Bottom picture is Cal Ripkin pitching to a little Little Leaguer
Kevin's Highs and Lows
Top Five Ballpark Experiences (BIB Trips Only):
Seattle's Kingdome: for all the same reasons as the other Brothers, plus the noise the fans make while opponents' pitchers warm-up (Whoop! when the pitcher throws it, Wuuuu! when the catcher tosses it back)
San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium: It'll always be the Murph to me, but I won't give it first until the Pads return to their rightful yellow and brown
uniforms
Milwaukee's County Stadium: The sausage races were the wurst!
LA's Dodger Stadium: just too cool the way the stadium uses the terrain
Fenway: Ah, the memories of 1975 Game 6...
Bottom Three Ballpark Experiences (BIB Trips Only):
Baltimore's Memorial Stadium: Damn good thing that Camden Yards came along
Philadelphia's Veterans' Stadium: A close second. Scott's right - sterile is the word. Maybe if they had cheesesteak races...
New York's Shea Stadium: A distant third, but my beloved Reds lost that night.
Top Minor League Ballpark Experiences (BIB Trips Only):
Yakima Bears: Toolson on the crapper when he is announced as between-innings promo participant
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes: Bunches of near-miss foul balls and my favorite ballcap, major or minor league
Bottom Minor League Ballpark Experiences (BIB Trips Only):
Portland Rockies: Most excitement of evening was PA announcer trying to get illegal parkers out of fireworks launch zone.
Wisconsin TimberRattlers: Thrill of free caps tainted by the dropped shirt incident
