Comments on: Travelogue: The Great American Ballpark

By: Jason Doty

Jason Doty — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 17:36:58 +0000

Hey Jared,
Glad y’all had a good time. I just saw a game there the middle of June (Reds vs. Braves). Great American is a really nice stadium. My party was very happy with the all the aspects of the stadium and the game especially the part where Andruw Jones hit 2 home runs. I was very happy to see the quality of Major League Baseball outside of my limited experience of the Ted and the old Fulton County Stadiums in Atlanta.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:58:03 +0000

Jared-

I am amazed at how many things we have in common, having never met.

Add trips to the Reds (you don’t mean communists, do you?) with a father to Fletch, UT football, becoming a father in 2004, interest in Russia and Christ, ad nauseum.

You don’t like Juby’s, do you?

I can’t remember how I stumbled across your blog, but I am glad I did.

By: colby

colby — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:57:53 +0000

In response to point #2 concerning phoning the bullpen, one has to ask whether, over the course of a 162 game season and in the context of a team that is not going to make the pennant, does it really matter?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:27:35 +0000

I am afraid to attend baseball games outside of DC, for fear that I might realize just how crappy RFK really is (my other MLB points of comparison are Wrigley and Shea, oh, and Camden Yards, but we don’t talk about that anymore). On the bright side, stadiums built in the 60′s have a lot more leg room.

The best entertainment yet at RFK was when they brought in Tom Wopat (Luke Duke, for the unenlightened) to sing the national anthem and “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”.

By: Darrell Jordan

Darrell Jordan — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:50:41 +0000

I haven’t made it up to Great American yet. I still enjoy going to the Legends games here in Lexington better.
dj

By: cwb

cwb — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 03:13:46 +0000

I enjoyed the game also. I believe that the “honest” homeless person removed the money from his collection plate (as the money was dropped) to make the next pedestrians feel a little more sympathetic. The panhandlers are experts at their game.

It was also nice to receive the free new “Sean Casey” collector figure. I assume that someday it would be worth a lot on ebay except for the fact that everyone who bought a ticket got one.

One thing that we both noticed was the entertainment between innings. In the last 15-20 years, major league baseball owners must have decided that the fans cannot sit contentedly between innings without an interview or game shown to the crowd on the big screen. I personally like the game, even if two bottom dwellers are playing. I would go back.

Pops