February 2010
Stadium Frames
Here’s a random, non-game-entry post for your Wednesday night.
You might have noticed from our blog that I like to take a lot of pictures, to visit a lot of stadiums, and to make things out of wood (usually baseball bats). Well, these three passions come together on the wall of my home office. Last season, I made 5″ x 7″ frames to display pictures from the 9 stadiums Tim and I had visited together to that point. (FYI, that includes Safeco Field, Camden Yards, Citizens Bank Park, Yankee Stadium (1923), Great American Ball Park, Progressive Field, PNC Park, Shea Stadium and Chase Field).
Well, last weekend, I finally updated my wall through the 2009 season (click to enlarge picture):
If you click on the picture, you will see that I added frames for the 9 new stadiums Tim and I visited in 2009: Citi Field, Nationals Park, Yankees Stadium (2009), Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, H.H.H. Metrodome, Miller Park, U.S. Cellular Field, and Rogers Centre.
By the way, all of the links take you to the game entries that correspond with the framed pictures.
Also, I guess I should mention two more things: In the 8″ x 10″ picture of Tim just left of center, Tim is standing in Rittenhouse Square in Center City Philadelphia, just before his first game at Citizens Bank Park (his second game of his life).
In the 8″ x 10″ picture just right of center, that is Ken Griffey, Jr. holding a sign that says “Hi Todd.” My mom had him pose for that picture on his first day of Spring Training in 2008 (literally, his first day back in a Mariners uniform) and my folks gave it to me for my birthday.
Its good to finally be caught up with my frames. However, soon the 2010 season will start and we are set to add Dodger Stadium, Angel Stadium Not of Los Angeles, Petco Park, AT&T Park and the Oakland-Alameda County Colesium. And, I’d really like to get to Comerica Park, but right now it is a long shot for 2010.
C&S’s National League Stadium Panoramas
Its time to turn our panoramic attention toward the National League.
Scroll down to find: Chase Field, Great American Ball Park, Wrigley Field, PNC Park, Miller Park, Citizens Bank Park, Citi Field, Shea Stadium, and Nationals Park.
Coming later in 2010: AT&T Park, Dodger Stadium, Petco Park and more of many of the above.
N.L. West
Chase Field – Arizona Diamondbacks
(1998-present)
Chase Field section 115 (left) and section 114 (right):
Coming 2009:
Dodger Stadium – Los Angeles Dodgers (1962-present)
AT&T Park – San Francisco Giants (2000-present)
Petco Park – San Diego Padres (2004-present)
N.L. Central
Wrigley Field – Chicago Cubs
(1914-present)
Wrigley Field section 422 (approximately):
Wrigley Field from outside player parking lot (right field corner – North Clark Street):
Wrigley Field inner concourse below center field bleachers:
Wrigley Field bleachers section 342:
Wrigley Field from main cross aisle between section 135 (front) and section 235 (behind):
Wrigley Field from main cross aisle between section 438 (front) and section 538 (behind):
Wrigley Field from main cross aisle between section 404 (front) and section 504 (behind):
Wrigley Field section section 235, Row 11, Seat 4 (obstructed view of second base):
Wrigley Field section 226, approximately row 20 (obstructed view of pitchers mound):
Wrigley Field from small cross aisle between section 19 (front) and section 118 (behind):
Wrigley Field section 101 and section 102 (front row):
Great American Ball Park – Cinncinati Reds
(2003-present)
Great American Ball Park section 140, row Z:
PNC Park – Pittsburgh Pirates
(2001-present)
PNC Park from atop the standing area spiral concourse:
PNC Park section 302 (approximately)
Miller Park – Milwaukee Brewers
(2001-present)
Miller Park section 422:
Miller Park section 104, row 9, seats 21-22 (aisle seats - obstructed view of outfield):
Miller Park section 438:
Miller Park section 416:
Miller Park section 404:
Miller Park section 202:
Miller Park section 236:
Miller Park section 120 (front row):
Miller Park section 124:
N.L. East
Citizens Bank Park – Philadelphia Phillies
(2004-present)
Citizens Bank Park section 421 (left) and section 420 (right):
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Citizens Bank Park section 423:
Citizens Bank Park SRO counter between sections 138 (left) and section 137 (right):
Citizens Bank Park section 344 (standing room counter behind back row):
Citizens Bank Park section 204 in day light (standing room behind back row):
Citizens Bank Park section 122 (SRO counter behind back row):
Citizens Bank Park section 130 (SRO behind back row):
Citizens Bank Park section 107 (SRO counter behind back row):
Citizens Bank Park section 140 (SRO counter behind back row):
Citizens Bank Park section 118 (front row):
Citizens Bank Park section 112 (SRO behind back row):
Citizens Bank Park scoreboard and Philadelphia from LF 300-level foul concourse: 
Citizens Bank Park section 344 at evening (standing room counter behind back row):.
Citizens Bank Park Ashburn Alley from base of Richie Ashburn statue:
Citizens Bank Park from rooftop walkway above Ashburn Alley (night):
Citzens Bank Park from deep RCF rooftop deck above Ashburn Alley:
Citizens Bank Park section 1 (front row):
Citizens Bank Park from concourse behind section 211:
Citizens Bank Park panoramic view of bullpens from section 101:
Citizens Bank Park suite 55:
Citizens Bank Park section 235, row 9:
Citizens Bank Park section 130, row 8, seat 1:
Citizens Bank Park from center field rooftop deck (day light):
Citi Field – New York Mets
(2009-present)
Citi Field from Willets Point subway platform (7-Train):
Citi Field section 15 in the Sterling Club seats:
Citi Field section 339 (concourse) view toward scoreboard and kids’ play area:
Citi Field section 339 (back row on CF aisle):
Citi Field – upper deck concourse (behind home plate and above Rotunda):
Citi Field section 514:
Citi Field concourse behind section 404 (approximately):
Citi Field section 501 (back row on aisle):
Citi Field section 305 (back row on aisle) Pepsi Porch:
Citi Field section 301 (second row) Pepsi Porch:
Citi Field walkway to Pepsi Porch:
Citi Field section 122:
Citi Field section 121 (front row):
Citi Field section 130 & section 131 (front row):
Citi Field section 12 (left) and section 11(right) in the Sterling Club seats:
Citi Field from aisle between section 121 (left) and Sterling Club seats (right):
Citi Field section 526 row 9 seats 14-15:
Citi Field section 127 (standing room in concourse behind back row of seats):
Citi Field section 114 (standing room concourse behind back row of seats):
Shea Stadium – New York Mets
(1964-2008)
Shea Stadium upper reserve section 10, row M, seat 7:
Shea Stadium mezzanine section 19, row A, seat 7:
Shea Stadium mezzanine section 19, row A, seat 7:
Shea Stadium section 165:
Shea Stadium exterior from south (walking toward 7-Train Platform on Roosevelt Ave.):
Shea Stadium section 215 (second row):
Nationals Park - Washington Nationals
(2008-present)
Nationals Park section 316:
Nationals Park section 101 (left) and section 102 (right):
Nationals Park section 113 (left) and section 114 (right):
Nationals Park bridge between section 221 (left) and section 223 (right):
Nationals Park between section 231 (left) and section 233 (right):
Nationals Park between section 242 (left) and 243 (right):
Nationals Park standing room area toward center behind section 143:
Nationals Park open area beyond CF fence (taken from kids play area):
Nationals Park from middle of ”Red Loft” (after game):
Nationals Park section 301 (back row):
Nationals Park section 134.
Nationals Park section 138:
Nationals Park section 201 (rain out of Randy Johnson’s scheduled 300th win game):
Nationals Park section 117 (left) and section 118 (right):
Nationals Park from center field side of the “Red Loft” (during game):
Nationals Park section 139 (handicap accessible seating behind back row):
Nationals Park standing room area between section 143 and the batters’ eye:
Nationals Park section 134 (handicapped accessible seating behind back row):
There you go. That is every NL panoramic ballpark view I have created and posted on our blog so far. I love doing these, so check back in the future and there will be some new panaramics mixed in with these one.
Tim’s Second MLB Anniversary (9/12/08)
On September 12, 2008, my mom, dad, Tim and I headed to Chase Field for Tim’s Second MLB Anniverary. Here was our first view of the stadium as we approached from the parking garage:
We were going to see the Arizona Diamondbacks face off against the Cincinnati Reds. Early in the season, I picked this game for Tim’s baseball anniversary game for three reasons (i) if we cannot make it to Safeco Field for Tim’s anniversary, I plan to take Tim to a different stadium each year on his MLB anniversary game, (ii) the Mariners were on the road, and (iii) I wanted Tim to see Griffey. As I said, we planned this early in the season. By the time this game rolled around, Griffey had been playing for the White Sox for more than a month.
Oh, well. Still, it was a great game. Brandon Webb pitched for the Diamondbacks and if he could earn the win, he would become the NL’s first 20-game winner of the season.
My folks took a picture of me and Tim in front of these big bats in front of the stadium entrance:
As the security lady checked my bag, Tim was itching to enter the first domed stadium of his life…
…I’m not counting Safeco Field as “domed” because the roof is really just a canopy, its always open-air at Safeco Field.
We entered the stadium in the LF foul corner and made our way around the concourse toward the third base side. I was happy to see a Randy Johnson poster as we made our way around the concourse:
Actually, I wanted to go to the game the next day too so Tim could see Randy pitch, but Tim and I took a long nap and my folks let us sleep right through the beginning of the game. Its okay because Randy got a no decision after pitching 6 innings of 1-run baseball.
Anyway, I love domes. I have to, I grew up in the Kingdome. But here is a bad thing about domes…
…dark and boring concourses, no natural light.
The grounds crew was readying the field as we made our way into the field level seats. Here is a panoramic view of Chase Field as we crossed behind the 1B dugout:
I liked Chase Field, but it did seem quite dark to me with the roof closed. By the way, I’m not sure why the roof was closed. It was beautiful outside and not so hot that we needed protection from the heat.
Before the game, we toured around the park a little bit…
…here, we’re looking down at a special group seating area behind the RF fence.
This picture says it all…
…Tim was impressed by his first domed stadium. The Kingdome must be in his blood.
Eventually, the game started. And I must apologize, I did a really poor job photographing it. (Of course, in my defense, I didn’t have an MLBlog at the time…or even know that MLBlogs existed).
Our seats were in section 111, row 7. But Tim and I watched the first couple innings from the first row of section 111. We were stationed right behind the ballgirl (or ball lady) down the RF foul line. We discussed it with her before the game and she agreed that she would give Tim a foul ball if or when she got one. Sadly, not one single foul grounder was hit down the 1B line. It ended up being the first time in his 2.5 years that Tim did not get a baseball on September 12th.
Eventually, someone came to claim our seats so we met up with my follks in row 7.
The game was a pitchers dual between Webb and Aaron Harang. By the sixth inning, there were a couple hits recorded on the scoreboard, but no runs.
Of course, Tim got an ice cream helmet…
…and an ample amount of chocolate ice cream on his face.
By the way, the Diamondbacks ice cream helmet is different than all of the other ice cream helmets Tim and I have collected to date. Here are some photos showing a comparison with the holy grail of ice cream helmets, a Mariners helmet from Safeco Field:
Hopefully the difference is decipherable in these pictures. The Diamondbacks helmet is longer than other helmets. Generally, ice cream helmets can be stacked on top of each other. The Diamondbacks helmet can sit on top of a stack of helmets, but other helmets do not fit over the Diamondbacks helmet.
Back to the game. As the fancy scoreboard in CF showed…
…the Diamondbacks broke the scoreless tie in the bottom of the sixth inning. The run was unearned due to an error by Aaron Harang who was also pitching a gem. With one out, David Eckstein hit a weak grounder to Harang and Harang threw the ball into right field. Eckstein made it all the way to third. He then scored on a single by Chris Young.
In the middle of the game, Tim got a little restless in the seats so my dad took him to the kids play area, which is behind the seats in the upper deck out in left field. Tim had lots of fun sliding and generally monkeying around:
Amazingly, I took zero action shots at this game. So here is a random picture of us enjoying the game…
…I have no clue why I’m wearing my sunglasses indoors in that picture. And here are some more pictures:
After seven innings of an excellent pitchers dual, the Reds relievers entered the game in the bottom of the eighth and promptly stunk it up. After giving up a lead off triple to the pinch-hitting Jeff Salazar and striking out Stephen Drew, the Reds relievers walked three consecutive batters. The final walk scored Salazar making the game 2-0 in favor of the Diamondbacks. Mark Reynolds then struck out. Chad Tracy then strode to the plate and promptly watched the first pitch sail to the back stop. Another run scored on the wild pitch. Tracy then struck out. For the Reds, it wasn’t the most impressive way of striking out the side.
Next it was the Diamonbacks relievers turn to pitch terribly. After 8 innings of scoreless baseball by Brandon Webb, the Diamonbacks bullpen gave up four singles in the bottom of the ninth. But, alas, they were unable to blow Brandon Webb’s stellar performance. The 3-2 victory was Webb’s 20th of 2008. It was the first (and only) time Webb has won 20 in a season, and he was the only NL pitcher to accomplish that task in 2008.
After the game, we stuck around for fireworks. After a bunch of waiting…
…they opened the roof and the show began…
…it was fine, but not all that impressive compared to the excellent fire works show we’d seen the prior month in Cincinnati. Part of the problem was that the fireworks were shot off the top of a building (I think a parking garage) across the street from Chase Field and they barely made it above the framing of the roof.
Nevertheless, despite no Griffey, no catching a baseball, and not overly impressive fireworks display, we had an excellent time spending Tim’s Second MLB Anniversary with my folks in Arizona.
For see the rest of Tim’s MLB Anniversary games (through 2009), follow the links below:
- 2006 – Blue Jays at Mariners
- 2007 – Rockies at Phillies
- 2008 – This game
- 2009 – Orioles at Yankees
Hello-and-Goodbye, Shea Stadium (9/7/08)
When early September 2008 rolled around, I thought to myself, “Self, Tim has never been to Shea Stadium and it is about to close. Let’s not let that happen without getting Tim up to Queens.”
So, early in the morning on September 7, 2008, Tim and I hopped in the car and made our way up to Manhatten. As is my standard practice, we parked on the upper west side. We then walked with Tim on my shoulders from approximately 84th & Amsterdam to 42nd & Seventh Ave. After a 7-train ride from Times Square station to Willets Point, we arrived at Shea Stadium.
It was a day-night doubleheader. We would attent only the day game. As we made our way up to our seats in Upper Reserve section 10, Row M, the visitors’ dugout (occupied by the Phillies) welcomed us to Shea:
If there was batting practice, we didn’t make it in time for it. As we made out way to out seats, the grounds crew was putting the final touches on the field. We decided to head up to the last row…
…to see the sights. And I was interested to discover that we could see the Empire State Building off in the distance in Manhatten…
…that’s it just above the bill of Tim’s hat.
And here was our view of Shea from the upper deck:
At least as I perceived it, Shea always got a bad rap. Particularly, because everyone glorified Yankee Stadium (which to me was utterly unimpressive — particularly when compared to the other “old” ballparks, Wrigley Field and Fenway Park). Anyway, I always liked Shea Stadium. I probably attended 8 games total at Shea between 2000-2008 and I always found it to be a much more pleasant place to watch a ballgame than its neighbor in the Bronx.
Some kind Mets fan agreed to take our picture:
Note how Citi Field appears to be about 2 feet away from Shea beyond the outfield fence. I was both amazed and saddened the following April when Tim and I attended our first game at Citi Field and we discovered that Shea was already demolished and hauled away.
Soon, it was time for the game to begin. The atmosphere in the stadium was electric. The Phillies and Mets are pretty big rivals. Entering the day, the Mets were leading the Phillies atop the N.L. East by two games.
The pitching was an epic battle between two “old goats” — my favorite pitcher of all-time, Jamie Moyer, and future Hall of Famer, Pedro Martinez…
…by the way, “old goats” is Pedro’s description of himself and Moyer, not mine.
Early on, both old goats were dealing…
…my man, Moyer, would keep it up giving up only 2 hits and zero earned runs in 7 innings of work. Pedro, however, would struggle starting in the second inning.
In the second inning, Pedro walked Jayson Werth. Former Mariner Greg Dobbs followed with a double, Matt Stairs with a sac fly, and Carlos Ruiz hit a double. And just like that, the Phillies led 2-0.
Two batters Pedro did manage to retire in the second were Ryan Howard and Jamie Moyer…
…Howard looked silly flailing at several pitches and ultimately striking out. Moyer at least put the ball in play.
It was a big snack day for Tim. We started off with some french fries. Then, it was time for a Shea Stadium Mets ice cream helmet:
A couple innings into the game, we decided to explore the stadium a bit. I knew this would be Tim’s only chance to ever see Shea. So I wanted us to see what it had to offer.
Here are a couple stadium views from inside the concourses and ramps on our way down to the field level…
…I think that picture to the left is pretty interesting. It shows that Shea Stadium had two sets of ramps circling the stadium.
Moyer was still pitching a gem.
With a win in this game, Moyer would run his record to 13-7 on the season and it was his 243rd win of his excellent career.
Since the stadium would soon be history, I wanted to document as much of it as possible. Here is a stadium map that hung inside the concourse behind section 31 in the Loge level:
I had never done much exploring at Shea before. But I knew there were some standing room areas down each foul line. So that’s where we headed out in RF.
As you can see, the standing room area is in an inside concourse with a screen in front of it. Back in 2003, I watched almost an entire game from the corresponding standing room area down the LF foul line. Its a nice little spot. Interestingly, that other game I watched from the standing room area was also part of a Sunday doubleheader and it was also a 7 inning, 2 hit, zero earned run win by Jamie Moyer.
Tim and I hung out there a little while so Tim could run around in circles.
Here is a panoramic view of Shea Stadium from the seats closest to the standing room area:
Next, we started to make our way toward home plate. On the way, I saw this interesting ketchup and mustard packet dispenser…
….which I thought was pretty interesting. Seems like most stadiums have ketchup and mustard pumps, not little packets. I wonder if someone bought this ketchup and mustard contraption once the Mets started trying to sell off any-and-everything from Shea Stadium. Actually, if you want one of these, click here.
We saw that there were plenty of empty seats toward the home plate area. This wasn’t a planned doubleheader and it wasn’t a make-up of a game from early in the season. No. This game was supposed to be played the night before. In fact, we had planned to attend the game on September 6th. Anyway, it appeared that some of the people who planned to attend the game on the 6th couldn’t make it on the 7th. And we were the beneficiaries.
I snapped some pictures of the Phillies stellar corps of infielders on our way to our final seats of the day…
…Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Jimmie Rollins each had one hit on the day. But the big hitting star of the day was Greg “The Dobbers” Dobbs who was 2-4 with a 3-run 4th inning homerun off of Pedro Martinez. He also scored 2 runs. After the 4th inning, the Phillies led 6-0.
And here are our final seats of the day in (I believe) section 215:
And here is my best effort at patching together a panoramic view from these seats:
It was a great spot to see the action up close…
…like this pitch to Phils third basemen, Pedro Feliz.
And it was nice to see Mets first basemen and big-time slugger, Carlos Delgado…
…who went 0-4 on the day.
Here is a shot of the Phillies dugout and the Mets logo behind home plate as Shane “The Flying Hawaiian” Victorino approaches the plate:
Pedro Martinez only lasted 4 innings and left trailing 6-0. A host of Mets relievers finished off the fifth through ninth innings without giving up any more runs.
Moyer lasted 7 innings before Scott Eyre came in and gave up the only two Mets runs in the 8th inning. The Phillies won the game by a final score of 6-2 to move to 1-game back of the Mets. In the nightcap, Johan Santana beat Cole Hamels and the Mets re-took a 2-game lead in the N.L. East, a lead they would build to 3.5 games a few days later and then squander to miss the playoffs completely.
This was the 14th to last game game at Shea Stadium. It was great to add Shea to Tim’s baseball stadium resume. We got one more picture to commemorate the day…
…by the way, in that picture “Cow-Bell Man” is standing behind us. He let Tim clank his cowbell during the game. “MORE COWBELL!”
On our way out of Shea Stadium for the final time, I took a picture of the four seating decks above the field level…
On this sign, Mr. Met thanked the exiting crowd for coming out to Shea Stadium:
The crowd made its way out of the Stadium, many of them like us never to return.
The next time we traveled to Queens, it would be to visit the new Citi Field, and many people like us would miss the simple and stripped down charm of Shea Stadium and its brightly colored seats.
Goodbye, Shea Stadium.
Griffey In Black & White & Centerfield (8/27/08)
The Mariners were nowhere to be found, but on Wednesday, August 27, 2008, Tim and I found ourselves at Camden Yards in Baltimore…
…we bought tickets in straight away centerfield — where Tim enjoyed some nachos before the game got underway.
The reason we came to Baltimore on a Wednesday night to sit in centerfield and watch two teams not including the Mariners? Simple…
None other than my favorite baseball player of all-time, Mr. George Kenneth Griffey, Jr., was in town. After two failed attempts (here and here) to see Griff play for the Reds, this was the first time Tim ever got to see Griffey play the great sport of Baseball.
And it may well be the only time he ever gets to see Griffey play centerfield.
As this picture shows…
…(i) Tim was excited and (ii) we had seats in the first row!
This was our view of Griff in centerfield…
…despite the White Sox uniform, isn’t that beautiful? Actually, the White Sox uniform is a beautiful sight too. Because when I learned (about 26 days before this game) that Griffey was going to be wearing number 17 for the White Sox (despite the fact someone had offered him number 30), I was incredibily happy. To me, that was a huge sign that he didn’t plan on sticking around with the White Sox after playing out the last two months of the season in the south side of Chicago. That meant one thing to me: he was going to come home to Seattle.
Anyway, back to the game, here is Griffey getting into this ready position:
It was awesome to get to see Griff play centerfield again. And he had plenty of action during this game — he made 5 put outs in his traditional outfield position including a catch just a few feet away from us on the warning track on the Orioles’ first batter (Brian Roberts) of the night.
Check out this beautiful shot of Tim and Griff:
I love taking Tim to see Griff play. Its like sharing a piece of my own childhood with my boy. And it was awesome to be sitting right behind him as he manned centerfield like he did throughout his days in Seattle.
Actually, in that last picture, he is shifted over toward LF for the batter. Usually, he played closer to us than he is in that picture.
Generally, I am not a sign guy. I think all total, I’ve made a sign to take to a game four times in my life. But if ever there was a time for a sign, this was it. And so, we had one with us. And this was it:
Griff made direct eye contact with this sign several times. He has a masterful poker face as he stares into the crowd so he in no way acknolwedged the sign. But he looked directly at us several times as we politely held our sign delivering a very important message on behalf of the people of Seattle…and Mariners fans everywhere. By the way, see the red circle at the top of the sign? That circle is around five tally-marks that I drew on the sign to count Griffey’s catches in centerfield.
At some point, we needed ice cream and, because Camden Yards doesn’t have ice cream helmets, we were forced to get these…
Tim still liked it. But, really? Dove chocolate covered ice creamcicles at a ball game? Really? Not cool, Orioles.
Of course, we were at Camden Yards, so we had to play some make-believe baseball in the flag court. Here is Tim calling his shot:
Pretty much our game plan for this game was: (i) watch Griff play CF from the CF seats, (ii) play around in the flag court, and (iii) watch Griff hit from behind home plate.
Here is our view of Griff in the batters box as he prepared for his second at bat…
…and here is Griff preparing for a pitch…
…a couple pitches later, here are me and Tim from the cross aisle behind home plate…
…as Griffey stands on first after his second walk of the night.
Griff had his only official “at-bat” of the night in the top of the sixth inning. With a runner (Paul Konerko) on first and one out, Griffey did his job by hitting behind the runner and advancing Konerko to second on a ground out to first.
With two outs in the top of the eighth, Griff batted for the final time. Here he is showing his classic batting stance…
…and he continued to watch pitches miss the strike zone…
…after six pitches, Griff worked his third and final walk of the night. His line on the night:
0-1, 3 BB, 5 defensive put outs. Not too shabby.
And so, with Griff eventually being stranded on first, we took off. The next time we would see Griffey, we’d be in Seattle and he would be a member of the Seattle Mariners. Yes!
As for the rest of the game, the Orioles pounded John Danks and the White Sox by a final score of 11-3. There were five homeruns in the game: Jermaine Dye, Paul Konerko, Kevin Millar, Aubrey Huff and Melvin Mora.
SI: Griffey article
I just read an excellent story about Ken Griffey, Jr.’s return to the Seattle Mariners on Sports Illustrated.com. The article is almost a year old, but I read it for the first time today. It does a great job of conveying Ken Griffey, Jr.’s importance to Mariners fans. So I figured I better share it here:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1154754/1/index.htm
Also, I love that the author mentioned Rick “The Peanut Man” Kaminski and Kid Sensation a/k/a Xola Malik.
C&S’s American League Stadium Panoramas
Here is something different. Picture-after-picture-after-picture of MLB baseball fields — every panoramic photo we have posted throughout our American League game entries all combined in one place, broken down by division, stadium, seating section and (if possible) row.
I started this with the intention of combining all AL and NL stadiums. However, the entry just got too long. So I’m splitting it up. The National League entry will be posted soon.
Scroll down to find: Safeco Field, H.H.H. Metrodome, Progressive Field, U.S. Cellular Field, Fenway Park, Camden Yards, Rogers Centre, Yankee Stadium (2009), and Yankee Stadium (1923).
Coming later in 2010: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Angel Stadium of Anaheim, and more of many of the above.
A.L. West
Safeco Field - Seattle Mariners
(1999-present)
Safeco Field section 137:
Safeco Field section 151:
Safeco Field behind section 110:
Safeco Field section 123, row 14 seat 2:
Safeco Field from top of section 190:
Safeco Field section 186 (front row):
Safeco Field section 149:
Safeco Field section 146 & section 147 (from concourse):
Safeco Field section 329:
Safeco Field from owners’ suite:
Safeco Field from press box:
Safeco Field from visitors’ dugout:
Safeco Field from Mariners dugout (worm’s eye view):
Safeco Field from Mariners dugout:
Safeco Field from home plate warning track:
Safeco Field section 137, row 19:
Safeco Field section 118:
Safeco Field section 347 (back row):
Safeco Field section 333 & section 334 (back row).
Safeco Field section 330 (back row):
Safeco Field (approximately) section 316:
Safeco Field section 309:
Safeco Field section 306 (back row):
Safeco Field section 190, row 12:
Safeco Field section 110 (approximately half way up section):
Safeco Field section 184:
Additional A.L. West Stadiums Coming in 2010:
Angel Stadium of Anaheim – Anaheim Angels of Orange County, CA (1966-present)
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum- Oakland Athletics (1966-present)
A.L. Central
H.H.H. Metrodome - Minnesota Twins
(1982-2009)
H.H.H. Metrodome section 100, row 8, seats 23-24:
H.H.H. Metrodome section 224 (approximately the front row of upper deck):
H.H.H. Metrodome section 16 (left) and section 15 (right) (back row):
H.H.H. Metrodome section 214 (back row):
H.H.H. Metrodome section 201 (approximately row 26):
H.H.H. Metrodome section 239:
H.H.H. Metrodome section 236 (approximately):
H.H.H. Metrodome section 224 (back row):
H.H.H. Metrodome section 218 (approximately row 7):
H.H.H. Metrodome section 106 (front row):
H.H.H. Metrodome section 105 (front row corner spot):
Progressive Field (“The Jake”)
Cleveland Indians (1994-present)
Progressive Field section 577 (back row):
Progressive Field section 181 (back row):
Progressive Field section 554 (back row):
Progressive Field section 519 (back row):
Progressive Field section 504:
Progressive Field section 317 (standing room counter behind last row):
Progressive Field section 311 (front row):
Progressive Field section 154:
Progressive Field 300-level center field concourse:
Progressive Field section 185 (back row):
Progressive Field section 101 & section 102 (front row from aisle):
Progressive Field section 113:
U.S. Cellular Field (formerly Comiskey Park)
Chicago White Sox (1991-present (renovated in 2001))
U.S. Cellular Field section 533 (left) & section 531 (right) (back row):
U.S. Cellular Field section 107 (from concourse behind seats):
U.S. Cellular Field from concourse behind batters’ eye:
U.S. Cellular Field section 159 (from handicap accessible seating behind seats):
U.S. Cellular Field section 509:
U.S. Cellular Field section 557 (left) and sectio 556 (right) (back row):
U.S. Cellular Field section 120 (from concourse behind seats):
U.S. Cellular Field section 117 (approximately) (front row).
A.L. East
Fenway Park – Boston Red Sox
(1912-present)
Fenway Park centerfield exterior from Ispwich Street:
Fenway Park championshp banners in RF foul concourse:
Fenway Park section 22, row 15, seat 18 (infield grandstand):
Fenway Park section 37, row 21 (bleachers):
Fenway Park Green Monster walkway (just passed section 10):
Fenway Park section 42, row 40 (back row):
Fenway Park standing room behind section 4 & section 5:
Fenway Park standing room behind section 12 & section 13:
Fenway Park section 23.
Fenway Park section 63 & section 64 (visitors’ dugout):
Fenway Park cross aisle between section 40 & section 126 (approximately):
Fenway Park cross aisle between section 21 & section 108 (approximately):
Fenway Park section 42 & section 43 (front cross aisle behind visitors’ bullpen):
Fenway Park concourse inside CF Lansdowne Street entrance:
Baltimore Orioles (1992-present)
Camden Yards section 336 (left) and section 334 (right) (back row):
Camden Yards section 306 (upper part):
Camden Yards section 33 (back row):
Camden Yards exterior main entrance:
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Camden Yards section 96 (from cross aisle behind back row):
Camden Yards section 3 (back row):
Camden Yards section 9:
Camden Yards section 1:
Camden Yards section 306 (lower part):
Camden Yards section 35 (back row):
Camden Yards section 36, row 8:
Camden Yards section 39 (back row):
Camden Yards flag pavillion from Eutaw Street:
Camden Yards warehouse on Eutaw Street from RF standing room flag pavillion:
Camden Yards from over right field wall in standing room flag pavillion:
Camden Yards section 36 (left) and section 34 (right) (top row):
Camden Yards section 4:
Camden Yards section 26 (top row):
Camden Yards section 90, row A, seats 1-2:
Camden Yards section 94:
Camden Yards from warning track behind home plate (Kids Run The Bases Day):
Camden Yards from warning track behind third base (Kids Run The Bases Day):
Rogers Centre (formerly “Skydome”)
Toronto Blue Jays (1989-present)
Rogers Centre section 104, row 1, seats 107:
Rogers Center section 509 (top of section):
Rogers Centre section 513 (back row):
Rogers Centre section 513 (mid-way up section):
Rogers Centre section 525 & section 524b (back row):
Rogers Centre from center of batters’ eye (between sections 142 and 101):
Rogers Centre section 130 (approximate) (standing room behind top row of section):
Rogers Centre section 122 (left) & section 121 (right):
Rogers Centre section 113D (front row, corner spot):.
Rogers Centre section 115 (front row):
Yankee Stadium – New York Yankees
(2009-present)
Yankee Stadium section 121A:
Yankee Stadium section 406 (back row):
Yankee Stadium standing room area on top of Mohegan Sun (batters’ eye) sports bar:
Yankee Stadium section 217 standing room behind back row:
Yankee Stadium section 223 standing room behind back row:
Yankee Stadium exterior by Gate 6:
Yankee Stadium section 110 (left) and section 109 (right):
Yankee Stadium section 120B:
Yankee Stadium and 4-Train from section 406:
Yankee Stadium section 420B (back row):
Yankee Stadium section 201, batters’ eye obstructed view, section 239:
Yankee Stadium section 231 (approximately) standing room behind back row:
Yankee Stadium – New York Yankees
(1923-2008 (renovated 1973-76))
Yankee Stadium (1923) tier 14, row F, seat 18:
Yankee Stadium (1923) section 24:
Yankee Stadium (1923) section 299 (approximately):
Yankee Stadium (1923) – preparing for the afterlife in 2009:
There you go, that is all of my American League panoramic pictures from the last year of Cook & Son Bats’ Blog. We’ve seen a lot of great sights at the “ballpark.” I’ hope you’ve enjoyed our American League installment. Our National League panoramas will hit the internet in a couple weeks after we finish off the 2008 season with three more games in three different ballparks in three different states. Stay tuned.
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