Starting off my MLB Ballpark Tour, I gotta start at home first so first up for the MLB is the San Francisco Giants. (My Favorite MLB team!) The Giants are a great team. 2010 season they are in first place and on their way to the playoffs. AT&T Park is beautiful, located right near San Francisco Bay in the China Basin. Right next to the Bay Bridge with a magnificent view. AT&T park itself has plenty of things to see and do. Great food is around. They got the huge Coca Cola slide there that you cannot miss and that you need to check out. The got a Build-A-Bear workshop right next to the slide. They even got a kids zone just for kids!
Tickets to the Giants game are pretty reasonable. Theirs no real bad seat in the house. Ive been here countless of times and even in the View Reserved you can have a decent view of the game. Bleacher sections get pretty roudy though! But thats where the true fans are. The food here is great. AT&T park is known for their Garlic Fries, so be sure to pick up an order. The Bratswurst are pretty good here as well, but as all sporting events are , its pricey.
Parking at AT&T Park is a bitch, this season it costs around $30 to park at the Stadium. (Just think of all the other things you can do with $30). Also in the parking lot area theirs a mini baseball field that was actually paid for and donated to by Barry Bonds himself. Very neat little mini park for the kids. Also you can find statues outside near the parking lot as well. But the best way to get here is on public transit. Its right off the Embacadero so their are always cabs around. I know the Pedicabs give free rides to afternoon games. Also the Muni T,J, and S (S - Shuttle only runs on game nights/days 2 hours before the game and after the game) BART goes to Pier 1 on the Embacadero, and you can take one of those Muni Lines there. Or if you take Caltrain, Caltrain Station is 2 blocks away! Definitely easier to get there than driving.
Overall this will always be my home team. As I venture out visiting other ballparks, I will find new things to do and explore. This is just 1 down and 29 more parks to go for the MLB. Will update this with new information as time goes on.
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