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Posted 08 May 2015 - 06:33 PM
Kauffman is a quite unique stadium. As you mention, it was built in the height of the multi-purpose era, yet Eugene Kauffman decided to push for the baseball-only design. I would think the only ballpark that really is a close cousin, even in the era, is Dodger Stadium. Maybe Anaheim before they Rams-ed the thing up.
I agree about the location, but I really like Kauffman Stadium otherwise.
BTW, I play on a bar trivia team that could use some help.
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HOF
Posted 09 May 2015 - 10:09 AM
I Miss McNulty
Posted 18 May 2015 - 04:01 PM
Updated:
ratingtheparks.blogspot.com
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
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"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
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Fair-weather ex-diehard
Posted 18 May 2015 - 04:06 PM
"The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second-class citizen to a second-class immortal." - Satchel Paige
Fair-weather ex-diehard
Posted 18 May 2015 - 04:21 PM
ratingtheparks.blogspot.com: MFY Stadium
You're welcome...
I like how Boy Howdy always referred to it as "that place they call Yankee Stadium"
Re: the post-renovation old one... RF was still RF... it was lower, and the fence was in a slightly different place, but it was still RF... they should've built the new one right were the old one was...
"The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second-class citizen to a second-class immortal." - Satchel Paige
I Miss McNulty
Posted 18 May 2015 - 04:27 PM
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty
@bopper33
HOF
Posted 18 May 2015 - 04:37 PM
I enjoyed the day I spent in the bleachers at NYS. Of course, the Orioles won...
I also found a place to park reasonably close, although I don't think it's strictly kosher.
HOF
Posted 18 May 2015 - 04:37 PM
Also, just so you know, your presidential photo is Woodrow Wilson, not Warren Harding 
I Miss McNulty
Posted 18 May 2015 - 04:39 PM
Also, just so you know, your presidential photo is Woodrow Wilson, not Warren Harding
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty
@bopper33
I Miss McNulty
Posted 27 June 2015 - 02:27 PM
Updated. Not my finest entry, but I really wanted to get a post out this weekend and resurrect this puppy. It WILL get done!
http://ratingtheparks.blogspot.com
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty
@bopper33
HOF
Posted 27 June 2015 - 04:45 PM
Sounds like the original name for Minute Maid Park was more appropriate in some ways.
Fair-weather ex-diehard
Posted 28 June 2015 - 05:23 AM
Updated. Not my finest entry, but I really wanted to get a post out this weekend and resurrect this puppy. It WILL get done!
I agree the train is tacky... nothing against trains, they just don't fit there... and the way they use it is bush-league...
But the hill and the flagpole? The only thing wrong with them is how blatant they are at providing manufactured specialness... but if they lose the train it might not be so obvious. Why do you want to get rid of them.
More importantly, why do they want to get rid of them?
"The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second-class citizen to a second-class immortal." - Satchel Paige
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