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Ned Land said:
Hey! I started my 2nd round of chemo today. The doctors were very pleased, as was I, with how the first round went. All of my side effects, which includes neuropathy and an extreme cold sensitivity were very mild for me. A couple nights I had severe stomach cramps but having 12 out of 14 pretty good days was nice. Side effects more pronounced today but hopefully it'll level off.
I even have my own page now. I can in "Cancerbook". :)
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Sounds like that’s pretty good news! Praying for you and your family. Love your attitude! Inspiring!
 
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There’s no question the upgrades are an improvement. Just speaking candidly to the problems compared to some of the better parks I’ve seen. One, the dimensions are really small. A good bit of the seating behind home plate is absurdly cramped. The first base side of the stadium is crammed up against fraternity houses. I mean insanely crammed. The 3rd base side is up against the practice facility. You can’t even walk around the perimeter of the stadium once inside. The outfield is pinched by a road and a hideous rail yard. All of these things limit access, concessions and rest rooms.
 
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WaywardVol said:
There’s no question the upgrades are an improvement. Just speaking candidly to the problems compared to some of the better parks I’ve seen. One, the dimensions are really small. A good bit of the seating behind home plate is absurdly cramped. The first base side of the stadium is crammed up against fraternity houses. I mean insanely crammed. The 3rd base side is up against the practice facility. You can’t even walk around the perimeter of the stadium once inside. The outfield is pinched by a road and a hideous rail yard. All of these things limit access, concessions and rest rooms.
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WaywardVol said:
There’s no question the upgrades are an improvement. Just speaking candidly to the problems compared to some of the better parks I’ve seen. One, the dimensions are really small. A good bit of the seating behind home plate is absurdly cramped. The first base side of the stadium is crammed up against fraternity houses. I mean insanely crammed. The 3rd base side is up against the practice facility. You can’t even walk around the perimeter of the stadium once inside. The outfield is pinched by a road and a hideous rail yard. All of these things limit access, concessions and rest rooms.
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One thing that is overlooked is that the footprint of the stadium property hasn't/can't change. So you sacrifice dimension for seating.
 
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Vtonerider said:
One thing that is overlooked is that the footprint of the stadium property hasn't/can't change. So you sacrifice dimension for seating.
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But the overall footprint isn’t the same. The foul territory, which is technically part of the playing surface got significantly reduced in the remodel. Still don’t have a proper dugout and it’s so close to home plate it resulted in a player getting severely injured, if not almost getting killed.
I’ll still be there. I’ve only missed a handful of games on the last three years. Just pointing out these issues. Keep in mind, part of the delays are due to encountering unknown utilities around the stadium. Sounds like they failed to do due diligence. Original plans called for a practice facility and even a residence hall.
 
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WaywardVol said:
I’ll still be there. I’ve only missed a handful of games on the last three years. Just pointing out these issues. Keep in mind, part of the delays are due to encountering unknown utilities around the stadium. Sounds like they failed to do due diligence. Original plans called for a practice facility and even a residence hall.
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I don’t think that is correct. It was originally reported the blueprints they had of the utilities from the city planner were flat out wrong and the utilities were not in the places they said they were. Kind of hard to do more due diligence then that and until you start breaking ground, the only information you have is what is in the planning documents. Not much else you can do.
 
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WaywardVol said:
But the overall footprint isn’t the same. The foul territory, which is technically part of the playing surface got significantly reduced in the remodel. Still don’t have a proper dugout and it’s so close to home plate it resulted in a player getting severely injured, if not almost getting killed.
I’ll still be there. I’ve only missed a handful of games on the last three years. Just pointing out these issues. Keep in mind, part of the delays are due to encountering unknown utilities around the stadium. Sounds like they failed to do due diligence. Original plans called for a practice facility and even a residence hall.
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Where have you been for the last 25 years? We need to appreciate what we have with the upgrades going on.
 
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