Fenway Park

[Yount19]

Wow.. I got to go to my first game there, and I'd have to say I was impressed. It very well does have that Lambeau mystique about it esp the Monstah.. Another thing I do have to admit, is I liked the Fenway Franks too.. The Dice-K craze was something to see too.

 

The biggest suprise though was the local fans.. They were very nice and very knowledgeable, esp about the Brewers. They were impressed with the whole team and with JJ being mentioned the most. Some even talked about Braun and Yo~! One thing I did find interesting is they talked about Sheets and about his Gold Medal pitching performance. That seems to get forgotten about here in Milwaukee.

 

If you go to Fenway, you must do the tour too.. Sitting on top of the Green Monster was priceless.. plus walking were Teddy Ballgame once stepped.

 

Yankee Stadium and Camden Yards are next!!!

[BraunsBoyfriend]

Of course they know about all our young talent. They plan on signing half of it down the road.

[SeriesFinale]

In terms of the old parks, I'd still take Wrigley over Fenway but Fenway really is a great experience, made better by the fact that the fans there are rabid and knowledgabale, which you can't really say about Wrigley.

[AJAY]

I remember my first trip to Fenway. I was really shocked at how small everything looked. I was also shocked at how short the distance to left field was and how long the distance to rightfield seemed. It almost looks more like a football field if you are seated along the third base side.

 

I loved the ambience and the bars and shops surrounding Fenway Park. Plus all the quirks of the ballpark itself make it interesting.

 

This might be somewhat off-topic, but since you mentioned it . .. I have been to Lambeau Field a few times and I never really understood the hype. Sure the new concourses and amenities are really nice, but the seating bowl is just a big oval without anything inside or outside that makes it interesting. There is no scenic view, skyline, or bar scene surrounding the facility. Even the tailgaiting scene is small because of the limited parking. I personally think the atmosphere at Camp Randall stadium is so much better. You have fraternity houses, the band, everyone wearing red, etc.

[SeriesFinale]

I was really shocked at how small everything looked.

 

Agreed...that tiny upper deck looks like something out of a smalltown minor league park.

[BraunsBoyfriend]

You mean to tell me you didn't get chills the first time you walked out into Lambeau and everything opened up?

 

I remember walking out and things getting bigger and bigger and then there it is. The field looked smaller than I thought it would be with the goal posts moving slightly in the wind. The ring of names with all the legendary Packers, in a very subdued font going around the green wall around the top of the field. And then all the little things.

 

The PA announcer, the crowd chants and everything.

 

The seating bowl is what makes it the best though! No other football stadium is arranged like that. Places like Camp Randall are these huge mega stadiums and don't have anywhere near the intimacy that a place like Lambeau has. Not that Camp Randall isn't an experience in its own right...

 

The tail gating is different. It's not in one big parking lot. It's all over the place in peoples houses surrounding the place. We always park at a guys house on Holmgren and Lombardi. He has a grill all ready for anyone to use and everyone who parks and tailgates there sits around and talks, etc. It's fun.

 

I've been to a few NFL stadiums (want to get to KC bad) and Lambeau feels so much different than all the behemoths out there. It's not nearly as corporate as the others, they don't have stupid gimmicks going on all the time, the PA announcers and music people have it down pat and the crowd is fun.

[wisconsinfan47]

I was at Fenway over Spring Break at the same time of Ben Sheets Opening Day 2-hitter...The Sox were on the road, but we took a tour, and it was sweet.

 

"Quirky" would be the word I would use to describe it, with all the nooks and crannies, the Monster, and the ridiculously small seats.

 

Speaking of the small seats...our tour guide told us that the majority of the seats there are from the original days of the stadium, and are grandfathered past the current fire code. In other words, if the Sox wanted to renovate those seats, they would have to build wider ones, which take up more space per seat, and significantly lower the seating capacity of the already small park. Hence, the old seats stay.

 

It's really cool to hear that Sox fans are at least somewhat knowledgable about the Crew. I do, however, have a buddy who goes to school out in Boston and he says that he once asked whether the Brewers were a minor league team. Heh.

 

I've been to both Wrigley and Fenway and I'd give a slight edge to Wrigley. I know this is slightly blasphemous as a Brewers fan to say, but I can't imagine a more perfect setting than a sunny day at that joint.

[iluvlamp]

I have never been to Fenway and hope to go soon. As for Lambeau I got the biggest chills ever. To think of Lombardi and all the great players that played on that field made me proud. Another plus, to me, there is not a bad seat in the house. Lambeau is priceless.

[Principessa21]

You'll see:

Yankee Stadium >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fenway

[Big Reed]

I got a chance to see fenway park on an off day. they allowed me to just walk around. i sat right behind the dug out for a couple of minutes. the place is great.

[bucks2281]

I went to a game at Fenway Park in early April 2004. The fans are extremely passionate--I was on my feet for seemingly the entire game. Yeah, it's dangerous to walk up the stairs and the bathrooms are downright disgusting, but I genuinely love Fenway Park because it's a pure baseball experience.

 

I understand the sentiments about Lambeau Field, but it is truly the only gimmick-free, pure NFL experience. It has the most intimate setting of any stadium in the league. I have been to Monday night games and late Sunday games at Lambeau Field when the Packers were a very good team and the experience was absolutely electric. Go sit in the upper deck of M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore during a Ravens game. I know after I did last August, my appreciation for Lambeau grew.

[gypcasino]

I was in Boston with a buddy of mine in 2000 for a game at Fenway against the Expos. It was the first game back for Carl Everett after serving that suspension for bumping an umpire. We sat on the rooftop box in right field. It was pretty cool. And we also caught a minor league game in Portland Maine between the Portland Sea Dogs & the Erie Sea Wolves.

[qrk10000]

I had the privilege to go to a game at Fenway (against the Yankees, no less) in 2004. It was one of the experiences that I will never forget. The fans were absolutely nuts and so enthusiastic. I have never stood for 3 hours before but I did for that game. I couldn't believe how much they would cheer for the the most miniscule things (like Doug Mirabelli coming to the plate). They were very nice to my friend and I too (Several guys sitting around us kept trying to offer us drinks they smuggled in. One guy had 2 bottles of Seagrams and the other had some kind of lemon and lime soda. I have never seen full bottles of liquor inside a stadium before.). The seats were pretty small and the place was very crowded but the atmosphere was unreal. I loved the food and all the street performers outside of the ballpark. It really made you feel like you were walking into a different time. It actually made me forget that it was 40 degrees out and I was only wearing a long sleeve tee shirt. Of all of the ballparks I have ever been too, this was truly my favorite. I really hope to be able to take my son there someday.

[homer]

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You'll see:

Yankee Stadium>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Fenway

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I disagree. I thought Yankee Stadium would have much more character but I think they ruined much of that with the renovation in the mid 70's. Fenway much more closely resembles the original stadium.

[crewcrazy]

I've been to Yankee Stadium once for a game against the Twins, and it was definitely a different experience compared to the games I've been to at Miller Park. It was a cold, rainy day and the Yankees got 2-hit by a AAA call-up (it might've been Scott Baker, but I'm not positive) in a rain-shortened game that ended after 8 innings. As a result, the atmosphere kind of sucked towards the end of the game, but I did get a kick out of the crowd cheering randomly, then looking up at the scoreboard and seeing that they were announcing that the Red Sox lost.

 

The Bronx isn't exactly a sexy place for a ballpark (and it was even gloomier because of the rain that day), but the concourse area outside the stadium with all the small Yankee merchandise stores were kinda cool -- especially the ones with shirts with sayings about the Red Sox that would violate the "Keeping Brewerfan Beautiful" Act of 2007. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif