OBSERVATIONS FROM SAVANNAH, GA.
Character usually is a good thing but not always ... a park where general admission seats are the best ones gives me pause.
We loved the Sand Gnats' stadium setting in a large city park (we got in some
walking before the game) and loved the idea of it being at one of the nation's
oldest functioning ballparks (they fight with Asheville among others for the distinction).
But our seating experience was less than great, for a while.
Our box seats were
close behind home plate even though the map had showed them closer to first
base (our preferred angle). My mom's seat was not fastened securely into the
concrete. We moved to the general admission area near Landshark Landing and had
a great time from then on.
The netting spans just
about all of the seating areas so this is a difficult place to catch a foul
ball. But the angles are so odd management has to put up all of this netting or
they would lose a fan every night.
The daytime high was 97
or so, but enormous ceiling fans in the covered areas keep spectators from
rioting. We also were told we could ask for bug spray from fan services, but it
never came to that. There is a reason the team is named the Sand Gnats ...
Food item in the
Wretched Excess category: the S'mores Panini. There was Nutella involved, plus
chocolate syrup on top. I can't even ...
Sand Gnats Carolinas
Connections
Outfielder Champ Stuart, Brevard College
6 comments:
wold? :)
Fixed, thanks. "Wold" is indeed a word, but not one that fits in this post.
Ellyn
My father played there in the late '40s as part of the Athletics farm team. Looks like an old wooden park to me...
This post was pretty worthless--and what kind of excuse is that "wold" is a real word?
Thanking you for your correction does not strike me as worthless. Gratitude matters.
I'm sorry that my attempt to be funny didn't work. I don't believe in excuses, only ownership and fixing what can be fixed, which we've done with your help.
Ellyn
ellyn, nice read, Anonymous is off base.
keep on keeping on and thanks for following old world baseball.
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