Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure of visiting Hagerstown, Maryland, home of the Hagerstown Suns. The Suns are the single-A affiliate of my hometown Washington Nationals, and play in one of the best minor league parks around.<\/p>\n
Is it big? Nope.<\/p>\n
Is it modern? Nope.<\/p>\n
Is it filled with gadgets and high-techery? Nope.<\/p>\n
Municipal Stadium was built in 1930, and is a cool place to visit precisely because it does not contain any of those aforementioned qualities. They also have little between-inning silliness I’ve described elsewhere as totally useless. Oh, there was a moonbounce but my son really enjoyed that.<\/p>\n
The concession stand menu?<\/p>\n
Hot dog, hamburger, ice cream, peanuts, and something called “beer.” Yeah, no vegan fried kale sushi for 27 dollars or whatever the major league parks are giving out these days.<\/p>\n
Guess how much it was to park?<\/p>\n
That’s right. And I could see my car from the grandstand.<\/p>\n
Did I sit in the grandstand? Heck no, for 12 bucks I got the Marlins Man seats, right behind home plate. My son and I did move around a bit, as there were 4,000 empty seats. (That’s a slight exaggeration; capacity is 4,600 and official attendance was 638.)<\/p>\n
This is what minor league baseball is supposed to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure of visiting Hagerstown, Maryland, home of the Hagerstown Suns. The Suns are the single-A affiliate of my hometown Washington Nationals, and play in one of the best minor league parks around. Is it big? … Continue reading