Is Baseball In The US A Good Watch Live ?

[Peajay]

I'm in San Fran for a week in September and have booked club level tickets to watch the Giants.

Anyone Been To Oracle Park ?

[tomcat]

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I'm in San Fran for a week in September and have booked club level tickets to watch the Giants.

Anyone Been To Oracle Park ?

I went with the family to see a Blue Jays game and it was boring most of the time. They put live footage of several scantily clad female dancers on the big screen during the breaks, and had a DJ. Most of the fans seemed to be there for the footlong hotdogs and beer,😂

[NYCBlue]

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If you're not into baseball or don't really understand it, don't bother. It's a long night. And expensive. Oracle Park is nice though. Home runs can go out of the park and into the bay.

[NYCBlue]

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I went with the family to see a Blue Jays game and it was boring most of the time. They put live footage of several scantily clad female dancers on the big screen during the breaks, and had a DJ. Most of the fans seemed to be there for the footlong hotdogs and beer,��

If all you wanted was hot dogs and beer, a ballpark is absolutely the last place you would go. Ridiculously expensive.

[life on mars]

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nope

[Madlock]

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Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs is on my list of sporting venues I’d like to visit

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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I have never seen it live but like basketball , American football and ice hockey it's utter bollocks

Someone walking down the street in this country in a Boston red sox replica Jersey is lost or very odd

[Enoch Mort]

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My only visit to see the New York Mets play was in the company of my wife’s cousin who lives in Hoboken. Had he not been there explaining the finer points and what was happening I probably wouldn’t have had a clue what was going on and been bored to tears. Especially as it was a low scoring game short on incident.

[SOXY BOY]

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I went to watch San Diego v San Francisco in San Diego a couple of years ago, with my wife and son and we all enjoyed it. It was expensive mind, I think a can of beer was 11 dollars ? The guy wouldn’t sell my wife the beer because she didn’t have ID and she was 48 at the time and some guy in the queue had to get it for her. We booked to go and watch the Boston Red Sox but the holiday was cancelled because of Covid.

[NYCBlue]

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Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs is on my list of sporting venues I’d like to visit

An afternoon at Wrigley, or Fenway, a dog and a beer or two is a fantastic experience. You have to love the game and understand the history though.

Watch Field of Dreams. If it moves you, then go for it.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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An afternoon at Wrigley, or Fenway, a dog and a beer or two is a fantastic experience. You have to love the game and understand the history though.

Watch Field of Dreams. If it moves you, then go for it.

Is beer in America basically lager ?

[cityhammer]

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I'm in San Fran for a week in September and have booked club level tickets to watch the Giants.

Anyone Been To Oracle Park ?

Been there a few times, but don't think its ever been called the same any time ive been, was AT&T Park then something else, and maybe something else the 3rd time. Its a fantastic stadium, worth going just to say you've been there. Last time i was there was on my 50th birthday and saw a grand slam!

[chrisp_1927]

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Personally I love it. Can see how it would be a hard watch for non fans though. Might be worth having a read through some of the basics just so you know what is going in.

It's a pitching oriented game, so expect more defensive than hitting action.

[NYCBlue]

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Is beer in America basically lager ?

No. it used to be that way. But now there are all these weird microbreweries that make all kinds of weird shit. IPAs that are way too hoppy, darks that are 8%. It's quite ridiculous. Most Americans still drink crap though.

[Carl Dale's Mole]

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I've been to one baseball game (minor leagues) and one basketball game (Knicks at MSG) and even though I prefer basketball as a sport, I had a better time at the baseball. That's just because I liked walking around with a beer and hot dog. The game was secondary. The experience of the whole thing - the actual game, the food, the atmosphere, the mascots, the crowd games, the view, the U S A - was just better at the baseball.