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AfterWork: Centerfield in Huntington Beach
October 19, 2009|By BARRY KOLTNOW

There are sports bars in Orange County that are really pool halls.

There are sports bars that are really nightclubs.

And there are sports bars that are really fancy restaurants.

But, there is another kind of sports bar in Orange County.

There are sports bars that are really sports bars.

Centerfield in Huntington Beach is a sports bar that is really a sports bar.

According to one bar regular, you can recognize a real sports bar because they don't turn on the music until the last game is over.

That definition is as good as any I've heard.

I was at Centerfield on a Friday night, when they offer live music, but the band didn't start until well after the Angels game ended.

"We're not one of those places that becomes a sports bar for Monday Night Football," said Paul Hamilton, who bought Centerfield three years ago with his wife Michelle