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Grapefruiting: More on Dunedin

I got back home around midnight and was dead tired (waking up when my roommate called, still in Tampa, to inform me with elation that he just partied with Dontrelle Willis). Anywho, here are some notes from the Sunday game in Dunedin:

* Knology Park is your run-of-the-mill Florida State League venue. It’s sparse, has a few concession stands and has a pretty friendly, family atmosphere. Not a bad place to watch a game. I sat down low; good view.

* Fans at Dunedin were nice. Their big tradition is the seventh-inning stretch, where their “best beer man in the world” leads a rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” with a kid on top of his shoulders. Fun times.

* The area surrounding Knology Park is pretty seedy â€” construction, dirt lots and low-cost housing everywhere. I’m sure Dunedin isn’t too bad a place, but what I saw wasn’t anything to write home about.

* Large baseball cards featuring Joe Carter, Tony Fernandez and George Bell hang from the seating bowl in the concourse. Guys: Time to update that.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.