A fair comment. I have access to some seats down there and I find that I can't get into the game at all.
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Steve Gendron <[email protected]> wrote: > Watching a game in Fenway from a good seat is the best. Watching it from a > bad seat sucks beyond belief. > > I think a big part of your impression of the park depends on where you sit. > If you are lucky enough to have access to a nice season ticket - I think you > would have a good impression. But if you're one of the masses that is > forced to sit in the right field grandstand (anyplace sec 12 or lower), then > you are willing to cash in the old shrine for good sight lines pretty > quickly. > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Marino > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: The old Yankee Stadium comes down : The New Yorker > > 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. > 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. > > -- > 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. 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