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the great southern threadkill
the home plate was tucked into a weird angle of the north endzone. kind of jutted into the northwest corner.
the outfield fence was temporary and was probably near centre field. so you'd be staring into empty stands and an empty football field.
it was absolute garbage to watch a game and it also mucked up how the football field looked. you could have 10 000 at a game (not that it happened) and it would still look depressingly empty and feel soulless.
i think i only went to 1 or 2 games at the new stadium. when they first built it, they didn't put shatterproof glass in the boxes. a foul tip would go back and right through the windows. pretty funny.
Thats a pretty depressing picture no doubt. Anything with too much space like that feels just wrong lol.
I really like the new ball park - doesn't feel cheap at all, seems well run, always pretty clean, etc. The odd game in can look a little empty but as you get closer to home plate the stands always seem to fill out. There are always a few hardcores at the game too yelling and heckling, keeping things interesting.
I like sitting in the 'grand slam' sections A, B and C way out on the north side. More room to move and the beer guys come down those sections just as much.
On Wikipedia it says the old Goldeyes of the former Northern League (during the 50s and 60s) were actually a minor league affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals - but there is no citation so not sure if its accurate or not. Found that pretty interesting.