Sox baby

[drewjax]

Off to see the Red Sox mop up the Rangers tonight and tommorow. Good seats tonight (20th row behind 3rd base dugout).

"whose gonna be your Big Papi"







oh ya,


Yankees suck

[Kurn]

OK. What tells me this team is for real is that they're actually going to win a series in Texas.

FWIW - anyone who thinks bringing Lester up right now is a good idea needs his head examined. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[drewjax]

Great weekend. Had a great time. My friend got to bring his son to his first Sox game on Sat., and I got to bring my little girl to her first today.

AWESOME.

Nice park, they seem to do things well. So easy in and out, taking a leak, getting beer etc. etc. etc.

Of course nothing beats the clusterF@#$ of Fenway!!!!!!!!

Just read this is the first time the Sox swept a series at Texas since 1973! wow

Cant wait for Pats/Cowboys on Columbus Day weekend

[Kurn]

As someone who has been to 21 major league ballparks, nothing can make Fenway lose its allure faster than a trip to some of the newer parks (Baltimore, SF and Cleveland cometo mind as 3 of the best).

The mystique of Fenway is kept alive by people who attend one game there per year.

Of course, what out-of-area fans can't know before they arrive is that at Fenway (like all Boston sports arenas) you can't get a beer at your seat. They haven't sold beer in the stands in Boston/Foxboro in almost 30 years. You can buy beer, but you have to leave your seat and go down to the concession area.

Another reality of Fenway is that before the Impossible Dream season, attendance was in the pits and most locals (correctly) considered the park a dump. Yawkey had taken out options on land out Newton and had every intention of building a new park by 1970. Then comes the legendary 1967 season, the fans return and suddenly, what used to be a dump became quaint. Yawkey, being a smart businessmen, doesn't spend the money on a new park and we're left with seating that would be cramped for someone the size of Paris Hilton.

Couple that with $100 parking unless you have local knowledge of cheap neighborhood alternatives and you're left with only the "Wow, I'm at Fenway Park" factor, which if you attend a dozen or more games per year makes you wish for a Camden Yards type ballpark.

But, they're going to win it all this year and even if they don't, it'll still be football season and another championship for the Patriots, so everything's good.

[drewjax]

Pretty much agree with most of what you say Kurn. I havent been to that many ballparks but I have been to a few. Lets see.

Camden Yards--awesome
Wrigley Field--gotta go once
the old Tiger Stadium (right before it closed down)
San Fran--awesome
Oakland--the dump of all dumps
Anaheim--pretty nice for a redone park
San Diego--cookie cutter, much better for a football game
Texas--very nice
Fenway-- I would love to see a somewhat replica built somewhere

I do want to at least go to that place in the bronx once, even though THEY SUCK!!

Its true that when you go to one of these new parks, the allure of Fenway diminishes quite a bit.

I have been to Camden Yards a few times, once right after it opened. I think it is still the crown jewel of them all.


Kurn, make your way out to Dallas for the Pats game, I'll buy you whatever kind of sophisticated beer you want!!

[Kurn]

Oakland--the dump of all dumps

Clearly, you've never been to Shea.

[Reel Deal]

Or old Comesky, or the Vet.