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...Angel Stadium is good, but not great. It’s comfortable, but it doesn’t really have any unique quirkiness. At the ballpark??s main gate, the paving is laid out in a baseball diamond pattern and two giant Angels helmets flank either side. A welcoming statue of Gene Autry, the founder of the Angels sits outside, inviting fans with his signature smile and outstretched hand...
...race and family life. They addressed the question of how the sport has taken on a singularly influential place in the American consciousness. Robert Behn, senior lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, directed the proceedings which at times mimicked the atmosphere one might find in a ballpark??audience members wearing baseball jerseys and munching on Cracker Jacks occasionally called out with a boo or hiss. Gammons reflected on the extent to which baseball, whose prominence on the international stage has increased substantially in the past decade, mirrors the melting-pot composition of American culture...
...covered in fence green and contained within its irregular dimensions. Apart from these physical definitions, the most memorable fans on my tour are the ones that value the park more than the players, even if it is the players that draw them there in the first place.. The ballpark??s beauty is truly appreciated through the eyes of a seven-year-old who dashes into the grandstands for the first time, absorbing the enormity of the left-field “Green Monster,” and obsessively staring at the anonymous relief pitcher playing catch...
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