Great American Ballpark...worst place to watch a MLB game

[Ihatepujols]

Just got back from the game this afternoon and just thought I would share this for the people here who have never been to Great American. I have been to GABP plenty of times, the only times I go are when the Cubbies are playin. First of all GABP is one of the most beautiful ballparks in the country imo, and this year there is a lot of hype surrounding this Reds team, however even with the Cub fans help they can only get 20,000 in attendance? Whats worse is that a majority of fans that are there, shouldn;t be there. With the game tied 1-1 in the Top of the eighth, fans began trying to do the wave. It was almost as if they didn't even care about the game. To get the fans excited or even making noise in crucial parts of the game " everybody Clap your hands" was played over the loudspeakers. In between every pitch a sound effects was played out over the loudspeakers. I understand that in many parts about the major leagues can match the intensity that you may find at Wrigley Field, Fenway Park or Yankee stadium, but I would expect in crucial situations you could find at least one person standing up in cheering. Then of course of the game was over you had a few Reds fans tyring to rub salt in the wounds of the Cub fans who were in attendance. Really they should have thanked us because about the cubs fans you're looking at only 10,000 fans in attendance for this game on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in a beautiful ballpark....what a disgrace for a ball club that as of right now is a playoff contender.

[inari]

Everything about this reminds me of a Dave Kaplan rant.

[Andy]

I like the GAB. It's the only current park I've been to other than Wrigley, and it holds up about as well as can be expected considering that. The only thing I'd complain about is they have the giant scoreboard in left field, and no other visible scoreboard for those that sit in the lower left-field deck, as I did in the game I attended.

[Sammy Sofa]

I wish to know his opinion on Albert Pujols.

[rynefan]

I just remember being at the old stadium when I was a kid (Riverfront) and sitting in the front row of the upper deck throwing peanut shells on the people below us. Good times, good times.

[loukycub]

Just got back from the game this afternoon and just thought I would share this for the people here who have never been to Great American. I have been to GABP plenty of times, the only times I go are when the Cubbies are playin. First of all GABP is one of the most beautiful ballparks in the country imo, and this year there is a lot of hype surrounding this Reds team, however even with the Cub fans help they can only get 20,000 in attendance? Whats worse is that a majority of fans that are there, shouldn;t be there. With the game tied 1-1 in the Top of the eighth, fans began trying to do the wave. It was almost as if they didn't even care about the game. To get the fans excited or even making noise in crucial parts of the game " everybody Clap your hands" was played over the loudspeakers. In between every pitch a sound effects was played out over the loudspeakers. I understand that in many parts about the major leagues can match the intensity that you may find at Wrigley Field, Fenway Park or Yankee stadium, but I would expect in crucial situations you could find at least one person standing up in cheering. Then of course of the game was over you had a few Reds fans tyring to rub salt in the wounds of the Cub fans who were in attendance. Really they should have thanked us because about the cubs fans you're looking at only 10,000 fans in attendance for this game on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in a beautiful ballpark....what a disgrace for a ball club that as of right now is a playoff contender.

 

there are two differences between this and the stadium in tampa:

1) less cowbell

2) bad metal not blaring out at deafening levels of the speakers

 

this is one of the reasons i want to go see a game at wrigley. on tv i don't hear or have seen much prompting on the scoreboards or the speakers for the crowd to get up and make a bunch of noise. tropicana field and great american ballpark reminded me of cardinal stadium on the kentucky fair and expo center (former home of the louisville redbirds nee bats who are now in a much nicer place), which had all the fan features of a high school football field and made lots of noise to get the crowd involved. considering that those were my first ever major league games i was not impressed by the atmosphere they tried to create. i thought the bats did it better, and they were expected to do that because they're minor league.

[OleMissCub]

I wish to know his opinion on Albert Pujols.

 

excellent contribution to the thread

[cubsfan5150]

I've been to GABP thrice and really don't enjoy the park too much. Luckily all three games where Cubs games so that made the experience much better, but overall, I don't care much for the park. I don't have much to compare it to, as I've only been to Mile High Stadium (one of my all time favorite stadium names) for my only other MLB game. In all truthfullness, I enjoyed the game at Mile High much more. I'm sure that being my first MLB game played a part, but Denver just has a GREAT atmosphere and there's a ton of Cubs fans there.

[CubbieBum]

Just got back from the game this afternoon and just thought I would share this for the people here who have never been to Great American. I have been to GABP plenty of times, the only times I go are when the Cubbies are playin. First of all GABP is one of the most beautiful ballparks in the country imo, and this year there is a lot of hype surrounding this Reds team, however even with the Cub fans help they can only get 20,000 in attendance? Whats worse is that a majority of fans that are there, shouldn;t be there. With the game tied 1-1 in the Top of the eighth, fans began trying to do the wave. It was almost as if they didn't even care about the game. To get the fans excited or even making noise in crucial parts of the game " everybody Clap your hands" was played over the loudspeakers. In between every pitch a sound effects was played out over the loudspeakers. I understand that in many parts about the major leagues can match the intensity that you may find at Wrigley Field, Fenway Park or Yankee stadium, but I would expect in crucial situations you could find at least one person standing up in cheering. Then of course of the game was over you had a few Reds fans tyring to rub salt in the wounds of the Cub fans who were in attendance. Really they should have thanked us because about the cubs fans you're looking at only 10,000 fans in attendance for this game on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in a beautiful ballpark....what a disgrace for a ball club that as of right now is a playoff contender.

 

there are two differences between this and the stadium in tampa:

1) less cowbell

2) bad metal not blaring out at deafening levels of the speakers

 

this is one of the reasons i want to go see a game at wrigley. on tv i don't hear or have seen much prompting on the scoreboards or the speakers for the crowd to get up and make a bunch of noise. tropicana field and great american ballpark reminded me of cardinal stadium on the kentucky fair and expo center (former home of the louisville redbirds nee bats who are now in a much nicer place), which had all the fan features of a high school football field and made lots of noise to get the crowd involved. considering that those were my first ever major league games i was not impressed by the atmosphere they tried to create. i thought the bats did it better, and they were expected to do that because they're minor league.

 

Every park could use more cowbell.

[J.R.]

Cincinnati baseball was a much better experience before they banished the organist. The last stand, the Sunday games, are now subject to the same aural diarrhea as the rest.

 

That organization's cheap ways persist even though Schott has been dead for years now.

[Soul]

Still, what the original post said basically describes a ton of ballparks & fans around the league.

 

The fact is, Wrigley or Fenway, or Yankee Stadium -- these places are more packed, with more enthusiastic fans, than most other ballparks/fans.

 

Saying Cincinnati is the worst in the league doesn't add up, based on those criticisms.

[J.R.]

Saying Cincinnati is the worst in the league doesn't add up, based on those criticisms.

 

The Cincinnati experience is ahead of Florida and Pittsburgh at the very least. PNC is beautiful, but the noise is comparable to an NBA game.

Edited April 12, 2010 by J.R.

[Old Style]

this is one of the reasons i want to go see a game at wrigley. on tv i don't hear or have seen much prompting on the scoreboards or the speakers for the crowd to get up and make a bunch of noise.

I really don't recall ever hearing or seeing anything of this outside of the standard "charge" music or the occasional Addams Family theme to get people to clap at the same time.

[SouthSideRyan]

Saying Cincinnati is the worst in the league doesn't add up, based on those criticisms.

 

The Cincinnati experience is ahead of Florida and Pittsburgh at the very least.

 

Outrageous. Pittsburgh is awesome.

[J.R.]

Saying Cincinnati is the worst in the league doesn't add up, based on those criticisms.

 

The Cincinnati experience is ahead of Florida and Pittsburgh at the very least.

 

Outrageous. Pittsburgh is awesome.

 

Maybe if you're deaf.

[rocket]

it's a lot better than it used to be, when they played at riverfront.

[Sammy Sofa]

I wish to know his opinion on Albert Pujols.

 

excellent contribution to the thread

 

It's a thread by a visiting fan complaining about the home team's ballpark because his team sucked and lost.

[Ihatepujols]

Just got back from the game this afternoon and just thought I would share this for the people here who have never been to Great American. I have been to GABP plenty of times, the only times I go are when the Cubbies are playin. First of all GABP is one of the most beautiful ballparks in the country imo, and this year there is a lot of hype surrounding this Reds team, however even with the Cub fans help they can only get 20,000 in attendance? Whats worse is that a majority of fans that are there, shouldn;t be there. With the game tied 1-1 in the Top of the eighth, fans began trying to do the wave. It was almost as if they didn't even care about the game. To get the fans excited or even making noise in crucial parts of the game " everybody Clap your hands" was played over the loudspeakers. In between every pitch a sound effects was played out over the loudspeakers. I understand that in many parts about the major leagues can match the intensity that you may find at Wrigley Field, Fenway Park or Yankee stadium, but I would expect in crucial situations you could find at least one person standing up in cheering. Then of course of the game was over you had a few Reds fans tyring to rub salt in the wounds of the Cub fans who were in attendance. Really they should have thanked us because about the cubs fans you're looking at only 10,000 fans in attendance for this game on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in a beautiful ballpark....what a disgrace for a ball club that as of right now is a playoff contender.

 

there are two differences between this and the stadium in tampa:

1) less cowbell

2) bad metal not blaring out at deafening levels of the speakers

 

this is one of the reasons i want to go see a game at wrigley. on tv i don't hear or have seen much prompting on the scoreboards or the speakers for the crowd to get up and make a bunch of noise. tropicana field and great american ballpark reminded me of cardinal stadium on the kentucky fair and expo center (former home of the louisville redbirds nee bats who are now in a much nicer place), which had all the fan features of a high school football field and made lots of noise to get the crowd involved. considering that those were my first ever major league games i was not impressed by the atmosphere they tried to create. i thought the bats did it better, and they were expected to do that because they're minor league.

 

I live in Da Ville also...and everything about being at the game yesterday reminded me of a Bats game.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I wish to know his opinion on Albert Pujols.

 

excellent contribution to the thread

 

It's a thread by a visiting fan complaining about the home team's ballpark because his team sucked and lost.

He wasn't complaining about the park, it was the experience.

[Sammy Sofa]

Same difference. The experience of going to another team's ballpark and watching your team lose is generally going to be negative.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Same difference. The experience of going to another team's ballpark and watching your team lose is generally going to be negative.

It's not really the same at all. There was perhaps 1 sentence in there that reeked of sour grapes, but there were a lot of valid points in there describing a terrible experience for watching a baseball game.

[Sammy Sofa]

Same difference. The experience of going to another team's ballpark and watching your team lose is generally going to be negative.

It's not really the same at all. There was perhaps 1 sentence in there that reeked of sour grapes, but there were a lot of valid points in there describing a terrible experience for watching a baseball game.

 

And they're all things you're going to encounter at pretty much every stadium that isn't Wrigley, Fenway or Yankee Stadium.

[Yeti]

granted its been 2 seasons since i was at GABP, so they may not do it anymore, but i thought the cheerleaders on the dugouts between innings was very classy

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Same difference. The experience of going to another team's ballpark and watching your team lose is generally going to be negative.

It's not really the same at all. There was perhaps 1 sentence in there that reeked of sour grapes, but there were a lot of valid points in there describing a terrible experience for watching a baseball game.

 

And they're all things you're going to encounter at pretty much every stadium that isn't Wrigley, Fenway or Yankee Stadium.

That's not even remotely close to being true.

[Sammy Sofa]

The wave? Playing music? Playing stuff to get people to clap and cheer? That's almost everywhere now. The stadiums that DON'T do that stuff are in the tiny minority.