It's annoying for the first few minutes. Then you settle in to watch the game and forget about it. When you notice it again a couple innings later, still droning through the raucous crowd noise, you realize you wouldn't want it any other way. The imperfection makes the perfect evening even better. And if you're a baseball fan, that makes perfect sense.
Ballparks are like teams in that even the best ones always have a flaw.
The difference is that the stadium's quirks add to a fan's enjoyment, while a favorite team's weakness can drive you to go bowling instead of watching baseball on beautiful Saturday nights. High school sports fans are the most loyal of all, so Kamehameha's following will remain intact despite a hair-pulling four errors in the final. The miscues basically cost the Warriors the lead, the game, and a possible three state titles in the space of seven days. Boys' track won the previous Saturday at Mililani, and the girls' basketball team wrapped up its unbeaten season at the Stan Sheriff Center right around the same time Johnny Ray Dudoit was becoming king of Molokai. Before he pitched the last inning to save the championship, Dudoit's homer off Kahi Kaanoi accounted for only one of seven fifth-inning Farmer runs.