Not only does absence make the
heart grow fonder, it must affect judgment, too. Today, The Athletic released results from its
MLB stadium survey, and the #1 ballpark fans won’t be going to this summer
is...Oracle Park in San Francisco.
Excuse me?
Among other areas, the survey considered
sight lines, and one respondent said, “The view from the upper deck behind home
plate [at Oracle] is the best view in baseball.” Again, excuse me? How exactly is it better than Wrigley Field, in
inches and feet, please? Last time we
were at Wrigley, it was in the upper deck between home and first. I had everything in front of me—batter;
action; ivy; scoreboard; city skyline.
Did I mention that Wrigley Field was rated tenth? That old bugaboo of obstructed views got cited
as a problem.
And Fenway Park? It came in at 21st, one ahead of
Guaranteed Rate Whatever. I guess it’s a
good thing I’m not king. Either Comiskey
Park would still be standing, or, if a replacement was in fact needed (which it
wasn’t folks), the replacement would look like Zachary Taylor Davis had come
back from beyond to do an updated design.
Bigger concourses, better
bathrooms and an upper deck that almost touches the field of play—that’s the
ticket in my book.
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