{"id":9466,"date":"2015-11-24T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoohaa.com\/?p=9466"},"modified":"2015-12-02T11:06:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T16:06:57","slug":"summer-of-baseball-trenton-provides-some-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoohaa.com\/?p=9466","title":{"rendered":"Summer of Baseball: Trenton provides some thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a fan of minor league baseball, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll see what I did with the headline.<\/p>\n<p>If not, read on.<\/p>\n<p>This stop on the 2015 Summer of Baseball Tour took us to Arm &amp; Hammer Park, home of the Trenton Thunder, the AA affiliate of the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9445\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9445\" data-attachment-id=\"9445\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hoohaa.com\/?attachment_id=9445\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-3.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1436639799&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00075471698113208&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"trenton 3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;All ready!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-3.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-3.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9445\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-3.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"All ready!\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-3.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-3.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-3.jpg?resize=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-3.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-3.jpg?resize=900%2C900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-3.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All ready!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is one of those parks I&#8217;ve heard a lot about and have wanted to visit, so it was nice to be able to get to a game. Even better was this completed a weekend with back-to-back games in Lakewood and Trenton.<\/p>\n<p>First, it&#8217;s not a hard place to find and the area seems nice. It&#8217;s right next to the Delaware River, so if you are there before a game, you can wander down to the water and take in a relaxing moment or two.<\/p>\n<p>Once in, the stadium is a nice spot for a game and it&#8217;s definitely a baseball atmosphere, which is nice.<\/p>\n<p>First, the concessions are quality. There are a lot of solid choices, which is good. Besides the normal, there are a couple of good selections for one to grab. The hot dogs are quality, which is an important aspect for me.<\/p>\n<p>Seating is solid at this stadium and the sight lines are great. You are close to the action and feel like the game is definitely the focal point. Everybody wasn&#8217;t up and down the whole game, which I appreciated. It seemed like the Thunder crowd is a baseball crowd. That&#8217;s always a good thing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9443\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9443\" data-attachment-id=\"9443\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hoohaa.com\/?attachment_id=9443\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1436649042&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"trenton 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;You can see me on the big screen!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-1.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-1.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9443\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"You can see me on the big screen!\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-1.jpg?resize=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-1.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-1.jpg?resize=900%2C900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoohaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trenton-1.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You can see me on the big screen!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The stadium isn&#8217;t a full wrap concourse, but that was OK as there was enough room for the more than 5,000 people here this night.<\/p>\n<p>We also got on the big screen, so that was cool.<\/p>\n<p>The fans were into the game (it was a close game, too, so that made it fun) and made the atmosphere solid.<\/p>\n<p>The team store is also pretty solid. It&#8217;s a tad small in regard to space, but there&#8217;s a decent amount of things to grab.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, I&#8217;m glad I finally had the chance to get to see a game in Trenton. \u00a0It&#8217;s a nice stadium. There is plenty of parking available and it&#8217;s easy to get into and out of before and after games. Prices were average.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for a baseball experience and are close to Trenton, it&#8217;s well worth going there to watch a game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Park Notes: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arm &amp; Hammer<\/strong><strong> Park<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Trenton<\/em><em>, NJ<\/em><br \/>\nHome of the Trenton Thunder (Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees)<br \/>\nVisited on: July 11, 2015<br \/>\nOpponent: Richmond Flying Squirrels (Double A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants)<\/p>\n<p>Ratings (out of 10)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stadium: 8\/10<\/li>\n<li>Concessions: 8\/10<\/li>\n<li>Parking: 8\/10<\/li>\n<li>Ambiance: 8.5\/10<\/li>\n<li>Friendliness: 9.5\/10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>I am continuing the Summer of Baseball from 2014 and hope to blog about each new stadium I visit in 2015. Ones visited in the past can be viewed linked up in the 2014 version.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog@gmail.com. Also, please\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HooHaaBlog\"><em>\u201cLike\u201d HooHaa Blog on Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a fan of minor league baseball, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll see what I did with the headline. If not, read on. This stop on the 2015 Summer of Baseball Tour took us to Arm &amp; Hammer Park, home of the Trenton Thunder, the AA affiliate of the New York Yankees. 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