Midwest Baseball Game Trip 2010 Highlights In Addition To Lowlights
Some of the best things nosotros saw, along amongst the disappointments along the way...
BASEBALL - Since the subject of this trip was baseball, let's start amongst the stadiums. All the stadiums were top notch, but here's how nosotros charge per unit of measurement them starting amongst the best.
KAUFMAN STADIUM, Kansas City, Missouri - Beautiful stadium amongst awesome fountains inwards the outfield for their signature feature. Very footling to no overhang from the upper decks agency you lot tin can come across everything. Great employees together with fans together with some of the best pricing inwards baseball. We got seats only a few rows dorsum from domicile plate (in the Dugout Boxes) for exclusively $52 including taxes. The squad is non doing good but did win the black nosotros were there, the hateful solar daytime afterwards they fired their manager. The exclusively other knock I'd plow over it is that it's out inwards the suburbs together with you lot require to crusade there. I wishing it were downtown, but that's ok. Great wheelchair accessible seating at all levels. They only renovated the stadium terminal twelvemonth together with it seems construct new...I can't believe this stadium is only about xl years old! To my domicile team, the Angels...this is how you lot renovate an one-time stadium together with this is how you lot include wheelchairs inwards your seating plans, non the Mickey Mouse way you lot guys did (pun intended).
BUSCH STADIUM, St. Louis, Missouri - Another beautiful stadium. Big, expansive. Many dissimilar seating levels to select from. Many "private" clubs to sit down in...we sat inwards the Infield Redbird Club along 3rd base of operations together with had a nutrient courtroom amongst 2 total bars together with gift store that was exclusively available to ticket holder of this section. That meant curt lines, a rattling comfortable indoor expanse to become to if the conditions got bad, together with bully views of the plain from the 2nd companionship deck where nosotros sat. Again, accessible seating available at all levels. Great views of the arch together with an easy-to-walk-to downtown location 2 blocks from our hotel. The most expensive of all of our tickets at $57 each...still a bargain.
GREAT AMERICAN BALLPARK, Cincinnati, Ohio - Situated downtown on the Ohio River, non quite every bit slow to walk to every bit St. Louis but silent walkable. Great pre-game political party atmosphere across the river inwards Newport, Kentucky. H5N1 modest looking stadium amongst bully seating at all levels. Our seats were halfway tothird source base of operations from domicile at the top of the plain grade deck at $53 each. Biggest knock was mediocre to substandard nutrient together with rattling footling diversity of it.
BALL PARK FOOD - Here, St. Louis shines amongst barbecue, nigh 10 dissimilar sausages to select from (including bacon-wrapped hot dogs similar you'd discovery hither inwards LA), Asian stir-fry made every bit you lot watch, pulled pork, barbecue, dessert bar, together with on together with on. Prices are the highest for nutrient together with drinks nosotros saw on the trip together with the exclusively beer I saw on tap was Bud, Bud Light, Bud Select, which you lot mightiness aspect from a squad owned yesteryear Anheiser Busch (or InBev now). Craft brews were expensive together with available inwards the bottle only.
Kaufman inwards Kansas City comes inwards 2nd amongst a huge option of dissimilar sausages together with the best popcorn inwards the bigs from the Topsy's stands. Their funnel cake yet kinda sucks. Other selections include barbecue (how tin can you lot non inwards KC?), pan-fried chicken, together with cheesesteak sandwiches. Many arts and crafts brews on tap at reasonable prices.
In Cincinnati you lot basically create got hot dogs, hamburgers, together with pizza. Pre-made grocery store sushi is available but I wouldn't comport on it. Good beer option at skillful prices (great happy hour, pre-game prices across the river) together with for dessert, exclusively H2O ice cream together with candy bars. Not the best food.
HOTELS - Drury Plaza at the Arch inwards St. Louis is an outstanding hotel. H5N1 existent hotel, amongst large marble encrusted antechamber together with a Lewis together with Clark Diorama natural springtime similar you'd discovery inwards the subject park. Large together with rattling comfortable two-room accessible suite amongst a roll-in shower together with recliner inwards the living room. GREAT service together with lot's of extras included such every bit hot breakfast, low-cal dinner together with 3 cocktails a hateful solar daytime per person, threescore minutes costless long distance each night, xv minutes costless international long distance to United Mexican States or Canada each night, costless wifi or ethernet high speed Internet access, together with costless soda, coffee, together with popcorn from 10 am to 10 pm each day. There's also 2 reasonably priced upscale restaurants inwards the hotel if you lot larn tired of the costless food, swimming pool, hot tubs (indoors amongst a stance of the river), fitness room, together with invitee laundry. Wow! What a hotel at exclusively $150 per night.
At the other cease of things, the Residence Inn inwards Kansas City was a large disappointment. The roll-in shower was nigh an inch higher upwards the bath flooring hence each fourth dimension nosotros took a shower, the bath flooded. There were tears inwards the carpeting that housekeeping tried to enshroud yesteryear moving the sofa (we had to motion it dorsum to construct room to flexure out the bed). Air conditioner that didn't operate (but they fixed it). Pool shut together with the coup de grace was the huge, opened upwards air stone concert that took house 200 yards from the hotel...make that VERY LOUD, expiry metallic concert which also filled the hotel amongst its drunkard together with chemically alterred fans. We checked out together with went to the Drury Plaza inwards nearby Overland Park which was non every bit spectacular every bit the 1 inwards St. Louis but silent rattling skillful together with plenty to live on the 2nd best hotel of the trip.
We also stayed at a rattling average together with only adequate Comfort Suites spell inwards Cincinnati.
BIGGEST SURPRISES - The Louisville Slugger manufactory tour together with museum. Awesome, only awesome. If you lot create got whatsoever involvement inwards baseball game whatsoever, you lot require to come upwards here. It's similar visiting the hall of fame...they fifty-fifty allow you lot concur the existent bats of legendary players such as
Mickey Mantle together with David Ortiz.
The Truman Library inwards Independence, Missouri together with the Brown vs. Board of Education historic site inwards Topeka, Kansas are both moving together with of import places to visit.
BEST FOOD - Gates Barbecue inwards Kansas City together with the Hanover Pancake House inwards Topeka, Kansas were both extremely delicious. Five Guys had bully hamburgers every bit well.
MOST INACCESSIBLE NATIONAL PARK (that should live on easily accessible) - Jefferson Expansion Memorial Park (the Gateway Arch) inwards St. Louis. Chairs cannot become upwards the elevate (or trolley) to the top. Debatable every bit to whether 1 of the world's top architects should create got envisioned that inwards the 60's, hence that gets a fleck of a transcend BUT able bodied people tin can walk downwards a curt staircase to the riverfront. Wheelchairs must construct at to the lowest degree a 1/2 mile, unmarked detour to larn to the bottom of the step when a ramp could EASILY live on installed on the side yesteryear side hillside.
WORST AIRPORT - Kansas City International (MCI). I idea LAX was a bad airport...it is...but this 1 takes the cake. Usually, you lot larn to an drome together with become through the hassle of checking inwards together with dealing amongst the ridiculous TSA safety checkpoints but hence you lot larn to relax (if you lot create got time) together with create got a seize amongst teeth to eat, larn something to read, together with become to the bath earlier you lot leave. Not here. Once you're through security, you lot discovery 3 or iv modest snack stands, no intelligence stand, together with a total of 8 toilets (4 for each sex) for hundreds of travelers. Not bathrooms...toilets. All the other materials is exterior of safety hence 1 time you're in, you'll either create got to become dorsum exterior or only exercise without. Most people exercise the latter. Awful drome (the movie higher upwards is exterior the secure zone).
Of the 3 cities, the most fun was Cincinnati...or to a greater extent than accurately Newport, Kentucky across the river...with it's many restaurants, bars, together with attractions including a pretty skillful version of a High German beer garden. I'd also similar to become dorsum together with explore Kentucky to a greater extent than which seems similar a rattling interesting state.
Darryl
Copyright 2010 - Darry Musick
BASEBALL - Since the subject of this trip was baseball, let's start amongst the stadiums. All the stadiums were top notch, but here's how nosotros charge per unit of measurement them starting amongst the best.
KAUFMAN STADIUM, Kansas City, Missouri - Beautiful stadium amongst awesome fountains inwards the outfield for their signature feature. Very footling to no overhang from the upper decks agency you lot tin can come across everything. Great employees together with fans together with some of the best pricing inwards baseball. We got seats only a few rows dorsum from domicile plate (in the Dugout Boxes) for exclusively $52 including taxes. The squad is non doing good but did win the black nosotros were there, the hateful solar daytime afterwards they fired their manager. The exclusively other knock I'd plow over it is that it's out inwards the suburbs together with you lot require to crusade there. I wishing it were downtown, but that's ok. Great wheelchair accessible seating at all levels. They only renovated the stadium terminal twelvemonth together with it seems construct new...I can't believe this stadium is only about xl years old! To my domicile team, the Angels...this is how you lot renovate an one-time stadium together with this is how you lot include wheelchairs inwards your seating plans, non the Mickey Mouse way you lot guys did (pun intended).
BUSCH STADIUM, St. Louis, Missouri - Another beautiful stadium. Big, expansive. Many dissimilar seating levels to select from. Many "private" clubs to sit down in...we sat inwards the Infield Redbird Club along 3rd base of operations together with had a nutrient courtroom amongst 2 total bars together with gift store that was exclusively available to ticket holder of this section. That meant curt lines, a rattling comfortable indoor expanse to become to if the conditions got bad, together with bully views of the plain from the 2nd companionship deck where nosotros sat. Again, accessible seating available at all levels. Great views of the arch together with an easy-to-walk-to downtown location 2 blocks from our hotel. The most expensive of all of our tickets at $57 each...still a bargain.
GREAT AMERICAN BALLPARK, Cincinnati, Ohio - Situated downtown on the Ohio River, non quite every bit slow to walk to every bit St. Louis but silent walkable. Great pre-game political party atmosphere across the river inwards Newport, Kentucky. H5N1 modest looking stadium amongst bully seating at all levels. Our seats were halfway to
BALL PARK FOOD - Here, St. Louis shines amongst barbecue, nigh 10 dissimilar sausages to select from (including bacon-wrapped hot dogs similar you'd discovery hither inwards LA), Asian stir-fry made every bit you lot watch, pulled pork, barbecue, dessert bar, together with on together with on. Prices are the highest for nutrient together with drinks nosotros saw on the trip together with the exclusively beer I saw on tap was Bud, Bud Light, Bud Select, which you lot mightiness aspect from a squad owned yesteryear Anheiser Busch (or InBev now). Craft brews were expensive together with available inwards the bottle only.
Kaufman inwards Kansas City comes inwards 2nd amongst a huge option of dissimilar sausages together with the best popcorn inwards the bigs from the Topsy's stands. Their funnel cake yet kinda sucks. Other selections include barbecue (how tin can you lot non inwards KC?), pan-fried chicken, together with cheesesteak sandwiches. Many arts and crafts brews on tap at reasonable prices.
In Cincinnati you lot basically create got hot dogs, hamburgers, together with pizza. Pre-made grocery store sushi is available but I wouldn't comport on it. Good beer option at skillful prices (great happy hour, pre-game prices across the river) together with for dessert, exclusively H2O ice cream together with candy bars. Not the best food.
HOTELS - Drury Plaza at the Arch inwards St. Louis is an outstanding hotel. H5N1 existent hotel, amongst large marble encrusted antechamber together with a Lewis together with Clark Diorama natural springtime similar you'd discovery inwards the subject park. Large together with rattling comfortable two-room accessible suite amongst a roll-in shower together with recliner inwards the living room. GREAT service together with lot's of extras included such every bit hot breakfast, low-cal dinner together with 3 cocktails a hateful solar daytime per person, threescore minutes costless long distance each night, xv minutes costless international long distance to United Mexican States or Canada each night, costless wifi or ethernet high speed Internet access, together with costless soda, coffee, together with popcorn from 10 am to 10 pm each day. There's also 2 reasonably priced upscale restaurants inwards the hotel if you lot larn tired of the costless food, swimming pool, hot tubs (indoors amongst a stance of the river), fitness room, together with invitee laundry. Wow! What a hotel at exclusively $150 per night.
At the other cease of things, the Residence Inn inwards Kansas City was a large disappointment. The roll-in shower was nigh an inch higher upwards the bath flooring hence each fourth dimension nosotros took a shower, the bath flooded. There were tears inwards the carpeting that housekeeping tried to enshroud yesteryear moving the sofa (we had to motion it dorsum to construct room to flexure out the bed). Air conditioner that didn't operate (but they fixed it). Pool shut together with the coup de grace was the huge, opened upwards air stone concert that took house 200 yards from the hotel...make that VERY LOUD, expiry metallic concert which also filled the hotel amongst its drunkard together with chemically alterred fans. We checked out together with went to the Drury Plaza inwards nearby Overland Park which was non every bit spectacular every bit the 1 inwards St. Louis but silent rattling skillful together with plenty to live on the 2nd best hotel of the trip.
We also stayed at a rattling average together with only adequate Comfort Suites spell inwards Cincinnati.
Honus Wagner's Bailiwick of Jersey together with Bat inwards Louisville
BIGGEST SURPRISES - The Louisville Slugger manufactory tour together with museum. Awesome, only awesome. If you lot create got whatsoever involvement inwards baseball game whatsoever, you lot require to come upwards here. It's similar visiting the hall of fame...they fifty-fifty allow you lot concur the existent bats of legendary players such as
Mickey Mantle together with David Ortiz.
The Truman Library inwards Independence, Missouri together with the Brown vs. Board of Education historic site inwards Topeka, Kansas are both moving together with of import places to visit.
BEST FOOD - Gates Barbecue inwards Kansas City together with the Hanover Pancake House inwards Topeka, Kansas were both extremely delicious. Five Guys had bully hamburgers every bit well.
MOST INACCESSIBLE NATIONAL PARK (that should live on easily accessible) - Jefferson Expansion Memorial Park (the Gateway Arch) inwards St. Louis. Chairs cannot become upwards the elevate (or trolley) to the top. Debatable every bit to whether 1 of the world's top architects should create got envisioned that inwards the 60's, hence that gets a fleck of a transcend BUT able bodied people tin can walk downwards a curt staircase to the riverfront. Wheelchairs must construct at to the lowest degree a 1/2 mile, unmarked detour to larn to the bottom of the step when a ramp could EASILY live on installed on the side yesteryear side hillside.
WORST AIRPORT - Kansas City International (MCI). I idea LAX was a bad airport...it is...but this 1 takes the cake. Usually, you lot larn to an drome together with become through the hassle of checking inwards together with dealing amongst the ridiculous TSA safety checkpoints but hence you lot larn to relax (if you lot create got time) together with create got a seize amongst teeth to eat, larn something to read, together with become to the bath earlier you lot leave. Not here. Once you're through security, you lot discovery 3 or iv modest snack stands, no intelligence stand, together with a total of 8 toilets (4 for each sex) for hundreds of travelers. Not bathrooms...toilets. All the other materials is exterior of safety hence 1 time you're in, you'll either create got to become dorsum exterior or only exercise without. Most people exercise the latter. Awful drome (the movie higher upwards is exterior the secure zone).
Of the 3 cities, the most fun was Cincinnati...or to a greater extent than accurately Newport, Kentucky across the river...with it's many restaurants, bars, together with attractions including a pretty skillful version of a High German beer garden. I'd also similar to become dorsum together with explore Kentucky to a greater extent than which seems similar a rattling interesting state.
Copyright 2010 - Darry Musick
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