From: "John Beamish" 

I'm sure I've mentioned it here:  V and I went to Chicago to see the Cubs
during the last year their stadium did not have lights.  The sun was
shining, we had beer brought to our seats and the Cubs beat the Dodgers.

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:02:59 -0400, Frank Haber  wrote:

> What a good piece of writing!
>
> I have a big soft spot for the mystique of baseball, but my Field of
> Dreams was mowed when the Dodgers left Brooklyn.  Oddly enough, I saw
> more Yankees games as a kid than Dodgers'.  My dad had two friends who
> would throw us unused corporate box seats, and the Bombers were the
> golf-course meet-and-greet gold card, I guess.
>
> Now, I can't stand the NOISE at major-league parks.  And it's getting
> bad even at the minor league ones.  (We have two in NYC now.)  Give me
> bleachers and just the noise of a few thousand fans, and I'm spaced,
> stressless and happy. I discount the effect of the beer and the sun.

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