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  • Re: MLB Ballpark Roadtrips

    Originally posted by jen View Post
    A's stadium: meh
    A's fans: ++++++
    Stomper: ++++++++++

    If you don't have enough to do in SF (not likely), it's worth a trip.
    Here's Stomper hitting on Mrs. Met.

    The one Met game I'd choose to play over again. Just pitch around Reggie, Tom.
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      Hit up Cleveland this past weekend.

      Park was very nice. When you see it from the highway it's nothing special, maybe even a little on the ugly side just seeing the steel frames and lights from the upper deck, but the brick offices that surround it on the ground level give it a good look. Quicken next door looked like a nice arena, too. Didn't realize the AHL team plays there. Inside the stadium, I thought the concourses could have been a bit bigger, but even with a sell out crowd there weren't many bottlenecks. Their heritage park in center field is a cool area, with plaques of all the former Cleveland/Indians players in the Hall.

      We had seats in the upper deck third baseline. Stadium is much more compact than Comerica, so even though we were in the same row as we were when they played in Detroit the week before, we were closer to the field. Only downsides were that the left field line was obstructed, and our aisle seats meant the vendors set up shop right in front of the view of home. Oh, and that despite having 2:30 in between innings to leave the section, people would wait until after inning started to get up and walk down.

      Would have been better if the Tigers hadn't wasted a Verlander start, but still a good time.
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        Done with all 30. Went to the Nats/Marlins game on Tuesday. Pretty nice park - too bad more people don't visit it (although the neighborhood is not great). Got to see the Home Run Thingy in action, so that made my entire trip. Food selection was great, quality was subpar... or maybe I just made bad choices. I had conch fritters and little things that looked like guava and cream cheese pastelito egg rolls. Conch fritters were OK. Pastelito-type things were blech. Azucar ice cream was closed by the fifth inning, so that was a disappointment (but I did go to the one on Calle Ocho twice). I did have a delicious beer called Flamingo Ale. There were some Nats fans from Miami in front of us who had been to all 30 as well.

        By the numbers - first game in each city:

        Milwaukee - cannot possibly remember this
        Minnesota - 8/6/1993
        New York - American - 8/23/1996
        Baltimore - 8/24/1996
        New York - National - 4/19/1997
        Chicago - National - 8/2/1997
        Boston - 4/11/2000
        Chicago - American - 7/15/2000
        St. Louis - 9/27/2002
        Toronto - 4/11/2003
        Kansas City - 8/21/2004
        Cincinnati - 9/11/2004
        Cleveland - 6/23/2006
        Detroit - 6/24/2006
        Washington - 9/15/2006
        San Francisco - 8/24/2007
        Denver - 4/9/2008
        Pittsburgh - 8/29/2008
        San Diego - 4/29/2010
        Los Angeles - 5/4/2010
        Philadelphia - 4/19/2011
        Tampa - 4/6/2012
        Seattle - 8/10/2013
        Atlanta - 5/21/2015
        Oakland - 6/21/2016
        Houston - 9/26/2016
        Texas - 9/27/2016
        Phoenix - 6/10/2017
        Anaheim - 6/12/2017
        Miami - 8/1/2017

        Random facts: Went to 17 games in St. Louis and 8 at Wrigley.

        My top 5 parks:
        San Francisco
        Pittsburgh
        Detroit
        Los Angeles
        Baltimore or Wrigley.. gets a little fuzzy here

        Memories that stick out: Chicago doubleheader... Cards/Cubs at Wrigley goes 15 innings with a walkoff by Sosa, rushed to the South Side to see Red Sox/White Sox and Esteban Loaiza (edit: it was Bartolo, not Loaiza) threw a 2 hitter.. and lost 2-1. The two hits were home runs. Had sat through a 4 hour rain delay at Wrigley the day before.

        Ryne Sandberg hitting 2 home runs the day he announced his (first) retirement.

        Ken Griffey Jr. Bobblehead Night in Seattle, when he was inducted to the Mariners HOF.

        Opening Days in St. Louis, Boston, Tampa and Minnesota.

        Mariano Rivera blew a save on Opening Day in Tampa and the Rays won on a walkoff.

        Saw Bonds hit career HR 761.

        Worst seats at any sporting event I've ever had.. upper level, last section of the outfield, Cardinals at White Sox.. bought tickets from a scalper on Fireworks Night.
        Last edited by jen; 08-04-2017, 01:18 PM.

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          The Metrodome not being in your top 5 hurts me.
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            Originally posted by JF_Gophers View Post
            The Metrodome not being in your top 5 hurts me.
            Apparently it took me 3 years to want to visit another ballpark after my Metrodome experience. It was definitely memorable. I think we drove around it 300 times without actually getting to it. I'd never been in a dome before, and was freaked out about how you got sucked out the doors. We sat by an extremely loud Yankee fan who loved Bernie Williams. BERNIE! COME ON BERNIE! BERNIE BERNIE BERNIE!

            Target Field, on the other hand, is beautiful.

            Also, my top 5 does not include my actual favorite stadium, which is Milwaukee County Stadium.

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              I just realized that I have gone to so few MLB games the last 20 years that my number of active stadiums had dropped to 3: Washington, Seattle, and Boston.

              I even missed one stadium's entire existence (Atlanta II).
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                Anybody have a good trip this year? I have none, so I am living vicariously. Once I win the lottery, I will re-visit NYC for the new parks.

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                  Milwaukee and Chicago.
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                    Originally posted by jen View Post
                    Anybody have a good trip this year? I have none, so I am living vicariously. Once I win the lottery, I will re-visit NYC for the new parks.
                    Saw Citi for the first time. It's fine but nothing special unless you're a home fan.
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                    • Re: MLB Ballpark Roadtrips

                      Originally posted by jen View Post
                      Anybody have a good trip this year? I have none, so I am living vicariously. Once I win the lottery, I will re-visit NYC for the new parks.
                      Went to Oakland and San Francisco earlier in the year. Been to both before. Absolutely love AT&T Park. Oakland is meh, but at least I got to see a no-hitter. Heading to Tampa later in the summer. My expectations for the Trop are very low.
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                        Originally posted by ScottK View Post
                        My expectations for the Trop are very low.
                        On TV it looks like what if the North Koreans built a knock-off Kingdome.
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                        • Originally posted by ScottK View Post
                          My expectations for the Trop are very low.
                          Still way too high. (Sorry).

                          In all seriousness, you're right to not expect much. Haven't been this season, but there should still be a craft beer concession out in the OF sections (under them, tbh). It's worth a stop if that's up your alley, some good selections, especially for a baseball game.

                          Also some nice breweries not too far from the CropDuster. Green Bench, Cycle, maybe some others. Yeoman's Cask and Lion also opened a St Pete location a handful of blocks East of the stadium if you're looking for a pregame or postgame meal. Better than Fergs.

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                          • Re: MLB Ballpark Roadtrips

                            Originally posted by ScottK View Post
                            but at least I got to see a no-hitter.
                            insanely jealous.

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                              Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                              Saw Citi for the first time. It's fine but nothing special unless you're a home fan.
                              if you come in from 95, the view of the Manhattan Skyline from the Whitestone Bridge is breathtaking. Let someone else drive and sit in the passenger seat.
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                              • Re: MLB Ballpark Roadtrips

                                Originally posted by jen View Post
                                insanely jealous.
                                It was my 1st no-hitter, so I was thrilled, even though it was my team that got no-hit.
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