When I attend Diamondbacks games

I will try and post a report on how the game went, so you can get a sense of how i experience the game as a paying fan. I would like to talk about the ticket-buying experience, the food, and the Annoying Blonde. (The between-innings entertainment on the JumboTron is hosted by a rather annoying blonde spokesmodel with absolutely no character IMHO.)

In general, I am not too terribly impressed with the peripheral entertainment at Chase Field. The best part of the game day experience would have to be the player introductions. Otherwise I think the little cartoons and the attempts to get people to clap their hands rather suck.

The Oakland A's back in the '80's and '90's had no organist, which made for a more natural cheering experience. Fans cheered and got into the game when THEY wanted to and at times the atmosphere was just electric. When music was called for, recorded songs were played.

Turner Field in Atlanta, they have an organist, but you heard just as much pre-recorded music as well. The organist there would play the legendary "tomahawk chop" song to get the fans fired up, and an animated tomahawk graphic would move on the scoreboard, but it was always best when the fans started that by themselves.

I like the organist at Chase but I think he needs to not try and get the people to clap so often. Let the fans see for themselves when the appropriate time to clap is.