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8893 said:
Citi Field is a great place to see a game IMO. Feels small, especially compared to Yankee Stadium, and the sight lines are great pretty much everywhere. Great food options too.

Fenway for tradition. Wrigley is on my bucket list but until then Fenway is the oldest park I know.

Pac Bell for pretty much everything. Great setting, great food, great vibe.
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Save yourself the trouble with Wrigley. It's hands down the worst venue in any sport. (at least as far as the ones I've been to)
 
amory said:
I still need to get to LA to see a Dodger game. I've heard Dodger Stadium is special in person.
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It's a dump, and you face decent odds of getting stabbed in the parking lot when the Giants are in town. That being said, it's pretty beautiful at sunset.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
It's a dump, and you face decent odds of getting stabbed in the parking lot when the Giants are in town. That being said, it's pretty beautiful at sunset.
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I went to a game there in June 1987. It was the strangest thing I ever saw at a ball game.
Nolan Ryan was pitching for Houston and Yogi Berra (then with Houston) was honored as one of the "worthy opponents" of the Dodgers.
Anyway, I think Ryan pitched shutout ball with I think 10 strikeouts in 7 innings. There were people coming in with babies in second and third innings who ate guacamole
and just paid attention to their babies. Then they left in the sixth or seventh inning in a very close game. Ryan was at that stage where he wasn't wasting any pitches, even
0-2 counts. Awesome performance. Nobody gave a damn. It was as if there wasn't even a game. Just getting a little late in the day sunshine, tossing their babies up in the air
and guacamole. Amazing. It was a decent place back then.
 
intlzncster said:
Uh, is old Yankee Stadium still around and I don't know about it? So you can go watch games there and feel that history from Baseball's golden age?

And to be technical, Babe Ruth played as a member of the Sox there too.
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Babe Ruth did NOT play at Yankee Stadium as a Red Sox player. He was traded to the Yankees in 1920. Yankee Stadium opened in 1923 (hence, "The House that Ruth Built").
 
cto44 said:
Babe Ruth did NOT play at Yankee Stadium as a Red Sox player. He was traded to the Yankees in 1920. Yankee Stadium opened in 1923 (hence, "The House that Ruth Built").
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That's not what I meant. Replace 'there' with 'Fenway'. I was responding to the guy who was talking about yankee players playing in Fenway.
 
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intlzncster said:
That's not what I meant. Replace 'there' with 'Fenway'. I was responding to the guy who was talking about yankee players playing in Fenway.
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Actually why wouldn't the "golden age" still be in the park across the street that resembles the old one? The place is beautiful and spacious they needed to put a new stadium in the Bronx, doesn't change history.
 
mauconnfan said:
Actually why wouldn't the "golden age" still be in the park across the street that resembles the old one? The place is beautiful and spacious they needed to put a new stadium in the Bronx, doesn't change history.
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Doesn't change history sure. But there's something to be said for sitting in a seat, watching a game and thinking, "man, babe Ruth used to hit balls into those stands. They've been doing it for 100 years". . You really can't find that in any other sport. Sort of like going to a live museum.
 
intlzncster said:
Doesn't change history sure. But there's something to be said for sitting in a seat, watching a game and thinking, "man, babe Ruth used to hit balls into those stands. They've been doing it for 100 years". . You really can't find that in any other sport. Sort of like going to a live museum.
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Agree but nothing is forever. Fenway, besides the venue itself, also needs to get blown up.
 
mauconnfan said:
Agree but nothing is forever. Fenway, besides the venue itself, also needs to get blown up.
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Fenway has this odd disorienting factor to it that I've never really been able to put into words. I don't hate it anywhere near as much as I do Wrigley Field, but it's not one of my favorites either.
 
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Kaufman Stadium in KC is very nice - the huge parking lot that surrounds is pretty piss poor, great for tailgating, but horrible personality.
 
Picked up some Red Sox tickets for late August. Any suggestions for a Saturday overnight hotel stay. Game on a Sunday afternoon. Wife & a 4 yr old.
 
joober jones said:
Fenway has this odd disorienting factor to it that I've never really been able to put into words. I don't hate it anywhere near as much as I do Wrigley Field, but it's not one of my favorites either.
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what's your beef with Wrigley? not trying to start an argument or anything, I'm just curious as to why you hate it so much.
 
Matt (Chicago) said:
what's your beef with Wrigley? not trying to start an argument or anything, I'm just curious as to why you hate it so much.
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Every time I've been (though admittedly, it's a very small sample size) the crowd has been exceptionally rude and ill-behaved, the facilities have been unclean, the food was lousy, and the one time I ever caught a home run ball (I've never caught one anywhere else) I had to throw it back on to the field because nobody would stop squealing at me until I did.
 
GemParty said:
Picked up some Red Sox tickets for late August. Any suggestions for a Saturday overnight hotel stay. Game on a Sunday afternoon. Wife & a 4 yr old.
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Try the Sheraton on Dalton St. Walking distance to Fenway, decent area. Stayed there for work a ton.
 
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Fenway - of all the seats (and stands - we used to 'sneak' in after the 7th ing) I've had there since Y's days, dogs on the L field wall was the best.
 
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