BALLPARK HISTORY

Ballparks are full of history. They each have thier own distinct features, The bricks and ivy in Wrigley, monument park and the mystique of Yankee stadium, the warehouse at Camden, the green monster at Fenway, and more, but when you go to a park its more than to see the game, its to take in the environment. As much as I dislike it, part of going to Turner is listening to the fans do that tommohawk chant. I also enjoy seeing the statues or plaques of players who have contributed to all that history.

Each ballpark also gives you a different perspective of the game. What might be a HR at one park is just a fly ball in another. The site lines, angles and views of a game vary from park to park, even if your sitting in the same general area. Also the in game extras , like the mascot races, or singing the stretch at Wrigley, Sweet Caroline at Fenway, or the 7th inning God Bless America at Yankee stadium.

Another great thing about parks is visiting the local bar near the stadium. Harry Carays and Murphy's in Chicago, Pickles in Baltimore, Hockeytown Cafe in Detroit, Hooters in Anaheim, Rock Bottom Brewery in Denver (and Cinci), Harpoon Brewery in Boston, and Billys sports bar in the Bronx.

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Turner Field, 2013

As usual, I will be making multiple game posts on this page. I will be going to at least 3-4 more Braves games. It's only 1 week into the year and the Braves fans are already starting to tick me off. Yes, I know that you have a good team, and that my team kinda sucks, I get it, but when your awesome team actually wins something, gimme a call. Until then, STFU. Now on to the games.

Nationals 4/29

These were the free seats that I won through work. I've been lucky enough to win these four years straight now. As you can see they are awesome seats. Plus, we moved up about 8 more rows after the 2nd inning. 
I was looking forward to seeing Strasburg, but he didn't impress tonight. He was wild and seemed like he was having a hard time locating his pitches. After seeing the replays he was very wild. Even with that he was still pretty good.He gave up 6 hits and 2 runs in 6 innings, He did walk 4 though, and that hurt him. Also the fact that the Nats were hitting Teheran around for 10 hits in 5 innings but only put 2 on the board due to getting picked off twice. Span on 1st in the 1st with Harper up. Harper doubled, run lost. Then Strasburg came up in the 2nd with 2 on and 0 out. He failed to get the bunt down and to make things worse, Tracy got picked off at 2nd after the 3rd strike bunt attempt. The braves scratched across a couple more runs and won 3-2. 
It was a good game and competitive. I found it interesting that the crowd was booing Bryce Harper so hard. I know he is a little arrogant, but I guess they are just admitting that the kid is good. Maybe they will understand why so many people boo'ed Chipper all these years. 



Cubs 4/7


Here is the current saying on the chik-fila cow. I think that is a repeat one, but I will have to look back on that. It was a beautiful day, especially for 1st week of April. After the Cubs blowing a 5-1 lead in the 8th last night to lose 6-5 on a walk-off in the 9th, I didn't have high hopes for today. I was right. The Cubs took an early lead with a RBI by Rizzo in the 1st.   Samardzjia was sharp today, but started to lose it in the 5th, and made it 1-1. He ended up giving up 3 more in the 6th and was clearly worn, because he threw 2 wild pitches and walked Gattis, who is a power hitter, but is not known for his walks. Dan Uggla added a solo shot in the 8th to make it a 5-1 final. 



We had seats right up the 1st base line 2 rows from the field. That's where the Tool race characters come out for the race. They look even stranger up close. 


I got a new zoom lens and am very happy with the results. Check out the ball that Soriano is about to hit for a single. It would have been cooler if he hit it for a HR, but no luck today.
By the way, the Final Four was in town this weekend, and there was a rock n roll "festival" right around the corner, so the traffic was an absolute nightmare. I knew it was gonna be bad, but what I didn't count on was the out of town guests that had no clue where they were going which caused gridlock around Turner Field. All the reason more to go tailgate early. 

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