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From what I remember the beer selection at Camden is way better than Nats…doesn't mean the "best" beer might not be at Nats Stadium..its all personal preference

Everything is less of a hassle at Camden… people are more polite… and the list goes on

and yeah, Nats Stadium is ugly and you'd have thought with what they spent they could have made it nicer..

I think the one thing Nats Stadium has going is that the seats all have a fairly good view of the action..

atomicfront wrote:

I can imagine section 69 being awful.  I never sit in the overhang section. I  think you probably had just about the worst seats in the stadium.  Well 73 might be worse.  Section 14 is awesome and that is where my tickets are located. 

yeah they looked like the worst possible.. and we were way up in the corner…it was ridiculous.. i took one look at them and said "this ain't going to work.." and the day was so hot that with an infant you couldn't be in the sun either…

my good friend used to have 3 seats right straight behind home plate about 20 rows up i want to say.. saw so many games from there… just awesome.. got a bit spoilt i suppose.. unfortunately he had to give those seats up…they were just gold…

in a way they were sort of the equivalent of the Nats Lexus seats.. which i think go for $300.. i think my friend's seats couldn't have been more than $50 apiece and this was only about 3 years ago…

hutch wrote:

atomicfront wrote:

I can imagine section 69 being awful.  I never sit in the overhang section. I  think you probably had just about the worst seats in the stadium.  Well 73 might be worse.  Section 14 is awesome and that is where my tickets are located. 

yeah they looked like the worst possible.. and we were way up in the corner…it was ridiculous.. i took one look at them and said "this ain't going to work.." and the day was so hot that with an infant you couldn't be in the sun either…

my good friend used to have 3 seats right straight behind home plate about 20 rows up i want to say.. saw so many games from there… just awesome.. got a bit spoilt i suppose.. unfortunately he had to give those seats up…they were just gold…

in a way they were sort of the equivalent of the Nats Lexus seats.. which i think go for $300.. i think my friend's seats couldn't have been more than $50 apiece and this was only about 3 years ago…

Most expensive tickets even for a 13 game plan at Camden Yards are 48 dollars.  I think that has to be quite a deal compared to just about any other professional team in the area.  They haven't raised the price on Orioles tickets in the last 5 years. 

Saturday was terribly hot as well.  And we got their at 1:30 as we wanted to be at Buck and Dan Duquettes Q & A.  I didn't even feel like drinking beer in that heat.  I went to Dempsey's Place for an inning a half to cool down. Day games in July are not fun.

Chris Davis has more HR's at the All Star Break that any Royal has had in a season.  Ever.

If you sit in terrace box, it's best to sit in the first 4 rows.  We were in 9 in the 10th row on Friday and it was still a good seat. 

My favorite seats are in the upper reserve behind home plate. 

K8teebug wrote:
If you sit in terrace box, it's best to sit in the first 4 rows.  We were in 9 in the 10th row on Friday and it was still a good seat. 

My favorite seats are in the upper reserve behind home plate. 

I would say upper reserve behind home plate are the best value seats.  I don't like the terrace box.  I feel like I am inside.  I think what I like most about being at a baseball game is being outside drinking beer.  However, my opinion of terrace box changes dramatically if it is raining hard.  I got club level on Thursday just because of the threat of rain. If you are fifth row or further back you won't get wet. 

K8teebug wrote:
If you sit in terrace box, it's best to sit in the first 4 rows.  We were in 9 in the 10th row on Friday and it was still a good seat. 

My favorite seats are in the upper reserve behind home plate. 

25th year for me with a mini plan - upper box behind the plate 3rd row.  A bargain at $20.

Shemp wrote:

K8teebug wrote:
If you sit in terrace box, it's best to sit in the first 4 rows.  We were in 9 in the 10th row on Friday and it was still a good seat. 

My favorite seats are in the upper reserve behind home plate. 

25th year for me with a mini plan - upper box behind the plate 3rd row.  A bargain at $20.

25th year!? wow. congrats.

the O's are a great value…

Shemp wrote:

K8teebug wrote:
If you sit in terrace box, it's best to sit in the first 4 rows.  We were in 9 in the 10th row on Friday and it was still a good seat. 

My favorite seats are in the upper reserve behind home plate. 

25th year for me with a mini plan - upper box behind the plate 3rd row.  A bargain at $20.

Yeah 20 dollars for those is awesome.  I am thinking of doing the 29 game plan next year.  You get the opening day tickets and you can get the autographs at the season ticket holder day.  Figure I can sell games I don't want to go to.  13 game plan is pretty amazing as you get cheap price and you can exchange tickets  for other games.  

ok who was there for the game where cal ripken beat gehrigs record for most consecutive games.. i saw part of that on tv… that was a big one..

i was always sad that i only saw ripken when he was kinda over the hill.. i only moved to dc in 1995

I wasn't there, but my Aunt and Uncle were.  They went to all the biggies, world series, last day at memorial, first day at camden, 2131.

My Uncle is the biggest Orioles fan ever.  No one beats him.  He wanted to name my cousin Brooks.  He has a den with so much Orioles things!  Even has a contract.

I was lucky that I grew up about 5 minutes from Memorial Stadium.  Some of my favorite memories of childhood are baseball games.

Was also lucky that I grew up with Eddie and Cal  :D

I remember in 1983 sitting on my Nana's back porch, waiting for everyone to get back from the world series, and being pissed I couldn't be there since I was 8.  They brought me back a hat from the game.  I still have it.

And when I had surgery as a young kid on my ear, my mom brought me a stuffed Oriole bird for being such a good patient…

It's a little weird how so many things revolve around the O's with me.

Including vacations…this year we're heading to Cleveland to see that Orioles series.

hutch wrote:
ok who was there for the game where cal ripken beat gehrigs record for most consecutive games.. i saw part of that on tv… that was a big one..

i was always sad that i only saw ripken when he was kinda over the hill.. i only moved to dc in 1995

I was there for the record-tying game.  We stayed in a hotel in town.  Leaving the hotel the next day we rode the elevator with a Budweiser rep who chatted us up about Cal.  We told him we didn't have tickets for the 2131 game.  He told us to meet him in the lobby a little later.  He showed up with standing room tix apologizing that that was the best he could do.  Walked over to Harborplace and forced down a Bud as a tribute to our friend.

Shemp wrote:

hutch wrote:
ok who was there for the game where cal ripken beat gehrigs record for most consecutive games.. i saw part of that on tv… that was a big one..

i was always sad that i only saw ripken when he was kinda over the hill.. i only moved to dc in 1995

I was there for the record-tying game.  We stayed in a hotel in town.  Leaving the hotel the next day we rode the elevator with a Budweiser rep who chatted us up about Cal.  We told him we didn't have tickets for the 2131 game.  He told us to meet him in the lobby a little later.  He showed up with standing room tix apologizing that that was the best he could do.  Walked over to Harborplace and forced down a Bud as a tribute to our friend.

wow..cool story..

For every home run Chris Davis hits in the home run derby ticket prices for select games will go down a dollar.  Just think if he hits 60 you can have the best seat in the house for free:

http://mlb.mlb.com/bal/ticketing/home_run_derby.jsp?partnerId=as_mlb_20130715_9810774

atomicfront wrote:
For every home run Chris Davis hits in the home run derby ticket prices for select games will go down a dollar.  Just think if he hits 60 you can have the best seat in the house for free:

http://mlb.mlb.com/bal/ticketing/home_run_derby.jsp?partnerId=as_mlb_20130715_9810774

Except for the part that says maximum discount $25.

hutch wrote:
ok who was there for the game where cal ripken beat gehrigs record for most consecutive games.. i saw part of that on tv… that was a big one..

It was against Anaheim, so I watched it on TV as well.  I had not moved to DC yet.

In a strange twist, I saw Palmiero's 300th and 400th HR and his 3000th hit in person, once in Anaheim and twice when I was travelling and caught a game on the road.  Random. 

I don't know why in baseball the consective games streak is such a big deal.  What does Brett Favre have it in Football?  He played more seasons of games in row than Ripken right? I  don't even have any idea who holds the record in hockey and basketball. 

If Miguel Cabrera held the streak, nobody would care. But since Cal Ripken is a white, Maryland born son, everybody cares.

I'm going to guess that AC Green holds it for basketball, I don't follow hockey at all.

I think the football streaks are a bigger accomplishment because they are so prone to injury. I guess they make a big deal about baseball because it's so, so many games.

James wrote:
If Miguel Cabrera held the streak, nobody would care. But since Cal Ripken is a white, Maryland born son, everybody cares.

I'm going to guess that AC Green holds it for basketball, I don't follow hockey at all.

I think the football streaks are a bigger accomplishment because they are so prone to injury. I guess they make a big deal about baseball because it's so, so many games.

Looked it up Doug Jarvis hold the record in hockey.  He never missed a game in his career which was 12 years long.  Favre played 18 straight seasons without missing a game.  1,192 is the record by AC Green equals like 15 straight seasons.  Games shouldn't matter as how likely are you to get injured in a baseball game compared to other sports.