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.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Miller Park, 2011

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miller park
This was game 2 of our 4 game trip in 2011. Miller Park was a pretty sweet park inside and out. The roof was open on a nice day and it was packed due to an event for kids and the stadium was filled with them. It was a good time with the exception of getting out of the parking lot after the game.
One negative about the park is the way they set up the outfield seats. There are a lot of blind spots from them and almost no standing room at all. You would think that as a newer park they would have planned that out better. We sat in the LF bleachers and there were 2 HR's right in front of us that we didn't see go over the wall because it was blocked by the edge.
One thing I always said I'd do, when I finally came to Milwaukee, was to have a sausage at the game. And yes, I did, and if you go you should to. It was great and anyplace that has 8' sausages running around must have pretty good ones.

miller park

miller park
I was looking forward to seeing Bernie Brewer do his trip down the slide after a home run. Well I got to see that! There were multiple homers in a slug fest that the Brewers won 10-5 over the Cards. I didn't get great shots of him, but it was still cool, and unique to this park. Besides most of the HR were against the Cards, so how can you not enjoy that!




Here is Chris posin' with the sausage. After getting a pic with the Bratwurst sausage, I had to have one in the park. The other guys had them too. They give you a brat and a huge order of fries for a decent price.

sausage races
One other thing I was looking forward to here was the sausage races. We got lucky before the game and the Bratwurst was cruising through the parking lot and we got some pics with him. The Bratwurst won the race as well. I was hoping for a wipe out or something, but no such luck that day. It was still cool, and better than most of the other mascot races I've seen.

sausage races

hank aaron
Robin yount
Here are the player statues at Miller. They are Robin Yount and Hank Aaron, from his days as a Milwaukee Brave, and he also finished his career as a Brewer. The other 2 statues were not players they were of Bud Selig and a dedication statue to the workers that built the field. There was also a Statue of Liberty from the 08' All-Star game and Mickey from the 10' All-Star game there.

Miller park statue

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