Day 13 (5/22/04):
Today I started working on my third web page (Camden Yards) of my website. I uploaded my digital pictures from my hard drive to the website and started some descriptions of Camden Yards. Tonight my camp friend asked me if I wanted to go to a Phillies game with him tomorrow, I was so excited. Besides having fun at the game, I would experience the game from a totally different view than where I sat last Tuesday.
Day 14 (5/23/04):
Today I went to the Phillies game with my camp friend. His seats are located in the Diamond Club (1,164 seats located directly behind home plate). These seats are by far, the most amazing seats I have every sat in for a baseball game. We were on the same level as the player--only 11 rows from the field! As far as the sightlines, they were flawless. Although there is mesh netting behind home plate to block the foul balls, it doesn't obstruct your view of the game. From these seats I could tell if the pitch was a ball or strike. I could see if it was too high, too low, inside or outside. From my seats in the 300 level, I could only see if the ball was inside or outside, it was hard to tell the height of the ball. That was the main difference--of course besides how close we were. Since we were on the same level as the players, it was also easy to tell whether it was a homerun or just a pop fly. The seats were simply amazing. If you are a part of the Diamond Club, you have access to an indoor, air conditioned restaurant, located directly behind your seats. This was greatly appreciated, especially today, because temperatures actually reached 100°, it was a scorcher!
Day 15 (5/24/04):
Today I started working on my fourth web page (Citizens Bank Park) of my website. I uploaded my digital pictures from my hard drive to the website and started some descriptions of Citizens Bank Park. Since I was able to go to the park more than once, and see the game from two completely different viewpoints, I am more capable of describing the park from a fans perspective. My partners and I also planned our trip to New York tomorrow to go to Shea Stadium. I called Amtrak and the NY or NJ transit to get train and subway info and directions to and from Shea Stadium to Penn Station. We decided that we would take Amtrak out of 30th Street station to Penn, instead of a local train out of Trenton, because first of all it is easier, and because we would have to leave the game early to catch the last train into Trenton.
Day 16 (5/25/04):
Today we went to New York to see Shea Stadium. We scheduled this day to see the game, because the Mets are playing the Phillies. We left home at around 2:20pm to catch the 3:01pm train out of 30th street. We arrived at Penn Station by around 4:30pm. We still had plenty of time before the game starts (7:10pm) so we decided to walk around Time Square for a little while. In Time Square everyone had something to sell. Some guy tried to sell us a piece of paper that had hand symbols for sign language. Another guy tried to sell us his demo CD. He said that he was an up and coming rapper. We left Time Square at around 6 o'clock and got on the subway at 42nd street (Time Square) and took it to Willis Point (Shea Stadium). The inner architecture of Shea Stadium reminded me of the Vet. Everything was concrete and plain. Nothing seemed modern at all. Shea Stadium is definitely my least favorite out of all of the ballparks we visited. The seating is in the "bowl" style. The stadium itself is a bowl, except for the outfield; its like a 75% bowl. Our seats were on the 3rd base line, and under cover. Many of the seats in the stadium are under cover by the section overhead. The overhang seemed very distracting to me, and I really didnt feel like I was close to the action at all. To add to the discomfort, La Guardia Airport is right behind Shea Stadium, which makes it the noisiest outdoor ballpark in the majors because it is in the flight path of La Guardia Airport. In the beginning it was cool to see the airplanes taking off overhead, but after a while it becomes a real nuisance. Leaving the stadium is a pain as well, there are no escalators, just ramps, ramps, and more ramps. The only convenient thing about the accessibility of Shea Stadium is that there is a subway stop right across the street.
Day 17 (5/26/04):
Today I started working on my fifth web page (Shea Stadium) of my website. I had a lot of changing to do on my website, because I had used so much memory with my four other pages, that I barely had any left for this one. Since I am using a web builder, I am only given 21MB of disk space, and I have already used 19. I had some major memory management to take care of. I didn't have any more room for pictures and animations for my Shea Stadium web page. After a couple hours of editing my site, I was able to free up some space for more pages. I uploaded my digital pictures from my hard drive to the website and started some descriptions of Shea Stadium.
