A VISIT TO THE BALLPARK
As most of you know, Tom and I are both fans of AL Teams. (Yankees for him - Boo! and Red Sox for me - Yeah!). Unfortunately, this means that we have to go to McAfee Stadium in Oakland to watch out teams play - which is basically a stadium located in the middle of the Oakland ghetto. We've been to 3 games there this season, and that's been quite enough. (During our last game there, we sat in seats right next to the concourse where someone had vomitted . It smelled like that the entire game). It's too bad that we are not really fans of NL teams, or else we'd get to watch games at the beautiful AT&T Park.
We'd planned to go to a game at AT&T Park just to experience it, and one day we got lucky and got offered corporate tickets to a game (by one of the vendors I work with). It was a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon - perfect weather for a game. We got to the ballpark a little late, but that was ok, because we were able to visit the concessions pretty easily. So the recommended food at AT&T Park are the crabcake sandwiches, but they were located on the other side of the ballpark. We just wanted to grab some food and get to our seats.
There were a lot of food choices for us. (Oh and btw, the concourse has the most flat screen TV's that I've ever seen in one place). Tom decided to stop at a gourmet hot dog place. He was super hungry, so he ended up getting two types of hot dogs. The first was a "Coney Island Dog":
As most of you know, Tom and I are both fans of AL Teams. (Yankees for him - Boo! and Red Sox for me - Yeah!). Unfortunately, this means that we have to go to McAfee Stadium in Oakland to watch out teams play - which is basically a stadium located in the middle of the Oakland ghetto. We've been to 3 games there this season, and that's been quite enough. (During our last game there, we sat in seats right next to the concourse where someone had vomitted . It smelled like that the entire game). It's too bad that we are not really fans of NL teams, or else we'd get to watch games at the beautiful AT&T Park.
We'd planned to go to a game at AT&T Park just to experience it, and one day we got lucky and got offered corporate tickets to a game (by one of the vendors I work with). It was a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon - perfect weather for a game. We got to the ballpark a little late, but that was ok, because we were able to visit the concessions pretty easily. So the recommended food at AT&T Park are the crabcake sandwiches, but they were located on the other side of the ballpark. We just wanted to grab some food and get to our seats.
There were a lot of food choices for us. (Oh and btw, the concourse has the most flat screen TV's that I've ever seen in one place). Tom decided to stop at a gourmet hot dog place. He was super hungry, so he ended up getting two types of hot dogs. The first was a "Coney Island Dog":
Again, I have no idea what made this "San Francisco". It had sauerkraut, a pickle and thouand island dressing. As you can see, they were both quite large and required a fork. He actually would've just preferred some regular hot dogs, since these were kinda hard to eat.
Meanwhile, I wasn't having the best of luck finding food. We wanted to get to our seats, so I finally just ordered some chicken wings, garlic fries and a soda. Amazingly enough, it came out to be just under $20. (yikes!)
Meanwhile, I wasn't having the best of luck finding food. We wanted to get to our seats, so I finally just ordered some chicken wings, garlic fries and a soda. Amazingly enough, it came out to be just under $20. (yikes!)
The nice thing is is that they give you your choice of dipping sauces. (Unlike many places where they just make you use mustard and ketchup). The garlic fries were ok, certainly better than the mealy pices of cardboard that I'd had at McAfee. I enjoy the chicken strips at Fenway Park more though. They have a different breading that's studded with black pepper that I just like more.
We had a really fun afternoon at the ballpark. We had the best seats we'd ever had at a ballpark (though we were surrounded by families and little kids) and the home team one. Even though my team almost never plays at this park, I look foward to going back and seeing more games there.
We had a really fun afternoon at the ballpark. We had the best seats we'd ever had at a ballpark (though we were surrounded by families and little kids) and the home team one. Even though my team almost never plays at this park, I look foward to going back and seeing more games there.
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