Gil Dobie wrote:Possibly going to my last Twins game at the Metrodome tonight. Not sure I'm going to relish the atomsphere tonight.
play the game I played at my last game... "stupid crap I won't miss about the Dome" and it's seldom used step-child "things i will actually miss about the dome" my lists thusfar:
I won't miss:
Teflon Sky
foul balls hitting off speakers
the sound system that is so bad, fast food restaurants wouldn't allow the speakers in their drive thrus
"the baggie"
folded up football seats
"the facing of the upper deck"
the football press box
the dingy curtain that covers the worst seats in the house
the crick in my neck from watching games along the baselines
"the wave" seriously, what kind of rube ass fans still do the f'ing wave... yeesh
plastic grass
cut out "sliding pits"
luxury boxes that are hermetically sealed
opposing teams bitching about the air conditioning
bullpens on the playing field
"the dead corner"
the food - seriously the worst in the bigs... f'ing centerplate
the smell - mildewed concrete, hot dog water and stale beer - like watching a game in a damp basement
my knees hitting the head of the person in front of me, and I'm only 5' 10"
ground rule doubles
"turf toe" injuries
a video board so grainy that every replay looks like the f'ing Zapruder Film
ribbon boards that are controlled by an underpowered computer and so will occasionally freeze when animating because it just can't take it - and these are new as of 06
the constant bitching on the rare occasion the national media bless us with their presence
the dugout on the wrong side of the diamond
"the best seat in the house" being 18 feet above the playing field
having to walk halfway around the stadium to get in to "my gate"
"the plaza" being confused for an "exciting gameday atmosphere"
looking up at the blue sky on a perfect Minnesota summer day and sighing as I walk inside to see fvcking baseball game
I will miss:
being one of the few people in the park who has seen enough baseball there to never lose a ball in the roof anymore
the "whoosh" of walking out the regular doors after a game and watching the people who aren't expecting it get knocked on their ass by air pressure
the large number of upper deck ga tickets that allow a die hard like me a chance to see a game on the cheap and sit with a lot of real fans who are equally broke
"dome doubles"
watching rookies from other teams lose the ball in the roof (esp. during day games)
how loud it could get when it really got rockin
the sea of homer hankies set against the white roof - creates a white out effect that you can only understand in person
"moving up" - which went the way of dodo after the rotten years ended a decade ago
my $100 full season ticket package (seriously in 98 and 99) also ended when the rotten years ended.
