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Lansdowne Road Stadium is named after the road along which it runs on the south side of Dublin in the fashionable Ballsbridge area. The stadium is in an ideal position for match goers because of its close proximity to Dublin City Center, but also because the DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transport) runs through the stadium.

Lansdowne road has a number of claims to fame, it is the oldest rugby test venue and it is the only stadium in the world that a train line runs through the main stand. There have been many famous occasions in Lansdowne road since the days of Jack Charlton and the green army which saw Ireland qualify for three world cups since 1990, and every body in Ireland has their own memories of triumph in this famous arena.

With a capacity of just over 49,000 people for International rugby matches, the famous Lansdowne Road Roar is an intimidating sight. For International soccer matches the stadium has to be converted to all seated which brings the figures down to 35,000 people. The project is due to be finished by 2009 at a coast of e395m with the Irish government putting e150m towards the project.

The days for Lansdowne Road are numbered as new plans for a modern stadium to be built on the current Lansdowne Road site. Many see Lansdowne Road as a dilapidated stadium which has lived far past its sell by date. The new Lansdowne Road will be a 50,000 all seated stadium which will be co-owned by both the IRFU and the FAI. In the meantime Croke Park, a very impressive 82,000 seated stadium will become home to international rugby and football fixtures in Ireland.

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Babe Ruth joined the Yankees baseball team in 1920, after his contract was sold by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees. Babe Ruth’s popularity drew huge crowds to the Polo Grounds, the field that the Yankee’s had shared with the New York Giants since 1913. In fact, the Yankees became the first professional baseball team to draw more than one million fans in a single season. Facing eviction by the indignant Giants, the owners of the Yankees decided to build a spectacular ballpark of their own.

In 1921, the Yankees purchased ten acres of land that had been part of the estate of William Waldorf Astor, famous capitalist and author. The land was located in the west Bronx, directly across the Harlem River from Polo Grounds, and cost the team $675,000. After a year of construction costing $2.5 million, Yankee Stadium opened for its inaugural game on April 18, 1923 against the Boston Red Sox.

Reportedly, 74,200 baseball fans packed Yankee Stadium for a first glimpse of baseball’s grandest facility. Thousands more milled around outside after the fire department finally ordered the gates closed. During the inaugural game, Babe Ruth christened his new home with the first home run in the stadium. Since it was widely recognized that Ruth’s tremendous drawing power made the new stadium possible, it would immediately become known as “The House That Ruth Built”. Later in that season, Yankee Stadium hosted the first of 33 World Series and the Yankees won their first World Championship over their former landlord, the Giants. To date, the Yankees have won a staggering 26 world titles, thus the Stadium also became known as “The Home of Champions”.

The new stadium greatly favored left-handed hitters. Under the original configuration, the outfield distances were 295 feet from home plate to the right field foul pole, 395 feet to left field, 460 ft to left center, and 490 ft to straightaway center. Left-center field became known as Death Valley for hitters, and the term “Death Valley” would be commonly used for the outfield areas of baseball parks where it was difficult to hit a homerun.

Many of baseball’s greatest players have called Yankee Stadium home including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. Monuments to past Yankee greats were placed deep in Death Valley. The first monument honoring manager Miller Huggins was unveiled in 1932, and Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth followed with plaques in 1941 and 1949, respectively. Another monument was dedicated for Joe DiMaggio in 1999, and other plaques commemorate Yankee greats such as Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Lefty Gomez, Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, Don Mattingly, Phil Rizzuto, and Casey Stengel.

Following the Stadium’s 50th-Anniversary season in 1973, the Yankees moved to Shea Stadium for two seasons while the aging Yankee Stadium was closed and virtually demolished and then rebuilt. The newly modernized stadium reopened on April 15, 1976. Improvements included the removal of the numerous, obstructive steel columns which supported the second and third decks as well as the roof, which improved sight lines of the fans.

Yankee Stadium has also been the home of scores of other sports, entertainment and cultural events. While the Yankees were on the road or out of season, Yankee Stadium opened its gates to college and pro football, soccer, political assemblies, religious conventions, concerts and even the circus.

Plans are underway for a new stadium across the street from the old one. The Yankees officially broke ground on August 16, 2006, and plan to open the new stadium in 2009. If the new stadium is built on schedule, 2008 will be the final season at Yankee Stadium.

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Our idea has been bouncing around since 2003 and we are happy to see that by putting it freely up in the ether something might actually come of it. Today (9/15) the Miami Herald ran a story about the proposed downtown Marlins stadium. Glenn Straub, owner of the Miami Arena, is being sued by a developer who claims Straub is trying to back out of a contract to sell the Arena to him so he can build a new stadium in partnership with MLB. The story includes a graphic that looks suspiciously like our proposal.

And that’s okay. Everyone from elected officials to Straub, the Miami Herald and Miami Today, MLB, and sports journalists from all media were apprised of this idea. Sometimes to get something, you have to give it away. Although it is not exactly like ours, it is so close to it that it is scary. Our plan of course saves the Arena by attaching it to the stadium and adding a hotel in the outfield. In this configuration, it splits the cost of building such a “megaplex” between the partners that may include MLB, Straub (if he retains ownership of the Arena), and a hotel chain. In so doing, it ensures year-round use of the stadium (tractor pulls, concerts, etc) plus it allows booking of bigger conventions which can spill out from the Arena into the enclosed stadium field. One of the unique parts of our plan is to attach the “megaplex” to the existing MetroRail line by building the stadium over the rail line to get the most out of a tight space. You can read more about our MiamiMegaplex concept at an earlier entry (”New Downtown Miami Baseball Stadium”) or go to our blog’s official website www.miamivisionblogarama.com Once there, click the “MiamiMegaplex” button.

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In baseball, the term pitch is defined as the act of throwing the baseball toward home plate where the batter is waiting to attempt a hit, thus starting a play. The term is derived from the Knickerbocker Rules, and the ball was originally pitched underhand, as one would pitch in horseshoes. Overhand pitching in baseball was disallowed in baseball until in 1884.

A variety of pitches are used in baseball, all with slightly different speed, trajectory, and angle. These variations are used to keep the batter from being aware of what to expect and are “mixed up” to keep the batter guessing. The point of all this is for the defensive team to get an “out” for the batter, thus ending their half of the inning.

Fastballs are the most common pitch used in baseball. It is simply a straight pitch that is thrown at speeds upward of 90 miles per hour (the greatest pitchers have pitches that regularly reach over 100 miles per hour). Besides a straight fastball, variations of this pitch include the cut fastball, split-finger fastball, and forkball.

Speeds can be veried as well to make a hitter lose his groove. A fast pitch followed by several slow pitches really irks a batter’s timing to the point where a pitcher can dominate.

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Baseball is extremely popular game in America. People are crazy about this game. This game has its roots from North America so it is believed to be originated from there and got spread in other countries later on.

As this game started in US in 1860, within a decade, it was termed as ‘National game’. At that time only National League was started, which still exists.

At that time the baseball players union did not use to be so much strong. It was only when a chief economist turned a baseball team’s union director. Now the union became more and more strong.

Today baseball is famous for its unique style. In US, people take it as religion. They worship this game. This game needs skills, timing, energy and brain to play a beautiful game.

It is very famous and unique in style as it resembles with a very popular game called cricket. It does not have any time restrictions in this game. It is really impossible for a team to win until last member of the game is out. Baseball fields need not to be like football rectangular standard sized fields. Every baseball field can have its own style.

If we compare baseball with the other games of America, we will always see it equally popular as football is.

The number of people that watches football every year is almost equal to number of people watches baseball, moreover the football gets higher television rating but still this game is called number one game in America.

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Do you ever wonder how fans got by in the old baseball stadiums? They were made of all concrete and had little substance or style to them. But in today’s day the ball parks are bigger and better than ever before. Not only do they cater to the players, but the fans also get a great atmosphere as well; and isn’t this what baseball is all about.

Even though there are some older ball parks left in the league, the majority of teams are moving into the new, updated parks. And believe it or not, these ball parks have a lot to do with how many fans come to the games, as well as what type of players they can attract. When it comes down to it a top quality stadium has much more appeal than simply looking better.

It is safe to say that within the next ten years all of the older ball parks are going to be on their way out. But the funny thing is that by that time some of the newer parks of today will be getting older. For this reason there is always an ever changing atmosphere when it comes to major league baseball ball parks. But this is a good thing; it helps to keep the game fresh at all times.

Overall, the newer ball parks that some of today’s teams play in are unbelievable. If you compare these stadiums to the ones of the past there is no competition. Today’s stadiums win hands down.

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As general as one can get in the definition of a ballpark it is that place usually a field where the game of baseball is played with the audience and all the other facilities included.

If you are quite familiar with the look of a baseball field, you might have noticed that it is with a large diamond shaped area having white plates where the players would race around to score. In the technical aspect of the ballpark, the area shaped in a diamond is called the infield containing the bases, a home plate and the area where the pitcher stands which is commonly known as the pitcher’s mound. Two white lines (also known as the foul lines) runs perpendicular along the sides connecting the plates. These lines determine what is in and out of play. Between the foul lines and beyond the infield is what you call the outfield. It is a large grassy field twice the depth of the infield. Beyond the area set by the outfield fences mark the end of play of the field. Fences can also be found in the foul territory, but it is considered to be lower than that around the foul area.

Nowadays baseball parks are surrounded by a multi seating structure, categorized as a grandstand. The seats usually end in fair territory leaving the view for the outfield fences usually giving the view of what is beyond the fence itself. This open area may contain add-ons like seats, bleachers, score boards and other gimmicks the designers may have or may think of in the future. There are different variations as to how the ballpark is designed but the basic structure of the field of play and maybe the seats is almost always the same throughout the rest of the ballparks. Variations are usually made by home teams to serve as an added attraction to the park and to the place itself.

There was a major addition to ballparks which was started in the Yankee Stadium in 1923, which is now present in all ballparks and that is a gravel area or rubberized track surface measuring up to 10 feet wide around the perimeter of the field called the warning track. The main purpose of this track is to warn the fielders (infielders and outfielders alike) of their approach to the boundary of the playing field. This has helped the fielders to minimize default moves in the game.

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