Running 2023-24 Hot Stove Thread

[justgladtobehere]

Don't forget Kauffman Stadium, which is also possibly going the way of the dinosaur. Have to imagine the Chiefs super bowl win will help the Royals move downtown, since part of the reasoning is giving Arrowhead more room for tailgating / development / $$$$$

I went to a Royals game and couldn't get over how out of the way the place was. There is nothing there except for some dump of a hotel.

 

[I Should Coco]

Accidentally posted it on the Pol thread but what is wrong with the current stadium other than accessibility? I was there the year it opened ('91?). It's a ballpark. It doesn't need to be some magical wonderland.

The major problem when it opened — the extremely steep and far away upper deck — has been addressed somewhat. But those of us old enough to have attended games at the old Comiskey Park recall how close to the action (and foul balls) you were in the upper deck of that stadium. Not quite as much as old Tiger Stadium, but close.

I am not one those old timers who think the original Comiskey Park should have, or could have, been renovated. The posts that obstructed views, the rat-infested concourses and vendor booths in the bowels of the stadium, the ancient bathrooms and the stink of their pee troughs — all had to go.

As I said earlier, the new Comiskey Park has grown on me and the outfield seats/common areas are a good place to take in a White Sox game. But I'm sure the grass is always greener ($$$) with a new ballpark.

 

[Starman]

The retro parks of the Nineties are now moving into full maturity; they've all undergone a couple renovations and developed something of personalities of their own.

Which is a damn good thing, because as originally constructed, the retro parks were far more identical and cookie-cutter than the widely-derided multipurpose ashtray stadiums of the 50s/70s they replaced.

Basically seat colors, scoreboard location, and minor variations in fence distances are the only differences in the retro parks -- along with exterior brick colors, ornamental trim work and the exterior outfield scenery.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

The Red Sox ownership group correctly realizes that Fenway Park is the franchise's one irreplaceable star, more valuable financially than Ohtani by several orders of magnitude. If they moved to another park with their current blah roster, they'd be lucky to draw 10,000 a game. They're not gonna replace what has been described as "the best bar in town."

 

[Octave]

Citizens Bank and whatever the fuk the Gnats call their ballpark are identical. Opened three years apart.

 

[I Should Coco]

Most years the same is true of Wrigley Field. The ballpark and surrounding neighborhoods are literally a tourist attraction.

That was never true of Comiskey Park. If the White Sox were good, you'd have big crowds there. When they weren't? Well, it took gimmicks and marketing schemes to sell seats.

 

[swingline]

Disco Demolition Night needs to run it back.

 

[I Should Coco]

Disco Demolition Night needs to run it back.

That's really the only thing people remember about the 1970s White Sox teams, and with good reason.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Don't forget Kauffman Stadium, which is also possibly going the way of the dinosaur. Have to imagine the Chiefs super bowl win will help the Royals move downtown, since part of the reasoning is giving Arrowhead more room for tailgating / development / $$$$$

Yeah, I had them on my list and totally forgot to type it. Alas as you noted, that'll be replaced soon enough.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

The retro parks of the Nineties are now moving into full maturity; they've all undergone a couple renovations and developed something of personalities of their own.

Which is a damn good thing, because as originally constructed, the retro parks were far more identical and cookie-cutter than the widely-derided multipurpose ashtray stadiums of the 50s/70s they replaced.

Basically seat colors, scoreboard location, and minor variations in fence distances are the only differences in the retro parks -- along with exterior brick colors, ornamental trim work and the exterior outfield scenery.

Everybody loved Camden so they ripped it off.

 

[HanSenSE]

Jenny Cavnar named A's primary play-by-play announcer (mlb.com)

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Should be noted that the really old (pre-WW2) ballparks, of which only Fenway and Wrigley survive, had their cookie cutter element as well, since their footprints were often determined by city block size. Shibe Park, old Comiskey, Tiger (formerly Briggs) Stadium, Ebbets Field, all were pretty similar in design because of the real estate they occupied. If Lansdowne St. had been located further to the north, Fenway would look like them, too.