{"id":385,"date":"2007-04-23T07:13:25","date_gmt":"2007-04-23T14:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/?p=385"},"modified":"2007-04-23T10:55:43","modified_gmt":"2007-04-23T17:55:43","slug":"take-me-out-to-the-ball-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/23\/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Take me out to the ball game"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBonds launches number 740
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\nLast week at a barbeque with friends we talked about taking our families to see a baseball game, four adults and three children (ages 4 and 2.) One of our friends works at a large, San Francisco corporation which maintains a luxury box at PacBell, no, that’s not it. SBC no, that’s not it. ATT park, yes, that’s it, this year.
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\nSo yesterday we packed up the kids and headed to the park. Now if you haven’t been in one of the “new” baseball stadiums, you are missing out. The park is beautiful, it’s easy to get into and out of, the food is good (if expensive,) and the atmosphere is great. This is a far cry from my experience watching baseball on bleachers in Riverfront Stadium during the days of the “Big Red Machine.” I still have fond memories of that and hope my daughter does of this event too.
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\nA word about luxury boxes, think of a small hotel room with comfy furniture, a refrigerator, sink, and room service. Then take the wall that faces the field and make it glass with a door in the middle, then put 16 individual seats outside, under the a roof, with expansive and unblocked views of the field. It’s certainly not the bleachers!
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\nThe next time we go, we’ll take CalTrain<\/a>. Driving and parking weren’t great. $30 to park! Also, while the food was good, $5 for a hotdog is a bit outrageous, so we’ll take a few snacks too. All in all, a very fun day. Oh yeah, the game. It was a pitchers duel. The Giants won 2-1<\/a> with Bonds<\/a> hitting his 740th homerun. He’s now 15 short of tying Hank Aaron’s<\/a> record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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