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Eugene Church · 06-22-2004, 01:59 PM

Since this a baseball forum, the poll quite possibly will be skewed toward baseball. Nontheless, I love baseball, but I have to concede, the NFL and college football is what most the sports call-in shows on the radio discuss...year round...even in baseball season. Football is the national pastime and the sport that excites America...Sadly, baseball is not even close anymore.

The owners dominate baseball and they will not hire a baseball commissioner and let him run the sport the way it should be run. Unions have killed the game, too.

Baseball is not fan friendly. Ticket prices and concessions (food) are totally unrealistic. I spend $100 per game...2 tickets...therefore I don't go back to a stadium once I have seen it. I want to tour all major league stadiums before I die. If I make it to September, I will add the Yankees, Orioles, Phillies and Red Sox to my list. I couldn't believe I got tickets behind home plate at Fenway. I met a baseball photographer at Rickwood Field (oldest minor league park) in Birmingham, Alabama. He was covering the Rickwood Classic which is played once a year by the Southern League's Birmingham Barons. They play in throwback uniforms. He said I could use his tickets if I couldn't get any...and he came through. Rickwood was renovated by the makers of the movie "Cobb". It was used to represent the Tigers stadium.

I really love minor league baseball...they still have so lovely old-fashioned stadiums...tickets are $6-$8 and there is not a bad seat in the house...food prices are reasonable as well...and the game is enjoyable from a skill level as well.

06-22-2004, 01:59 PM	#15
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,227	Since this a baseball forum, the poll quite possibly will be skewed toward baseball. Nontheless, I love baseball, but I have to concede, the NFL and college football is what most the sports call-in shows on the radio discuss...year round...even in baseball season. Football is the national pastime and the sport that excites America...Sadly, baseball is not even close anymore. The owners dominate baseball and they will not hire a baseball commissioner and let him run the sport the way it should be run. Unions have killed the game, too. Baseball is not fan friendly. Ticket prices and concessions (food) are totally unrealistic. I spend $100 per game...2 tickets...therefore I don't go back to a stadium once I have seen it. I want to tour all major league stadiums before I die. If I make it to September, I will add the Yankees, Orioles, Phillies and Red Sox to my list. I couldn't believe I got tickets behind home plate at Fenway. I met a baseball photographer at Rickwood Field (oldest minor league park) in Birmingham, Alabama. He was covering the Rickwood Classic which is played once a year by the Southern League's Birmingham Barons. They play in throwback uniforms. He said I could use his tickets if I couldn't get any...and he came through. Rickwood was renovated by the makers of the movie "Cobb". It was used to represent the Tigers stadium. I really love minor league baseball...they still have so lovely old-fashioned stadiums...tickets are $6-$8 and there is not a bad seat in the house...food prices are reasonable as well...and the game is enjoyable from a skill level as well. Last edited by Eugene Church; 06-22-2004 at 02:08 PM.