The Tornadoes play in Fitton field where all the seats are 8 feet above the field. I like to sit three rows behind the first base dugout, and I like the Fitton field seats better than the Fenway seats in the same spot for the reasons John stated. Height is good.
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]>wrote: > Ahh. A real keyboard. > > > > The monster seats look majestic for such a soccer game there. I was > envious as soon as I walked through the tunnel. > > > > My seats were section 50 near home plate. > > Section 60 was great. Close the pitch, but at the end. Still a wonderful > view. > > > > From section 58 and around toward first base, the seats were not good. > They were far from the pitch, too low to see some action, especially if the > ball was played closest to those seats because there was a barrier that had > up that you could not see through. The stadiums built for soccer have the > first rows of seats higher off the pitch so there is not such an > obstruction. > > > > Just imagine being 50 yards from the sideline at nearly ground level or > even just a few feet off the ground with a 4 foot high barrier that’s only > 10 feet from the sideline along the whole sideline. > > In other words, there’s a huge well of seats in and around home plate and > down to first base that had a hugely obstructed view AND were far from the > center of the pitch. > > > > Ray’s seats were great. The seats we moved to were good (got lucky). And > it appeared as though the bleachers and anywhere above 15 feet high were > good. Lesson learned. In another 40 years, I’m going to make sure my kids > and grandkids don’t sit in the wrong place for a soccer game at Fenway. > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Beaudoin, John > *Sent:* Thursday, July 22, 2010 9:46 AM > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: Soccer at Fenway > > > > Good point > > > ------------------------------ > > *From*: [email protected] <[email protected]> > *To*: [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Sent*: Thu Jul 22 06:34:45 2010 > *Subject*: Re: Soccer at Fenway > > I didn't see any divit's torn up in the outfield proper. There was one on > the sod near 1st base. > > > > I think we won't notice the difference, and it will be much less of a > problem than the Stones concert. > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The mound is easy. > Soils and compactors. > Just a matter of hours to near perfection I'll bet. > > Grass is difficult. > Bet we see a weird a weird hop or two from the ball in the outfield some > time. But... They do have over a wek to get it right. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From*: [email protected] <[email protected]> > *To*: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > *Sent*: Thu Jul 22 06:17:58 2010 > > > *Subject*: Re: Soccer at Fenway > > > > I think they just put it back and let the pitchers bitch about it like they > always do. > > > > I think they take the mound down each winter. > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: > > I still wonder how they take down and rebuild the mound and get it to be > exactly how the pitchers like. > > > > > > Dan D > Central NJ USA > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Ray Salemi <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > > > *Sent:* Thu, July 22, 2010 12:01:32 AM > *Subject:* Soccer at Fenway > > > It was a great game and a grand time. Fenway is a much better soccer venue > than Gillette. The crowd was close to the field, there was lots of noise, > and the park looked great. 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