Happy to bronze the park and put it in some field somewhere so you guys can visit it. Build a park that works better, like most modern parks. I like the fenway replica idea. A good compromise.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Thu Mar 18 11:25:10 2010 Subject: Re: The old Yankee Stadium comes down : The New Yorker Who let Dan join this group again?! LOL Fenway is a historic monument to the game of baseball and ballparks in general. Having been on the whirlwind tour and visited almost all but the newest Nationals and Yankee parks (never visited the old Yankee Stadium either - my own rabbit's foot curse), I would never live down the history that we would lose should that day ever come to fruition. 62 year family season ticket holder here and I personally have too many memories and history of growing up in Fenway to ever personally consider a new ballpark. It would be a sad day (offseason) indeed if that ever became a fact... The current park is an extension of my own family in some respects. -Larry On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not in favor of the "build a replica" approach to the problem. > > Fenway is shaped the way it is because of its location in the city. > It's an organic quirkiness. If we were to build a new park I would > hate to see the design constrained by the need to copy the things that > someone feels is important to Fenway. > > To me, the key to Fenway is personal history rather than the shape of > the field. "I was sitting there when the Brewers crushed Mike > Boddiker and Dave Parker hit two triples." or "I was sitting in the > roof boxes with Chuck the day after they clinched in 1986." or "I was > sitting in my seats in the first base grandstand when Brunansky caught > the ball in the corner, and we couldn't tell what had happened." > > All of these memories become disconnected from physical reality if we > just build a new space and plunk down some field with the dimensions > of Fenway. Would the new field have a ladder on the Green Monster? > And if so, why? The current one is there as a reminder of the time > that there were nets above the Monster, but why put it in a new park? > It would feel fake. > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think all of the hoopla surrounding Yankee Stadium is pretty funny. I >> mean, it's NOT the same place that Babe >> Ruth et al played, after all.... It's the same location but they basically >> redid the entire park in the '70's - kind of lick >> gutting the entire inside of your house to re-do it. >> >> I have mixed feelings about Fenway, especially after having been to Camden >> Yards a couple of times and >> Citizens Bank Park last year, as well as a game at Fenway (first one in >> about 10 years). While I had a great >> seat at Fenway (left-field wall, ground level, looking right down the >> third-base line to home), it was also a terrible seat - >> canted towards second base and my left knee crammed up against the wall. >> Getting in and out was difficult, and the >> lines at the concession stand closest to me was insane..... If there was a >> way they could knock down Fenway >> and built an exact replica but more comfortable, and do it between the World >> Series and Opening Day, I might >> sign up for that..... ;-) >> >> Dan D >> Central NJ USA >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Ray Salemi <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Thu, March 18, 2010 7:43:07 AM >> Subject: The old Yankee Stadium comes down : The New Yorker >> >> Those of us who support the preservation of Fenway Park fear a day >> like this one: >> >> http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2010/03/22/100322ta_talk_paumgarten >> (sent via Shareaholic) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Red Sox Citizens" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Red Sox Citizens" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Author of "FPGA Simulation: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide" > www.fpgasimulation.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. 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