Comments on: The New New Places to Play (and Pay) http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/27/the-new-new-places-to-play-and-pay/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Max http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/27/the-new-new-places-to-play-and-pay/#comment-163976 Max Sat, 02 May 2009 15:44:19 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18209#comment-163976 What a fabulous write up, Alex. From the time I started seeing overhead Madden and NBA-Live video game camera angles start to be implemented in sports broadcasts, I knew it would only be a matter of time before video game aesthetics would completely permeate our entertainment experiences. Since I've never been totally into the nostalgia that major league baseball peddles (or rather, I like my nostalgia a little crooked), I suspect I'll probably enjoy the new ballparks, or at least view the experience with bemusement rather than outrage. But I do genuinely feel for regular fans who have been priced out of what they felt they had access to in the past. What a fabulous write up, Alex. From the time I started seeing overhead Madden and NBA-Live video game camera angles start to be implemented in sports broadcasts, I knew it would only be a matter of time before video game aesthetics would completely permeate our entertainment experiences.

Since I’ve never been totally into the nostalgia that major league baseball peddles (or rather, I like my nostalgia a little crooked), I suspect I’ll probably enjoy the new ballparks, or at least view the experience with bemusement rather than outrage. But I do genuinely feel for regular fans who have been priced out of what they felt they had access to in the past.

]]> By: Chyll Will http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/27/the-new-new-places-to-play-and-pay/#comment-163975 Chyll Will Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:16:58 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18209#comment-163975 [3] More like <i>sad</i> given that you have a whole generation of Mets fans who weren't even alive to see the last former Brooklyn Dodger play in MLB. I'd say they make up the majority of the fans who even follow the Mets now, if not the paying customers. [3] More like sad given that you have a whole generation of Mets fans who weren’t even alive to see the last former Brooklyn Dodger play in MLB. I’d say they make up the majority of the fans who even follow the Mets now, if not the paying customers.

]]> By: Mattpat11 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/27/the-new-new-places-to-play-and-pay/#comment-163974 Mattpat11 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:03:00 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18209#comment-163974 Wilpon's obsession with the Brooklyn Dodgers has always been kind of funny, but this is surreal. Wilpon’s obsession with the Brooklyn Dodgers has always been kind of funny, but this is surreal.

]]> By: PJ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/27/the-new-new-places-to-play-and-pay/#comment-163973 PJ Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:47:48 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18209#comment-163973 [0] LOL @ your Carlin reference, Alex! Your article was very well written and truly helped someone like me experience those new places from my desktop more than 1,000 miles away! Couple "jumbo shrimp" with the "outrage" the Mets FO had at Dwight Gooden for writing the version of his baseball autograph on the wall in the bar there, and people have the audacity to wonder why the Mets aren't taken seriously, new ballpark, or not... I mean, it's not like Gooden was <i>Eddie Gaedel</i> or anything! Truth be told, he instantly <i>increased</i> the value of that place by doing that, in terms of Mets History! Meanwhile, the FO pines for inclusion with the Dodgers and Giants in the same breath of NL Baseball in NYC? I for one, am <i>not</i> buying it... It's like building an A's shrine at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, paying tribute to the title teams from the early 1910's, 1929, 1930, and from <i>Oakland</i> in the 1970's and 1989! <i>Any</i> such feeble attempts at "Revisionist History" are really quite maddening, indeed! I mean, what's next there? Pee Wee Reese Day? Willie Mays Day? Roy Campanella Catcher's Mitt Day? Van Lingle Mungo Day? Hell, why not Hank Aaron Day there, too? I'm <i>almost</i> positive that he hit a home run in NY a time or two... Apparently, there are those who imagine historic significance and/or greatness can rub off on others due to <i>proximity</i>! Astounding! I think I'll go stand next to the entrance gate at Isleworth Country Club in Orlando for a couple or three days, in order for Tiger Woods to cure my putting yips via proximity! On a more dour "Carlinarian" note (sorry again Alex), why hasn't anyone mentioned the distinct probability that 50 years from now, <i>both</i> facilities might be 20 feet under seawater? I hope they at least have the decency to include lifejackets to their season ticket holders by then! That sort of brings new meaning to the Lifebouy ads on the walls of the parks from yesteryear, doesn't it? : / [0] LOL @ your Carlin reference, Alex! Your article was very well written and truly helped someone like me experience those new places from my desktop more than 1,000 miles away!

Couple “jumbo shrimp” with the “outrage” the Mets FO had at Dwight Gooden for writing the version of his baseball autograph on the wall in the bar there, and people have the audacity to wonder why the Mets aren’t taken seriously, new ballpark, or not…

I mean, it’s not like Gooden was Eddie Gaedel or anything!

Truth be told, he instantly increased the value of that place by doing that, in terms of Mets History! Meanwhile, the FO pines for inclusion with the Dodgers and Giants in the same breath of NL Baseball in NYC?

I for one, am not buying it…

It’s like building an A’s shrine at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, paying tribute to the title teams from the early 1910′s, 1929, 1930, and from Oakland in the 1970′s and 1989!

Any such feeble attempts at “Revisionist History” are really quite maddening, indeed!

I mean, what’s next there? Pee Wee Reese Day? Willie Mays Day? Roy Campanella Catcher’s Mitt Day? Van Lingle Mungo Day? Hell, why not Hank Aaron Day there, too? I’m almost positive that he hit a home run in NY a time or two…

Apparently, there are those who imagine historic significance and/or greatness can rub off on others due to proximity!

Astounding!

I think I’ll go stand next to the entrance gate at Isleworth Country Club in Orlando for a couple or three days, in order for Tiger Woods to cure my putting yips via proximity!

On a more dour “Carlinarian” note (sorry again Alex), why hasn’t anyone mentioned the distinct probability that 50 years from now, both facilities might be 20 feet under seawater? I hope they at least have the decency to include lifejackets to their season ticket holders by then! That sort of brings new meaning to the Lifebouy ads on the walls of the parks from yesteryear, doesn’t it?

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]]> By: Raf http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/04/27/the-new-new-places-to-play-and-pay/#comment-163972 Raf Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:53:04 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=18209#comment-163972 Wilpon has never hid his like for the Brooklyn Dodgers, so I can't say that I'm surprised at how Citi turned out. Wilpon has never hid his like for the Brooklyn Dodgers, so I can’t say that I’m surprised at how Citi turned out.

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