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Baseball's 10 worst ballparks. Ever!
espn ^ | 6-20-12 | jim caple

Posted on 06/21/2012 10:31:55 AM PDT by TurboZamboni

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Maybe mayor RT Bonebrain will repurpose the Metrodome for Jimmy 'Bikeshorts' Oberstar's personl indoor biking oval.
1 posted on 06/21/2012 10:32:02 AM PDT by TurboZamboni
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What would one expect with a disaster associated with HubBub Humphrey? He of infamous initials inscribed on towels used by Elizabeth Ray.


2 posted on 06/21/2012 10:41:50 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Free the Zimmermans. . . end this political, racist travesty of a "prosecution")
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I was there when they really did blow up the Kingdome. It was its finest moment. BTT.


3 posted on 06/21/2012 10:45:56 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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Any list without Fenway is just sentimental nonsense. It was a terrible venue when it opened and it's worse now. It's not a cherished heirloom, it's an antiquary curiosity. I'm tired of all the hooey about Fenway as some sort baseball Mecca. The Yankees abandoned the House that Ruth Build, why can't the Red Sox leave the House the Ruth Abandoned?
4 posted on 06/21/2012 10:46:43 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans!)
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The concrete toilet bowls that were in Phila, Pitts and Cincinnati. I went to a game at Veteran in Phila and it was a dump and the worst atmosphere ever.


5 posted on 06/21/2012 10:47:43 AM PDT by C19fan
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That is heresy from a Mass resident. :)


6 posted on 06/21/2012 10:49:05 AM PDT by C19fan
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“Baseball’s 10 worst ballparks. Ever!” ANY Stadium(minus Dodger Stadium) built btwn 1960 to 1985. THAY ALL were/are “Multi-Purpose” POS.


7 posted on 06/21/2012 10:49:16 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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While I normally object to anything political in a sport column, this got a laugh out of me:

Can the Roger Clemens trial please, please PLEASE mark the end of baseball's steroids saga, which, like the "Real Housewives" franchise, has gone on far too long? Why did our government spend such a fortune to prosecute a baseball player for not telling the truth to Congress? This is beyond a waste of time, money and manpower -- it also shows a flagrant disrespect for our country's value system. It's not supposed to work this way. If you say something obviously false or patently ridiculous inside the Congressional halls, you're not supposed to be tried for perjury; you're supposed to be re-elected.

8 posted on 06/21/2012 10:51:02 AM PDT by kevkrom (Those in a rush to trample the Constitution seem to forget that it is the source of their authority.)
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10. Veterans Stadium, Riverfront Stadium and Three Rivers Stadium.

How are they different from Fulton County Stadium and Busch Stadium from the "Mothership from Planet Bland" era?

9 posted on 06/21/2012 10:51:44 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (You only have three billion heartbeats in a lifetime.How many does the government claim as its own?)
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I’d put Fenway #1 on the list because of longevity. The original Dodgers Stadium in LA might have been worse, but they only played there a couple of seasons.


10 posted on 06/21/2012 10:52:33 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans!)
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Baseball's Best 10 Ballparks. Ever!

Milwaukee County Stadium.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9vsRGktjQw

11 posted on 06/21/2012 10:52:49 AM PDT by bsdsan
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I was at the blowup of the Met in Bloomington where Mall of America is now.

the Metrodome wasn’t ALL bad:

3. Kirby Puckett, Twins: 1991 World Series, Game 6
AB H R RBI
4 3 2 3

Result: Twins 4, Braves 3 Series: Minnesota wins in 7
What didn’t Puckett do that night in the Metrodome? Well, he didn’t turn an unassisted triple play, skip the light fandango or sail across the ocean blue. But everything else? Yep. Did it. He won the game with a walk-off, 11th-inning home run against Charlie Leibrandt in Minnesota’s 4-3 win over the Braves to force a Game 7. He tripled in a run and then scored himself in the first inning. His sacrifice fly put the Twins up 3-2 in the fifth. He stole a base. And he made a sensational catch on a Ron Gant drive to center in the third inning.

2. Jack Morris, Twins: 1991 World Series, Game 7
IP H R ER BB K
10.0 7 0 0 2 8

Result: Twins 1, Braves 0 Series: Minnesota wins in 7

Morris versus John Smoltz, mano a mano through scoreless inning after scoreless inning in the game to decide the world championship. Who was going to flinch? Smoltz finally left in the bottom of the eighth after giving up no runs on only six hits. But Morris pitched on, turning away several suggestions from Twins manager Tom Kelly to the effect that, seeing as how this was his third start in the Series, maybe it was time to take a seat and let the bullpen finish it up. Morris insisted on pitching the 10th inning, too, and retired Jeff Blauser, Lonnie Smith and Terry Pendleton in order. Finally, little-used Gene Larkin singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th to make a winner of Morris in one of the best World Series games ever played.


12 posted on 06/21/2012 10:53:32 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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Colt Stadium-Houston Pictures, Images and Photos

While listening to those breathless reports about the Northeast heatwave, imagine watching 9+ innings of baseball here at Colt 45 stadium in a Houston August...

13 posted on 06/21/2012 10:54:31 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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I'm surprised Wrigley Field didn't make it. The pitchers have to dodge foul balls while warming up. There is no parking, not limited parking, none. Unless you are in the field boxes there are big I beams blocking your view of the field. The bathrooms are less advanced than the ones at the Roman Colosseum.

Worst of all every time I've been to Wrigley field a Cubs game has broken out. Nothing ruins a day at the park like watching the Cubs get curb stomped by the Cardinals, Reds, Mets, Brewers, a third grade girls little league team or whoever happens to wander by. You think vagrancy laws would allow the city to get rid of those guys.
14 posted on 06/21/2012 10:54:48 AM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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—I was there when they really did blow up the Kingdome. It was its finest moment. BTT.—

I’m with you, but I understand it was one of the only domed stadiums that actually MADE money due to its low cost. I was out of town when they took it out and very disappointed I missed it.

I’m also one of those that voted to put it by Southcenter. I understand I was in the majority, but you know how King County politics is...


15 posted on 06/21/2012 10:55:02 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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Greensboro NC is knocking down their old baseball park. My mother saw Babe Ruth play there at an exhibition.


16 posted on 06/21/2012 10:55:20 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
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To: kevkrom

that’s funny- and true.


17 posted on 06/21/2012 10:55:59 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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Any dome or artificial turf field.


18 posted on 06/21/2012 10:55:59 AM PDT by dfwgator
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I was going to say Three Rivers Stadium, and lo and behold, there it was at # 10 with the rubber stamps in Philadelphia and Cincinnati.


19 posted on 06/21/2012 10:57:25 AM PDT by Conservative_Jedi (Give me Liberty or give me Death!!)
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Candlestick Park didn’t make the list? Wow!


20 posted on 06/21/2012 10:57:40 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (My dream ticket for 2012 is John Galt & Dagny Taggart!)
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