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hogsraz

What is your favorite MLB stadium that you have been to and what is your least favorite.  Also, which stadium that you haven't been to do you want to visit most?

Favorite: Dodger
Worst: Tropicana Field (Devil Rays)
Want to go: Wrigley

ErieHog

I've been to 22 over my lifetime.

Favorite as far as comfort: PNC
Favorite as far as game atmosphere:  Hubert H. Humphrey Memorial Metrodome
Favorite as far as baseball suitability: Saefco

Worst as far as comfort: Hubert H. Humphrey Memorial Metrodome
Worst as far as game atmosphere: Kaufman Stadium
Worst as far as baseball suitability: Shea Stadium

Want to go to:  The Twins new ballpark in 2010.
No cause, ever, in the history of all mankind, has produced more cold-blooded tyrants, more slaughtered innocents, and more orphans than socialism with power. It surpassed, exponentially, all other systems of production in turning out the dead. The bodies are all around us. And here is the problem: No one talks about them. No one honors them. No one does penance for them. No one has committed suicide for having been an apologist for those who did this to them. No one pays for them. No one is hunted down to account for them. It is exactly what Solzhenitsyn foresaw in The Gulag Archipelago: "No, no one would have to answer. No one would be looked into." Until that happens, there is no "after socialism."

 

dotnet

Wow, that is a lot Erie.

Favorite: Wrigley (I'm biased)
least favorite:  Minute Maid

selfexplanatory

I've been to five ballparks, and my favorite is The Ballpark in Arlington.  I want to see Wrigley sometime for sure.
This year's nominee for the Coopy award.
Quote from: majp51 on June 02, 2010, 03:27:42 pm
Err, now I know it's easy to bash Shiloh Christian, but I'm pretty there aren't that many high schools in Arkansas that have a player picked in the 3rd round of the NFL Draft.
Or have you forgotten where Damian Williams played school?

Hogtropolis™

Been to 5 (including Old Busch)

Best:  New Busch
Worst: Kauffman

Want to go Wrigley, Yankee Stadium (have this trip planned for 2008), and Fenway.

TU Alum in AR

April 01, 2007, 09:59:25 pm #5 Last Edit: April 02, 2007, 07:22:20 am by TU Alum in AR
I have been to 4 ballparks (if you count old and new Busch).  My husband and I have tickets for Yankee and Shea this coming September!

Favorite as far as looks:  Camden Yards
Favorite as far as atmosphere (I am bias): Busch

yeti


I feel the need to give my take on the parks I've managed to attend games at.

Wrigley Field:  Home of my Cubbies, and yes a little on the old side. Lucky for me I like Old and Classic and "the way things were and should be".  I love going there and plan to at least once a year for the rest of my or its life. The only thing I don't like about Wrigley is the new electronic scoreboard/advertising stuff they have put in on the centerfield score board and the upper decks.  If you really love baseball you have to go there at least once.


New Busch: I made one game there last year and its a fairly nice place. The game was a Cubs Cards and the atmosphere was OK at best. Nothing like Old Busch Cubs Cards in 2003 when the Cubs were making a post season run. That was easily the best baseball atmosphere I've been in.

Miller Park: Without a doubt the "coolest" park I've been in. The building is phenomenal. The Brats are good inside and better outside. After singing Take Me Out to the Ball Game they sing Roll Out the Barrel not once but twice. I thoroughly enjoyed that.  Watching a game there was a very unique experience.

The Great American Ballpark:  Fairy new and lots of "gadgets".  I'm not much of a gadget guy at ballparks so its not that interesting to me. When I go to the game I want to watch baseball, eat some type of grilled packaged meats with lots of peppers and onions,  and see hot chicks. I'm not there to watch TV or look at mock ups of steamboats or see whats coming down the river.  The Atmosphere reminds me of KC. The people that are there like baseball but there really isn't enough of them.  Oh, and Adam Dunn can flat out hurt a baseball.

New Comiskey now known as Cellular One: If I'm a Cubs fan I'm pretty sure that makes me White Sux hater. I really don't care for their park either. I will say that I was there when I was 17 ( I think ). My seats were in the Right field corner and 4 rows from the top in the upper deck. I think I saw a baseball game from up there. It might have been hobbits roaming around the shire. I couldn't really tell to be honest.

The Ballpark at Arlington now known as Ameriquest Field: This ranks about third on my list after WRigley and Miller.  I guess its something along the line of "New Old School". It seemed like a nice place to watch a game.  The Gold Club is a very nice place to be for BP. ( Unless your trying to catch a ball ) I got a ticket on the third row behind the plate with Gold Club access for $20 in the parking lot.  Its was a good deal. I really enjoyed watching the $250,000,000.00 man strike out 4 times against the Angels. He was really pissed after the fourth one and all 347 of us in the crowd new about it.  Mid week day games there are not well attended.  That might be why I got a $95 ticket ( three years ago mind you) for $20.

Kauffman Stadium: Great place to watch good visiting teams. The upper deck sections behind home plate are the best deals in baseball. I think I paid $7  ( maybe $12 ) for those seats and they were really good for upper deck.  Right on the action. I think I liked them better than lower deck behind the plate. They also have some mean foot long sausages in that place. I had three of them during the game. Very tasty. Lots of peppers and onions smothered in butter. I think I might go up there Thursday and see Matsuzaka's first MLB game first hand.



Thats all that I have visited so far. My baseball trip last year was Cincy, Milwaukee, Chicago, St Louis. This year I'm trying to get an East Coast swing in. gotta see Yankee Stadium before its gone. The tentative schedule is  Shea, Citizens Bank in Philly, Oriole Park, day off, Fenway, and then Yankee Stadium. I'm not sure if I can pull it off but I'm gonna try.


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PintailKiller

Quote from: ErieHog on April 01, 2007, 07:39:02 pm
I've been to 22 over my lifetime.

Favorite as far as comfort: PNC
Favorite as far as game atmosphere:  Hubert H. Humphrey Memorial Metrodome
Favorite as far as baseball suitability: Saefco

Worst as far as comfort: Hubert H. Humphrey Memorial Metrodome
Worst as far as game atmosphere: Kaufman Stadium
Worst as far as baseball suitability: Shea Stadium

Want to go to:  The Twins new ballpark in 2010.

I've had several players tell me PNC is the nicest park in MLB.
My favorite is Jacobs Field and Coors Field.
I've been to 6 total stadiums.
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."

selfexplanatory

PNC has one of the best views in baseball.  Of course you can see that from the TV, but sitting a few rows behind 3rd with a view of downtown Pitt and all the bridges is beautiful.
This year's nominee for the Coopy award.
Quote from: majp51 on June 02, 2010, 03:27:42 pm
Err, now I know it's easy to bash Shiloh Christian, but I'm pretty there aren't that many high schools in Arkansas that have a player picked in the 3rd round of the NFL Draft.
Or have you forgotten where Damian Williams played school?

ErieHog

Quote from: selfexplanatory on April 02, 2007, 08:55:53 am
PNC has one of the best views in baseball.  Of course you can see that from the TV, but sitting a few rows behind 3rd with a view of downtown Pitt and all the bridges is beautiful.

I like the view from behind home plate.  Simply gorgeous.
No cause, ever, in the history of all mankind, has produced more cold-blooded tyrants, more slaughtered innocents, and more orphans than socialism with power. It surpassed, exponentially, all other systems of production in turning out the dead. The bodies are all around us. And here is the problem: No one talks about them. No one honors them. No one does penance for them. No one has committed suicide for having been an apologist for those who did this to them. No one pays for them. No one is hunted down to account for them. It is exactly what Solzhenitsyn foresaw in The Gulag Archipelago: "No, no one would have to answer. No one would be looked into." Until that happens, there is no "after socialism."

razorson

Coors Field.Went to old Tiger Stadium, It was in bad shape,but I enjoyed sitting in the outfied bleachers and being in a place where alot of great Hall of Famers have played. Would like to go to Shea and Wrigley.

ErieHog

Quote from: razorson on April 02, 2007, 04:04:31 pm
Coors Field.Went to old Tiger Stadium, It was in bad shape,but I enjoyed sitting in the outfied bleachers and being in a place where alot of great Hall of Famers have played. Would like to go to Shea and Wrigley.

Shea is an absolute hole.

It is the Starkville of the National League.
No cause, ever, in the history of all mankind, has produced more cold-blooded tyrants, more slaughtered innocents, and more orphans than socialism with power. It surpassed, exponentially, all other systems of production in turning out the dead. The bodies are all around us. And here is the problem: No one talks about them. No one honors them. No one does penance for them. No one has committed suicide for having been an apologist for those who did this to them. No one pays for them. No one is hunted down to account for them. It is exactly what Solzhenitsyn foresaw in The Gulag Archipelago: "No, no one would have to answer. No one would be looked into." Until that happens, there is no "after socialism."

razorson

Quote from: ErieHog on April 02, 2007, 04:14:42 pm
Quote from: razorson on April 02, 2007, 04:04:31 pm
Coors Field.Went to old Tiger Stadium, It was in bad shape,but I enjoyed sitting in the outfied bleachers and being in a place where alot of great Hall of Famers have played. Would like to go to Shea and Wrigley.

Shea is an absolute hole.

It is the Starkville of the National League.
As far as I'm concerned it's the Mecca of baseball, because it's where my Mets play.

 

UhOhioHog

Dodger Stadium has great atmosphere, especially when the Giants are in town.
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington is very nice.
Loved old Busch Stadium.
Kaufman is nice, just no atmosphere.
Olympic Stadium was a dump.
Riverfront=see above.

Oklahawg

Coors has a neat feel to it, with the mountains as a backdrop, but I felt it was nothing out of the ordinary. Been on the field and that is cool. I think the grass is heated!

Kauffman and Old Busch were a part of that era when no park was distinct, yet both of these were. Nothing like the old guy in RF that acted as a cheerleader for the fans, and brought out BBQ Possum, etc., on Sundays.

Wrigley is a neat experience even if I had to watch the Cubs.

The new park in Arlington is SOOOO superior to the old park. Its a nice, nice experience, especially when I got to sit where they have seat-side "waiter" type service.

I hated the Astrodome.
I am a Hog fan. I was long before my name was etched, twice, on the sidewalks on the Hill. I will be long after Sam Pittman and Eric Mussleman are coaches, and Hunter Yuracheck is AD. I am a Hog fan when we win, when we lose and when we don't play. I love hearing the UA band play the National Anthem on game day, but I sing along to the Alma Mater. I am a Hog fan.<br /><br />A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching. - Bart Giamatti <br /><br />"It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go away, I'm looking for the truth,' and so it goes away. Puzzling." ― Robert M. Pirsig<br /><br />Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.  – Yogi Berra

pigture perfect

April 04, 2007, 11:12:30 pm #15 Last Edit: April 04, 2007, 11:14:26 pm by pigture perfect
I like the Busch stadiums because of the team, I like the food at Kaufman, I think they have the best Brats' I've ever eaten. I would like to go to Miller to see if they can beat Kaufman's' brats', plus it looks like fun with the sausage races and Bernie the brewer sliding into the big mug. Arlinton is awesome. Minute Maid/Enron is nothing to boast about. Wrigley was great for nostalgia purposes. Fulton County was a dump as was the old Angels ball park, I forgot it's name. I wish I could have seen a game in Old Tigers. Hopefully will see on in Fenway and if I have time catch one in Yankee', although I'd have to carry my barf bag from the plane with me. I hate the Yank's.
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ErieHog

Quote from: pigture perfect on April 04, 2007, 11:12:30 pm
I like the Busch stadiums because of the team, I like the food at Kaufman, I think they have the best Brats' I've ever eaten. I would like to go to Miller to see if they can beat Kaufman's' brats', plus it looks like fun with the sausage races and Bernie the brewer sliding into the big mug. Arlinton is awesome. Minute Maid/Enron is nothing to boast about. Wrigley was great for nostalgia purposes. Fulton County was a dump as was the old Angels ball park, I forgot it's name. I wish I could have seen a game in Old Tigers. Hopefully will see on in Fenway and if I have time catch one in Yankee', although I'd have to carry my barf bag from the plane with me. I hate the Yank's.

Miller Park's brats win, and its not even terribly close.    I thought Kauffman's were the best around, but lord, was I wrong.   Last I heard, they had forced Bernie to stop using the slide, as it promoted drinking as cool to underage kids.
No cause, ever, in the history of all mankind, has produced more cold-blooded tyrants, more slaughtered innocents, and more orphans than socialism with power. It surpassed, exponentially, all other systems of production in turning out the dead. The bodies are all around us. And here is the problem: No one talks about them. No one honors them. No one does penance for them. No one has committed suicide for having been an apologist for those who did this to them. No one pays for them. No one is hunted down to account for them. It is exactly what Solzhenitsyn foresaw in The Gulag Archipelago: "No, no one would have to answer. No one would be looked into." Until that happens, there is no "after socialism."

UhOhioHog

Quote from: ErieHog on April 05, 2007, 03:38:20 am
Quote from: pigture perfect on April 04, 2007, 11:12:30 pm
I like the Busch stadiums because of the team, I like the food at Kaufman, I think they have the best Brats' I've ever eaten. I would like to go to Miller to see if they can beat Kaufman's' brats', plus it looks like fun with the sausage races and Bernie the brewer sliding into the big mug. Arlinton is awesome. Minute Maid/Enron is nothing to boast about. Wrigley was great for nostalgia purposes. Fulton County was a dump as was the old Angels ball park, I forgot it's name. I wish I could have seen a game in Old Tigers. Hopefully will see on in Fenway and if I have time catch one in Yankee', although I'd have to carry my barf bag from the plane with me. I hate the Yank's.

Miller Park's brats win, and its not even terribly close.    I thought Kauffman's were the best around, but lord, was I wrong.   Last I heard, they had forced Bernie to stop using the slide, as it promoted drinking as cool to underage kids.

But drinking is cool!

MATT JONES


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hawgwild1087

I went to Wrigley last year and wasnt impressed. I thought the seating was weird.  It doesnt stack up to Busch or the Ameriquest.   Maybe it was just because my seats sucked...

TR1

That waiter service at the Rangers ballpark in Arlington is great. No getting up and missing any of the game. Chuck Morgan has to be the best stadium announcer in baseball.

ThisLittlePiggie

April 12, 2007, 02:34:49 pm #21 Last Edit: April 12, 2007, 02:39:45 pm by ThisLittlePiggie
Been in three major league parks...Busch I (nee Sportsmans Park), Busch II (nee Busch Memorial) and Busch III. The prettiest from behind home plate...PNC, Pittsburgh. The best atmosphere...Sportsmans Park/Busch I. I loved the smell of hotdogs cooking, cigar smoke wafting thru the stadium and the fact that I was sitting in a ballpark in which Hornsby, Dean, Durocher, Martin, Medwick, Marion, Moore, Slaughter, Schoendienst, Sisler, Ruth, Gehrig, Williams, Dimaggio, Mantle, Maris, Berra etal played the game and Harry Caray and Dizzy Dean called.

Incredible atmosphere. I still mourned that old ballpark for years after it was gone. Not to mention that Jim Brown, John David Crow, Sonny Randle, Bobby Joe Conrad, Frank Gifford, Kyle Rote, Larry Wilson, Bobby Layne, Billy Ray Smith SR, Leroy Jordan, Chuck Howley, Don Meredith, Johnny Unitas, Raymond Berry and many other NFL stars of yore played there.

God, what memories.

Oklahawg

Quote from: ThisLittlePiggie on April 12, 2007, 02:34:49 pm
Been in three major league parks...Busch I (nee Sportsmans Park), Busch II (nee Busch Memorial) and Busch III. The prettiest from behind home plate...PNC, Pittsburgh. The best atmosphere...Sportsmans Park/Busch I. I loved the smell of hotdogs cooking, cigar smoke wafting thru the stadium and the fact that I was sitting in a ballpark in which Hornsby, Dean, Durocher, Martin, Medwick, Marion, Moore, Slaughter, Schoendienst, Sisler, Ruth, Gehrig, Williams, Dimaggio, Mantle, Maris, Berra etal played the game and Harry Caray and Dizzy Dean called.

Incredible atmosphere. I still mourned that old ballpark for years after it was gone. Not to mention that Jim Brown, John David Crow, Sonny Randle, Bobby Joe Conrad, Frank Gifford, Kyle Rote, Larry Wilson, Bobby Layne, Billy Ray Smith SR, Leroy Jordan, Chuck Howley, Don Meredith, Johnny Unitas, Raymond Berry and many other NFL stars of yore played there.

God, what memories.

TLP, there is something about Busch (I/II/III). I remember hearing the Dixieland combo playing outside the last time I was there. Amazing.

When I was there in the strike year we stayed at the same motel as the Expos, the year they were the top team in baseball. Pedro, Walker, Grissom, DeShields, Wetteland, et al. Everyone left them alone in the restaurant, and LWalker commented that its so refreshing to be in St. Louis.

I need a visit to the Negro League Museum in KC one of these summers. Not a stadium, but I need to visit and pay homage.
I am a Hog fan. I was long before my name was etched, twice, on the sidewalks on the Hill. I will be long after Sam Pittman and Eric Mussleman are coaches, and Hunter Yuracheck is AD. I am a Hog fan when we win, when we lose and when we don't play. I love hearing the UA band play the National Anthem on game day, but I sing along to the Alma Mater. I am a Hog fan.<br /><br />A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching. - Bart Giamatti <br /><br />"It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go away, I'm looking for the truth,' and so it goes away. Puzzling." ― Robert M. Pirsig<br /><br />Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.  – Yogi Berra

ThisLittlePiggie

Quote from: Oklahawg on April 17, 2007, 08:46:52 am
Quote from: ThisLittlePiggie on April 12, 2007, 02:34:49 pm
Been in three major league parks...Busch I (nee Sportsmans Park), Busch II (nee Busch Memorial) and Busch III. The prettiest from behind home plate...PNC, Pittsburgh. The best atmosphere...Sportsmans Park/Busch I. I loved the smell of hotdogs cooking, cigar smoke wafting thru the stadium and the fact that I was sitting in a ballpark in which Hornsby, Dean, Durocher, Martin, Medwick, Marion, Moore, Slaughter, Schoendienst, Sisler, Ruth, Gehrig, Williams, Dimaggio, Mantle, Maris, Berra etal played the game and Harry Caray and Dizzy Dean called.

Incredible atmosphere. I still mourned that old ballpark for years after it was gone. Not to mention that Jim Brown, John David Crow, Sonny Randle, Bobby Joe Conrad, Frank Gifford, Kyle Rote, Larry Wilson, Bobby Layne, Billy Ray Smith SR, Leroy Jordan, Chuck Howley, Don Meredith, Johnny Unitas, Raymond Berry and many other NFL stars of yore played there.

God, what memories.

TLP, there is something about Busch (I/II/III). I remember hearing the Dixieland combo playing outside the last time I was there. Amazing.

When I was there in the strike year we stayed at the same motel as the Expos, the year they were the top team in baseball. Pedro, Walker, Grissom, DeShields, Wetteland, et al. Everyone left them alone in the restaurant, and LWalker commented that its so refreshing to be in St. Louis.

I need a visit to the Negro League Museum in KC one of these summers. Not a stadium, but I need to visit and pay homage.

Get this OH...the night I graduated from the 8th grade...guess where a bunch of us went to celebrate? To Sportman's Park/Busch I to see the Cards play the Brooklyn Dodgers. Before the game, during batting practice, several Dodgers were patrolling left field in front of the old bleachers, including Carl Erskine, the Dodgers' star pitcher who was firing a ball against the outfield wall. I kept egging him on to get it up a little higher and finally he got it up high enough that I reached down and snagged it. Still have that ball. He grinned and walked off. I don't even remember if we won or lost.

 

Oklahawg

Quote from: ThisLittlePiggie on April 17, 2007, 11:36:52 am
Quote from: Oklahawg on April 17, 2007, 08:46:52 am
Quote from: ThisLittlePiggie on April 12, 2007, 02:34:49 pm
Been in three major league parks...Busch I (nee Sportsmans Park), Busch II (nee Busch Memorial) and Busch III. The prettiest from behind home plate...PNC, Pittsburgh. The best atmosphere...Sportsmans Park/Busch I. I loved the smell of hotdogs cooking, cigar smoke wafting thru the stadium and the fact that I was sitting in a ballpark in which Hornsby, Dean, Durocher, Martin, Medwick, Marion, Moore, Slaughter, Schoendienst, Sisler, Ruth, Gehrig, Williams, Dimaggio, Mantle, Maris, Berra etal played the game and Harry Caray and Dizzy Dean called.

Incredible atmosphere. I still mourned that old ballpark for years after it was gone. Not to mention that Jim Brown, John David Crow, Sonny Randle, Bobby Joe Conrad, Frank Gifford, Kyle Rote, Larry Wilson, Bobby Layne, Billy Ray Smith SR, Leroy Jordan, Chuck Howley, Don Meredith, Johnny Unitas, Raymond Berry and many other NFL stars of yore played there.

God, what memories.

TLP, there is something about Busch (I/II/III). I remember hearing the Dixieland combo playing outside the last time I was there. Amazing.

When I was there in the strike year we stayed at the same motel as the Expos, the year they were the top team in baseball. Pedro, Walker, Grissom, DeShields, Wetteland, et al. Everyone left them alone in the restaurant, and LWalker commented that its so refreshing to be in St. Louis.

I need a visit to the Negro League Museum in KC one of these summers. Not a stadium, but I need to visit and pay homage.

Get this OH...the night I graduated from the 8th grade...guess where a bunch of us went to celebrate? To Sportman's Park/Busch I to see the Cards play the Brooklyn Dodgers. Before the game, during batting practice, several Dodgers were patrolling left field in front of the old bleachers, including Carl Erskine, the Dodgers' star pitcher who was firing a ball against the outfield wall. I kept egging him on to get it up a little higher and finally he got it up high enough that I reached down and snagged it. Still have that ball. He grinned and walked off. I don't even remember if we won or lost.

Field of Dreams connects a man with his long-lost father. Baseball connects me to my father in very intimate, spiritual ways. And, it reaches across the great political divide, creating electronic friendships that defy other realities. I remain envious of your memories!

I was on the field in 1976 in KC. Wonderful evening that included me in the RF tunnel, gate open, as the White Sox took pre-game fielding practice. A ball got by Pat Kelly in right. I retrieved the ball and threw it to him. He smiled, nodded, and tossed it back. That ball is more valuable than the personally signed Jim Palmer, Mickey Mantle or Enos Slaughter autographed balls. Its unsigned. I need to find Kelly and get it signed some day soon.

Tag. You're it.
I am a Hog fan. I was long before my name was etched, twice, on the sidewalks on the Hill. I will be long after Sam Pittman and Eric Mussleman are coaches, and Hunter Yuracheck is AD. I am a Hog fan when we win, when we lose and when we don't play. I love hearing the UA band play the National Anthem on game day, but I sing along to the Alma Mater. I am a Hog fan.<br /><br />A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching. - Bart Giamatti <br /><br />"It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go away, I'm looking for the truth,' and so it goes away. Puzzling." ― Robert M. Pirsig<br /><br />Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.  – Yogi Berra

ThisLittlePiggie

Long home runs

This article is about long home runs and long home run legends which have been badly mis-represented by the press as far as distances. One that is mentioned is Babe Ruth's shot over the pavilion that landed on the sidewalk across Grand Avenue (not boulevard as the article reads) and bounced up against the YMCA that was across the street. It was measured to have travelled 475 feet in the air from home plate and is considered the longest homer ever it at Sportmans Park. I was sitting in those same left field bleachers (the pavilion was in right field and had a roof over it and a screen covering it) watching the Cards play Cincinnati. They had a powerful lineup of home run hitters. Ted Kluzewski, Frank Robinson, Gus Bell, Smokey Burgess, Ed Bailey and Wally Post.

I was directly under the scoreboard where the neon cardinals flew and the Anheuser Busch eagle soared. Wally Post came up to the plate and hit a prodigious shot, towering and long, that hit the VERY TOP of that scoreboard and fell into the bleachers where a fan near it grabbed it. It didn't bounce back out on the field because there was protective netting that would block any ball that may have traveled that distance from shattering those elaborate flying redbirds and eagle up on that sign. So it dropped almost straight down.

The next morning the Globe-Democrat and the evening P-D estimated it would have traveled over 600 feet if not for hitting the scoreboard. The above linked article pretty much disputes that claim. But it was said at the time that it would have at least equaled if not surpassed Ruth's long shot over the pavilion at Sportmans Park.

Your turn.

Oklahawg

Sat in the Ballpark at Arlington when Dean Palmer snapped his bicep muscle in two. It sounded like a foulball coming off of a bat. *SNAP* isn't as accurate as *CRACK*.

Also, attended the MLB exhibition game in Tulsa in the late 70s when the stadium collapsed. A short, sudden thunderstorm sent a packed house crowding under the awning that covered the top third of the stadium. Wooden stadium. Bowed on the weight and eventually a 30-foot section (about 40-feet up) gave way sending folks spilling to the concourse below.

Miraculously, no one died. I will always remember Cliff Johnson of the Astros carrying a hurt young girl to the ambulance.
I am a Hog fan. I was long before my name was etched, twice, on the sidewalks on the Hill. I will be long after Sam Pittman and Eric Mussleman are coaches, and Hunter Yuracheck is AD. I am a Hog fan when we win, when we lose and when we don't play. I love hearing the UA band play the National Anthem on game day, but I sing along to the Alma Mater. I am a Hog fan.<br /><br />A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching. - Bart Giamatti <br /><br />"It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go away, I'm looking for the truth,' and so it goes away. Puzzling." ― Robert M. Pirsig<br /><br />Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.  – Yogi Berra

WindyCityHog

I hate to say it....but Wrigley is the best I've seen.  Yes, the stadium is old (two years ago, chunks were falling from above), but Wrigley Field isn't about the baseball stadium....it's the atmosphere.  It's in the middle of a residential neighborhood and surrounded by bars.

Now, bars aren't exactly everyone's cup of tea....just look at military bases and the surrounding "bars".

Being a Cardinal and White Sox fan....You'll never see me lambasting Wrigley.  In an era where ballparks are money-making, architectural "gems"....Wrigley stands out as a remembrance of times past.  I challenge any baseball fan to make a trip to Wrigley and not come away impressed.  Wrigley simply isn't a baseball game....It's an experience.  Those of you who don't like a like a drink afterwards will have a different perspective.

My second is Miller Park in Milwaukee.  Fresh and new with a retractable roof.  Great view from any seat, and Milwaukee and their fans are good folk.

As for Wrigley.....the Cubs are the nation's "lovable losers".  99 years and counting since that last WS win.

Oklahawg

I'd like to take in a game in Pittsburgh and one in Seattle. Something about those parks intrigues me.
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ThisLittlePiggie

Quote from: Oklahawg on April 23, 2007, 06:11:39 pm
I'd like to take in a game in Pittsburgh and one in Seattle. Something about those parks intrigues me.

Me too re: Pittsburgh. The two things are, those bridges/downtown area in the background and nobody in the seats for baseball games. Incredible.

Immensehog

Favorite: Wrigley, drinking Old Style in the bleachers with northerners is funny.  Their fans are polar opposites of Sox fans.

Worst: Tie between Old Rangers stadium in Arlington, which was a craphole.   And US Cellular in Chicago which is in the hood of all hoods, and filled with toothless meatheads who are itchin' to fight.

Want to to to: Yankee Stadium, especially now that time is running out.  And Fenway.
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WindyCityHog

Quote from: Immensehog on April 23, 2007, 10:35:39 pm
Favorite: Wrigley, drinking Old Style in the bleachers with northerners is funny.  Their fans are polar opposites of Sox fans.

Worst: Tie between Old Rangers stadium in Arlington, which was a craphole.   And US Cellular in Chicago which is in the hood of all hoods, and filled with toothless meatheads who are itchin' to fight.

Want to to to: Yankee Stadium, especially now that time is running out.  And Fenway.


BS.  US Cellular is a great park, and it's not "in the hood of all hoods".  It's in the Bridgeport area of Chicago, which isn't a "hood".  I go to 20 games a year and have never had a problem, other than a few fans that have had too much to drink, but it has never went over the boiling point, and is common at EVERY sporting arena.  As for the 'toothless meatheads" remarks....that's crap. 

How many times have you visited US Cellular?  Once, twice, more?

Your favorite is Wrigley?  Because "drinking with Northerners" is the shiznit?....and they are the "polar opposite" of Sox fans?

You're a Cub fan....and you have no clue what you're talking about....you're spouting off the old line all Cub fans use.  I am not toothless and don't look for a fight....if you want a fight....check out Wrigleyville. 

I know both parks and the area surrounding them well....I like Wrigley better because of the atmosphere, but even as a Sox and Card fan, I won't go out of my way to blast a park simply because of my allegiance.

US Cellular is a great park....take my word for it....not something you read on the MLB.com forums.

Immensehog

That's your opinion.

Above is mine.

Let's leave it at that.
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WindyCityHog

Quote from: Immensehog on April 24, 2007, 09:17:07 am
That's your opinion.

Above is mine.

Let's leave it at that.


Okay, fair enough...

One question though.....

How many times have you been to US Cellular and Wrigley?

I've been to both enough to enjoy both both.  What got me about your post was the "toothless meathead" remark in regards to US Cellular.  There are some....but just as many in the bleachers at Wrigley.  There is no doubt the Cubs have a stronger national appeal than the White Sox.

I am NOT trying to start anything with you Immense...You ever come to Chicago, I'll show you US Cellular Field...the good points about it.


Immensehog

Wrigley 8 times.

US celluar 3.

I attend 2 conventions each summer in Chicago and catch whatever game is in town.

No, not everyone is a "toothless meathead".   But from the train station on the Dan Ryan to the stadium reminds me of outside of the stadium at Baton Rouge. 
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ErieHog

Quote from: Oklahawg on April 23, 2007, 06:11:39 pm
I'd like to take in a game in Pittsburgh and one in Seattle. Something about those parks intrigues me.

Both are fantastic, and if you are cheering for the road team,  you are usually in excellent shape :)
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WindyCityHog

Quote from: Immensehog on April 24, 2007, 02:05:07 pm
Wrigley 8 times.

US celluar 3.

I attend 2 conventions each summer in Chicago and catch whatever game is in town.

No, not everyone is a "toothless meathead".   But from the train station on the Dan Ryan to the stadium reminds me of outside of the stadium at Baton Rouge. 

Let me know.

I'll bu the first two beers.

No hard feelings.

John Futrall

Best park for me: The old Tiger Statdium

Close second: Wrigley...Cubs fan or not, this has one of the best atmospheres in baseball, especially during the 7th inning stretch.

I also enjoyed the old Busch Stadium (haven't been to the new one, yet). Going to Turner Field in 3 weeks or so for the first time.

solix

favorite : three rivers (old pirates stadium)
worst: rfk in dc
want to: fenway and pnc
going to pac bell in july to watch dodgers giants pretty excited about that

bigyellowdog

Favorite:  Camden Yards followed closely by Miller Park and whatever the park in San Fran is called now (it was Pac Bell when I was there).

Honorable mentions are Fenway and Wrigley.

Best bang for the buck:  Kaufman Stadium.

Worst: Astrodome and Riverfront Stadium.

weevilhogg

Wrigley is the best.  I've been there many times and intend on going back until they tear it down.

Turner Field is one that I didn't like.  It had a very stale atmosphere.   I liked the friggin' astrodome better than Truner Field.
Oh my!

UhOhioHog

I will be checking out Wrigley this September vs. Pittsburgh.  Same day I am going to Soldier Field for Bears vs. Cowboys.  Any suggestions for a good hangover cure?

bao187

i have only been to wrigley i am a huge cubs fan i love it i would like to see the new busch and i don't like the twins or the blue jays fields i don't like the all grass basepaths
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Quote from: hogsraz on April 01, 2007, 07:36:18 pm
What is your favorite MLB stadium that you have been to and what is your least favorite.  Also, which stadium that you haven't been to do you want to visit most?

Favorite: Dodger
Worst: Tropicana Field (Devil Rays)
Want to go: Wrigley

I'd definitely have to agree with Tropicana Field (Devil Rays) as being the worst.

jcmojica23

Angel Stadium of Anaheim is up there at the top...