RateItAll: The Opinion Network

Dodger Stadium is where I saw my first MLB baseball game at the age of seven when they hosted the Houston ASTros in July of 1980 with my father and my best friend and his father. This was once the best ball park in baseball, but with the emergence of several new ball parks since the "new ball park" explosion which began in the 1990's. It has also changed a great deal but it is still an oustanding ball park and will get a five rating. It's main structure consists of five decks going from foul pole to foul pole and the bleachers. In the year 2000, a premium home plate section was added which advertised fans in those seats were closer to the batter then the pitcher was. Dodger Stadium gives you a nice relaxing field, with the blue outfield walls and a beautifully kept playing field, although there are now advertisments on the walls and in the 2006, the team added more seats in the first base and third base foul territories. It is also hard to describe but when you go to Dodger Stadium there is a very fun atmosphere in the stands that other stadiums that I have been to (Angels Stadium, Petco Park) don't seem to have. I think one reason is because of the Diamondvision in left field, which is one of the best in all of sports as it gives you replays, highlights of other games around baseball and other sports as well, and gives you comedy videos, stats, player profiles and historical baseball footage. The food options are not great, but fans have always loved Dodger Dogs, nachos, peanuts, sodas and ice cream. In 1991 however, the Dodgers went to Marriot food services and the club brought in outside fast food chains such as Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and now also features Carl's Junior, Subway and TCBY frozen yogurt. In terms of baseball, the park has always been a pitcher park since it was constructed however it is become more of a hitters bark as the club moved home plate up to ten feet in the 1960's and the club has taken away a lot of foul territory with the addition of new seats. And for some reason, since 1999 the number of home runs have increased dramatically. However as Reviewer Kevinthemanharris has also stated in his review there are problems. There is a huge parking lot but there can be some crazy traffic jams after games, and the food options are not as great as other ball parks but its still ok, although he hasn't mentioned there are more options then he stated. The otufield bleachers are benches without individual seating and you are restricted to what areas where your seat is thus you can not get autographs unelss you are sitting on the field level seats. However the postives far outweight the positives and although Dodger Stadium is not the best ball park in baseball today like it once was it is still a great park and I encourage anyone who has the chance to go and see a ball game there.

Riiiiiiight, the fans are SO blase and lacking knowledge that they show up to the tune of three-million plus annually for years on end. How do you explain that?! It must be because there is NOTHING else to do in southern California and they just figure, "What the heck, I'll spend my hard-earned money on a baseball game/team I care nothing about!"

The Dodgers are the highest-drawing team in MLB history, and of course, that does include Brooklyn. But this is the Dodgers' 50th season in Los Angeles, so that says a lot.

It's much easier for people to hang onto stereotypes than to use reasoning. The main reason that SOME people arrive late and try to leave early is the increasingly worse parking situation, particularly for those without season seats. I have gone to games for 36 years now (because I had nothing better to do). The problem has been worsening for several years, but the team is trying to make major parking improvements.

But go ahead and keep insisting the fans are uninterested (not "disinterested") and don't know anything about baseball, especially since announcers comment on it like lemmings. It won't cost you any objectivity or reasoning.