AT&T Park
In May, Shaun and I went to San Francisco for five days, and one of the big reasons we went was to see a Braves’ road game. I’ve seen AT&T Park on TV a bunch of times, so I knew it was pretty nice.
You probably already know that it’s on the water, about McCovey cove, “splash hits” and whatnot. AT&T park is a nice traditional baseball stadium, not unlike Turner Field. It has much better food that Turner Field (we have Aramark) and has a more intimate feel, seating about 10,000 fewer fans. We took a nice walk around the whole concourse level while the Braves were taking batting practice. On the other hand, the video scoreboard at Turner Field is about three times the size and our announcer is way better. We like hanging out on the concourse level behind home plate, but at AT&T park that whole area is blocked off with food stands.
I wasn’t sure how going to an away game would be. Atlanta being the transplant city that it is, we get plenty of away team fans, and that works out mostly okay except for Cubs fans who are obnoxious. One guy did say “SUCKS!” after every Braves player was announced in the starting lineup, although for Jeff Francoeur we had to agree. After the game starting going south for our guys (kind of surprising giving the pitching matchup at the time), I couldn’t help but start planning my retorts in the event I was heckled.
We walked the mile or so back to our hotel after the game, and a Giants fan did say something to Shaun about his Braves shirt. I feel bad about it now, but I unleashed. “Hey, at least we’re still above .500.” “How’s that division going for you?” (The Giants were/are quite a few games behind their division leader, the Dodgers, who did and still do have the best record in baseball.) Sorry, Giants. I like y’all fine, especially Tim Lincecum.
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