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Does anyone ever go to the tri-cities and watch some minor league games?
I moved over to Bristol, and literally live on the hill behind the White Sox ball field. Thought about doing a couple games this year, as Pete Rose Jr. is the coach, which is kinda neat.
I go to some of the Kport Mets games but I havent been in a while. I love to watch some good minor league ball and acually see some of them make it to the majors is an added bonus.
i used to go and watch the Kpt Mets a few times with a neighbor of mine, but not regularly or anything.
baseball is not my sport anyway, and i only enjoyed it when big name players (rick ankiel, etc..) were playing.
the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg/Knoxville area, Tenn. Smokies, is a great area for minor league baseball; many big time players have played in their league over there.
All these guys have played for the Smokies over the years:
* Rick Ankiel
* Carmen Cali
* Stephen Drew
* Joe Girardi
* Roy Halladay
* Dan Haren
* Dan Uggla
* David Wells
* Vernon Wells
* Jeff Kent
* Jake Fox
* Orlando Hudson
* Mark Reynolds
* Anthony Reyes
* Kerry Wood
* Miguel Montero
* Yadier Molina
* Jake Fox
* Sam Fuld
* Jeff Samardzija
* Cristian Guzm?n
* Chris Carpenter
* Carlos Delgado
* Shawn Green
* Felipe Lopez
* Jayson Werth
* Casey Blake
* Harold Baines
* Mike Timlin
* Kelvim Escobar
* Ross Ohlendorf
* Alberto Gonzalez
* Kevin Cash
* Gabe Gross
* Reed Johnson
* Dewayne Wise
* Micah Owings
* Sean Gallagher
* Kevin Hart
* Carmen Pignatiello
* Brandon Lyon
* Miguel Montero
* Dustin Nippert
* Tony Pe?a
* Doug Slaten
* Bill Murphy
* Starlin Castro
* Tyler Colvin
bolded are some of the greats that spent time w/ Smokies.
Halladay, Carlos Delgado, Harold Baines, Tony Pena, Chris Carpenter, Uggla, Reynolds, Kent, Vernon Wells, Dan Haren, Joe Girardi are all elite players or were elite players
It's nothing fancy, but if you're a baseball junkie, it's a pretty good, cheap way to get a fix.
I have had K-Mets season tickets for four years now, the price is 100 bucks and is a wonderful way to spend a hot summer night. It is not the greatest baseball, but I am a baseball junkie if you want to come to Kingsport I'll buy you a hot dog, and we will spend nine innings talking about football and such.
I'm not a baseball junkie, I couldn't tell ya who is where, unless they're a Baltimore Oriole (die hard, no matter what)... but I love just going to a ballpark, eating a hot dog, and relaxing.
Yeah, the Smokies are really fun to watch.
You can definitely do that there and it won't cost a fortune ... Like seats and eats at Camden Yards will.Quote:
Originally Posted by steer
I've gone and watched the Kpt Mets randomly a few times. But it's been around 3 years since the last time. And even though I'm not a big baseball fan I've enjoyed it and had a fun time.
Hot dog and beer at Camden Yards was $11.00... it was nuts.
But Camden Yards is well worth every penny spent there.
I decided to go with the All-You-Can-Eat seats in left field the second time I went. First time was Row 22 above the first-base dugout. I give Camden credit. It's an awesome experience. It didn't hurt my experience any that Luke Scott was in left against the Braves the second time ... And felt the need to constantly "stretch" ... Good times. Good times.
Never been to Camden, is it really in a bad part of town? I heard it was a rough location.
Ive only been to Atlanta and Cincy, both Fulton Co. Stadium and Turner Field in ATL and GAB in Cincy. Cincy is a VERY nice ballpark, cool layout. ATL has tons of fun stuff to do inside the ballpark, its my favorite. Fulton Co.was cool too, but it was nowhere near as modern and nice as Turner is.
Ive not seen many games, saw ATL play Philly in a two game series when I was younger, saw ATL play Cleveland and Chicago Cubs once a piece and saw Cincy play the Dodgers on our senior trip.
No sir. It's in an extremely nice part of town. They built the football stadium right next to it, and you walk a few blocks in front of it, and boom.. inner harbor with all the fun stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biggin
I love Baltimore, my dads mom is from there, so we've been going there for as far back as I can remember. There really isn't one "rough" section... I walked from downtown, all the way out to the fort. No problems. Just gotta know how to talk to those Balmers! :)
My last time up, I sat 6 rows from first base, and Scott came over and did the autograph thing (I didn't get one), but he was super nice to EVERYONE. Baltimore loves their baseball and the players respect that.Quote:
Originally Posted by ms pemberley
I use to visit Kingsport Mets very often,, Love baseball.. hope to be watching some spring training games beginning late Feb. I have the Orioles in my back door...
You're a very lucky person then. If you visit some O's games, feel free to send up some autographs :)Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Sage
I pretty much hate minor league baseball. It's pretty much irrelevant to me. I do check up on the Reds farm teams daily during the season though.
I usually try to catch the Reds AA team when they visit the Smokies at least once or twice a season. Was lucky enough to have free tickets left by one of the players thanks to helping out with a Reds website. One of the Reds AA pitchers was pitching that night, and we have him as a "Spotlight Player" so he was nice enough to leave us 3 seats about 3 rows up behind home plate. I watched Joey Votto belt two homeruns at Smokies Park. One of which nearly cleared the 2nd fence in Right Center Field. Been a huge Votto fan ever since then.
I haven't been to an Appy league game since Rick Ankiel was down there pitching for the JC Cardinals after his loss of control with the Cardinals. Me and some buddies went to JC twice to see him pitch. he was a man against boys at that level. I still have the scorecards from those games somewhere in my closet. If memory serves me correctly, he had 17 Ks in one of those games... THROUGH 7 Innings. and they took him out. Some bum was his catcher back then. Some guy named Yadier Molina. Not sure he even plays any more the Whiny Little **tch. The only other notable player i can think of that played then was a huge prospect/thug named "Toe" Nash.
As for big league parks, Camden Yards ranks somewhere between 2 and 3 for me. The more I go to GABP, the more I realize how nice it is. but neither Camden nor GABP compare to PNC Park in Pittsburgh. I already have family plans to skip a trip to Cincy this year and go to Pittsburgh instead to watch the Reds.
There used to be a great daily review of the Reds minor league games on Redleg Nation. Down on the Farm was its title. Great editor! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by pvfan
I read that from time to time. I'm a huge fan of redszone though. i live on redszone from March to October. I'm proud to say that I'm a member of the old red guard as well.