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Re: This was in Today's Washington Post
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2017, 10:19:01 pm »
Cool. I've made 10 so far.
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« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2017, 10:26:26 pm »
I've done 13 - adding Philly when the Astros swing through in a week and a half.
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« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2017, 11:30:24 pm »
17.  Plus the old Tiger Stadium, Forbes Field, Memorial Stadium (Baltimore) and Candlestick Park.
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« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2017, 07:34:23 am »
I've made 6 so far

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Re: This was in Today's Washington Post
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2017, 07:36:01 am »
14 of the current for a game, and spent the night in the hotel looking over the field in Toronto when there was no game going on.  Toronto is near the top of my to catch a game at list, behind Pittsburgh, ad right with BAL/DC and Cleveland. 
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« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2017, 09:24:44 am »
17.  Plus the old Tiger Stadium, Forbes Field, Memorial Stadium (Baltimore) and Candlestick Park.

Tiger, Forbes and Memorial are venues I would have liked to have experienced. Not sure about Candlestick?

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« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2017, 10:20:16 am »
8, but that would have been 9 had the Houston-Oakland series finale not gotten rained out in April. Going to Yankee Stadium again in two weeks to take a client out. We've done it the past few years but the Mets have never been home at the same time, so I haven't had a chance to check off Citi Field. At one point I was planning to head out to LA for Texas-USC in September and try to get to Astros-Angels, but those plans dried up.

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« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2017, 10:30:35 am »
I've been to 8 for games (though PETCO was a college game), toured 1 (AT&T), and went to three predecessors (Shea, Yankee, and Kennedy).  I'm going to Camden next week.  I really couldn't disagree with any of the rankings, though I thought the middle, including MMPUS could have had a lot of ties.  I really liked Dodger and Kauffman (which are similar), and am not all that fond of Fenway and Wrigley. 
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« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2017, 11:01:16 am »
Just 10 (but 5 of the top 6), plus the Astrodome, old Yankee, RFK, and Shea.
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« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2017, 11:05:18 am »
I've been to 8 for games (though PETCO was a college game), toured 1 (AT&T), and went to three predecessors (Shea, Yankee, and Kennedy).  I'm going to Camden next week.  I really couldn't disagree with any of the rankings, though I thought the middle, including MMPUS could have had a lot of ties.  I really liked Dodger and Kauffman (which are similar), and am not all that fond of Fenway and Wrigley.

When I was at RFK it was really depressing. Don't remember if the decision had been made yet to relocate to East Weatherford but it was not fun.

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« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2017, 11:55:21 am »
When I was at RFK it was really depressing. Don't remember if the decision had been made yet to relocate to East Weatherford but it was not fun.

We went the first year of the Nationals for two games.  It was a large lump of cracked concrete, but because of the expansion team novelty it was pretty exciting.  I'd like to see the new stadium.   
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« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2017, 11:56:50 am »
Just 10 (but 5 of the top 6), plus the Astrodome, old Yankee, RFK, and Shea.

I forgot the Astrodome.  I went there once or twice. 
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« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2017, 11:59:24 am »
I've been to 9 (not counting predecessors).  I think he's a bit harsh on Skydome but I'm partial to Canada in general and was always impressed by the fact of the first retractable roof. 
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« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2017, 02:36:57 pm »
After reading opposing pitcher's comment about visitor's bullpen at MM...perhaps we need to change the acoustics or something.
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« Reply #15 on: July 14, 2017, 08:25:13 am »
Tiger, Forbes and Memorial are venues I would have liked to have experienced. Not sure about Candlestick?
Candlestick is great for the history. Not so much for fan comfort. Froze my ass off there on more than one warm summer evening. My biggest thrill was visualizing the Stu Miller hilarity (a blast from my past well before my visits).

Tiger Stadium was my "home park" as a kid. Happy memories from the second deck boxes behind 3B. Eddie Yost, Paul Foytack, Milt Boling, Charlie Maxwell, Rocky Bridges, Hank Aguirre and (of course) Al Kaline. I still remember my horror at the Kuehne/Colovito trade - my earliest lesson in my limitations as an armchair GM.

Forbes was sentimental since my Dad grew up there. Unfortunately, he was not present when I visited. He did take me to see the Pirates in spring training in Fort Myers once though. 62/63?

Picked up Memorial & Camden in successive years on business travel. To me,  Camden was a real upgrade in every aspect.

And I agree with whoever pointed out that Wrigley is substandard. Again, the history is nice, but so many blind spots and horrible sight lines!
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I forgot the Astrodome.  I went there once or twice.
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« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2017, 09:21:55 am »
Candlestick is great for the history. Not so much for fan comfort. Froze my ass off there on more than one warm summer evening. My biggest thrill was visualizing the Stu Miller hilarity (a blast from my past well before my visits).

Tiger Stadium was my "home park" as a kid. Happy memories from the second deck boxes behind 3B. Eddie Yost, Paul Foytack, Milt Boling, Charlie Maxwell, Rocky Bridges, Hank Aguirre and (of course) Al Kaline. I still remember my horror at the Kuehne/Colovito trade - my earliest lesson in my limitations as an armchair GM.

Forbes was sentimental since my Dad grew up there. Unfortunately, he was not present when I visited. He did take me to see the Pirates in spring training in Fort Myers once though. 62/63?

Picked up Memorial & Camden in successive years on business travel. To me,  Camden was a real upgrade in every aspect.

And I agree with whoever pointed out that Wrigley is substandard. Again, the history is nice, but so many blind spots and horrible sight lines!

A lot of players despise Wrigley too. But I've seen maybe ten games there and have always enjoyed it. Always enjoyed taking the train out to the park. Just a unique experience from modern parks. I didn't see a game at Camden but I wandered around one summer afternoon and it was the one that started this renaissance in retro-modern parks so I really appreciate that about it.