And So It Begins, Again
After a truncated Spring Training, the Sox traipsed all the way from Florida to Tokyo to play a couple of exhibition games and two real games in the Tokyo Dome.
(Image nicked from here)
This place looked like a bigger version of the Metrodome in Minneapolis, including the ludicrous light-coloured roof lining, but with upwards of 50000 noisy Japanese fans.
Then they dragged back to LA to play three exhibition games against the Dodgers, including one in the aging Coliseum, a venue totally unsuited to baseball.
(Image from Diamond Mine Baseball)
This game produced serious revenue for charity and a record crowd for an event involving Major League teams, but it should never have been played in that place.
What next? Off to Oakland for two more real games in the drafty, concrete monstrosity that is the other coliseum.
(Image from Diamond Mine Baseball)
This hybrid is being vacated by the A's for a proper ballpark at the south end of the bay in Fremont sometime in 2010/2011, and not before time.
Finally, over last weekend, three in the SkyDome in Toronto, on the motheaten carpet-over-concrete surface that MLB should have banned years ago.
(Image from justzoomin.com)
A good number of the errors and runs in the 3-game sweep by the Jays could be attributed to the ragged rug, the bright, distracting field-level scoreboard and the peculiar backgrounds in this cavernous building.
Leaving aside the effects of all the travel and living out of suitcases for three weeks, the Sox had to cope with the disorientation of the mishmash of crap stadiums with awful sightlines, unpredictable bounces and weird dimensions.
The net result of all this? One game under 500 as they finally start the season properly in Fenway on Tuesday.
World Series have been won on much worse starts than that.
(Image nicked from here)
This place looked like a bigger version of the Metrodome in Minneapolis, including the ludicrous light-coloured roof lining, but with upwards of 50000 noisy Japanese fans.
Then they dragged back to LA to play three exhibition games against the Dodgers, including one in the aging Coliseum, a venue totally unsuited to baseball.
(Image from Diamond Mine Baseball)This game produced serious revenue for charity and a record crowd for an event involving Major League teams, but it should never have been played in that place.
What next? Off to Oakland for two more real games in the drafty, concrete monstrosity that is the other coliseum.
(Image from Diamond Mine Baseball)
This hybrid is being vacated by the A's for a proper ballpark at the south end of the bay in Fremont sometime in 2010/2011, and not before time.
Finally, over last weekend, three in the SkyDome in Toronto, on the motheaten carpet-over-concrete surface that MLB should have banned years ago.
(Image from justzoomin.com)A good number of the errors and runs in the 3-game sweep by the Jays could be attributed to the ragged rug, the bright, distracting field-level scoreboard and the peculiar backgrounds in this cavernous building.
Leaving aside the effects of all the travel and living out of suitcases for three weeks, the Sox had to cope with the disorientation of the mishmash of crap stadiums with awful sightlines, unpredictable bounces and weird dimensions.
The net result of all this? One game under 500 as they finally start the season properly in Fenway on Tuesday.
World Series have been won on much worse starts than that.
John, great point. After all the travel, all the games, etc.. they were 3-4. Coulda been a lot worse.
//on the motheaten carpet-over-concrete surface that MLB should have banned years ago.//
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