Proposed Twins ballpark...?
601421
I was at the Metrodome back in April and all I can say about this new ballpark - it's about time.  The Metrodome is a piece of junk.  There is absolutely nothing to do there except watch a game.  I go to a ballpark, and I want to be able to do more than that.  All I saw at the Metrodome was a ball field and seats.  BORING!!!  I hope all goes well with this new ballpark.  If it does, maybe I'll head back up there for another game.
284758
Yes, I would love to see the MLB All-Star Game.  It's a great chance to see all the great players in one game and to partake in all the festivites.  As you pointed out the tickets are not cheap.  There is a problem that it's not competitive enough but now everybody wants their team to have homefield advantage in the WS.
391952
First thing I'd do...get an American ownership!  The owner never ever been to the stadium to see them play one game.\n\nWe need local ownership: Paul Allen if you are reading this....\n\nSecond: Fire that manager, and get lou back!  The team wants "yes men" and "do gooders" coaches and players that won't make waves...well they cant swing bats either....\n\nSo, don't hold your breath.  Or you should because:\n\nWE STINK UP THE PLACE!!
388788
haha i have tickets to that game but im a stros fan\n\n\nand baseball is played out??? at least baseball's playoffs dont take 3 months...
1133074
I found some cool information on this site.\n\nhttp://www.baseball-statistics.com/Ballparks/
805204
I think they should start of with signing Glavine, it appears that he wants to finish his career there and they can get him for a discount. Also i think Drew might be interested in returning there. They need a lead-off hitter, maybe trade for Podsednik or Figgins.
644404
The most unneeded thing in a stadium is that concrete field in Montreal.  I know they don't use it anymore but it is still standing.  I remember watching an Expos game against the Braves and Chipper Jones hit a sky high ball and the outfielder lost it in the lights and when the ball came down, it bounced so high that Chipper was at 3rd base by the time they were able to field the ball.  If you are talking about current stadiums is Petco Park's gaps.  Those things are like a mile away from the plate and 422 in the Left Center gap is absolutely ridiculous.  Second is that hill in Center Field in Houston which is also a ridiculous number of feet away from the plate.
1116924
From the website:\n\nThe handsome and historic Western Metal Supply Company Building has been renovated and incorporated into the Ballpark, with the left-field foul pole attached to its southeastern corner, 334 feet from home plate. The 95-year-old structure houses the Padres Team Store on the first floor, with a door opening onto a standing room area in left field. The second and third floors feature festive Party Suites. A restaurant on the fourth floor provides terrace dining with superb views of the field. There is bleacher seating and standing room on the roof, 80 feet above the field.
270530
Shea Stadium for the Mets home opener with my son. I wouldn't have to stay anywhere but home. Shea is reasonably close to where I live anyway. Let's Go Mets!!!
638340
You could try this:\nhttp://www.tickco.com/choose_seats/baseball/Wrigley_field.htm#seating\nHave fun at the game!
742333
As many have already said\nthe addition of Sheffield will only shore up thier offense.\nThey need a lead-off hitter who can get on base, Granderson was ok there---but he strikes out too much for that spot.\n\nAs it stands now (before the winter meetings) I think they have a good shot of making the play-offs. Division or wild card. I am sure The Twins will be there as well.\n\nJemery Bonderman will only get better.\nJustin Verlander threw more innings last year then he ever has.\nThat might hurt him some in '07.\nBut, hopefully he doesnt fall to that "sophmore jinx"\nWith Zumaya out of the bullpen, throwing 102 mph, will help.\n\nBrandon Inge needs to buy a hitting bat, not a swinging one.\nMags, Pudge, and Guillen need to stay healthy if they are going to make a run at it.\nThey pitching looks good, and good pitching will beat good hitting.\nOf course, that is assuming they will produce as well as last year. Which is not always the case. Just ask the white sox.\n\nRe-signing Sean Casey was a smart move. His left handed bat will be well suited for that right field fence.\nChris Shelton is a question mark. No one knows for sure where he will end up. If he does well in spring training (which, btw, is only 75 days away for pitchers and catchers to report) he might have a roster spot. Chances are Shelton will end up in Toledo for most of the year to work on his swing.\n\nI look forward to playing The Yankees again, where i know it wont be easy. They will want to get even next year, and it will be fun to watch them play.\n\nWhatever happens, I doubt they finish under .500!\nIt will be nice to see them contend for several years, even if they dont win the WC or division, because after 12 years in a row of being under .500 Tiger fans deserve a good decent team.\n\nI know I babble a lot about The Tigers (cant help it! I'm a Tiger fan for life!) but I think they will be good, and make the playoffs.
1022799
YES THEY DO BUT WHY GO TO CLEVELAND? YOU GET BETTER SEATS,BETTER TICKET PRICES,BETTER PARKING PRICES,BETTER CONCESSION PRICES,WATCH KIDS THAT STILL "PLAY THE GAME",BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO GET 'FUTURE MAJOR LEAGUE BALLPLAYERS' AUTOGRAPH AND A TEAM THAT WON THE AA MINOR LEAGUE WORLD SERIES 2 OUT OF THE LAST 3 YEARS, RIGHT IN YOUR BACKYARD!
709351
i dont know.... saints stadium?
978782
Located on a 20 acre site in the Industry Square district of downtown Minneapolis, the stadium has an interior volume of 60 million cubic feet and is covered by 10 acres of Teflon coated fiberglass 1/32" thick. It is 195 feet from the highest point of the interior ceiling to the playing field.\n\nIt takes 250,000 cubic feet of air pressure per minute to keep the roof inflated.\n\nThe Metrodome includes 7,600 retractable seats in rightfield, the largest such section of any stadium in the world. It can be converted from baseball to football use, and vice versa, in four hours.\n\nAn additional 900 seats were added prior to the '94 season by moving both dugouts closer to the field and adding three rows closer to field level. Section 113 in the right field corner was also added to increase total capacity for baseball to 45,423.\n\nA retractable curtain displaying the banners from the Twins’ championship years was hung in right-center prior to the '96 season.\n\nA Plaza was added along Kirby Puckett Place on the west side of the Metrodome prior to the 1996 season and serves as a gathering spot for Twins fans before each home game. The area offers tents for groups of 100 to 1,000 and features a wide variety of food and beverage items.\n\nThe pitcher’s mound is powered by an electric motor and can be raised and lowered at the push of a button. The mound weighs 23,000 pounds and is 18 feet in diameter.\n\nIn March of 2004, the Metrodome playing field was re-surfaced with Field Turf, a new artificial turf that resembles natural grass.\n\nField dimensions are 343' down the leftfield line, 385' to the leftfield power alley, 408' to dead centerfield, 367' to the rightfield power alley and 327' down the line in right. The fence in leftfield and centerfield is 7' high and the one in rightfield is 23' high, including 16' of plastic tarp installed in 1983. Leftfield had a 6' plexiglas extension from 1983-93, but it was removed prior to the ’94 season.:-)
377867
I love those old Twins, like Tony O (would've been a sure HOF if not for his knees?)...I loved the Kirby/"Hrbe" teams as well...Too bad, you couldn't get Rod Carew there, but I guess you had to choose btwn him and Puckett, given the one HOF'er rule...\n\nSince I'm a lifetime Phillies fan, here goes (since I've been following anyway):\n\nC- Bob Boone\n1B - Dick Allen  (almost snuck in Pete Rose here)\n2B - Chase Utley (apologies to Manny Trillo and Juan Samuel)\nSS - Larry Bowa\n3B - Michael Jack Schmidt (HOF)\nLF - Lonnie Smith (a personal fave who started here, and was actually the leadoff hitter on 3, and almost 4 World Series winners)\nCF - Gary Maddox\nRF - Bake McBride\n\nLINEUP:  Smith - Utley - Schmidt - Allen - McBride - Maddox - Boone - Bowa - Carlton (no DH)\n\nReserves:  Cookie Rojas (IF), Greg Gross/Del Unser (OF) and one more?  Tomas Perez\n\nRotation\nLHP Steve Carlton (HOF)\nRHP Curt Schilling  \nRHP Jim Bunning  \nLHP Randy Wolf (a little weak)\nRHP Rick Wise (not great either, but...he once threw a no-hitter and hit 2 HRs in same game, and we traded him for "Lefty"\n\n\n\nBullPen\nTug McGraw (the late, great)\nMitch Williams (keep things exciting)\nGene Garber (liked the swivel delivery)
565392
I wish they would. It would be good for baseball. However, they need to win their division or be the wild card before they can compete for the right to play in the World Series. Both are highly unlikely in the next three years. They just do not have the talent/
759816
Teams currently seeming to have stadium issues always will use a place like Los Angeles as ransom for their current locations to ante up.  Seems to me that makes the list of potential LA:  Buffalo, Indy, Kansas City, Minnesota, New Orleans, Oakland, San Diego and San Francisco.\n\nOf this group...odds are KC will get something done for the Chiefs;  Vikings, were they to move, seems to be looking more like San Antonio;  and the Saints, were they to move, likely to stay somewhere on the Gulf Coast.\n\nBills does have another suitor just north of the 49th in Toronto.  Colts have also been mentioned with Toronto as possible, as well.  Admittedly, Toronto is a large market of 5 million-ish, but the flux of currency values make it not too inviting at the moment.\n\n49ers, it seem, are now heading to Santa Clara.  Not sure if this deal is done, but I suspect they will stay somewhere in the bay area.\n\nRaiders...well, it is Al Davis, and they could end up in Honolulu, Bakersfield, or any of the towns named Springfield yet.\n\nChargers do strike me as the most likely.  They have stadium issues to the point where they need a new stadium if they want more Super Bowls played in the area.\n\nIf I were a betting man, I would say we could see two teams in LA.  Most likely the Chargers or Raiders from the AFC, along with an expansion NFC team.