We all never forget our first time attending a Major League baseball game. The feeling of walking through the concourse, peeking out at the field, being in amazement of the beauty of a big league ballpark was magnificent. The smell of the varied foods mixed with the smell of the fresh cut grass was sensory overload. Once you finally get to your seat, you gaze out at the field enthused that you are this close to your heroes. Never has it been so pleasing to see a grown man do stretches and gently toss a baseball back and forth.
I do remember my first game was at Atlanta's old Fulton County Stadium back in 1982; I was 8 years old at the time. I didn't always have the best attention span as a kid but when I was at the ballpark witnessing my beloved Atlanta Braves I was as focused as I could possibly be. I would sit there in pure astonishment at the sights and sounds that were around me, at that moment nothing else mattered. I was in baseball heaven.
The experience thirty years ago is much different than it is today. There weren't fancy restaurants, there weren't a hundred different games to play to help keep the young people in the crowd excited. There was straightforward foods and drinks and baseball, that was plenty. The kids all had a great time as did the adults; of course, the adults could just sit there and light up a smoke without having to go stand in a yellow square somewhere away from the action. Those were the days.
Today, the story is much different; not better or worse, just completely different. You enter the ballparks of Major League Baseball today and you can walk through the concourses and view the whole entire field, take in all of the sights and sounds, all while standing in line for some food. The atmosphere today is much more energetic and fan friendly. Major League Baseball has done a great job over the years making the parks more fan friendly and making it a more synergistic experience from start to finish. And the food possibilities are a hell of a lot better today than in years past. From the minute you walk in the front gates until the point you leave, there is pure excitement.
I'm not sure when precisely this happened but somewhere along the line a baseball interpretation of cheerleaders was added to the experience. This is a group of about ten young, and very cute, women getting the fans riled up. It all goes to the overall experience that makes the experience much different than it was as a child.
I can say that the experience of a game today is much more spectacular than it was thirty years ago. In many regards, I think that Major League Baseball undervalues the value of the actual game and feels the need to add extra excitement where it isn't really needed. The product is great without all of the extras at every single park, but the extra thought put into the experience is relished. Major League Baseball has made the game experience the best economic value of all major sports.
I do remember my first game was at Atlanta's old Fulton County Stadium back in 1982; I was 8 years old at the time. I didn't always have the best attention span as a kid but when I was at the ballpark witnessing my beloved Atlanta Braves I was as focused as I could possibly be. I would sit there in pure astonishment at the sights and sounds that were around me, at that moment nothing else mattered. I was in baseball heaven.
The experience thirty years ago is much different than it is today. There weren't fancy restaurants, there weren't a hundred different games to play to help keep the young people in the crowd excited. There was straightforward foods and drinks and baseball, that was plenty. The kids all had a great time as did the adults; of course, the adults could just sit there and light up a smoke without having to go stand in a yellow square somewhere away from the action. Those were the days.
Today, the story is much different; not better or worse, just completely different. You enter the ballparks of Major League Baseball today and you can walk through the concourses and view the whole entire field, take in all of the sights and sounds, all while standing in line for some food. The atmosphere today is much more energetic and fan friendly. Major League Baseball has done a great job over the years making the parks more fan friendly and making it a more synergistic experience from start to finish. And the food possibilities are a hell of a lot better today than in years past. From the minute you walk in the front gates until the point you leave, there is pure excitement.
I'm not sure when precisely this happened but somewhere along the line a baseball interpretation of cheerleaders was added to the experience. This is a group of about ten young, and very cute, women getting the fans riled up. It all goes to the overall experience that makes the experience much different than it was as a child.
I can say that the experience of a game today is much more spectacular than it was thirty years ago. In many regards, I think that Major League Baseball undervalues the value of the actual game and feels the need to add extra excitement where it isn't really needed. The product is great without all of the extras at every single park, but the extra thought put into the experience is relished. Major League Baseball has made the game experience the best economic value of all major sports.
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