Arty Ocho-Cuatro's Posts - Ballpark Chasers2024-03-29T15:07:12ZArty Ocho-Cuatrohttps://www.ballparkchasers.com/profile/ArtyOchoCuatrohttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2187819016?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://www.ballparkchasers.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=3e0smjtrowlqg&xn_auth=noMLB All Star Game Apples on Parade in NYCtag:www.ballparkchasers.com,2013-07-07:1681163:BlogPost:1522752013-07-07T21:21:07.000ZArty Ocho-Cuatrohttps://www.ballparkchasers.com/profile/ArtyOchoCuatro
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As many people know, the 2013 MLB All Star game will be played at Citi field, in Queens NYC on Tuesday, July 16th. I was in NYC last weekend, and discovered these apples around the city called Apples on Parade. NYC did this in 2008 when the All Star Game was at…
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As many people know, the 2013 MLB All Star game will be played at Citi field, in Queens NYC on Tuesday, July 16th. I was in NYC last weekend, and discovered these apples around the city called Apples on Parade. NYC did this in 2008 when the All Star Game was at Old Yankee Stadium. Basically what these apples are all around the city and there are 35 of them, 30 for the MLB teams, 1 AL Apple, 1 NL Apple, 1 NY Giants, 1 Brooklyn Dodgers and 1 All star game one.<br />
Being a die hard Red Sox fan, I was able to track down the Sox one at a party city on 34th street. While there I spotted 2 others without searching. On the bus ride home to Boston, I became very obsessed with these apples. I sat there and came up with a goal to take a picture of all 35 apples in 1 day. Most of the apples are in mid town. there are 3 down town, 2 up town and 1 in queens. The map and location of the apples can be found at <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2013/apples_parade_map.jsp">http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2013/apples_parade_map.jsp</a><br />
The All Star game is on the 16th, and I am hoping they stay around for a week or so after. My goal is to go to NYC on July 27th, a saturday. I will arrive in NYC at 10:30am and have until 8:30 PM to take a picture of all the apples and post them to my web site, <a href="http://www.wheresarty.com">http://www.wheresarty.com</a> and to my facebook page, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/partywitharty">http://www.facebook.com/partywitharty</a> .<br />
I am not sure that if the apples will still be there, so if anyone had any info on this could they please email me at djarty84@gmail.com - Also if anyone has any tips on the best order to see them, I would appreciate that. I know that the apple at Citi Field will be the longest journey. I also know that some apples are in stores, and they have to be open for me to get to see the apple.<br />
I will be posting my plan of attack sometime this week on this blog so stay tuned!!<br />
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@djarty84 on twitterInside PNC Park – Arty 84 Baseball Park Reviews #6tag:www.ballparkchasers.com,2013-06-05:1681163:BlogPost:1478472013-06-05T19:17:01.000ZArty Ocho-Cuatrohttps://www.ballparkchasers.com/profile/ArtyOchoCuatro
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<p>Stadium Name: PNC Park</p>
<p>Team: Pittsburgh…</p>
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<p>By Arty 84</p>
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<p>Stadium Name: PNC Park</p>
<p>Team: Pittsburgh Pirates</p>
<p>League: MLB - National League Central</p>
<p>First Date Visited: 2007</p>
<p>Opposing Team: Washington Nationals</p>
<p>Date Opened: 2001</p>
<p>Date Closed: NA</p>
<p>Overall Rating: (1-10) 5</p>
<p>Notable Award: Easy to walk to from downtown and great views of the 3 rivers and downtown Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>PNC Park is a new park, but you can tell it was built for a small market team. Likes its sister city to the east, Philadelphia, the Pirates were a victim of a concrete donut which they shared with the cities football team, the Stealers. The former stadium was Three Rivers Stadium and was built in the early 70's a result to build two new stadiums for the cities sports team for the price of one. As talked about earlier, the concrete donut was a staple to many cities in America during this time.</p>
<p>In the late 90's Pittsburgh and their teams decided they needed to break up and get their own stadiums. PNC Park was designed and built for the Pirates, who at this time were already in a 10 year playoff drought, so the fund were not exactly their for them, and the stadium design reflects that directly.</p>
<p>Now don't get me wrong, the stadium is very nice, but basic. It reminds me of a slightly bigger minor league park. It is a cookie cutter of a basic ball park with nothing special about it to make it unique. The facade along the stands is an odd choice of slate that has a pink tone to it. It seems like it was placed their in a last ditch cheap effort to cover the concrete.</p>
<p>There is a Outback in left field, where if you get in before the game and order food and drinks during the game, you can watch the pirates for free, which is a really cool feature. The crew and I spent a few innings in there prior to getting to the game. The game we went to was against the Nationals, who at this time had just become a team a year prior and as a result, there wasn't a huge turn out but we had a good time.</p>
<p>While sitting in the stands there is a beautiful view of downtown Pittsburgh, the rivers and the beautiful yellow painted bridges that cross them. One such noted bridge is the Roberto Clemente Bridge. We stayed downtown and we walked about 20 minutes from our hotel, over the bridge and to the game. It was a beautiful summer Sunday. Pittsburgh has a very limited subway system, so walking really was the only way.</p>
<p>As for being Sunday, that led to absolutely nothing to do downtown after the game. We walked back to our hotel, went down to the restaurant and that was empty. we searched for a bar or a strip club and there was nothing. The city looked like a set of a movie with hardly any cars anywhere. It was just as well though, we had left Phillie that morning at 5:00AM to make the 1PM game. It was about a 4 hour a drive from Phillie to Pittsburgh. We took a nap after the game an went exploring.</p>
<p>My cousin and I went down to the bar in the hotel to check it out. There we met a bartender who was very helpful at he Double Tree we were staying. He sent us to this park of town which for the life of me I can't remember. It was a 10 minute cab ride and about a 30 minute walk back. It was a street in Pittsburgh full of bars, pizza joints and little dive restaurants. For a Sunday night the club we went into was hoping. It is in fact the only city I have ever been to that the girls weren't impressed with the Boston Accent.</p>
<p>If you are planning on visiting PNC, I would suggest stay downtown, walk to the game and maybe plan for a friday or Saturday night. There will probably be more going on in the old blue collar town. I heard there are a lot of bars to check out before the game around the stadium. Would definitely visit again and the experience was nice, I was just a little disappointed with the over all stadium design specially after seeing Camden and Cit Park prior.</p>
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<p>@djarty84 on twitter</p>Inside Citizens Bank Park – Arty 84 Baseball Park Reviews #5tag:www.ballparkchasers.com,2013-06-04:1681163:BlogPost:1477072013-06-04T17:00:00.000ZArty Ocho-Cuatrohttps://www.ballparkchasers.com/profile/ArtyOchoCuatro
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<p>Stadium Name: Citizens Bank Park</p>
<p>Team:…</p>
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<p>Stadium Name: Citizens Bank Park</p>
<p>Team: Philadelphia Phillies</p>
<p>League: MLB - National League East</p>
<p>First Date Visited: 2007</p>
<p>Opposing Team: Boston Red Sox</p>
<p>Date Opened: 2004</p>
<p>Date Closed: NA</p>
<p>Overall Rating: (1-10) 9</p>
<p>Notable Award: Like Camden Yards, its a newer model stadium with the feel of an old time baseball stadium. A batters park, with great views from any seat and the cheapest beers in the majors, 6 dollar 22oz Sam Adams, can't beat that!</p>
<p>With the red brick facade, large open concourses and nice view of downtown Phillie, Citizens Bank Park makes its way into the top 5 parks in the majors. Opening in 2004 and replacing the old Vet stadium, which was a multi-purpose stadium for baseball and football, the Phillies improved their appearance over night. The Vet was built in the days of the concrete donut style which in the 60's, cities seen as a great way to build a modern stadium for two of their pro teams and save money, but the concrete donut never made a good baseball park.</p>
<p>In the late 90's, there was a movement within baseball teams to make their stadiums more of a baseball park, and less of just a building that they play in. They wanted to make the stadium park of the team, and the Phillies jumped on that band wagon.</p>
<p>The city of Philadelphia took over the souther part of their city and dedicated it to all their sports teams. They built several complexes to hold their football, basketball/hockey teams and of course Citizens Bank Park for the Phillies. All the stadiums have huge parking areas for tail gating and ease of travel. Also the SEPTA has trains that run right down to the fields, so if your staying downtown, you can get their in about 30 minutes with no problem.</p>
<p>Once inside the stadium, you'll see easily navigable concourse that are wide, easily marked and have great views of the field while you walk around the main level. Once you get to where your seat is, you'll find several choice of food and drinks, included those cheap 22 oz beers. Now this was in 2007, so things may have changed since then, but at the time it was the best value in baseball.</p>
<p>In the outfield where the bullpens are, you can stand over and watch the pitchers warm up. This feature also is found in the Phillies spring training park in Clearwater Florida. Its a nice standing room only area where you can enjoy the game and see the process a pitcher takes to get warmed up for the game. In addition to this, the park is completely accessible 360 degrees, meaning you can get to all parks of the park by walking in both directions on the main level.</p>
<p>In addition to a great park, Phillie is a great city. A small major town that feels a lot like Boston. Boston and Phillie are both the little brothers to NYC, but are a stones throw away if you want to go for a quick visit. Philies transit system is easy to use and gets to all parts of the downtown area. if you were going to stay the night, I would suggest staying downtown, near broadway. When your there, visit the museum of art and run up the stairs like in rocky, go check out the Liberty bell and of course have a Phillie cheese stake.</p>
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<p>@djarty84 on twitter</p>Inside Oriole Park at Camden Yards – Arty 84 Baseball Park Reviews #3tag:www.ballparkchasers.com,2013-05-06:1681163:BlogPost:1430222013-05-06T21:47:58.000ZArty Ocho-Cuatrohttps://www.ballparkchasers.com/profile/ArtyOchoCuatro
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<p>By Arty 84</p>
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<p>Stadium Name: Oriole Park at Camden…</p>
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<p>By Arty 84</p>
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<p>Stadium Name: Oriole Park at Camden Yards</p>
<p>Team: Baltimore Orioles</p>
<p>League: MLB - American League East<br/> First Date Visited: 2005<br/>
Opposing Team: Boston Red Sox<br/>
Date Opened: 1992<br/>
Date Closed: NA<br/>
Overall Rating: (1-10) 9<br/>
Notable Award: Big time stadium with a real homie, fan friendly old school baseball feel. Best food in the majors too!</p>
<p>20 years old and looking like it was just built last week. 25 years ago if you went to this area of where the park is, you would probably die. Memorial Stadium, which I dont know much about was an old school multi purpose stadium that served its purpose from the mid 50s to 2000 when it was finally torn down. A huge urban renewal project in Baltimore in the early 90s was the reason the inner harbor is one of the most beautiful places to watch a baseball game.</p>
<p>Camden yard was the third stadium I had been to and is my favorite of them all. As I write this, I have been to 30 MLB parks with 3 to go and everyone I go to I always compare it to this one.</p>
<p>From the design and architectural attention made on every detail, the stadium sets itself apart for many of the other newer stadiums in the league. Careful planning was down to make this park part of a larger picture. The stadium is simply just a piece of the inner harbor. Attracting, in past years, more fans of the visiting team then the home team, summers in Baltimore are busy and fun for all.</p>
<p>The stadium isnt the largest in the leagues, but holding 30K plus people, it really has warm old school ball park feel to it. The brick facades, the exposed black steal inner structure and cast iron are all import features of the stadium. In right field, they have a board walk where you can find some of the best food in the majors, cheap beer and the nicest fans in Baseball. There are little baseball sized plaques on the wall and ground that celebrates home runs hit by all sluggers of the MLB.</p>
<p>I have been to this park about 5 times and being 8 hours way from Boston, its a nice weekend summer trip. I advise any baseball fan to get here for the weekend. Its fun for the whole family. There is plenty to do around the inner harbor, between walking tours, boat tours, food, malls and bars, there is always something. Baltimore has a night life in a old neighborhood north of the stadium with tons of bars and if you want to stay close, Power Plant Live, which was an old power plant converted to a entertainment complex right next to the stadium, is a good choice. I would say stay close to the inner harbor, they have a light rail the runs to the burbs, but Baltimore is a walking city, stay in town and have a great weekend!</p>
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<p>@djarty84 on twitter</p>Inside Dolphins Stadium (MLB) – Arty 84 Baseball Park Reviews #4tag:www.ballparkchasers.com,2013-05-06:1681163:BlogPost:1431842013-05-06T21:30:00.000ZArty Ocho-Cuatrohttps://www.ballparkchasers.com/profile/ArtyOchoCuatro
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<p>Inside Dolphins Stadium (MLB) – Arty 84 Baseball Park Reviews</p>
<p>By Arty 84</p>
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<p>Stadium Name: Dolphins Stadium</p>
<p>Team: Florida…</p>
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<p>Inside Dolphins Stadium (MLB) – Arty 84 Baseball Park Reviews</p>
<p>By Arty 84</p>
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<p>Stadium Name: Dolphins Stadium</p>
<p>Team: Florida Marlins</p>
<p>League: MLB – National League East<br/>First Date Visited: 2005<br/>Opposing Team: Arizona Diamond Backs<br/>Date Opened: 1987<br/>Date Closed: 2011 (still open for football)<br/>Overall Rating: (1-10) 2<br/>Notable Award: Worse place I have ever watched a baseball game. The reason why football & baseball should never share stadiums</p>
<p>Walking down the streets of South Beach, a very nice lady gave me 4 free tickets to a marlins game on a wednesday night. My cousin, 2 friends and myself were planning on going to the game anyways, but wow now for free. As we drove to the stadium we were a little skeptical that free tickets would just be given way but never the less it was worth the try. Dolphin stadium or what ever the hell its call now was about 30 mins north of South Beach. We finally get there and BOOM the tickets work.</p>
<p>We were their fairly early so we did a lot of walking around. This stadium has NOTHING to offer. Its a football stadium that in 92 when Miami was given an expansion team, the fine folk of MIami were like hey just put them with the dolphins. There was so much foul ground in this place that pitchers ERA had to be one of the best in the majors when they pitched here.</p>
<p>They had hot tubs in right field and i think there was only 10k people there, if that. Our tickets were deep right field with a value of 1 dollar on them, we moved to 10 rows behind the plate. There was this unique beer vendor who would yell get your beeeeeeerrrrrrr heeeeeeeerrrrre; it was great. We stayed till about the 7th inning. We did get to see an unassisted triple play that game from Mike Lowell. Its a rarity in baseball incase you didnt know.</p>
<p>The food stunk, soggy hot dogs and pretzels. must of been all the humidity down there. The bread was like i sat on it with wet pants on. Other then the beer guy, one of my most memorable events there was hitting on the hot chick who was from Ft. Lauderdale and worked at the visa table. I signed up for a credit card for her and she gave me a towel, very nice. After flirting for an inning and a half she ended up giving me more towels, t shirts and marlins crap I will ever need for a lifetime. I got much use out of those towels!</p>
<p>This is another stadium with nothing around it. A concrete block in the middle of a parking lot. I have been here 2 times, once for baseball and once for football. As a football stadium, its average, for a baseball park, it stinks. Out of 30 i have been to this is easily #30, Im glad this didnt cost me a dime. The marlins are lucky now, they play in a much nice, more baseball feel stadium. They are very lucky they got the hell out of Miami Gardens Florida.</p>
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<p>@djarty84 on twitter</p>2013 Baseball Road Trip - The Last Horahtag:www.ballparkchasers.com,2013-05-02:1681163:BlogPost:1413262013-05-02T17:12:03.000ZArty Ocho-Cuatrohttps://www.ballparkchasers.com/profile/ArtyOchoCuatro
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<p>By Arty 84</p>
<p>So as many of the readers know, I have set off to see all 50 states before I'm 50 and all active major league ball parks before I'm 30.</p>
<p>As of now I have seen 30 parks, not all active (NYM, NYY & MIA new and old).</p>
<p>What i have left is…</p>
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<p>By Arty 84</p>
<p>So as many of the readers know, I have set off to see all 50 states before I'm 50 and all active major league ball parks before I'm 30.</p>
<p>As of now I have seen 30 parks, not all active (NYM, NYY & MIA new and old).</p>
<p>What i have left is Seattle, San Fran & Oakland. Well weather permitting, I will have this done on Saturday September 7th in Seattle. I booked my flight for this 11 day road trip starting in Denver and ending in Denver.</p>
<p>In addition to the ball parks and major cities along the way, I'll see Mt Rushmore, Four Corners National Park and California's wine country. 11 days, 5372 miles and memories along the way. I'll be seeing some friends up in Seattle and they will be with me on the final stadium night.</p>
<p>Also once this trip is done, I would have seen just about ever major city in this country and 48 of the 50 states will be done (AK&HI left to do). 5 months away, the anxiety of this road trip starts to build. This will be almost double the length of any of my past road trips, but this will be the trip to end all long trips. Once this road trip is done, these long ass days on the road will be limited to long weekend get away's alone.</p>
<p>Here is my Itinerary at this point.</p>
<p>2013 Baseball Road Trip</p>
<p>Saturday – 8/31</p>
<p>Leave Boston at 8:40AM</p>
<p>Arrived in Denver at 11:07AM</p>
<p>Pick up Rental Car at 12:PM</p>
<p>Drive to Albuquerque, NM for the night</p>
<p>Along the way stop:</p>
<p>Total Miles/Time: 445/6.5 Hrs</p>
<p>Hotel Info:</p>
<p>Budget: $100</p>
<p>Actually:</p>
<p>Name & Location:</p>
<p>Sunday – 9/1</p>
<p>Leave Albuquerque, NM around 8:00AM</p>
<p>Arrived in Las Vegas at 8:00PM</p>
<p>Drive to Las Vegas for the night</p>
<p>Along the way stop:</p>
<p>Four Corners National Monument ~ 10:30AM</p>
<p>Total Miles/Time: 693/12 Hrs</p>
<p>Hotel Info:</p>
<p>Budget: $100</p>
<p>Actually: 49.00 (-51.00)</p>
<p>Name & Location:</p>
<p>Monday – 9/2</p>
<p>Leave Las Vegas around 10:00AM</p>
<p>Arrived in Reno, NV at 6:00PM</p>
<p>Drive to Reno for the night</p>
<p>Along the way stop:</p>
<p>Rachel, NV via Extraterrestrial Highway ~ 12:30PM</p>
<p>Total Miles/Time: 499/8 Hrs</p>
<p>Hotel Info:</p>
<p>Budget: $100</p>
<p>Actually: 29.00 (-71.00)</p>
<p>Name & Location: Sands Regency Hotel & Casino</p>
<p>Tuesday – 9/3</p>
<p>Leave Reno around 11:00AM</p>
<p>Arrived in San Francisco at 3:00PM</p>
<p>Drive to San Francisco for the night</p>
<p>Along the way stop:</p>
<p>Oakland A’s Game vs Rangers ~ 7:00PM</p>
<p>Total Miles/Time: 219/3.5 Hrs</p>
<p>Hotel Info:</p>
<p>Budget: $100</p>
<p>Actually:</p>
<p>Name & Location:</p>
<p>Wednesday – 9/4</p>
<p>Leave San Francisco around 10:00AM</p>
<p>Arrived in Buellton, CA at 2:30PM</p>
<p>Drive to Buellton, CA for the night</p>
<p>Along the way stop:</p>
<p>Some sites, including the Wind Mill Inn from Side Ways</p>
<p>The Hitching Post II from the Movie Sideways for Dinner ~ 7:00PM</p>
<p>Total Miles/Time: 281/4.5 Hrs</p>
<p>Hotel Info:</p>
<p>Budget: $100</p>
<p>Actually:</p>
<p>Name & Location:</p>
<p>Thursday – 9/5</p>
<p>Leave Buellton, CA around 10:00AM</p>
<p>Arrived in San Francisco at 2:30PM</p>
<p>Drive to San Francisco for the night</p>
<p>Along the way stop:</p>
<p>Drive Cabrillo Highway north</p>
<p>San Francisco Giants game vs D Backs ~ 7:10PM</p>
<p>Total Miles/Time: 316/5.5 Hrs</p>
<p>Hotel Info:</p>
<p>Budget: $100</p>
<p>Actually:</p>
<p>Name & Location:</p>
<p>Friday – 9/6</p>
<p>Leave San Francisco around 8:00AM</p>
<p>Arrived in Portland, OR at 6:00PM</p>
<p>Drive to Portland for the night</p>
<p>Along the way stop:</p>
<p>Total Miles/Time:636/10 Hrs</p>
<p>Hotel Info:</p>
<p>Budget: $100</p>
<p>Actually:</p>
<p>Name & Location:</p>
<p>Saturday – 9/7</p>
<p>Leave Portland around 10:00AM</p>
<p>Arrived in Seattle at 12:30PM</p>
<p>Drive to Seattle for the night</p>
<p>Along the way stop:</p>
<p>Seattle Mariners game vs Rays ~ 6:10PM</p>
<p>Total Miles/Time:173/3 Hrs</p>
<p>Hotel Info:</p>
<p>Budget: $100</p>
<p>Actually:</p>
<p>Name & Location:</p>
<p>Sunday – 9/8</p>
<p>Leave Seattle around 12:00PM</p>
<p>Arrived in Butte, MT at 8:30PM</p>
<p>Drive to Butte, MT for the night</p>
<p>Along the way stop:</p>
<p>Total Miles/Time:593/8.5 Hrs</p>
<p>Hotel Info:</p>
<p>Budget: $100</p>
<p>Actually:</p>
<p>Name & Location:</p>
<p>Monday – 9/9</p>
<p>Leave Butte, MT around 9:00AM</p>
<p>Arrived in Salt Lake City at 4:30PM</p>
<p>Drive to Salt Lake City for the night</p>
<p>Along the way stop:</p>
<p>Yellow Stone National Park</p>
<p>Total Miles/Time:441/7 Hrs</p>
<p>Hotel Info:</p>
<p>Budget: $100</p>
<p>Actually:</p>
<p>Name & Location:</p>
<p>Tuesday – 9/9</p>
<p>Leave Salt Lake City around 10:00AM</p>
<p>Arrived in Rapid City, SD at 8:30PM</p>
<p>Drive to Rapid City for the night</p>
<p>Along the way stop:</p>
<p>Total Miles/Time:677/10 Hrs</p>
<p>Hotel Info:</p>
<p>Budget: $100</p>
<p>Actually:</p>
<p>Name & Location:</p>
<p>Tuesday – 9/9</p>
<p>Leave Rapid City, SD around 10:00AM</p>
<p>Arrived in Rapid City, SD at 8:30PM</p>
<p>Drive to Rapid City for the night</p>
<p>Along the way stop:</p>
<p>Mt. Rushmore ~10:30AM</p>
<p>Total Miles/Time:400/7 Hrs</p>
<p>Leave Denver at 11:25PM</p>
<p>Arrived in Boston at 5:01AM</p>
<p>Arty 84</p>
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<p>@DjArty84</p>Inside Shea Stadium – Arty 84 Baseball Park Reviews #2tag:www.ballparkchasers.com,2013-04-30:1681163:BlogPost:1414602013-04-30T19:47:23.000ZArty Ocho-Cuatrohttps://www.ballparkchasers.com/profile/ArtyOchoCuatro
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<p>Inside <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.7555555556,-73.8480555556&spn=0.01,0.01&q=40.7555555556,-73.8480555556%20%28Shea%20Stadium%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_parent" title="Shea Stadium">Shea Stadium</a> – Arty 84…</p>
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<p>Inside <a class="zem_slink" title="Shea Stadium" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.7555555556,-73.8480555556&spn=0.01,0.01&q=40.7555555556,-73.8480555556%20%28Shea%20Stadium%29&t=h" target="_parent" rel="geolocation">Shea Stadium</a> – Arty 84 <a class="zem_slink" title="Baseball park" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_park" target="_parent" rel="wikipedia">Baseball Park</a> Reviews</p>
<p>By Arty 84</p>
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<p>Stadium Name: Shea Stadium</p>
<p>Team: <a class="zem_slink" title="New York Mets" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mets" target="_parent" rel="wikipedia">New York Mets</a></p>
<p>League: MLB – <a class="zem_slink" title="National League East" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League_East" target="_parent" rel="wikipedia">National League East</a><br/>First Date Visited: 2004<br/>Opposing Team: <a class="zem_slink" title="Los Angeles Dodgers" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" target="_parent" rel="wikipedia">LA Dodgers</a><br/>Date Opened: 1964<br/>Date Closed: 2008<br/>Overall Rating: (1-10) 4<br/>Notable Award: Closes seats to heaven. So high in the air you can see faces in the planes windows</p>
<p>The Shea known for the Beatles concert on their last US tour and stadium in the middle of nowhere. Went to this stadium even before I had a plan to see all the stadiums in the MLB. An ex girl friend of mine live in Southern Conn, and I had always liked the Mets as a National League team, so one saturday in July we decided to go check out a game. Now this was my first time going to a stadium that wasnt my home town team so it was a little interesting.First off, it takes a good 45 mins on a crowded 7 train to get there, and if its the summer you better hope its a newer 7 train, because I have been on some that had no AC and the people were packed in like cattle going to the slaughter house. One you get there, everyone funneled off the train and if there was a tennis match going on at Art Ash, which there was, the crowd goes from 30K to about 50K.Shea was a conceptional stadium that many teams adopted in the 60s. It was the idea of the <a class="zem_slink" title="Multi-purpose stadium" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-purpose_stadium" target="_parent" rel="wikipedia">concrete donut</a> stadium that would be multi purposed. Cities such as St. Louis, Oakland, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh all developed these ideas. These were usually round shaped stadiums all concrete with very little architectural design to them. They were plain, boring and had no characteristics like the old ball parks did. They were cold feeling BUT very loud since the sound bounced so good off the walls.When Shea was first designed, it was to be a 80K to 100K person stadium and was going to be a complete donut of seats all around. At some point during design and construction they felt it may be to big and decided to stop the stands at the foul poles and throw some bleacher seats out in center field to fill in the space.</p>
<p>For years before moving to New Jersey, the <a class="zem_slink" title="New York Jets" href="http://www.newyorkjets.com" target="_parent" rel="homepage">NY Jets</a> used Shea as their home field. Jets got their name from the low flying planes going to <a class="zem_slink" title="LaGuardia Airport" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.77725,-73.8726111111&spn=0.03,0.03&q=40.77725,-73.8726111111%20%28LaGuardia%20Airport%29&t=h" target="_parent" rel="geolocation">Laguardia Airport</a>. The Yankees even played at Shea in the mid 70s while two year renovation of Yankee Stadium was being done. Dont get me wrong, their is a lot of history at this place. Buckners game 6 ball under the legs, the miracle mets of 69. The Mets won 3 world series at Shea and I have to say I was a little sad when I went back years later and discovered that its now a parking lot.There was no pre or post game stuff to do around there. They has a little fan fest thing before you walked in but thats it. I miss taking the 10 story escalator ride to near heaven and checking out the view of long island and the burrows of <a class="zem_slink" title="New York City" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.6641666667,-73.9386111111&spn=0.1,0.1&q=40.6641666667,-73.9386111111%20%28New%20York%20City%29&t=h" target="_parent" rel="geolocation">NYC</a> from the last row of the Orange seats. I once waved to a family who was looking out of the window of an airplane and was able to read the mothers lips as she mouthed me her number, memories.The food was average there, nothing to special. Hot dogs, chicken fingers and ice cream all over priced. The beer was average priced. It always made me wonder why they trusted us with aluminum bottles. Those could of been used as a weapon. And Ill remember how steep the stands were and the more you drank, the more you felt like you were going to fall over. I remember going down on my hands and crawling up the stands. They had to be at a 45 degree angle.Now Shea is gone, and just as well, it was a terrible baseball park. It was suitable for what it needed to be used for, and Im sure hardcore Mets fans miss it, but <a class="zem_slink" title="Citi Field" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.7569444444,-73.8458333333&spn=0.01,0.01&q=40.7569444444,-73.8458333333%20%28Citi%20Field%29&t=h" target="_parent" rel="geolocation">Citi Field</a> is a much better baseball park. Now all Queens has to do is build some bars and restaurants around the stadium and we could really make Mets games an all day event!</p>
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<p>@djarty84 on twitter</p>Inside Fenway Park – Arty 84 Baseball Park Reviews #1tag:www.ballparkchasers.com,2013-04-30:1681163:BlogPost:1411222013-04-30T19:20:20.000ZArty Ocho-Cuatrohttps://www.ballparkchasers.com/profile/ArtyOchoCuatro
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2203021795?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" height="316" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2203021795?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="595"></img></a></p>
<p>Inside <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.4452777778,-112.066944444&spn=0.01,0.01&q=33.4452777778,-112.066944444%20%28Chase%20Field%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_parent" title="Chase Field">Fenway Park</a> – Arty 84 Baseball Park Reviews</p>
<p>By Arty 84</p>
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<p>Inside <a title="Chase Field" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.4452777778,-112.066944444&spn=0.01,0.01&q=33.4452777778,-112.066944444%20%28Chase%20Field%29&t=h" target="_parent" rel="geolocation">Fenway Park</a> – Arty 84 Baseball Park Reviews</p>
<p>By Arty 84</p>
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<p>Stadium Name: Fenway Park</p>
<p>Team: <a title="Boston Red Sox" href="http://www.redsox.com/" target="_parent" rel="homepage">Boston Red Sox</a></p>
<p>League: <a title="Major League Baseball" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/index.jsp" target="_parent" rel="homepage">MLB</a> – <a title="American League East" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_League_East" target="_parent" rel="wikipedia">American League East</a><br/> First Date Visited: 1988<br/> Opposing Team: <a title="Nucleus ambiguus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleus_ambiguus" target="_parent" rel="wikipedia">NA</a><br/> Date Opened: 1912<br/> Date Closed: NA<br/> Overall Rating: (1-10) 8<br/> Notable Award: The most obstructive views in Baseball & Some of the best fans in the league</p>
<p>Growing up 10 miles north of <a title="Boston" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.3580555556,-71.0636111111&spn=0.1,0.1&q=42.3580555556,-71.0636111111%20%28Boston%29&t=h" target="_parent" rel="geolocation">Boston</a> makes me a little bias for this review but the Red Sox will always be my number team. I remember being a kid and getting all excited walking into the stadium. The stadium is just part of the experience. The green line train ride there, grabbing some food before the game and walking around the stadium before the game checking out the sites is what makes Fenway, Fenway. I remember being a young guy and hearing all talk about ripping down Fenway and building a new stadium and as a kid that made me sad. I seen the Boston Garden come and go and it was like a piece of my childhood was gone forever. I remember going to the game with my dad back in October of 1993. The Sox were out of the playoff run and we must of just got tickets for free. We took the train in and I remember just walking up the ramp and seeing the green monster and green grass. When you 8 years old, that means everything to you.</p>
<p>My first game was when I was 4 years old. I was with my mom, aunt and grandfather. we sat 3 rows back behind the owners box. It was a rainy night, the ushers kept kicking people out from the unused owners seats in front of me. Every time an umbrella was opened, the usher where on it. I dont know how i remember this at 28 but the image is clear as day. I remember every time I had been to that stadium and we are talking over 100 times in the last 24 years. It is a great place and I have great memories there. It will always be number 1 for favorite stadiums for me.</p>
<p>The Fenway area of Boston is a great place to go before, after and when games are not even going on. Over the years such places as Cask, Beer Works and Copperfields have been hangouts in the Neighborhood. With several colleges surround Fenway, the crowds are usually younger, but dont be surprised if you see some grandmothers banging back shots at the bar before the game.</p>
<p>Getting to the game is fairly easy, jump on the <a title="Green Line (MBTA)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Line_%28MBTA%29" target="_parent" rel="wikipedia">Green Line</a>, any train but the E train and get off at <a title="Kenmore Square" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.348712,-71.095619&spn=0.1,0.1&q=42.348712,-71.095619%20%28Kenmore%20Square%29&t=h" target="_parent" rel="geolocation">Kenmore</a>. DONE. But if you do end up on the E line, get off at Northeastern and its about a 20 minute walk through the Fens Park, but just dont do it at night, unless you want to hang out with the large amount of homeless people living in the park or criminals looking to cause trouble or your occasional drunk college kid passed out on the path on his way back to his dorm.</p>
<p>If you have never been there, GO! its a great place to watch your favorite team play. Its part of American history. The <a title="Green Monster" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Monster" target="_parent" rel="wikipedia">Green monster</a>, manual score board, the 420 triangle or the <a title="Hot dog" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_dog" target="_parent" rel="wikipedia">Fenway frank</a> (the original was better) are things that make this stadium unique. See it before the Sox dont play there anymore and if you need any advice feel free to reach out to me.</p>
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<p>Inside <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.4452777778,-112.066944444&spn=0.01,0.01&q=33.4452777778,-112.066944444%20%28Chase%20Field%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_parent" title="Chase Field">Chase Field</a> – Arty 84 Baseball Park Reviews</p>
<p>By Arty 84</p>
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<p>Inside <a class="zem_slink" title="Chase Field" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.4452777778,-112.066944444&spn=0.01,0.01&q=33.4452777778,-112.066944444%20%28Chase%20Field%29&t=h" target="_parent" rel="geolocation">Chase Field</a> – Arty 84 Baseball Park Reviews</p>
<p>By Arty 84</p>
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<p>Stadium Name: Chase Field</p>
<p>Team: <a class="zem_slink" title="Arizona Diamondbacks" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Diamondbacks" target="_parent" rel="wikipedia">Arizona Diamondbacks</a></p>
<p>League: <a class="zem_slink" title="Major League Baseball" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/index.jsp" target="_parent" rel="homepage">MLB</a> – <a class="zem_slink" title="National League West" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League_West" target="_parent" rel="wikipedia">National League West</a><br/> First Date Visited: 2011<br/> Opposing Team: <a class="zem_slink" title="Cleveland Indians" href="http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/cle/homepage/cle_homepage.jsp" target="_parent" rel="homepage">Cleveland Indians</a><br/> Date Opened: 1998<br/> Date Closed: <a class="zem_slink" title="Nucleus ambiguus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleus_ambiguus" target="_parent" rel="wikipedia">NA</a><br/> Overall Rating: (1-10) 7<br/> Notable Award: First <a class="zem_slink" title="Retractable roof" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retractable_roof" target="_parent" rel="wikipedia">retractable roof stadium</a> in the US</p>
<p>Chase field in phx was built late 1990s. Still looks brand new. Was the first retractable roof stadium in the <a class="zem_slink" title="United States" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667%20%28United%20States%29&t=h" target="_parent" rel="geolocation">USA</a>. In downtown phx and easy to get to with plenty of parking.</p>
<p>It’s a batters park with very little foul ground. Deepest point is 413 with mostly a 10 foot wall but in center it’s about 30 feet to the yellow line.</p>
<p>It’s an alright turnout. About 50% roof was closes because at game time it was 111 degrees out.</p>
<p>There is a hot tub pool in right center and a <a class="zem_slink" title="Fridays (TV series)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridays_%28TV_series%29" target="_parent" rel="wikipedia">Fridays</a> rest porch over left. Watch the game and eat at Fridays pretty cool. Similar to <a class="zem_slink" title="Toronto" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=43.7,-79.4&spn=0.1,0.1&q=43.7,-79.4%20%28Toronto%29&t=h" target="_parent" rel="geolocation">Toronto</a> with the hard rock or Pittsburgh with the outback.</p>
<p>Nice place to watch a game. Nice views. Prices are below average. Only 12 to park and they had shot glasses here! For a retract roof stadium it’s not bad. The design of the roof is very much like housings but the side walls do not open</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2203022156?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" height="346" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2203022156?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="610"></img></a></p>
<p>Inside <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.8002777778,-117.882777778&spn=0.01,0.01&q=33.8002777778,-117.882777778%20%28Angel%20Stadium%20of%20Anaheim%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Angel Stadium of Anaheim">Angel Stadium</a> –…</p>
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<p>Inside <a class="zem_slink" title="Angel Stadium of Anaheim" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.8002777778,-117.882777778&spn=0.01,0.01&q=33.8002777778,-117.882777778%20%28Angel%20Stadium%20of%20Anaheim%29&t=h" target="_blank" rel="geolocation">Angel Stadium</a> – <a class="zem_slink" title="Arty (musician)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arty_%28musician%29" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">Arty</a> 84 <a class="zem_slink" title="Baseball park" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_park" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">Baseball Park</a> Reviews</p>
<p>By Arty 84</p>
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<p>Stadium Name: Angel Stadium</p>
<p>Team: <a class="zem_slink" title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="http://twitter.com/angels" target="_blank" rel="twitter">LA Angels</a></p>
<p>League: <a class="zem_slink" title="Major League Baseball" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/index.jsp" target="_blank" rel="homepage">MLB</a> – <a class="zem_slink" title="American League West" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_League_West" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">American League West</a><br/> First Date Visited: 2011<br/>
Opposing Team: <a class="zem_slink" title="Washington Nationals" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Nationals" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">Washington Nationals</a><br/>
Date Opened: 1966<br/>
Date Closed: NA<br/>
Overall Rating: (1-10) 5<br/>
Notable Award: cool little rock water fountain in <a class="zem_slink" title="Center fielder" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_fielder" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">center field</a> and a large old school A in the parking lot</p>
<p>4th oldest active ball park in the majors. Built in 1964 but fully renovated in 1998. For an old stadium has a late 90s early 2000 feel in it’s architecture. Very clean and very kept up.</p>
<p>Very Disney like. You can tell they once owned them with the giant angel a in the parking lot and the 2 large angel hats when you walk in.</p>
<p>Center field has a cool rocky waterfall. The stadium although is a standard shape and layout the architectural aspects give it an uniqueness. It’s all small park made nicely for batters. Deepest fence is a little more than 400 feet. The fence height ranges from 10 to about 20 feet.</p>
<p>The stadiums main color is a dark green. Over right field stands there is a large modern big screen. There is also a smaller one over left field. The stadium is very easy to get around. The 2 large ramps to the upper deck work very well. Parking is very east also very little grid lock getting into the game. Although the city of anahiem doesn’t do a very good job with marking the stadiums exit with a sign in the highway.</p>
<p>Parking is 10 dollars and merch beer and food prices are about average in the majors.</p>
<p>Stadium views arnt bad. Mountains in centerfield but it’s kind of blocked by buildings and the highway</p>
<p>There really isn’t anywhere to go after the game. It’s a tailgate park. And public transportation doesn’t look like it exist to here.</p>
<p>The backstop like <a class="zem_slink" title="Dodger Stadium" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.0736111111,-118.24&spn=0.01,0.01&q=34.0736111111,-118.24%20%28Dodger%20Stadium%29&t=h" target="_blank" rel="geolocation">dodgers stadium</a> is see through and has seats located there. Fan base is pretty good. For a Monday it’s about 75% filled.</p>
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<p>Inside Dodger Stadium – Arty 84 Baseball Park Reviews</p>
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<p>Stadium Name: Dodger Stadium</p>
<p>Team: LA…</p>
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<p>Inside Dodger Stadium – Arty 84 Baseball Park Reviews</p>
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<p>Stadium Name: Dodger Stadium</p>
<p>Team: LA Dodgers</p>
<p>League: MLB – National League West<br/> First Date Visited: 2011<br/>
Opposing Team: LA Angels<br/>
Date Opened: 1962<br/>
Date Closed: NA<br/>
Overall Rating: (1-10) 4<br/>
Notable Award: The best views in baseball.</p>
<p>Built in 1962. The 3rd oldest active MLB ball park and it looks it much of it doesn’t appear to have been updates in a while. Certain parts of the stadium are unaccessable from<br/> Other parks. Different exits and entrances. The out field setup looks exactly like the old Shea stadium. Stands in right and left with nothing but a giant blacked off area in center. Old fashion 70s style scoreboard in right field with a newer post 2000 big screen in left. Ease of keeping track of the score and inning very easy. Stadium built in the side of the hill like an amputheather. A def batters park. Deepest fence is 395 with about a 10 foot fence around the whole outfield.</p>
<p>Men’s room still has trorths like fenway had</p>
<p>A pain to get to. Traffic is terrible on a Sunday can only imaging a week day night. No sign of efficient public transportation. Very large parking lot thought</p>
<p>Nicest views in baseball. Great views of the Hollywood hills, downtown la and the mountains in the background. 2nd is coors field in Denver.</p>
<p>Fans for a Sunday not a lot considering it’s a freeway series vs the angles.</p>
<p>60s contemporary architecture to a minimum. Still holds the esseants of the old concrete donut designs. Very little shady areas. The hot la summer sun makes a day game difficult to sit all the way through.</p>
<p>Parking is 15 and can get up to 35. Ran out of shot glasses!! Wth had to get a baseball instead. Need to order a shot glass online.</p>
<p>After game life? None. In a rough neighborhood on the side of a hill on a side of a freeway. Like the royals rangers and marlins stadium you show up an then you leave not much in walking distance.</p>
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<p>Stadium Name: Petco Park</p>
<p>Team: San Diego Padres</p>
<p>League: MLB - National League West<br></br>First Date Visited: 2011<br></br>Opposing Team: Atlanta Braves<br></br>Date Opened: 2004<br></br>Date Closed: NA<br></br>Overall Rating: (1-10) 9<br></br>Notable Award: Old school baseball park feel, in a new school building</p>
<p>Old historic building in left field. Build around it and…</p>
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<p>Stadium Name: Petco Park</p>
<p>Team: San Diego Padres</p>
<p>League: MLB - National League West<br/>First Date Visited: 2011<br/>Opposing Team: Atlanta Braves<br/>Date Opened: 2004<br/>Date Closed: NA<br/>Overall Rating: (1-10) 9<br/>Notable Award: Old school baseball park feel, in a new school building</p>
<p>Old historic building in left field. Build around it and incorporated it into the design. Easy to navigate through. Nice little downtown feel with a public park allow patrends to watch the game for free. A little baseball diamond is also there for the kids. A nice deisgn with very few blind spots. Circulation is easy to use. Odd think is they seemed to take the away teams bullpen an move it to the right field foul space in stead of where I think it should be to the right of center field. Instead that space is a beach pit. Awesome view of the city. Large fan base. Nice use of the ivory throughout the park on the walls and walking bridges.</p>
<p>The ease of getting to the stadium is fair. A trollie stop will take you to the front door but they run very slow and not often. Parking can be as low as 10 dollars. As moat stadiums traffic can be am issue before and after the games.</p>
<p>Basic pizza and bar def was a great place to eat.</p>
<p>I stayed in la jolla an upscale beach community. Beautiful view of the pacific ocean.</p>