Post #145278 by ikitnrev on Mon, Mar 7, 2005 7:22 PM

My attention was captured tonight, when I read this brief snippet of information from Spring Training.

"Burrell's shot was the most impressive, a first-pitch swat that bounced off the roof of the Tiki bar in left field and gave Philadelphia a 4-3 lead."

Wondering if tiki and the national pasttime might be connecting in some cool fashion, I tried to locate a picture of the above tiki bar. The ballpark above is Brighthouse Network Field, located in Clearwater Florida, the spring training home of the Phillies.

I came across this image -- a 360 degree rotating view of the tiki bar and surrounding area.
http://www.360media.com/clients/phillies/Brighthouse/leftfield.htm

All I can say is Ugh ...... no bamboo, no Hawaiian shirts, and not a single tiki in sight - just a large expanse of concrete. How much you want to bet that they serve beer and margaritas at this tiki bar, but no mai-tais.

Summary: Baseball and tiki do not mix well. But then tiki bars and 'sports bar' televisions never mixed well to begin with.

Vern