Kent Hrbek, gushing about, Target Field, the Twins' future home:
"I went to see it about a month ago. When I stepped on the field I got chills on my spine. It almost made me want to get the (uniform) off the wall and play again . . . It will be fun to have outdoor baseball here again. [Target Field] is more than a baseball stadium. It's a great venue. There is so much to see, it's a place where people might not even realize there's a baseball game going on."
Call me crazy, but I think that the definition of a good ballpark is one in which baseball, rather than people watching or generalized farting around, is the purpose of being there. If someone can go to Target Field and not realize that a ballgame is going on, the folks who designed Target Field have failed and failed miserably.
(link via BTF)
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You mean like Citi Field? I thought the point of new ballparks was to create a more fan-friendly environment to bring families in. If that generates a few more dollars in revenue then so be it. I know you're a purist so maybe you should understand that if the team on the field stinks, the fans won't care about the kids t-ball park or the butcher shop (ala new Yankees stadium) and they won't go. So in the end, it's still about baseball.
Hrbek was probably just trying to be nice, and didn't realize the generic cliche he was spouting doesn't actually sound like a good thing.
Hrbek is the quintessential company man.
They could play games on a little league field in Anoka and it would be an improvement over the Metrodome.