Comments on: Scenes from Spring Training: Leave Maryvale Baseball Park alone!

By: adcoop22

adcoop22 — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:49:26 +0000

Air it= admit

By: adcoop22

adcoop22 — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:48:29 +0000

A bit on the rough side? Your lucky to not get shot at! But I do have to agree with the comment on Goodyear Park, I live about 3 miles away and can still just about see the games from my front yard, there is nothing out there. But I have to air it is fun to see Aroldis Chapman at Walmart

By: cur68

cur68 — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:08:06 +0000

"Leo Coulitier" is great Francophone name. I hope he followed through and got Satchel Paige that hat. Creeped your blog, too. Your entry on things that could fit under Daniel Rockhold could also include the opening cast of Willow, Dustin Pedroia & David Eckstein (stacked like cord wood), the front end of a Mini Minor and an entire Peel P50. Mind you, what you had there made me laugh, too.

By: brewcrewfan54

brewcrewfan54 — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:41:54 +0000

That mural is awesome! I would love to get a copy of that for myself.

By: Dave Barker

Dave Barker — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:33:06 +0000

By: godfather91

godfather91 — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:20:33 +0000

Amen the Maryvale comment….my favorite park is Surprise Stadium, but I haven’t been to Goodyear’s facility or the new Dodger complex off the 101.

By: godfather91

godfather91 — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:17:29 +0000

I’m from Az and your right….Maryvale is like an old time park and I like it…..just make sure you leave that part of town before dark or put on your bullet proof vest!

By: theallegedone

theallegedone — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:16:06 +0000

From somebody who lives in Phoenix, i’ll admit that Maryvale Park isn’t that bad to watch a game. You just don’t wanna be alone at night walking through Maryvale. High crime rate, gang activity and definitely drug dealing. To be honest, I wouldn’t really wanna be in Maryvale during the day without at least 5 people by my side. As for Phoenix Muni, it’s just old. That place has been there forever. There’s absolutely nothing around it (bars, restaurants) and I believe that’s why it’s unappealing. On one side you have the 202 freeway, and across the street you have the Phoenix Zoo. In my personal opinion the nicest stadium is Goodyear Ballpark, which is the home of the Reds & Indians, and the worst is HoHoKam Park, home of the Cubs. But I guess that’s why they held the city of Mesa hostage last year and said if they didn’t get a new stadium that they’d go to Florida.

By: cur68

cur68 — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:39:10 +0000

Craig, if you publish that book I hope you’re working on, I hope its about your favourite ballparks and why. Bill Bryson wriote briefly about ballparks he liked and baseball experiences he had when he was kid. They are some of my favourite parts of his books. His father was a sports writer and I took the trouble to look up some of his work once: very good stuff. Not enough of this sort of thing around anymore, IMO. You could do this easy, as a whole book. I guarantee you at least one sale.

By: contraryguy

contraryguy — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:16:46 +0000

I haven’t been to the AZ parks yet, but for any whiners, tell them to visit the Pirates park in Bradenton FL before complaining. Neither that park nor the ‘hood it’s in will win any prizes.