Camden Yards

[Theoldmole]

I'll be there for tomorrow's game.

[metirish]

TheOldMole wrote: I'll be there for tomorrow's game.

Good for you, enjoy.It looks like a special place to watch a game. It sounds like there are thousands upon thousands of Mets fans there tonight.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I will keep an eye out. I know frayed knot will be there and saw Rock N Dock in the hotel lobby, he will also be there. Charm City is flithy with Met fans right now.

[Zvon]

I really tried to make this happen but it didn't.


This would mean breaking my oath of '93.
Well, I have broken it a few times in the last 17 years.
And mostly to go to that yard.

[Guest themetfairy]

What oath is that?

[Guest Number 6]

Are you boycotting the DH?

[Zvon]

themetfairy wrote: What oath is that?

I took an oath not to reveal said oath.

[Zvon]

oo, and I said 93,lol.
I meant 94.
And kinda 95.

So let me correct and reiterate.
The oath of 939495.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

This is my first trip to Camden Yard so I don't know the layout too well. Does anyone have a suggestion for a possible pregame rendezvous point at the ballpark tomorrow? It would be nice to see everyone and while enjoying a beverage together.

[Frayed Knot]

The area just outside the Eutaw Street (pronounced: Utah) entrance is an open plaza where there's room to mill around and/or meet folks prior to going into the stadium. It's at the corner of Eutaw & Camden which is behind the OF side of the stadium and right about where the Camden Station light-rail stop is. There's a couple of mini-landmarks out on the plaza including a small statue of somebody (I forget who) and also stone markers - maybe 3 - 4 ft high - representing retired Orioles numbers.

Or one can enter the stadium grounds through the Eutaw Street gate at which point Eutaw Street becomes a long pedestrian walkway that runs from approx straight-away CF towards the RF corner between the back of the OF seats/standing area and the large warehouse-looking thing you see on TV that's beyond the RF seats and is occasionally reachable by a strong LH stroke. The long building actually is an old RR warehouse (hence the name: Camden Yards) that the O's converted into their offices and what-not. On the ground floor there's a series of bars, eats & souvenir shops that are open to the public, and even a small museum dedicated to the fact that it was supposedly at this location where George Herman Ruth Sr. lived above the bar he ran and raised George Jr. until the tyke became too incorrigible and had to be shipped off to reform school. Boog's Bar-B-Que is out there too and big ol' Boog himself is often manning the grill and just being Boog.

[Theoldmole]

For some reason, my mind isn't working this morning and I can't figure out how to send a private message. So what the hell. I'll be at the game, and I'm 914-388-0183 if anyone wants to try and track me down.

[Frayed Knot]

I told Lunchbucket I'd meet him in that plaza outside the Eutaw St gate in the 12:00-12:30 range
I'll be the skinny-ish 6-footer with the shaggy blond hair wearing black shorts and a pink - that's right I said pink, gotta problem with that? - t-shirt.
LB says he'll be in his Mets road gray 'Springer 70' shirt.

Seats are in sect 74 near the LF corner.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Mrs. Doc and I will try to be at the Plaza around 12:00-12:15. I'm not 6' ish or thin, more like 5'6" and stocky with blond hair. I'll be wearing a khaki and black Izod golf shirt with black shorts. Black with blue billed Mets hat and likely sunglasses.

We are in section 248 Row 2 seats 1 & 2.

[stevejrogers]

The area just outside the Eutaw Street (pronounced: Utah) entrance is an open plaza where there's room to mill around and/or meet folks prior to going into the stadium. It's at the corner of Eutaw & Camden which is behind the OF side of the stadium and right about where the Camden Station light-rail stop is. There's a couple of mini-landmarks out on the plaza including a small statue of somebody (I forget who) and also stone markers - maybe 3 - 4 ft high - representing retired Orioles numbers. Or one can enter the stadium grounds through the Eutaw Street gate at which point Eutaw Street becomes a long pedestrian walkway that runs from approx straight-away CF towards the RF corner between the back of the OF seats/standing area and the large warehouse-looking thing you see on TV that's beyond the RF seats and is occasionally reachable by a strong LH stroke. The long building actually is an old RR warehouse (hence the name: Camden Yards) that the O's converted into their offices and what-not. On the ground floor there's a series of bars, eats & souvenir shops that are open to the public, and even a small museum dedicated to the fact that it was supposedly at this location where George Herman Ruth Sr. lived above the bar he ran and raised George Jr. until the tyke became too incorrigible and had to be shipped off to reform school. Boog's Bar-B-Que is out there too and big ol' Boog himself is often manning the grill and just being Boog.

Hmmmm. Anyone remember if there was a big to do about the Orioles doing that for a guy that never played for the St Louis/Browns/Baltimore Orioles franchise? (Minor league O's do not count) the way it was, and still is in some corners, with the Robinson Rotunda here? Even if someone wants to make the case that the Robinson thing is much more extensive and in-your-face than anything the O's and Baltimore (and that includes the birthplace museum not too far from the ballpark) have done with their celebration of Ruth, the fact is that there is a precedent of a team honoring someone who never played a game for them, and in this case died before the franchise was re-located there.

[Frayed Knot]

The heat at Camden reminded me that, in addition to the story I told in the IGT about being in Camden Yards during Lady Di Di-ing weekend, I was also there during the great OJ chase week. I remembered cuz it was hot as hell that day too - probably hotter than today's 93 or so.

As far as I know, no one of any fame either died or caused deaths today so I can stop making the connection.

[Frayed Knot]

SteveJRogers wrote: Hmmmm. Anyone remember if there was a big to do about the Orioles doing that for a guy that never played for the St Louis/Browns/Baltimore Orioles franchise? (Minor league O's do not count) the way it was, and still is in some corners, with the Robinson Rotunda here?

Yeah, there was rioting in the streets, wanton destruction of public property, and threats of boycotts.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I took this panoramic photo from our seats in Section 362 on Saturday night.

[stevejrogers]

Frayed Knot wrote: SteveJRogers wrote: Hmmmm. Anyone remember if there was a big to do about the Orioles doing that for a guy that never played for the St Louis/Browns/Baltimore Orioles franchise? (Minor league O's do not count) the way it was, and still is in some corners, with the Robinson Rotunda here? Yeah, there was rioting in the streets, wanton destruction of public property, and threats of boycotts.

So basically the venom against certain honoring of peeps that were never associated with your franchise is regulated to yahoos on talk shows and internet forums.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Frayed Knot wrote: The heat at Camden reminded me that, in addition to the story I told in the IGT about being in Camden Yards during Lady Di Di-ing weekend, I was also there during the great OJ chase week. I remembered cuz it was hot as hell that day too - probably hotter than today's 93 or so. As far as I know, no one of any fame either died or caused deaths today so I can stop making the connection.

Stilll two hours left in the day for a press orgy of some sort to break out. Hey, look, it's Gary Condit.

[Ceetar]

Rockin' Doc wrote: Mrs. Doc and I will try to be at the Plaza around 12:00-12:15. I'm not 6' ish or thin, more like 5'6" and stocky with blond hair. I'll be wearing a khaki and black Izod golf shirt with black shorts. Black with blue billed Mets hat and likely sunglasses. We are in section 248 Row 2 seats 1 & 2.

Just for the record I probably walked by you all a half dozen times. (I was wearing a last season at shea pinstriped Wright jersey and the new BP cap) Didn't have internet in Baltimore so wasn't reading forums or anything anyway. Got some fun pictures, enjoyed the game, etc etc.

As far as the actual park goes, it was definitely nice, but I wouldn't put it above ATT/PNC/Citi/Petco

[Guest themetfairy]

Ceetar wrote: Mrs. Doc and I will try to be at the Plaza around 12:00-12:15. I'm not 6' ish or thin, more like 5'6" and stocky with blond hair. I'll be wearing a khaki and black Izod golf shirt with black shorts. Black with blue billed Mets hat and likely sunglasses. We are in section 248 Row 2 seats 1 & 2. Just for the record I probably walked by you all a half dozen times. (I was wearing a last season at shea pinstriped Wright jersey and the new BP cap) Didn't have internet in Baltimore so wasn't reading forums or anything anyway. Got some fun pictures, enjoyed the game, etc etc. As far as the actual park goes, it was definitely nice, but I wouldn't put it above ATT/PNC/Citi/Petco

I agree. PNC is my favorite park, with ATT as my second.

I'd rank Citi higher, but for the sightline issues.

[Guest attgig]

Rockin' Doc wrote: Mrs. Doc and I will try to be at the Plaza around 12:00-12:15. I'm not 6' ish or thin, more like 5'6" and stocky with blond hair. I'll be wearing a khaki and black Izod golf shirt with black shorts. Black with blue billed Mets hat and likely sunglasses. We are in section 248 Row 2 seats 1 & 2.

heh, I was in section 246.

i never check the forums on weekends enough...

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Just got home! Bailed on 95 at exit 80 in Md. (accident) and country roads took me home.

[Zvon]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I took this panoramic photo from our seats in Section 362 on Saturday night.

WOW!
That freakin beautiful!

Do you have a high res copy of that you could E-mail me please?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, I'm having trouble identifying that huiman-flesh-colored, polyped, four-digit creature on the right.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Edgy DC wrote: Yeah, I'm having trouble identifying that human-flesh-colored, polyped, four-digit creature on the right.

I noticed that too! I think the picture might be improved a bit with some cropping from the right side.

[Frayed Knot]

Saturday at Camden looks a lot more crowded than Sunday was.
Probably fewer NYers by the end of the week but also so few Orioles fans that they were still drowned out by the reduced number in blue & orange - although, to be fair, the black and orange fans were taken out of the game pretty early on Sunday courtesy of Wright & Carter (and Millwood).

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: Saturday at Camden looks a lot more crowded than Sunday was. Probably fewer NYers by the end of the week but also so few Orioles fans that they were still drowned out by the reduced number in blue & orange - although, to be fair, the black and orange fans were taken out of the game pretty early on Sunday courtesy of Wright & Carter (and Millwood).

I ended up scrapping Saturday for Sunday. (due to a random coworker of the fiance also going down there and going to Sunday's game)

My observations walking around Baltimore (and to be fair, obviously going to be a lot more Mets fans in the touristy harbor areas anyway) where that it might as well been NY because it was predominately Mets fans. People would ask me how they did on the street or in the hotel lobby.

You could take the soundtrack from this game and put it up against a home start and it wouldn't feel out of place.


there was an infuriating number of Phillies fans. (a couple of Sox and Yanks fans too)


You'd think the Camden Yards people would've done their research and realized playing the "Ole Ole Ole" song when there are so many Mets fans in the park was a mistake. You'd also want to consider making the Chant "Let's go Orioles" instead of "Let's Go O's" which was always shouted down with "Let's go Mets" so much that the scoreboard might as well have been prompting us to cheer.

There was a mixture of "new" Mets shirst and old. I saw plenty of Davis and I Like Ike, but also older ones like the free Pedro giveaway shirt from 2007, Alomar (really?) and even saw a Phillips. (guess it's possible that was his own last name?) I saw an inordinate number of Orange Mets shirts, which i'm not sure was meant to be sneaky "hehehe, it's Orioles colors, fooled you!" or a result of some Baltimore sale of Met sshirts (did see a blue Reyes at a stand outside the st adium)

btw, why does this forum input box absolutely suck in IE? i can't see what I'm typing behind a certain point anymore.

in the end, i just feel bad for Orioles fans. quote from O's talk radio "I know we get on here and talk about losing a lot"...

[Guest Edgy DC]

Ceetar wrote: btw, why does this forum input box absolutely suck in IE? i can't see what I'm typing behind a certain point anymore.

I know, right? It happens to me on other form input boxes also --- Facebook, Washington Post, anywhere I might tediously go on too long. IE hates Web 2.0. I've taken to typing up longer posts in Notepad and pasting them in.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: Ceetar wrote: btw, why does this forum input box absolutely suck in IE? i can't see what I'm typing behind a certain point anymore. I know, right? It happens to me on other form input boxes also --- Facebook, Washington Post, anywhere I might tediously go on too long. IE hates Web 2.0. I've taken to typing up longer posts in Notepad and pasting them in.

The problem is I ramble too much and don't realize i'm going to type a long entry. I probably should just download chrome but I feel like having a browser that doesn't function with the work product is just an obvious "not doing work here" beacon.