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Originally Posted by jorgelito
Hey 'goddfather40',
How do you like Fenway compared with Edison Field? Have you been to Dodger Stadium?
Man, you could power a small country with the energy from Fenway. *sigh*
You know, I'm from Boston and I definitely miss this time of year there.
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Fenway is a totally different experience from Angel Stadium (Edison Field until this year) and Dodger Stadium. You can sense the history at Fenway. It really blends into the neighborhood and its small size means you are on top of the field. Fenway kind of has a distinct smell, kind of like a mix between hot dogs and must. It's by no means a bad smell, but unique. I liked the street festival atmosphere on Yawkey Way and the other surrounding streets.
Angel Stadium is a huge structure in the middle of a gigantic parking lot off of the freeway and Dodger Stadium is built into the side of a hill. Dodger Stadium especially feels kind of aloof due to it's massive size. I do like Angel Stadium better because I feel it has better seat views, the food selection is better, and small things like ATM's are more prevalent. Dodger Stadium is a beautiful setting and a very clean building, but can cause inconviences when it comes to food and drink because it is slighly more expensive and there's less variety.
As for the fans, well Boston fans are great and let their feelings known in every situation. Angel fans can surprisingly get very loud when they need to, in fact Joe Torre called it the loudest stadium after the Yankees lost to the Angels in the '02 playoffs. Dodger fans are similar to Angels fans but don't get as pumped I think.