For those of you who don’t know me I am a Phillies fan.  Well really a Philly fan, any sport I will take my team against yours.  Citizens Bank Park is a newer stadium, I think this is the 3rd year they have played there.  And a new stadium draws a different crowd, a younger, more interested in having a good time then the actual game.

This seems to be the new trend, younger college kids coming out to have some beers and dogs and socializing then seeing a game.  I am sure many of you have been to the cookie cutter stadiums of the 70’s and realize what dumps they were.  But those dumps hold a special place in our hearts.  I loved the 700 level at the Vet, for Phillies games you could pay $5 and sit wherever you wanted to in the 700 level.  People who went to the Vet were fans to see their team play.  With these new ball parks you get people who are there to party and a baseball game breaks out.

Does this make my fanhood different then someone elses?  Am I more of a fan because I go to the game and fill out the scorecard?  I think so, but I think I am the last of my kind.  It is weird saying the last of my kind and I am only 28.  I think I am the last of my kind to sit and wonder who is available to pitch the 7th, will we bring our closer in in the 9th even though it is not a save situation to get him some work?

I am sure the owners love the new fans, they drink, eat, and buy jerseys.  When did a baseball game start to need crab cakes?  Sushi?  Pizza?  Water ice?

Give me a beer, a dog, a scorecard, and pencil.  Thats all I need.

Pace