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| - Right off the bat (no puns intended,) I had the feeling we were at the Giants ballpark in SF. NO parking. There are some random streets around the area that have parking for free, though you have to be careful and read the signs. There are hour restrictions on the length of time you can park there. There are also pay lots nearer the park, usually anywhere from $5 - $20, though we did not see any in the upper values. We found a sneaky spot, the dirt lot across the street from the US Egg is FREE. Yes, you have to walk a few blocks, but its FREE. No biggie. It was a nice day, not too hot, and we could always use a walk. I may have just leaked the best secret, but just leave us a spot when we are in town...
I had a negative bias about this place going in. We went to see an A's vs Giants game. Being an A's fan (guilty by association with SG), I was not supposed to love the park. It is the giants park. But, of course I was going to come in with an open mind. An open mind and NO OUTSIDE FOOD. Except bottled water. But ONLY 1 bottled water per person. God forbid we have more than one per person. Yes, Strike one.
We entered and headed toward our bleacher seats along the left field line. Our seats were only a few rows up from the field, so there was promise that we might get a ball during the game. I had my glove and was optimistic. Randy Johnson was pitching for the Giants, so likely to be some fouled off balls if they can make contact. On our way to our seats, we took a peek at the food vendors. There was a decent assortment of independent food vendors with some unique foods. We really did not try anything, having just eaten before the game, but the options were there.
The first thing we noticed about the bleacher seating was that the seats are square to the field. Ok, that's great, as long as you do not want to watch what is going on with the pitcher and batter. You are, at least out where we were sitting, looking square on to the outfielder. Usually the ballparks angle the seats to aim them more toward the infield, but these clearly were NOT. This caused much neck ache.
With the growing neck aches, we decided to walk the park. We checked out the views from the outfield grass and walked the whole park. The grass is actually nice and would be a fun place to hang out with a group and just lounge on a blanket. BYO blanket (yes you can bring that as long as it is not edible). Get there early, it does pack up pretty quickly. Expect lots of twenty somethings out there drinking and hanging out. They are pretty well behaved and seem to have a good time out there.
Overall, I do not think we will go here again. Just no reason. We can see the A's at home and be more comfortable and have less hassle getting here, parking, getting less neck aches, and being in our home park.
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