field is in sight. The open design of the main concourse is a subtle, yet dynamic feature that gives fans a view of the action on the field as they stretch their legs or buy a torn-a-dough.
Beyond torn-a-doughs, Coors has excellent food, including footlong hotdogs, footlong bratwurst, Famous Dave’s (the best BBQ west of Kansas City), and of course, rocky mountain oysters. The Sandlot Blue Moon Brewery made Coors Field the first Major League Baseball stadium with an actual brewery inside. Which brings us to the nightlife. At 20th & Blake, Coors Field is in the heart of LoDo, only a stone’s throw from the restaurants on the 16th Street Mall. Coors is in the heart of the city, but still in view of the mountains. It’s right downtown, but within convenient access to major highways. My northsider friends tell me that Wrigley is buried in a quiet residential area, making it a pain to reach.
One final comparison with Fenway is the fans. I wore neutral clothing when I saw the game there, but still a drunken BoSox fan “accidentally” punched me in the back of the head. Now Coors Field (like any other ballpark) is not immune from rowdy or abrasive fans, but there is a distinct difference in the general atmosphere of the crowd. Recently, Squeaky took a good look at the east/west dichotomy in baseball.
Yes I love Coors Field because the Rockies play there. But it’s an excellent park in every way and its history grows every season. Damn I love this park. And the Rockies. And baseball altogether. I can hardly wait the 22 hours till the Rockies play again!
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"Arse"?
Also, Wrigley Field is about 5 stops from the very centre of Chicago next to the red line. I’m not sure how much more convenient you want it! I have photos taken from the train if you want proof :)
I was going to say the same thing
Wrigley is right on the train. Just get to a train stop and most have parking. Wrigley-ville also has bars and restaurants around the area, which made after games a blast, and all the ones I went to were in the afternoons. It was a great experience both times I went…which is shocking cause the average asshat wearing a cubs hat at Coors Field is real jerkwad.
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Here's my Theory of Cub Fan Douchery
The closer you get to Wrigley Field, the cooler Cubs fans are. There’s probably about a 200-mile radius from the ballpark where Cubs fans aren’t insufferable. Unfortunately, I think they get a little more defensive the further away you get from their home base, and that defensiveness manifests itself as total jackhole-ery.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
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Does that Theory
work for Red Sawk fans too? Cuase if I see some one in a Red Sox hat, I think he/she is total tool…automatically….no need to get to know them…I know all I need to.
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
by Redhawk on Apr 17, 2009 9:28 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm pretty sure that they are all tools, actually...
Ben Affleck immediately comes to mind.
Eschew Obfuscation!
by Jeff Aberle on Apr 17, 2009 12:06 PM MDT up reply actions
I was
a Red Sox fan once…. but that’s different. I actually lived there.
Plus, I hate them now.
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 17, 2009 12:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Burn 5 DVDs of Fever Pitch...
And your repentence is served, my son.
It's opening day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now that is a statement I can get behind.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Apr 17, 2009 1:34 PM MDT up reply actions
I've never been to Wrigley
so I was going entirely on hearsay for that one. Guess I’m wrong about it. My main point is that Coors Field is conveniently off 25 and a short walk from the light rail.
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 17, 2009 12:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Don't drive to Wrigley
I did the first time…paid $40 to park and it was in an old convenience store parking where you had to leave your keys as they parked the vehicle bumper to bumper, door to door….so getting out…was a B&$^H. And this was the only place I saw to park. The area simply was built before parking large amounts of cars was even thought about.
But the train goes right by the back, less than a block away. And most of the train stations had ample parking (excluding down town of course) like the light rail stations here in Denver do.
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I'm not sure
why you would drive anywhere in Chitown. They have a great public transportation system.
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Prefer South side.
More character. Less phonies. More Obama. ;-)
More dangerous, though…
I still maintain that DC is the greatest city in America.
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My list again
MLB
Coors
Mile-Hi
Chase
Safeco
AT&T
Turner
Wrigley
Fenway
Busch (New)
MiLB
Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville (Suns – Dodgers AA)
Regions Park (Barons – White Sox AA) (Also – this will technically be added next week)
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-Glendon Rusch
My list...
MLB
Coors Field
Mile High Stadium
Metrodome
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Angel Stadium (Haven’t been to a game, just to the stadium)
ST/AAA
Sky Sox Park
Hi Corbett
Tucson Electric Park
Camelback Ranch
Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Surprise Stadium
I live and die with the Colorado Rockies and the Avs/Nuggets aren't that far behind....
by AtkinsandTulofan on Apr 17, 2009 4:48 PM MDT reply actions
My list in order of when I first attended them...
Griffith Stadium, Washington D.C.
Colt Stadium, Houston
Astrodome (saw both the first game ever, exhibition Astros vs. Yankees and first regular season game, Phillies vs. Astros)
Old Comiskey
Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
D.C. Stadium (nka R.F.K.)
Mile High Stadium
Coors
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
Author: Jim Bouton
Have you been
to Baylor Ballpark?
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 17, 2009 7:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Nope, but it's on my list.
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
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by pedalpusher on Apr 18, 2009 10:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Aha!
So we have the first and last games of the Astrodome covered.
8th Wonder of the World
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 17, 2009 10:45 PM MDT up reply actions
plus a ton in between.
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
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by pedalpusher on Apr 18, 2009 10:47 PM MDT up reply actions
My list..
MLB Stadiums
Old Arlington - Hot and sticky
Mile High - Loudest stadium, ever
Coors Field - Best Stadium
Kauffman - Beautiful waterfalls
Old Busch - History and great backdrop of the arch
Petco - Best place to take kids to a game, well landscaped
Anaheim – Great fans, overheard the following conversation at a A’s Yankees game:
Yankees fan: Aint Torre a little old to be coaching this team?
A’s Fan: Get the f* out of LA, I can’t believe your wearing a Yankees cap
Other Stadium
Lincoln Park, Sam Suplizio Field – Home of the JUCO World Series, has special meaning to me because my Dad, Brother and Son all suited up on that field. I played football and ran track next door.
This Summer
I plan on seeing Dodger Stadium and ATT Park.
It's opening day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my list
Been there (Stadiums I’ve been too)
Wrigley Field
Mile High Stadium
Coors Field
Three Rivers Stadium (1998, 1st Rockies road game, they played the Pirates for 3 games)
Minor leagues
Security Service Field (Co Springs, once in 1996.)
Wanna go to
Wrigley Field.. Mostly because I miss Chicago.
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