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Ben Clemens

2:32

I went to go grab a beer and nachos and it took me three innings

also that's when the roof was still broken, I think that has changed

bosoxforlife

2:33

My favorite ballpark experience is having lunch on the 1st base patio while watching the Greensboro Grasshoppers play.

Ben Clemens

2:33

I'm writing about this soon, in fact, but my favorite ballpark experience is leaving pennies on the train track outside Bill McGee field in Knoxville and then going after the game, in the darkness, to look for my flattened souvenirs

also baseball I guess

Ohtani

2:33

Percent chance he gets banned for life?

Ben Clemens

2:34

Let's say 0.2%

it's super low, and it's in no one's interest

Ben

2:34

I don't hear Citi about spoken about as a top-tier stadium as much as say PNC/Petco/Camden, but I try to block out most Mets chatter online

Ben Clemens

2:34

Yeah this is more of a hot take by me, and maybe influenced by how many games I went to there when I lived in NY

but it does a really good job of having unobstructed sightlines around the entire lower bowl

2:35

and the food options were excellent relative to other stadium options at the time, I haven't checked recently to confirm

Guest

2:35

Citi, compared to new Yankee Stadium and MetLife Stadium, is basically a heavenly oasis for us tri-staters

Ben Clemens

2:35

okay so this is probably an unpopular take

i HATE yankee stadium

2:36

just an unpleasant experience, too many tunnels and bad views, too expensive, the lines to get in beggar belief

2:36

Wong said Holliday should be on the team didn't he?

Ben Clemens

2:36

he did but Adley and Gunnar need to be saying it, or Corbin Burnes

love Kolten obviously

but c'mon, he's an NRI

speed

2:36

volpe has 72nd percentile h-1b, gelof has 80%+. they had a 45/40 and 55/50 run grade from Eric respectively. How can we identify players going forward who are better than and outproducing their run grades.

Ben Clemens

2:36

I dunno man, minor league statcast maybe?

2:37

I tend to just discount speed grades

they seem to change a lot and also don't seem to matter much?

Guest

2:37

Following up on the Guardians' OF question earlier - is Estevan Florial going to get real run in CF? It only seems like he made the roster because he's out of options. If it's Tyler Freeman, are they just trying to take the Padres' "Shortstops Everywhere" model, except with slap hitting backup SS? And why wouldn't DeLauter get an early look (in a corner) for a team so devoid of OF power?

Ben Clemens

2:37

I.... don't know

Most Boring Stadium

2:37

Easily Nats park. Has the character of vanilla white man in a black suit. It looks well-kept and fine, but it has the substance of a Walmart

Ben Clemens

2:37

globe life is costco-esque

I don't hate Nats park, but I agree it's really boring

2:38

I love the area across the street whose name I forget though

I've played many a cornhole game there to forget how the Nats are doing

Guest

2:38

I also hate Yankee Stadium, as a die hard fan. The old stadium was miserable getting in and out of, terribly outdated, had the worst food options in the league...but it had a great vibe and electric crowds. The new one is just a concrete block with good sandwiches and no electricity whatsoever. It's the opposite of a home-field advantage.

Ben Clemens

2:38

yeah I agree with this

I went to the old stadium several times and it was gross and also super fun

Appa Yip Yip

2:38

Hey do you think that the league jumping into sports gambling with both feet and no parachute might end up being a bad thing?

Ben Clemens

2:38

Nah, never

george

2:39

why does it take so long for comment/question to post?

Ben Clemens

2:39

There are 100 or so questions in the queue

so I'm just clicking on them as they catch my eye

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

2:39

RE: Food, Citi Field does a perfectly cromulent pastrami on rye and deserves credit for that. That's good ballpark eating.

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