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Lungboy posted:If i was only able to ever go to one park in baseball, which should i choose? I keep hearing that PNC is supposed to be awesome, is that true and are there better? While I can attest that PNC is the nicest park I've been too, I think if you can only go to one it'd be cool to make it like Fenway or Wrigley or something historic like that even though they're massive pieces of poo poo.
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 00:01 |
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Maybe factor in that i'd be coming on holiday from the UK, so somewhere that was also a nice place to visit for a week or 2 would be good. My dream is to oneday do all 30 on a roadtrip, but it'll probably never happen.
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 00:04 |
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Go ahead and rule out PNC then because Pittsburgh ain't exactly a tourists dream.
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 00:06 |
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Lungboy posted:Maybe factor in that i'd be coming on holiday from the UK, so somewhere that was also a nice place to visit for a week or 2 would be good. My dream is to oneday do all 30 on a roadtrip, but it'll probably never happen. Pittsburgh is nice but there is certainly not a week's worth of stuff there, so if that's your criteria you are better off with Wrigley or Fenway
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 00:07 |
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Or AT&T, San Francisco is really nice
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 00:08 |
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What about the Rogers Centre? Toronto sounds like a pretty nice place to visit, and I think the mrs might be up for that. She'd probably agree to San Fran too.
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 00:11 |
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My offer to take you to Yankee Stadium if you come to NYC stands!
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 00:12 |
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zakharov posted:My offer to take you to Yankee Stadium if you come to NYC stands! That's extremely kind of you, and i'll definitely take you up on it if i find myself in NYC. It certainly won't be this year, but next is a possibility.
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 00:20 |
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Target loving Field. except the team sucks now
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 00:21 |
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If you don't mind bouncing around you can do something like Cincinnati and Pittsburgh over the course of a week. My trip went like this: pre:Day 1 NYC -> CIN Day 2-3 2 games in CIN Day 3 CIN -> PIT Day 4-5 2 games in PIT Day 6 Back home to NYC 
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If it worked out with home dates you could do New York, Philly, Pittsburgh and Cleveland or Toronto in a week easy. Or NY -> Philly -> Washington DC
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 00:33 |
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I CHALLENGE THEE posted:I want to go to AT&T Park before I die which just looks like an awesome place to catch a game AT&T is a great park, though I think it's a step below PNC. Also if anyone's ever in the area, I'll gladly go to a game with you.
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 00:51 |
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In the span of a week and a half, I flew into Milwaukee and did this: MIL -> CHW CHW -> CLE CLE -> DET DET -> CHC CHC -> MIN (this was the longest drive) And then flew into St. Louis for New Busch before heading home. Could've easily fit in PIT and CIN if the timing worked out, but they were out of town at two crucial points. I've wanted to do a southern states one: STL -> KC -> Arlington -> Houston All four have gorgeous parks.
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 01:17 |
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Lungboy posted:What about the Rogers Centre? Toronto sounds like a pretty nice place to visit, and I think the mrs might be up for that. She'd probably agree to San Fran too. I had thought Rogers Centre was considered to be awful.
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 01:25 |
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Lungboy posted:What about the Rogers Centre? Toronto sounds like a pretty nice place to visit, and I think the mrs might be up for that. She'd probably agree to San Fran too. It's pretty painfully out of date. It was cutting edge when it opened in 1989 and rocking when the Blue Jays were good. Then Camden Yards opened in Baltimore and ushered in the faux retro era of ballpark design. That being said, you might enjoy the spectacle of staying at the hotel that overlooks the field. Those rooms aren't cheap but they are incredibly unique.
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 01:25 |
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Rangers Ballpark in Arlington is a great place to catch a game provided you don't go to a day game past April.
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 01:46 |
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Mornacale posted:AT&T is a great park, though I think it's a step below PNC. Also if anyone's ever in the area, I'll gladly go to a game with you. The only problem is that he's coming from overseas. San Fran owns... Pittsburgh on the other hand is Scranton but bigger
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 02:25 |
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My driving baseball trips went like this: NH -> CT -> NYC -> Pitt -> Home NH -> CT -> NYC ->Philly -> Balt -> DC -> Home NH -> CT -> Cinn -> Chi -> Mil -> Chi -> Det -> Cle -> Home (I live in NH, my friend who I went with lives in CT. The longest trip was probably 10 days, tops)
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 03:04 |
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I'm actually planning to go up to Arlington before the ungodly Texas summer. But I'll probably wear my Durham Bulls cap rather than my Yankees cap.  I could go see the Astros but lol. Of the major league parks I've been to: AT&T is very scenic and a great experience with a crowd louder than you'd think a bunch of yuppies could get. Coors Field is a lot of fun and incredibly cheap. It's been a few years but I could get Club Level seats just beside the press box for $50. Because I am the 1%.  Turner Field is okay but like anywhere at all in Atlanta, getting there is kind of a pain in the rear end. Minor league parks: The Durham Bulls Park (the new one, not the old one where you will get murdered after dark) is really nice and an experience since they get into the Bull Durham thing a lot. Wherever the SJ Giants play is like a kinda rundown carnival midway but nice and cheap. Wherever the Greensboro Grasshoppers play is a hoot but man, you are in rednecktopia. Between-innings entertainment is frequently a guy in overalls doing a yokel dance to Cotton-Eyed Joe and it doesn't look like he's in a costume. Don't go to a New Orleans Zephyrs game. That is my advice to you. You will die and the players hate it there. I don't remember much about the minor league games because I'm usually pretty drunk except a couple of them have gone into extra innings because none of the pitchers can throw a strike and none of the hitters can hit and the loudest cheer came when someone finally got a lead and the final out. I do remember several games of heckling BJ Upton when he was with the Bulls on his way up. Dr. Kyle Farnsworth fucked around with this message at Jan 12, 2012 around 03:40 |
| # ? Jan 12, 2012 03:20 |
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Mornacale posted:AT&T is a great park, though I think it's a step below PNC. Also if anyone's ever in the area, I'll gladly go to a game with you. Best thing to do is to go see an A's game first, then see the Giants. The contrast alone will make you appreciate AT&T even more. I bet the Oakland tickets will be real cheap too 
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 04:05 |
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I CHALLENGE THEE posted:The only problem is that he's coming from overseas. San Fran owns... Pittsburgh on the other hand is Scranton but bigger Pittsburgh is actually a pretty cool place (but also wouldn't be one of my top destinations if I were visiting the US).
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 04:14 |
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Pittsburgh has a pub that was converted from a church. Everything about it was awesome.
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 11:48 |
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Yeah if you're making a special trip to the US, I would definitely hit up Fenway or Yankee Stadium if you're gonna be on the east coast. However, if you decide to hit up PNC, I'll gladly go with you and buy you a Primanti Bros. sandwich.
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Dr. Kyle Farnsworth posted:I'm actually planning to go up to Arlington before the ungodly Texas summer. But I'll probably wear my Durham Bulls cap rather than my Yankees cap. No one will care about your Yankees hat. MMP is pretty nice, and other teams play there.
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 16:31 |
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I CHALLENGE THEE posted:The only problem is that he's coming from overseas. San Fran owns... Pittsburgh on the other hand is Scranton but bigger Scranton rules, I can't wait to go back there forever
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 19:23 |
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ThatsMyBoye posted:Scranton rules, I can't wait to go back there forever Stockholm Syndrome detected
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 19:41 |
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Am i correct in thinking that this jersey is about as authentic as me saying that i'm Barry Bonds?
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 20:00 |
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Lungboy posted:Am i correct in thinking that this jersey is about as authentic as me saying that i'm Barry Bonds? It's cheap but it's a blank replica. Who fakes a blank replica?
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 20:13 |
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ThatsMyBoye posted:Scranton rules, I can't wait to go back there forever OK I give up, why are you listing things that no human being has ever said?
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 20:17 |
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I did have a trip planned out to visit every stadium along the west coast but alas I didn't have the $$  I think it went something like this SD -> Anaheim -> SF -> SEA -> OAK -> LA -> SD. The scheduling was perfect at the time. This site helped me plan it. e: Hmm, might be time for new av.
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 21:55 |
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That site seem pretty handy, thanks. Now to convince the mrs that a 2 week roadtrip of baseball games is how she wants to spend her summer. Or her honeymoon. e: actually, it throws up some crazy suggestions. DBacks to the Rangers in a day? No thanks. Lungboy fucked around with this message at Jan 12, 2012 around 22:43 |
| # ? Jan 12, 2012 22:34 |
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If you stuck to California and took your time driving along the coast, plus maybe Phoenix, you could fit a lot of non-baseball stuff in that she might really like. San Francisco, Big Sur, Santa Barbara, San Juan Capistrano, San Diego, and if you head out to Arizona the Grand Canyon, Sedona, etc. Time it right and you could fit in 6 ballparks plus some of the most romantic spots in the country. Though driving through Arizona in summer can be pretty brutal.
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| # ? Jan 12, 2012 22:52 |
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Lungboy posted:That site seem pretty handy, thanks. Now to convince the mrs that a 2 week roadtrip of baseball games is how she wants to spend her summer. Or her honeymoon. Your best bet is to base your trip around 2-3 cities with lots of cool poo poo to do for a few days to keep the wife and then try to squeeze in other ballparks as time allows. Probably the best option is to stay in the Northeast, you can hit the most ballparks with the least amount of driving and there are cooler cities. If you based a trip around Boston, NY and DC, you could catch a game in each city and then spend another couple of days doing other touristy stuff in each place. If you plan it right you might also be able to hit Philly and Baltimore during this trip. Another option would be to base a trip around Toronto at one end and Chicago at the other (spend a few days in each) and then you could also add in Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and potentially Cincinnati if you don't mind the driving. This is more mile but probably less traffic except for Chicago. For reference, Detroit to Chicago is about 4.5 hours drive time.
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| # ? Jan 13, 2012 01:24 |
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It's looking like more than one game is going to be a non-starter. She quite fancies 10 days in Yosemite with 3 in San Fran, which sounds good to me, and she likes the look of AT&T as she can "look at the view if the baseball is boring".
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| # ? Jan 13, 2012 01:29 |
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Lungboy posted:It's looking like more than one game is going to be a non-starter. She quite fancies 10 days in Yosemite with 3 in San Fran, which sounds good to me, and she likes the look of AT&T as she can "look at the view if the baseball is boring". sever
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| # ? Jan 13, 2012 01:34 |
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ManifunkDestiny posted:sever TBH it sounds like a solid plan when the Giants are hitting.
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| # ? Jan 13, 2012 01:39 |
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edit; christ i am a terrible poster SWITCH HITLER fucked around with this message at Jan 13, 2012 around 06:16 |
| # ? Jan 13, 2012 05:49 |
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SWITCH HITLER posted:hahaha christ you are a terrible poster I know he's on probation but I'm not sure what was so awful about that post
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| # ? Jan 13, 2012 05:50 |
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zakharov posted:I know he's on probation but I'm not sure what was so awful about that post Kind of weirdly sexist and condescending, or am I losing my mind? not meant to be aggressive in any way btw 
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| # ? Jan 13, 2012 06:13 |
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SWITCH HITLER posted:Kind of weirdly sexist and condescending, or am I losing my mind? not meant to be aggressive in any way btw Looked to me like he was posting a direct quote, hence the quotation marks.
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