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  • killdeer
    have not yet been to them all...but my personal rankings;

    12. Tropicana Field, St. Pete. saw the opening series here when the Devil Rays debuted...still felt like watching a truck show at the Lucas County Rec Center. except they had an Outback in center field. Bloomin' onion kills the pain.

    11. Cleveland Municipal Stadium. all 1500 of us there that night shared a laugh.

    10. Milwaukee County Stadium. I still own a set of seats when the place was auctioned before the wrecking ball fell. I wish I would have bid on the urinal. Let me add that the sausage race is genius.

    9. Old Comiskey...if I have to go to the southside of Chi-town to watch a baseball game, I must be desperate.

    8. New Comiskey...damn I did it again.

    7. Riverfront Stadium...despite a lifelong Reds allegiance, and attendance here far and away more than any other park listed here...looking back on it now...this place was a poor excuse for a baseball park.

    6. Jacobs Field...when it was packed during the "fair-weather fan" frenzy of the 90's, it was a fun venue...but always cleared out faster than any other stadium I've ever been to. Cleveland fans must have someplace else to be by 9:30 on a Friday. Like Chik Fil A .

    5. Busch Stadium...drove 6 hours for a 3 hour game just because I had free tickets. Still...impressed that most St.L fans actually watch the game...and stay til the end.

    4. Comerica Park...if a baseball stadium mated with Walt Disney...the result would be the Tiger's almost "too-fan-friendly" park. I mean, the ferris wheel is fine, but there is a game going on, isn't there? Still, a pretty nice park to see a game.

    3. Great American Ball Park...the best park, with the best site-lines...to never host a playoff team. Yet.

    2. Wrigley Field was pretty cool...neat little neighborhood... actually felt like what old-time pro ball may have been like. Got to walk on the field. Epic.

    1. PNC Park in Pittsburgh. Far and away the best MLB park I've ever visited; both the views of the field, and the river, and the amenities...this is one very nice MLB park...too bad so few will visit with the ineptitude of the Pirates.

    just my personal rankings of those I've visited...I would imagine that Arlington, TX and Camden Yards would be pretty great venues...............
  • BlueDevil11
    Haven't been to too many, but of the ones I have been to the top two are
    1) PNC Park
    and
    2) Rogers Centre
  • wes_mantooth
    1 PNC
    2 The Jake
  • Mohican00
    Indians fan that loves to go to GABP for interleague play in the summer
  • BigAppleBuckeye
    My personal rankings of those I have visited:

    1. Fenway Park - BoSox
    2. AT&T Park - San Fran
    3. Citi Field - Mets
    4. Old Yankee Stadium
    5. Bank One Ballpark - AZ
    6. Jacobs Field (it WAS called that when I went)
    7. Riverfront Stadium
    8. Shea Stadium
    9. Veterans Stadium

    my wish list: Wrigley, PNC, Camden Yards
  • atomica600
    One thing that I have noticed about PNC that I really like is the open concourse. You go out to get a beer and you still have a sense of what is going on.

    New Busch Stadium is pretty nice too. Pretty good atmosphere, especially when Pujols is up to bat.
  • Laley23
    The new Twins place looks amazing.

    From what I have been too:

    1. Pac Bell in San Fran (cant think of current name, but it was Pac Bell when I went)
    2. Wrigley (but that was just for nostalgia. I didnt really like the stadium all that much)
    3. The Jake, or currently, Flo's Field
    4. Comerica
    5. Tiger Stadium
    6. New Cominski
    7. Old Cominski

    Places I NEED to get too:
    1. Camden Yards
    2. Fenway
    3. GAPB
    4. Target Field
    5. New Yankee Stadium
    6. PNC Park
    7. Citi Field
    8. The New Royals Stadium (name escapes me)
  • darbypitcher22
    from the few I've visited...

    Old Yankee Stadium
    Jacobs Field
    Great American Ballpark
    Riverfront Stadium/Cinergy Field
  • CinciX12
    Cinergy field was a giant, giant shithole in its later days.
  • darbypitcher22
    it was always a giant, giant shithole, along with the rest of those cookie cutter multi-use facilities
  • ts1227
    I'm definitely a fan of PNC. Open concourses, Yuengling, not a bad seat in the house.

    If the Pirates ever have a good year and they pack a ton of people into that little park, that place will be rocking.
  • swamisez
    Top 5 Current
    -Citizens Bank (Great seating in outfield, fans are into it, great food in Ashburn Alley, easy to get to and get out of
    -Dodger Stadium (no crazy music, no stupid cheerleaders, just baseball. Vin Scully over the PA throughout the stadium is great too)
    -PNC Park (great stadium, unique organ music, only downside is that it is quite often nearly empty)
    -Safeco Field (good fans, great food, big concourses, baseball is pretty good too)
    -Coors Field (the most friendly park I have been to, playing surface was great, easy to see ball with such dark greens)

    Top 3 Old Parks
    -Cleveland Municipal Stadium (for a massive stadium, sight-lines weren't bad, and you were pretty close to the field.)
    -Yankee Stadium (while much of it was dumpy, the fans were great, my seats were great, and Frank singing was classic)
    -Detroit Tiger Stadium (small, cramped, very dark in concourse, but it was such a bandbox there wasn't a bad seat)

    3 worst old time parks
    -The Kingdome (caught it at its zenith, and its end. Very loud, but it felt like ball in a funeral parlor)
    -The Minneapolis Metrodome (in the upper deck you really can't see the ball when it is in the air, for a dome, you are far from field)
    -Shea Stadium (poor surface, seats were far away from field, cramped concourse
  • BuckeyeBlue
    Anybody else ever watched the Padres play in Petco Park? It is a great place to watch baseball. Very, very wide open and not a bad seat available. They have a lot of good food/beer choices, and offer a pretty solid military discount (not just to the service member, but to their entire party).
  • Swamp Fox
    I haven't actually visited too many parks, but I really was impressed with PNC. I also always enjoyed watching a game in Tiger Stadium. it was old and cramped, but I liked the atmoshere and always felt confident my car would be safe for the entire game after paying "protection money" to some 10 year old entrepeneur before crossing the Interstate on that walking bridge.
  • GOONx19
    Camden Yards is the favorite I've been to.
  • GoPens
    BuckeyeBlue wrote: Anybody else ever watched the Padres play in Petco Park? It is a great place to watch baseball. Very, very wide open and not a bad seat available. They have a lot of good food/beer choices, and offer a pretty solid military discount (not just to the service member, but to their entire party).
    Been to Petco twice. Very cool ballpark.
  • september63
    Ive been to Wrigley. It is a dump compared to modern ballparks. Having said this, It is a top 3 for me. You cant replicate history.

    Old Yankee Stadium
    Turner Field
    Jacobs Field
    Fulton County Stadium
    Durham Park (I got a free haircut there)

    Worst: Three Rivers and Riverfront Stadiums..........Cement Boxes!!
  • mtrulz
    GABP
    Progressive Field
    PNC
    Riverfront
  • Con_Alma
    Love Camden Yard
    Kaufman Stadium
    Dodger Stadium