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A real kid-pleaser.Īlso: excellent video replays - fast and clear great choice of music, with generous cuts of 'You Can Call Me Al,' 'Land Down Under,' and other tunes not usually heard at ballgames. He walked the aisles, posing happily again. He traveled the main concourse, stopping to have his picture taken with kids of all ages.

Fun stuff to do besides the game: Well, Billy the Marlin is about as cute as you can make a fish with a killer snout. Quality of public address system: Superb. And this ballpark may have the best out-of-town scoreboard in the majors it's huge, easy to read, and doubles, in its location in left field, as the 'Teal Monster.' 4.5Ĩ. Pitch type/speed is displayed on a tiny board along the third-base line - it took me five innings just to figure out it was there.

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Scoreboard: Pro Player has two big video scoreboards, one directly opposite the fish tank and a bigger one above right center. Who could ask for anything more? 5īilly the Marlin must be excited his team's in the wild card race.ħ. S-p-o-t-l-e-s-s! No lines, plenty of soap and paper towels. Bathrooms: 40 for the men, 40 for the ladies. Beer: At the Smirnoff bar, they've got about 10 domestic varieties on tap, running $5.50 for your regular (Bud) and $5.75 for your premium (Sam Adams). Signature concession item: The Cuban and the conch fritters remind you where you are. But they should be rewarded for a hearty Cuban sandwich (pork, ham, Swiss, mustard, and pickles on Cuban bread) and conch fritters, decent nods to local tastes. for a new park, it's not the most varied selection. Quality/selection of other concession-stand fare: They've got pizza, ice cream, fries, chicken tenders, bottled water, crab cakes, Mrs. Veggie dogs any good?' Vendor: 'They're fresh.') Um, OK. 5 in PETA's list of 'Top 10 Veg-Friendly Ballparks,' I went for the veggie version. Quality of hot dogs: They have regular dogs and foot-longs with all the fixins', they have kosher dogs, and they have veggie dogs. For $4, these seats may be the best bargain in baseball. Seat comfort: Cup holders even in the Fish Tank, plenty of elbow and leg room, great views of the field.

Pick up the park and move it 500 miles north, and you've got a real winner.ġ. Sure, an exciting phenom like Dontrelle Willis brings out good crowds, but even though the Marlins are in the wild-card race, Florida ranks 28th in the majors in average attendance. But the fact is that it works for baseball, and is the best all-purpose stadium I've ever been to.Ĭhances are, the Marlins will eventually move. Pro Player is, and always has been, a football stadium to Despite the dismal fan base, despite the infamous post-1997 fire sale, despite the fact that the Stadium isn't in Miami or Fort Lauderdale but smack-dab in-between, despite it all - this is a fine ballpark for baseball. And, of course, football season is just around the corner.īecause of the terrible weather, I suspect, Pro Player Stadium is often low on the list of ballparks baseball fans want to visit. Evening thundershowers are the default weather forecast. It's way too hot, 'cooling off' to 85 or so on an August night.

MIAMI - South Florida is no place for summertime baseball.

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Pro Player is a proper place for baseballĮditor's Note: This is the 18h report card in 's summerlong series rating all 30 ballparks in Major League Baseball. Pro Player is a proper place for baseball

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