Right-field pavilion: A desination spot

We've got plenty of reservations about just how much of a deal it's become to park your extra-wide seat and enjoy the all-you-can-eat buffet of rubber wienies, watered-down Cokes and stale peanuts in the right-field Dodger Stadium seats that now for for $35.
But if you're gonna make a list of the 10 best places to see a baseball game in the major leagues ....
Josh Pahigian, who writes for ESPN's travel section of their website -- yes, one exists -- came up with a Top 10 list. And, after raving about what it's like at the top of Fenway Park's Green Monster, Wrigley Field's bleachers, AT&T Park's McCovey Cove and Petco Park's grassy knoll in center field, there came this at No. 10:
10. Dodger Stadium, Right Field Pavilion
Perhaps the Dodgers were following some counterintuitive logic when they decided to offer an all-you-can-eat ticket deal for their Right Field Pavilion. After all, this is L.A. — the land of sculpted bodies, vegetarians and late-to-arrive, early-to-leave rooters. The chances of seeing the Dodgers faithful eat their team out of house and home would seem less likely than, say, the heavy-eating fans of the Midwest, should one of their teams ever offer an unlimited bratwurst deal. Just the same, for the reasonable price of $35 fans who sit in the very seats where Kirk Gibson's legendary home run off Dennis Eckersley landed can enjoy as many Dodger Dogs, nachos, peanuts and sodas as they can swallow in nine innings.
That's all fine and dandy, but did he happen to mention the ridiculous bathroom situation down there?
The best part about this link is looking at the Top 10 Minor League Best-Seat choices, and seeing them in this photo essay. It makes you wonder why no one on the big-league level has figured this out yet.
Other links:
A recent posting on the la.foodblogging.com site about the pavilion experience;



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