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I got these tickets for free, so I shouldn't complain, but you have to look across the aisle to see the batter. People are constantly up and down the aisle, so you can only see about half the game. Why can't they have the ushers hold people until between innings, or at least between batters? You'd still have the people going out, but at least that would cut it down some. And then the beer vendors stand there waiting for 5 minutes for some idiot to count out their pennies for a beer. These should be decent seats down on field level just to the right of first base, but they suck if you want to actually watch the game.

I'll take them.

One of the nice things I liked about Fenway were the politeness of the vendors. You had to be alert, because they would literally throw bags of nuts and what not great distances. But it worked well, you wanted some peanuts, he heaved them up in your general vacinity, and then collected the money between innings. They always sat down when passing the beer etc...

I had seats at the Cell in Chicago, not field level, but where the aisles were constantly congested with people and vendors right in your sightline to homeplate. I totally understand this rant, it can be very frustrating.

Totally agree about holding people back until a break in the action....they do it at hockey games, why not baseball games?

On a side note, I had club level seats at a Rams game once....my girlfriend and I were invited by some bigwigs at a car dealership. Needless to say, we imbibed quite a bit....it was a BORING game (might have been pre-season?), so the crowd wasn't into it. Our seats were in the middle of the row (grrrr!) so anytime we left to get a drink or visit the ladies room, we'd alternate which side we left/returned. We didn't want to constantly interrupt one side of our row. I thought this was rather considerate of us......well, one gal in the row behind us, made a pissy comment as we were making a beer run, she complained to an usher, but other people in her row backed us up (said we weren't leaving that often), so the usher didn't do anything. I think we sort of laughed at her.....when we came back, we made a point of going in on her side, just because she was a b*tch and we had plenty of beer courage. She made another comment, which we ignored. The other people in her row and our row started walking in front of her view every time they left....it was hilarious.

jim wrote:I totally understand this rant, it can be very frustrating.

Especially with ticket prices being what they are today.

I sent an email complain/suggestion to the Busch Stadium office. I'm not holding my breath for a response.