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04-15-2012, 01:57 PM | #1 |
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Tropicana Field
/Wind blowing out to right with 48 degree temps?
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04-15-2012, 02:19 PM | #2 |
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The game for some reason has the Trop has having no roof, so you just gotta edit the ballpark to be a dome.
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04-15-2012, 02:26 PM | #3 | |
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oh..and let the record show...if there are two teams in baseball that NEED new stadiums...its the Rays and the Athletics. The Athletics because O.co Coliseum is a dump...trust me...ive been there and its far cry from San Francisco's AT&T Park...which is extremely gorgeous. The Rays...well..when a CATWALK decides how a play goes...need i say more?
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04-15-2012, 02:54 PM | #4 |
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I think Oakland gets a new stadium within 3-4 years. At least get a deal reached.
Tampa could be years away. |
04-15-2012, 04:24 PM | #5 |
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Dump stadiums have a certain charm, though. I have been to games at stadiums of all varieties, and I'm not sure that anything will ever match Cleveland Stadium.
I managed to get to a Browns game there during their last season but before it was announced that they were leaving the city. The old, wooden seats had no leg room and were worse than anything we'd seen. And we had been in ballparks that were just as old. And the horrific state of the concourse and bathrooms led us to call the place "The Toilet". And that's how we still refer to the stadium. I still wish it was there, though, because it was a real experience to see a game in that stadium. I would have gone back to see the Indians play there, but they were already in Jacobs Field. I'm just glad we got to see a sporting event in The Toilet before it disappeared into history. |
04-15-2012, 09:39 PM | #6 |
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Yeah...maybe dump stadiums do have some historical value...but then again... I submit to you Philadelphia's very own Veteran's Stadium! Any questions? Now that place was what you call a REAL DUMP!!!
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04-16-2012, 01:19 PM | #7 |
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RFK in DC where the Nat's played before moving to the new place was pretty much a dump. Way more so than Oakland IMHO.
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04-16-2012, 01:28 PM | #8 |
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04-16-2012, 04:14 PM | #9 |
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i thought it was the 2008 world series between the rays and phillies...the WORST world series in the modern era.
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04-16-2012, 04:21 PM | #10 |
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I would have to put the 2007 Rockies/Red Sox series very close to the 2008 series. Yes, the A's do need a new stadium. I have been watching Ken Burn's Baseball the last few days and after looking at the stadiums in the 70's I wondered what those architects were smoking.
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04-16-2012, 04:30 PM | #11 |
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Sitting high along the 1B oops (edit 3B) side at Exhibition Stadium with the wind blowing off the lake was bone chilling. Plenty of liquor needed.
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04-16-2012, 04:57 PM | #12 |
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...On metal benches and chairs no less. I stuck to the $2 "bleacher" seats (I use "" around bleacher because they were the only covered seats in Ole Excruciating Stadium) with the only plastic seats in the place. In my book, it's always a good idea to avoid frostbite in certain unfortunate places. Metal seats do not help one achieve this paramount goal.
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04-16-2012, 08:15 PM | #13 |
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Ah yess...old exhibition stadium...i had the unfortunate pleasure of watching a blue jays game there against the yankees many years ago...it was a lovely day for baseball...the temp was a balmy 20 degrees with winds off the lake at 25 mph and my #@$%# falling off at the end of the third inning. Not pleasant!
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04-16-2012, 08:18 PM | #14 |
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oh the memories of that wonderful game i went to..and OMG this place was UGLY!
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I used to sit up right beside the second tower on the right. On the 3B side not 1B.
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04-17-2012, 01:03 AM | #16 |
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Butt ugly, but it was home to so many awesome childhood baseball memories. The AL East division clincher in 1985 against the Yankees. A few days later the first ever playoff game against the Royals. Seeing Tony Fernandez arrive with that ridiculous buggy whip throwing motion. Watching Barfield throw stunned runners out at 3B and home from RF. Good times.
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04-17-2012, 10:56 AM | #17 |
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I just wished that they had waited to build the Skydome (refuse to call it the new corporate name) until after Camden Yards so that they could have copied that style. I was always annoyed that they put turf in the dome, but was doubly annoyed after seeing how nice a ballpark could look. I hate the cookie cutter style with the exact same dimensions and wall heights all around the outfield.
I'd like to see them tear off the roof, and make it a baseball only venue. Maybe then, they could put in grass and actually configure the walls into different variations. Yes, it's a pipedream, but I refuse to give it up! Oh, and speaking of the Ex. I remember seeing Gruber hit for the cycle there against the Royals. My favourite memory of that game, though, was George Brett playing football in the outfield during warmups. LOL. He had someone snap him the ball and a couple of guys running 'routes'. He used a baseball in lieu of a real football.
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