This afternoon I lucked into getting tickets for some of the best seats in the ballpark. And while there were many things I loved about these seats, one of the things I loved the most was the chance to watch from my favourite ballpark angle. For the past 2 years we've been sitting on the first base side and I've grown to like this.
My formative seasons as a fan, however, were spent sitting behind homeplate. Just as Wallace Stegner suggests that landscapes make imprints upon on us, I think I have been "imprinted" by this angle of the game. I love the the colour of the grass, the contrast of the lines, the precisely anchored bases, and the strategic placement of the players. More than anything, I love that moment of hushed stillness right before the pitch. It's that split second when just about anything is possible.Speaking of ballparks, the pulling down of Tiger Stadium began yesterday. I snapped some photos today while rushing to today's game.
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At Wrigley Field, I've been sitting for ten years now in seats in the upper deck between first and home, nearer to first. I'm used to them; they feel like home in the ballpark.
But the rare times when I'm going to a game alone and there are likely to be a lot of no-shows--say, a rainy April day game {always against my Cardinals, because why would I bother with a rainy April day game otherwise?}--I sneak into seats behind home plate. It's such a different experience; you understand far, far better just how pitching works. If I'd never sat somewhere with that view, I simply wouldn't understand baseball as well.
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