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    Default Nats fans in a tizzy over Showalter diss

    In Kurkjian's Camden Yards piece(which was awesome) Buck took a shot at Cincy and DC parks and they are furious. LOL
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...log.html?tid=p

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    StevenB (or whatever that last letter is) will be here to explain everything to everybody, as to why DC is better on every level in every sense....you know for everybody using only facts of course. It's just a matter of simple facts...shut up and agree.

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    Here's something I saw the other day, obviously it's just someones opinion.

    http://www.neontommy.com/news/2012/0...mlb-stadiums-0

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    Quote Originally Posted by babylinux View Post
    Here's something I saw the other day, obviously it's just someones opinion.

    http://www.neontommy.com/news/2012/0...mlb-stadiums-0
    Pretty much the same as all the other ones I have seen. To every non Yankee/Red Sox/Cubs fan, PNC Park, Camden Yards, and AT&T are all 1-2-3 in some order.

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    I'll never understand the PNC infatuation. Way overrated. I've been to every ballpark in MLB. My top 5
    1. Camden
    2. Pac Bell,A T&T whatever the hell it's now called.
    3. Safeco
    4. Petco
    5. New Yankee Stadium
    This doesn't take into account nostalgia and history. As places to see a game Fenway and Wrigley are uncomfortable dumps with beautiful fields and great history.

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    I don't think Cincy & DC were going for the retro feel. I haven't been to either building, so I don't know if they are better/equal/worse or not. but I commend them for not building a retro park. it's been done. the most unique stadium I'm been to is Kauffman. it pre-dates the retro era, but it isn't sterile like Comisky 2.

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    Eh, I can enjoy a game in any park. IMO it's kind of silly to fight over which is better....well except Tampa Sure Camden Yards is nice, but on most nights the place is empty - what a shame.

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    The truth hurts.

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    I could care less what Buck says about ballparks, it's the product on the field that counts, let's hear what buck has to say when the O's go into there typical mid season swoon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hampden623 View Post
    StevenB (or whatever that last letter is) will be here to explain everything to everybody, as to why DC is better on every level in every sense....you know for everybody using only facts of course. It's just a matter of simple facts...shut up and agree.
    It's StevenJB.....everything else is spot on Hamp...lol

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    1983 Memorial Stadium > 2003 Camden Yards

    When the team is winning, the ball park is beautiful.
    When the team is losing, the ball park is empty.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Agrippa View Post
    1983 Memorial Stadium > 2003 Camden Yards

    When the team is winning, the ball park is beautiful.
    When the team is losing, the ball park is empty.
    very true

    I was happy sitting in the bleachers as a kid while they were winning...loved it

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    Buck's never been shy about convincing people he's an idiot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HAIL2BNG View Post
    Buck's never been shy about convincing people he's an idiot.
    I think he's pretty right on on this one.

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    Been to the Nats stadium a few times, thought it was perfectly reasonable. The newer stadiums all tend to have an overly polished corporate feel to them but hey, whaddya gonna do?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slidemaster View Post
    I think he's pretty right on on this one.
    He would be if he chose stadiums that were going for the same look. Baltimore and Cleveland were built for the retro feel. I don't recall Nationals Park ever being thought of like that. They specifically designed the outside to match the design on many federal buildings.

    Alas, it looks like his typical "I've got nothing so I will start and unnecessary pissing contest" comment.

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    The Nats park looks sterile and phony. I like authentic and real. I'm not into anything fake or presented as something it is not.
    Camden Yards is the standard by which all other parks wish they could be. Go O's!

    TM

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    Quote Originally Posted by travismoon View Post
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    I am sure Bird Brane would agree.

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