[anncoulteriscool]

I vote for Camden yards....but I'd love to visit the park in SF.

[pnz1]

Camden Yards is one I liked best among the newer parks I really liked Wrigley and Fenway for the older parks.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

without of doubt FENWAY PARK!!! there is nothing like it

[KneelBeforeZod]

Pac Bell is the lite beer version of Oriole Park. And they don't have Boog's bbq.

I took a tour of Oriole Park off season, it was pretty decent. They even let us play with the dugout phone. We could hear it ring out in the bullpen all the way across the field. We couldn't walk on the grass but I stole a few blades in put them in a 35mm film case..which I promptly lost somewhere. The baseball gods punished me.

[Consort]

Stadiums and Arenas.

[Flyer]

Baseball ping!

[AuH2ORepublican]

Thanks for posting this. Fred McGriff is my favorite player, and it was a pleasant surprise to see his name on FR. Here's to the Crime Dog not only hitting a dinger in 42 parks, but reaching 500 before the end of August.

[nutmeg]

1. Fenway, Boston
2. Wrigley Field, Chicago
3. Camden Yards, Baltimore

Coors Field in Denver is very nice. We haven't been to Pac Bell yet in SF, but it looks beautiful on TV. I suspect it's even nicer than Camden Yards.

[Senator Pardek]

All Yankees fans believe The Cathedral of Baseball - the Home Office for Baseball (not that bad of a park) - is #1 because the only other stadium they've ever seen is in Flushing.

[yarddog]

I have only been to three major league games.

I much prefer minor league parks. No traffic jams, you sit close to the action, and the lady who plays the organ will take requests. The food is cheap and if you buy a program, you have about a 50/50 chance of winning a prize even if it is only a two liter coke.

I can remember watching the Panama City, Flyers while just a kid. Their player-coach was named Chase Riddle and he was a real star. After retiring from the St. Louis Cardinals organization, he became coach at Troy State University where he won at least two national championships.

I then began to watch the Asheville Tourists/Orioles/Tourists again. I remember Sparky Anderson was their coach, then Cal Ripkin Sr. and his Son was batboy and his daughter swept the bases in the 7th inning stretch.

Babe Ruth played at beautiful McCormick field and it was also seen in "Bull Durham."

Once they had the best outfield in minor league history. Royal Stillman, Mike Reinbach and a third one who I think was named Jim Fuller, or maybe it was Jim Turner. I watched Denny McClain give up 12 runs to the Asheville players. They left him in the whole game, I guess they had orders from above to keep him in the game.

The players cut up and played games before the game because most of them were little more than kids. It was good baseball played by players who had not yet become spoiled.

[ForOurFuture]

Camden is a great park, but no park is great enough to fill its seats when its home to the laughingstock of its league. At least not for long. This season, OPACY has seen another record low-attendance nearly every other home game. And to fill the void created by an unwatchable team, the PA controller sees it neccessary to pound your ears with those stupid, motonotonous beats and tunes between every pitch. It can drive you mad.

But it's baseball.

On a related note, I go crazy every time I hear OPACY mentioned as a "bandbox", or "homerun hitters dream". Its reputation as a strong hitters park is unfounded. Just becasue its small doesn't mean it's hitters advantage. Statistically, it is actually a pitcher's park. And that's not just because the O's can't hit worth a damn.

[njmaugbill]

2 words:

Yankee Stadium

[nutmeg]

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[Mr. Mojo]

Dodger Stadium, hands down.

[Oystir]

Closing weekend at Tiger Stadium

[timydnuc]

Wrigley Field! They haven't changed the grease in the hot dog frier since 1946. The taste is perfect! 4 beers and 3 hot dogs means something is transferred to you by DNA.

I'm the original Cubs fan....OK! It's my neurvona! God, I hate the lights!

[Maigrey]

I thought you would love to chime in on this thread!

[Billthedrill]

I actually enjoyed Candlestick but then I like down jackets on the 4th of July (no exaggeration) - it was so windy there that they had swinging wooden doors between the concession areas and the stands so the poor guys pouring the wine wouldn't freeze. The Murph wasn't bad on those beautiful San Diego days back when Winfield was patrolling right field.

None of those are classic parks, though, just funky and appropriate to their location, which is about as much as you can expect for a small squarish place in which you cram 40,000 sweaty, beer-drinking fans cheek to jowl. I will say that I love Safeco. Last Thursday I was sitting in a day game on a gorgeous afternoon and a large black cloud came over and dumped a shower on everyone...until the roof slowly and silently slid overhead. Very cool. I think that place has more varieties of beer than any other major league stadium, but dang it, at seven buckaroos a pop you can't afford to get drunk and obnoxious, which is probably why Yankee fans don't like the place... ;-)

[rdb3]

Best ballpark?

Jacobs Field!

And today was a good day...

[BlueOneGolf]

We've got a minor league team here in Louisville, KY. The Bats are a AAA team for the Reds. Come and watch a game at Louisville Slugger Field. I believe you'll find it one of the best minor league parks around.

http://www.minorleagueballparks.com/loui_ky.html

BTW, I know we're talking baseball here, but my ALL-TIME FAVORITE stadium is Williams-Brice Stadium in my old hometown of Columbia, SC. Even during losing seasons you cannot get a ticket to watch the University of south Carolina Gamecocks play football there because the place stays sold out. 85,000 screaming, diehard 'Cock fans can really get your blood pumping on a Saturday afternoon.

[Temple Owl]

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