Printable View
Its getting tough as a Yankee fan. I used to go to 20-30 games in the 90s. In the early 0s, it went down to 10 or so games a year. Now, if I take my kids to 10 Yankee games, it is actually the same price for airfare and 2 days at DisneyWorld. Guess what the kids choose?
I cant move. I cant become a Mets fan. Oh well.
$5 Nats tickets were great. I tried to go to one game a series.
I'm moving to NY this winter (maybe spring depending on if Columbia's visa specialist ever gets off his ass) and I'll have to take in at least one game at the House that NYC Taxpayers Built.
More excited about going to the Coney Island minor league games
If the GF had accepted the position at UCLA-then I'd been looking forward to as close to 81+ games a year as possible
1 Football and 2 Baseball games a year. Usually the Niners and the A's, though I have more fun at baseball games because I am not a Niners fan.
Welcome to NY. The problem is that everything becomes an expense. Coney Island is sitll a nice out though. My friends and I went up full family and spent $50 each. Full BBQ, kid games, and the whole thing.
I Just miss living in Norfolk AAA. Free entry, if you cut thru the kitchen, and no more than $10 on beer.
As for DC, take advantage of it. It is gonna catch on.
this is one of the few negatives of being a Sawx / Yankee fan. I stopped trying to get Sox tickets 3 years ago...after two straight seasons of sitting all day by the CPU only to fail to get them. Even if you do get them they're very expensive, but I won't pay the egregious costs to scalp them either.Quote:
Originally Posted by grasshopper
I usually get to a game or two a year the past few seasons...someone gets a ticket through work or a friend. But I no longer pay for them.
I travel to a few series a year, 3-9 games. It used to be all Sox games (usually in Tampa), but I recently branched out to see phillies and some others.
This year we're doing a road trip, maybe to Atlanta, or pittsburgh, or somewhere. I get my games in, but it;s cheaper to fly and stay in another city and do the tourist thing that do fenway.
Yankee stadium i wouldn't support. :)
I do go to 6 or 7 minor league games tho. $10 tix and a fun easygoing time, get to see my PawSox..good stuff.
My wife and I try to go see one Jays game a year.. For some reason, the games we end up seeing are always against Boston.. When I was younger and lived where I did, we went to the odd Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks game..
Usualy 2-3 games a year at Shea.
Never got to go this yer... just always had something to do when the Braves were in town. 1st year in at least 10 yeras I didnt go to 1 game. I go to yankee stadium 1 time a year if i can when the braves play
I go about once a month with my son, and maybe my daughter this year as well. Cheapseats at the Jays games are $9 which isn't too bad.
Where I live, there isn't much in the way of MLB games I can get to, however I do try to go see the Hickory Crawdads and the Winston-Salem Dash a time or 2 each year. I hope this year to get to a Charlotte Knights game. When the family "drags" me to Myrtle Beach on vacation I like to see the Pelicans play, but that only happens once every few years.
Haven't been back since they stopped us from seeing batting practice.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alloutwar
Shocking but sadly true. I agree with you on the minor leagues...i go to a handful of them per year. New Britain Rock Cats (AA Twins) always have good young talent, fireworks monthly and cheap. Minor League ball ROCKS.
I was going to go there last year (to the Rock Cats). I am going to try and go to opening day next year. lol It is REALLY close to my g/f's house... its just that I have to go on a day off :( to far from my job to make it on time...Quote:
Originally Posted by dickay
maybe next year I will take 1/2 a personal day... hmmm interesting idea
its a minor league game...getting there a little late isn't against mancode :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TheNamelessPoet
its hit or miss opening day...IMHO you can't go to a minor league ball game in very cold weather lol. I see people every year in winter gear going to opening day. I recommend the first Friday game...as thats when they will have their firework show. It may still be a bit cold, but minor league game + fireworks is acceptable to go to in cold weather lol.
Its one of the better minor league parks i've been to. They do alot for the fans, they have a childrens play area (although that may not be up your alley lol), a roof top BBQ, seats are all great/close/ and pretty comfortable.
If you go to the firework show...lemme know. i'll buy you a beer.
I go to games all the time. I went to 31 (counting Game 3 of the NLDS) in 2009 (mostly because I lived in Denver at the time).
The 1st friday no... but if I recall its every fridy right? we will DEF have to catch up at a game :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dickay
I am going with my G/F and if my buddy at work can go to it, he is going too :D
Ever been to the Bluefish? I like their stadium a lot. They ahve "bluefish bucks" which are like cash but if like $9 for $10 in blufish cash. Kinda cool to get your food and booze at 10% off :p
I have seen a bunch pro's play there, like Tony Womack, Edgardo Alfonzo, I THINK TJ Beam, and I saw Adam Greenberg who has a cool story, tho kind of scary
they used to do the fireworks every friday until they got too many local residents up in arms. Really BS if you ask me. Now they only do it first friday of the month. Whats worse is, if they can't start the fireworks by 9:30PM they aren't allowed to do them at all. Early in the season its not much of a problem as they start the games earlier I assume to take advantage of warmer weather?? Later in the season they push the start time back a half hour to an hour and i've been to a few games that didn't finish in time. Its funny late in the game as that 9:30 mark approaches to see the fans booing the home team when they string hits together lol or make pitching changes.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheNamelessPoet
No i've never seen the bluefish.
I get to 1 met game a year at shea/citi. Sometimes the mets are in philly when we go on vacation and since we are close to philly we go to the game. We didn't do that in 2009 though :(
Around 5-8 home games a year plus I usually try to make it to a game at Chicago or Kansas City, I also try to catch a game at Memphis if time allows it
Northern League represent!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike67
I've been to about 6 Twins games ($11 outfield porch seats were awesome at the Metrodome...I caught a home run ball during BP) and a Royals series over the past 15 years on family vacations.
At my first game ever, both Kirby Puckett and Frank Thomas hit home runs.
I've seen:
White Sox @ Twins
Mariners @ Royals x2
Braves @ Twins x3
Athletics @ Twins (Santana vs. Zito groundball out snoozefest)
Ahh... yea at my g/f's house you can hear it... thought it was a storm the 1st time it caught me off guard lolQuote:
Originally Posted by dickay
Around 10 a year
shrink your sig
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by dickay
I've only seen like 2 minor league games in my life, there's a single-A team in SI, I should go to more.
I only go to games if I go on vacation to a place where there is a team. I go to a ton of golden baseball league games though.(Calgary has a team, tickets are dirt cheap)
I usually go to a few hockey games a year, maybe a CFL game or two.
I go between 2-3 games a year, when I was young, my family would go to upwards of 40 games per season, about half of a full season package for 4-5 people.
Back then thou, the Kingdome was empty, and you could get box seats for $25 bucks.
1-3 or 4 baseball per year, only 1 this year..
Only been hitting about one Red Sox game a year. It's not like it was, say, fifteen years ago, when you could pick your day and seating section at Fenway, and have a good chance of getting tickets. It's ridiculous now. I don't even bother hunting for tickets there, anymore. I have a co-worker who has a contact, and he offers up tickets on the right field roof a couple times a year. I'll usually grab those up, when presented with the opportunity.
Otherwise, past couple of years, my brother-in-law and I have made it our summer project to hit the A, AA, and AAA Red Sox affiliates in this area at least once each. We're fortunate enough to have the PawSox, Sea Dogs, and Spinners within road-trip distance from here. We've hit the AA Jays affiliate Fisher Cats a few times, too. And Jimmy Fallon's Can-Am League team the Rox aren't too far away, in Brockton, Mass. Been there once. My fire brothers at the fire station immediately adjacent to the stadium let us park in their yard, no problem. (Thanks, guys!)
If you're bringing youngsters, you can't beat the minor league ball experience. Tickets are cheap, parking is a lot easier, and there's always plenty of stuff besides the ball-game going on to keep the little ones interested.