Hey, did you know they play baseball here? Because it's kind of hard to tell sometimes. \n\nI'm all for new stadiums and amenities and every kind of food you can imagine but I am also for watching baseball. I feel as if the game is secondary here and the \"stadium\" (I use that term loosely...its much more like an arena...) is heavily geared towards children. I did not enjoy the cut away on the big screen to the roaming reporters and \"cheerleaders\" during the game, I would have preferred to see baseball highlights or trivia or something. The huge screens going around the \"stadium\" are very distracting. I really felt as if I was at a minor league game rather than a major league one. \n\nWest Coast baseball sure is a funny thing....what's up with having the home team dugout on the third base line? I also don't quite get why the mascot is a cat that looks like Mr. Mistoffelees from Cats. I thought the team was named after a rattlesnake. \n\nI did enjoy the fact that you can get liquor in the stadium and the little cup holder thingys on the backs of the seats. The night we went it was \"Bingo Night\" which meant we were given little bingo cards which was entertaining. Of course the cards we had had ridiculous situations on them like a strikeout on a passed ball and pretty much every single play a third baseman could be involved in. (Oddly enough it was missing a 1-2-3 double play which we DID see...) Of course it led us to cheer for things like a balk and a hit batter instead of the actual game. \n\nThe capacity of Fenway is 38,000 and they sell out every single game, the capacity of Chase Field is 49,000 and they could only muster about 37,000 in attendance, the bulk of which was Cubs fans. I mean, the D-Backs are in first place! The place should be packed with fans. \n\nI'll take my old decrepit Fenway Park any day of the week, where baseball is the focal point and the atmosphere is electric.
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