Kara and I took a road trip to the West Coast.  The first stop was Oakland.  An absolutely beautiful California afternoon.  As soon as we got out of the car in the stadium lot we noticed quite a few Red Sox fans.  When we got inside it was very noticeable, but the Oakland folks were friendly. The Oakland stadium is one of the worst ballparks in America. If you exclude the old ones like Griffith Stadium in DC, where I went in 1958, and old Arlington Stadium, today it would come in 29th out of 30. Tampa Bay’s Tropicana Field bringing up … Continue reading McAfee Coliseum