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Even in the ballpark the game will sooner or later become a distant attraction.
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Even in the ballpark the game will sooner or later become a distant attraction.
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quote:Even in the ballpark the game will sooner or later become a distant attraction.
You must be seeing things differently than me. That has already happened!
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Well I'll admit I don't get out often enough, but I have recognized over the past decades that "the game isn't necessarily the thing!"
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Well I'll admit I don't get out often enough, but I have recognized over the past decades that "the game isn't necessarily the thing!"
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I was in Chicago with a former college team mate of mine about five or six years ago. We went to games at Wrigley and whatever the White Sox call their new field now and it was truly polar opposite atmospheres.
At Wrigley there was no walk up music, nobody blaring "let's get it up crowd" or hot women running around in tight shirts and shorts shooting T-shirts at us (this might be the only thing I wish they did at Wrigley though). I actually enjoyed WATCHING the game and all the people around us were able to have a conversation mainly about the game. The two games we watch were blow outs at Wrigley.
Compare that to the White Sox place which had the blaring music, dude firing me up and hot women which was non-stop. I actually didn't enjoy my time at the field and it was a close game with the Tigers. I think the Tigers won in extra innings but it just wasn't enjoyable.
I hope on a tweet board someone posts #just watch the bleepity bleeping game and get off your phone
At Wrigley there was no walk up music, nobody blaring "let's get it up crowd" or hot women running around in tight shirts and shorts shooting T-shirts at us (this might be the only thing I wish they did at Wrigley though). I actually enjoyed WATCHING the game and all the people around us were able to have a conversation mainly about the game. The two games we watch were blow outs at Wrigley.
Compare that to the White Sox place which had the blaring music, dude firing me up and hot women which was non-stop. I actually didn't enjoy my time at the field and it was a close game with the Tigers. I think the Tigers won in extra innings but it just wasn't enjoyable.
I hope on a tweet board someone posts #just watch the bleepity bleeping game and get off your phone
Somewhere along the line the game got buried in the "experience."quote:Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
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Well I'll admit I don't get out often enough, but I have recognized over the past decades that "the game isn't necessarily the thing!"
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quote:Somewhere along the line the game got buried in the "experience."
That was probably about the same time that "teams' became "brands" and "games" became "products."
quote:We went to games at Wrigley and whatever the White Sox call their new field now and it was truly polar opposite atmospheres.
At one end, you saw a team who has won a World Series lately and at the other one who has been waiting some time?
As a player the experience that I've had in the past with the "on-field promotions" are pretty annoying also. It's not fun having to stop warming up so a little kid can race the mascot around the bases, or have to pause my warm up pitches because the drunk fan they picked to do dizzy bat runs across the infield by accident.
I know it's all a marketing ploy, but I'm pretty sure fans paid to get into the stadium to watch baseball, not to see what people are doing on Twitter.
I know it's all a marketing ploy, but I'm pretty sure fans paid to get into the stadium to watch baseball, not to see what people are doing on Twitter.
quote:Originally posted by Bulldog 19:quote:We went to games at Wrigley and whatever the White Sox call their new field now and it was truly polar opposite atmospheres.
At one end, you saw a team who has won a World Series lately and at the other one who has been waiting some time?
Now that was just low........very low. I mean anybody can have a bad century
This is why I disagree with replacing Old parks like Wrigley and Fenway.
The old historic park is the best, no SmartBoard, no quiche and frozen yogurt, organ music not walk up songs.
Watch the **** game, keep score, eat a hot dog and a bag of peanuts. One beer is enough. Stay in your **** seat, sing Take Me Out To The Ballgame in the 7th inning, get off your cell phone, don't wrestle a sumo guy on the field, yell at the ump, pray a foul ball comes your way....
Enjoy the game of baseball. For three hours, nothing else matters.
The old historic park is the best, no SmartBoard, no quiche and frozen yogurt, organ music not walk up songs.
Watch the **** game, keep score, eat a hot dog and a bag of peanuts. One beer is enough. Stay in your **** seat, sing Take Me Out To The Ballgame in the 7th inning, get off your cell phone, don't wrestle a sumo guy on the field, yell at the ump, pray a foul ball comes your way....
Enjoy the game of baseball. For three hours, nothing else matters.
quote:Now that was just low........very low. I mean anybody can have a bad century
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I thought you might be interested in seeing what a World Series Ring Ceremony is like
Bulldog- I've sat through a few of them in my time growing up in New York... http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivaul...k-jeter-rings(2).jpg
The experience of a baseball game is different for everyone. If it was, we would have never had the spectrum of management from the Veecks or the Finleys to the Steinbrenners or the Beenes. Some go for entertainment, and some go to win. Neither is entirely incorrect or correct.
Being a fan, I enjoy watching a well-played, fundamentally sound baseball game. I also enjoy the experience of maybe catching a ball, or a goofy promotion (such as a walking urine-sample cup,) or having a few beers and laughing at the SS who took a grounder off the undercarriage.
I've umpired games that were "Free Beer Nights" (not entirely, but in the 1st, 4th, and 7th innings, it was free with valid ID.) Did I hear everything from obnoxiousness to pure drunken-logic poetry? Yep, and I wouldn't trade it for the world. I've umpired a game where it was a no-hitter for one and a perfect game for the other. Pure majestic baseball--and not just because I was done in less time than a Hollywood marriage.
When it's all said and done, as long as people care, it doesn't matter if they care about what happens during the game, or what the outcome is. It just matters that they care.
Being a fan, I enjoy watching a well-played, fundamentally sound baseball game. I also enjoy the experience of maybe catching a ball, or a goofy promotion (such as a walking urine-sample cup,) or having a few beers and laughing at the SS who took a grounder off the undercarriage.
I've umpired games that were "Free Beer Nights" (not entirely, but in the 1st, 4th, and 7th innings, it was free with valid ID.) Did I hear everything from obnoxiousness to pure drunken-logic poetry? Yep, and I wouldn't trade it for the world. I've umpired a game where it was a no-hitter for one and a perfect game for the other. Pure majestic baseball--and not just because I was done in less time than a Hollywood marriage.
When it's all said and done, as long as people care, it doesn't matter if they care about what happens during the game, or what the outcome is. It just matters that they care.