Maybe Miller Park Ain’t So Great
Posted in Sports on July 25th, 2009 by AdministratorEvery week Deadspin has a feature where they tell you why your stadium sucks, and they finally got to Miller Park. Basically they find anything wrong with the ballpark and let you know about it, somewhat in jest, and then let some common folk share their experiences. As someone who has to deal with a similar sort everyday, I personally enjoyed this one.
“As a Cubs fan, my friends and I frequently travel to ‘Wrigley North’ to catch games. This year, we went to the April 12 Sunday Night Baseball game. My friend secured good seats, second row just about on the left field foul pole. There were four of us, seats 5-8. We show up a late, just before game time (we caught the end of the Masters before heading in). Anyway, we go down to our seats, and there is a family sitting in seats 1-4. Dad, mom, daughter (maybe 19) and son (16 or so). The problem is, being Wisconsin mouth-breathers, they are fat as fuck. Honestly, the daughter, who was supposed to be in seat 4, was spilling into the area of the bench marked 6. Each of them looked like the spawn of Dom Deluise and Rosie O’Donnell, but blonde. When my friends and I tried to cram in, the daughter had the nerve to yell AT US for trying to sit there, and told us there wasn’t room. Clearly. Anyway, after shoehorning ourselves in, we proceeded to find out exactly why ’sconnies look the way they do. In the first six innings of the game (they left after 6!), the girl alone polished off the following: a bratwurst, a soft pretzel, a slice of pizza, fried cheese curds, and cheese fries. Oh, and about 4 miller lites. Welcome to Miller Park.” (Brian)