View Full Version : Anyone ever been to a baseball game in Dodger's Stadium
Hesetmefree238
03-23-2007, 08:56 PM
I am going to be making a trip to LA to visit family in late April. My brother wants to take us to see a baseball game between the Dodgers and Giants at
Dodger stadium. Any of you ever been to a game there?
Arphaxad
03-23-2007, 09:55 PM
I am going to be making a trip to LA to visit family in late April. My brother wants to take us to see a baseball game between the Dodgers and Giants at
Dodger stadium. Any of you ever been to a game there?
I went a couple years ago, they beat the Diamondbacks. Better bring plenty of money, the food prices are outragous.
ARPH
Steve Epley
03-23-2007, 10:02 PM
Would you believe........................................... .............????????
NOPE!:tiphat
ReformedDave
03-23-2007, 10:15 PM
I am going to be making a trip to LA to visit family in late April. My brother wants to take us to see a baseball game between the Dodgers and Giants at
Dodger stadium. Any of you ever been to a game there?
Come a little south and see the national league west champs in a much nicer park.
Monkeyman
03-23-2007, 10:22 PM
Been there MANY times. Our family always made a few games every season. My dad took me to the 78...77?? World series against the Yankees. Sat in the cheap seats! Went to the last game the year that they set a record for four players hitting 30 dingers in a season. Dusty Baker hit his 30th on the last game of that year.
They have made some great upgrades to this CLASSSIC baseball stadium.
Here are a few tips.
1. Have sunscreen ready.
2. Eat a Dodger Dog.
3. Take a radio wiith you to listen to Vin Scully call the game, wow!
4. Leave the game early to beat the crazy traffic, he he!
Monkeyman
03-23-2007, 10:24 PM
Come a little south and see the national league west champs in a much nicer park.sacrilegious..you can never beat a classic, yes you have a great stadium and a decent team but you will NEVER have OUR history...EVER!:ignore :ignore
Monkeyman
03-23-2007, 10:26 PM
I forgot the most important...Number 5. Do NOT root for the giants upon fear for your life!!!
ReformedDave
03-23-2007, 10:29 PM
sacrilegious..you can never beat a classic, yes you have a great stadium and a decent team but you will NEVER have OUR history...EVER!:ignore :ignore
Take a deep breath and finish your coffee. Is Scully still doing all the games or has he cut back?
Jerry Coleman only does about a third of them.
Monkeyman
03-23-2007, 11:02 PM
Take a deep breath and finish your coffee. Is Scully still doing all the games or has he cut back?
Jerry Coleman only does about a third of them.
He he he, funny.
I heard he has cut down. John Miller the ESPN guy does the best impression of scully that I have ever heard!
I would listen to scully read the yellow pages!!!
I believe that the only sport God sanctions is football so I have only been to one professional baseball game and that was to watch the Cubs at Wrigley field.
The Kid
03-24-2007, 12:29 AM
I believe that the only sport God sanctions is football so I have only been to one professional baseball game and that was to watch the Cubs at Wrigley field.
Now you are getting close to blasphemy my friend...just take a walk through memorial park at Yankee Stadium and I promise you you will not leave there the same person as you walked in...it was a religious experience for me then to watch a game there...wow!
I bean to...
Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Fenway
Veterans Stadium
Wrigley Field
Dodger Stadium
Coors Field (of course)
PacBell Park
Oakland's dog-patch
BOB (Bank One Ball park)
Candlestick Park
The Lord inspired the invention of baseball!
Now you are getting close to blasphemy my friend...just take a walk through memorial park at Yankee Stadium and I promise you you will not leave there the same person as you walked in...it was a religious experience for me then to watch a game there...wow!
I bean to...
Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Fenway
Veterans Stadium
Wrigley Field
Dodger Stadium
Coors Field (of course)
PacBell Park
Oakland's dog-patch
BOB (Bank One Ball park)
Candlestick Park
The Lord inspired the invention of baseball!
This explains your rebellion against the UPC!!!! You are possessed by a baseball demon. It's name is probably "Rawlings":slaphappy :toofunny
freeatlast
03-24-2007, 01:56 PM
This explains your rebellion against the UPC!!!! You are possessed by a baseball demon. It's name is probably "Rawlings":slaphappy :toofunny
Baseball stadiums ..with sinners all around...organized sports..Oh my..
I thought this was an Apostolic Forum. :slaphappy
stmatthew
03-24-2007, 02:08 PM
Baseball stadiums ..with sinners all around...organized sports..Oh my..
I thought this was an Apostolic Forum. :slaphappy
Well, I compromised and went to a Braves game last year because I had free tickets. Other than the guys setting in the bleachers in front of us that were probably drunk before they got there, and drank like fish through about 4-5 innings before disappearing never to return, and having to smell the stench of their beer, it was a good time.
Needless to say, it was the only baseball game I will ever attend.
Hesetmefree238
03-24-2007, 02:11 PM
Thanks for all of the info guys. I've been to a couple of major league games in my life, but I live a long way from California, so have never been to a game
there. My brother is a big Dodgers fan. He lives in Riverside, CA. We all like
sports, so we thought it would be a fun thing to do while on vacation.
As for attending sporting events and being in the UPC, I think in my district it would be fair to say that sports are not preached against by very many preachers. I know a lot of pastors that occassionally attend. The first time I attended a game (college football at Neyland stadium) I felt a little uncomfortable because when I first got in church it was still frowned upon, however once I went to the game, I realized that I was setting beside the same people that we would see in a restaraunt or Wal Mart for that matter,
and I have had a clear conscience about it every since.
freeatlast
03-24-2007, 02:12 PM
Well, I compromised and went to a Braves game last year because I had free tickets. Other than the guys setting in the bleachers in front of us that were probably drunk before they got there, and drank like fish through about 4-5 innings before disappearing never to return, and having to smell the stench of their beer, it was a good time.
Needless to say, it was the only baseball game I will ever attend.
I've only been to one minor league game..it was much tamer than you describe.
I've turned down free tickets to the Iowa Hawkeyes FB games the last two years.
Not a spiritual conviction..I just don't like crowds.
To sit amidst a bunch like you endured, smokin' drinkin' and a yellin' would not have been to my liking either.
stmatthew
03-24-2007, 02:15 PM
I've only been to one minor league game..it was much tamer than you describe.
I've turned down free tickets to the Iowa Hawkeyes FB games the last two years.
Not a spiritual conviction..I just don't like crowds.
To sit amidst a bunch like you endured, smokin' drinkin' and a yellin' would not have been to my liking either.
We were in a section that only had us and these ruffians. After they left, we had about 20 rows of empty seats in front of us, and I had a nice time with my family. It was that 4 or so innings that put the blot on it. I still wonder if my wife prayed until they left. :toofunny
freeatlast
03-24-2007, 02:19 PM
We were in a section that only had us and these ruffians. After they left, we had about 20 rows of empty seats in front of us, and I had a nice time with my family. It was that 4 or so innings that put the blot on it. I still wonder if my wife prayed until they left. :toofunny
Stay way from Hockey games then.
I went a cpl years ago.
WOW !! those fans really get wound up. And the guests from the visiting teams are not on one side. They sit amongst the home team fans. I thihgt a fight was gonna break out a cpl times.
Thought I was gonna need Acts 2:38 to get out of their alive.
(ACTS 2 :38)That's an Axe and couple 38's:neener
ReformedDave
03-24-2007, 03:21 PM
I'll be in Cooperstown at the induction of #19 Tony Gwynn into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Monkeyman
03-24-2007, 05:32 PM
Now you are getting close to blasphemy my friend...just take a walk through memorial park at Yankee Stadium and I promise you you will not leave there the same person as you walked in...it was a religious experience for me then to watch a game there...wow!
I bean to...
Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Fenway
Veterans Stadium
Wrigley Field
Dodger Stadium
Coors Field (of course)
PacBell Park
Oakland's dog-patch
BOB (Bank One Ball park)
Candlestick Park
The Lord inspired the invention of baseball!
Whew, I feel a jealous spirit coming on! He he j/k.
Been to Yankee, Fenway, Candlestick, Kansas City, Oakland, DODGER, the old San Diego stadium, Shea, Toronto, Pittsburgh, hmmm, me thinks that be all.
Monkeyman
03-24-2007, 05:32 PM
I'll be in Cooperstown at the induction of #19 Tony Gwynn into the Baseball Hall of Fame.The best padre and hitter I have ever seen!!!
The best padre and hitter I have ever seen!!!
Pure Hitters that I've seen
Gwynn is 1A .... Carew is 1 ...
Boggs and Mattingly tied for 2cd ....
of course ... among the most immortal pure hitter is Ted Williams
ReformedDave
03-24-2007, 05:47 PM
of course ... among the most immortal pure hitter is Ted Williams
And a mentor to Gwynn...of coarse TW had much more power but Tony is a much nicer guy.
And a mentor to Gwynn...of coarse TW had much more power but Tony is a much nicer guy.
Salivita ... what my Grandpa and my dad used to call Williams because he would spit in your face if he had to make his point ... was among of the best of the best ... his eyes were so good that he claimed to be able to see sparks that were generated by foul balls off his bat ....
Gwynn could flick a ball to left field at will .....
Honorable mentions to players of the last few decades must go out to Rose, Brett, Molitor, Murray
ReformedDave
03-24-2007, 07:29 PM
Salivita ... what my Grandpa and my dad used to call Williams because he would spit in your face if he had to make his point ... was among of the best of the best ... his eyes were so good that he claimed to be able to see sparks that were generated by foul balls off his bat ....
Gwynn could flick a ball to left field at will .....
Honorable mentions to players of the last few decades must go out to Rose, Brett, Molitor, Murray
Williams and Padre announcer Jerry Coleman were ace fighter pilots in the Korean 'conflict'.
Williams and Padre announcer Jerry Coleman were ace fighter pilots in the Korean 'conflict'.
I know ... his eyes and hand speed probably were factors ...
ReformedDave
03-24-2007, 07:33 PM
I know ... his eyes and hand speed probably were factors ...
Wasn't William's last at bat a homerun??
Yep ... and the last time he hit 400 .... I think he was given the opportunity to sit down by his manager ... because he was borderline .... and refuse and went something like 4 for 5.
It's rumored that he was going to be dealt to the Yank for Joe Dimaggio.
ReformedDave
03-24-2007, 07:38 PM
Yep ... and the last time he hit 400 .... I think he was given the opportunity to sit down by his manager ... because he was borderline .... and refuse and went something like 4 for 5.
The year he hit .405, it was figured out if he played today, with the base-on-ball counted as a none at bat, Williams would have hit about .411! He was the best.
ReformedDave
03-24-2007, 07:39 PM
It's rumored that he was going to be dealt to the Yank for Joe Dimaggio.
Now there's a legend!!!!!! Coleman idolized him.
The year he hit .405, it was figured out if he played today, with the base-on-ball counted as a none at bat, Williams would have hit about .411! He was the best.
Pure hitter ... yeah. Even if he's a RedSox.
ReformedDave
03-24-2007, 07:41 PM
Pure hitter ... yeah. Even if he's a RedSox.
Not bad power numbers too. Especially when one realises that the war took him in his prime.
Not bad power numbers too. Especially when one realises that the war took him in his prime.
His power numbers are also impressive ... the guy was simply an awesome hitter ....
ReformedDave
03-24-2007, 07:47 PM
His power numbers are also impressive ... the guy was simply an awesome hitter ....
How was he defensively? Gwynn was a gold glover several times. A very good rightfielder.
In his early years ... he struggled ... I think it delayed his being called up ... he was solid ... as a leftfielder ... overall
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