Windows restaurant in Rogers Centre being transformed into open air picnic area
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LMAO @ scouser1
He makes great points, dammit!!!!!!!!
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Allrightie then!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lets all get back to the main point, then shall we!!!!!!!!!!!
You filthy fucking animals!!!!!!!!!
So the Camden fans were ignorant, easily distracted and gone in the 7th of a close game then?
My point exactly. I like baseball. I don't need to be told when the game is exciting, and I don't really want a t-shirt.
No, Fenway doesn't have all the modern conveniences, like plumbing and shit. I don't care. It has tradition, atmosphere, and character. Everything that is missing here.
Oh yeah, it has baseball fans too!:wink:
Sorry for not being more specific.So the Camden fans were ignorant, easily distracted and gone in the 7th of a close game then?
They were quiet. That in spite of playing in a park with "atmosphere" during a pennant race.
BTW, it looks like nobody has left the Jays game tonight into the 8th, tied 4-4. It goes to my point that atmosphere is created by the product on the field not the field, itself, as some would have us believe.
I hope you don't think I'm saying the field is the only reason there's no atmosphere? It's a contributor, but the lack of baseball interest, knowledge, and passion are far bigger factors. While I truly hope interest exists in Toronto, I don't have a lot of faith.
This is a fan base that left WS games in the 6th.
I saw a game a petco as well and loved it. Such a nice stadiumFenway is not a dump. It's a classic, as is Wrigley. I would much rather see a ballgame there than Skydump.
Saw a game last September at Petco, very nice. Padres were well out of it, still a fun atmosphere with dedicated, knowledgable fans.
I also didn't have to mortgage my house for a beer.
Look, there's no question that the reality of this is the rogers centre is here to stay due to various reasons, I think people interpreted this thread and me thinking it was a vaiable and real option. My point wasn't that a few million in reno's should have been saved to put towards a stadium that would cost hundreds of millions of dollars. I was just simply trying to say it's to bad we were about 2 years ahead of the times and we'll never see a nice ballpark in our lifetime in T.O I think Rogers could afford it, but it's a comittment that isn't 100% return investment so it's probably not worth the risk. I think what I was trying to say and probably didn't articulate my point properly, it's just tough to watch them put 2 million here, 2 million there into the stadium but it won't change the fact it's just not a good ball park.
If they did build a new stadium, it would have to be somewhere near the water so players could hit the ball in there like san fran and pittsburgh.
It's not comparing apples and oranges at all. We are comparing ball parks, not when they were built. Even if you were using this as your argument, Fenway and Wrigley are way older and far superior places to watch a ball game.
As for your second quote, makes no sense at all....
You and bigdik are the two that seem to be getting this the most.
A perfect example is kind of like going to a TFC game. I don't even like soccer and TFC have sucked since there inception. Go to a TFC game and see how much fun it is just cause of the atmoshpere. This what baseball used to be like at the ex. Even in the early 80's when they weren't yet winning pennants, it was so fun just because it had this type of atmosphere. The ball park is a big part of it though. You get a nice stadium where people want to visit just cause it's so nice, it makes for the baseball experience.
Yes, all mlb ball parks should be domes for the few times a year they have bad weather.:frusty:
