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re: Anybody else prefer the old baseball stadium aesthetic?
Posted on 10/1/25 at 9:04 pm to TexasTiger08
Posted on 10/1/25 at 9:04 pm to TexasTiger08
Astros fan here and like Shane I agree that it’s good place to see a game from a fan perspective. And I also agree that there are WAY too many gimmicks.
First off, on the whole roof thing, they did open it in the late innings when the park first opened. But they quit doing that. And they have not opened it at all for a game for the last TWO seasons! Hell, I think the last time they opened it was for a playoff game and they had to be forced by MLB to do that.
Even though it’s not my money, the fact of the matter is, it was silly to spend the money to build a retractable roof stadium for baseball in south Texas, where at most you’re going to get one month out of the year to keep it open. You might get lucky and get a few nice days in May and September, but it’s a crapshoot.
On the gimmicks, the hill was just asking for someone to get injured. I’m surprised no one got seriously hurt. And on the short porch, if you ever tune into the DAT, you’ll hear several of us bitching about it. My problem isn’t the cheap home runs believe it or not. It’s the hits that should be singles instead of line outs to guys playing shallow because of the wall. I also don’t like how the left field stands jut out and turn doubles into singles.
Oh and ask Richie Sexon about that flagpole!
First off, on the whole roof thing, they did open it in the late innings when the park first opened. But they quit doing that. And they have not opened it at all for a game for the last TWO seasons! Hell, I think the last time they opened it was for a playoff game and they had to be forced by MLB to do that.
Even though it’s not my money, the fact of the matter is, it was silly to spend the money to build a retractable roof stadium for baseball in south Texas, where at most you’re going to get one month out of the year to keep it open. You might get lucky and get a few nice days in May and September, but it’s a crapshoot.
On the gimmicks, the hill was just asking for someone to get injured. I’m surprised no one got seriously hurt. And on the short porch, if you ever tune into the DAT, you’ll hear several of us bitching about it. My problem isn’t the cheap home runs believe it or not. It’s the hits that should be singles instead of line outs to guys playing shallow because of the wall. I also don’t like how the left field stands jut out and turn doubles into singles.
Oh and ask Richie Sexon about that flagpole!
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Posted on 10/1/25 at 9:04 pm to VOR
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When I was a small kid I think the players were smoking in the dugout.
Smokers are a pariah in today's land. It's unfathomable to think that smoking in restaurants and sporting events, was normal.
If I saw my uncle working on an engine without a heater and a banquet beer something was off.
This post was edited on 10/1/25 at 9:07 pm
Posted on 10/1/25 at 9:29 pm to West Palm Tiger561
Detroit Tiger Stadium was the GOAT! 
Posted on 10/1/25 at 9:42 pm to West Palm Tiger561
Yes and the prices
Posted on 10/2/25 at 12:09 am to West Palm Tiger561
Growing up, I must admit I always thought old tigers stadium was really cool, but Camden came along and laid the blueprint for all the subsequent new ballparks.
As cool as tigers stadium was, 3 rivers, the vet, riverfront, candlestick, etc were all awful
As cool as tigers stadium was, 3 rivers, the vet, riverfront, candlestick, etc were all awful
Posted on 10/2/25 at 2:51 am to West Palm Tiger561
I love the overhanging deck of Tiger Stadium. Sportsman's Park was a beauty too.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 6:31 am to CRDNLSCHMCPSN11
I went to a Tigers/Yankees game on a Sunday in '96, start of the year or early June, Gooden was starting and it had rained all morning so there was nobody at the game, maybe 7000-8000 in actual attendance and if you've been to tiger stadium you know it was enormous so it felt really empty. I sat in the section right behind the NYY dugout, second row. There was nobody in this section but a young dude and his son beside me and nobody in the sections around us. I had heard Jeter's name before because he was the #1 pick and hadn't been up for long. He was from Michigan too. At the end of the first inning, Jeter runs off field and notices the guy sitting beside me, his buddy. He dips into the dugout and pops back out with like 3 bats, balls, hats, they couldn't even hold it all. The guy was his neighbor and I have never seen a kid light up like he did when Jeter gave him the goods. His eyes were huge. Nice folks. Never forget that.
Place was so cool. You were much closer to the field than you are anywhere today.
Place was so cool. You were much closer to the field than you are anywhere today.
This post was edited on 10/2/25 at 6:33 am
Posted on 10/2/25 at 9:07 am to TexasTiger08
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Crosley with the neighborhood in the background screams baseball to me. That has character and soul.
Neighborhood is what most people are leaving out of the conversation. In those days you didn't need a fancy stadium with a bunch of amenities or even good food because you hung out in the neighborhood before and after the game at all the local spots. Most of the older stadiums had limited parking so people took the train, bus, or parked in people's yards in the neighborhood and walked around before and after the game. It was part game, part stadium, part neighborhood, part social experience of going to game. Wrigley and Fenway have this, a few modern parks such as Oracle in SF come close.
I've been to Wrigley and Fenway multiple times and love them. That said in 2025, if I have to drive to the stadium, pay a ton for parking, still walk a long way to the stadium, and go thru long security lines to get in, I'm fine with a modern stadium with spacious, comfortable seats with a cup holder and clean viewing lines.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 9:22 am to TexasTiger08
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I’ve never been to Atlanta, but I know the Battery is hyped up. I prefer parks actually in the city, but that’s just me.
Truist Park itself is fairly average, and the Battery is fine. Other than that, it's basically an island the Braves control that is designed to separate money from your wallet.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 9:33 am to West Palm Tiger561
I really liked going to Dodger games at Dodger Stadium. Nice setting and good sight lines. We used to get cheap tickets that were great. And it was a relatively quick drive from my house to take Sunset Blvd to Chavez Ravine..,
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:12 am to OH NO
Crosley Field was unquestionably the grandest baseball stadium ever constructed. I loved the upward sloping outfield. It was baseball.. the way baseball was meant to be played, and viewed.
To think that it was abandoned during one of the Reds' greatest seasons, the magical year of 1970, when we had three 40+ home run hitters, including HOF catcher Johnny Bench
To think that it was abandoned during one of the Reds' greatest seasons, the magical year of 1970, when we had three 40+ home run hitters, including HOF catcher Johnny Bench
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:35 am to Wally Sparks
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Truist Park itself is fairly average, and the Battery is fine. Other than that, it's basically an island the Braves control that is designed to separate money from your wallet.
Yeah, I’ve also heard that as well. Someone mentioned a while back…owners aren’t in the baseball business, they’re in the real estate business.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:57 am to VOR
Chavez Ravine is iconic-- fantastic venue for baseball
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:57 am to West Palm Tiger561
quote:100%.
Anybody else prefer the old baseball stadium aesthetic?
Posted on 10/2/25 at 11:17 am to West Palm Tiger561
There was not a more grand and iconic baseball cathedral and upper decks than in old Yankee Stadium.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 11:43 am to EphesianArmor
Dodger Stadium is great but not very convenient to get to.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 11:45 am to NOLALGD
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Neighborhood is what most people are leaving out of the conversation. In those days you didn't need a fancy stadium with a bunch of amenities or even good food because you hung out in the neighborhood before and after the game at all the local spots.
Good point. I’d realize Wrigleyville is pricing lots of people out from living there, but it still has the neighborhood bars, vendors on the street, etc.
Now, people try to manufacture that. You can’t. I know our resident folks on here will argue that it’s all about capitalism and making as much money as you can. I get it, but that doesn’t necessarily make it better.
I’ve said it countless times on here. Give me a hot dog, foamy beer, bleacher seats, and a trough urinal. I’m fine.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 12:42 pm to West Palm Tiger561
I liked most of them but not wrigley or fenway. those are dumps. So many other great ballparks should still be around instead of those two.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 12:43 pm to Underwood
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Yes. I support obstructed view lines.
With modern construction, you can design the same type of ballpark w/out the obstructed views.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 2:39 pm to McGregor
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I went to a Tigers/Yankees game on a Sunday in '96, start of the year or early June, Gooden was starting and it had rained all morning so there was nobody at the game, maybe 7000-8000 in actual attendance and if you've been to tiger stadium you know it was enormous so it felt really empty. I sat in the section right behind the NYY dugout, second row. There was nobody in this section but a young dude and his son beside me and nobody in the sections around us. I had heard Jeter's name before because he was the #1 pick and hadn't been up for long. He was from Michigan too. At the end of the first inning, Jeter runs off field and notices the guy sitting beside me, his buddy. He dips into the dugout and pops back out with like 3 bats, balls, hats, they couldn't even hold it all. The guy was his neighbor and I have never seen a kid light up like he did when Jeter gave him the goods. His eyes were huge. Nice folks. Never forget that.
Place was so cool. You were much closer to the field than you are anywhere today.
Cool story. Here are is the box score to that game if interested.
Baseball Reference
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