Favorite MLB ballparks

[PhantomDreamer]

Kauffman Stadium circa 1995, the first year it had natural grass.

[PhantomDreamer]

Lush green grass at the Astrodome in 1965!

[TheRicSlick]

Lush green grass at the Astrodome in 1965!

The rocket ship is much cooler than the grass.

[GoGamecocks29]

Where I've seen games:

Turner Field (great place to see a game, still cannot believe they're moving out)

Pro Player Stadium (too young to remember what was good/bad)

Wrigley Field (eh, a little bit over-rated)

Camden Yards (too young to remember)

RFK Stadium (Nats' first year-what a dump, to say the least)

AT&T Park (Best in all of baseball, and I loathe the city of SF and the Giants)

Oakland Coliseum (for $5 tickets, we couldn't say no. Much better than RFK, but not a good place to see a game)

Minute Maid Park (went as a visiting team fan, horrible experience, terrible setting for a ballpark)

Kauffman Stadium (when undergoing renovations-still had a great experience)

Miller Park (not my favorite, but not the worst)

New Yankee Stadium (dull environment, way too expensive)

Citi Field (much better than its Bronx counterpart, cool to see all of the planes from LGA)

Tropicana Field (it's not that bad at all, it just is hard to get to from Tampa)

Fenway Park (it was okay, more for the experience, IMO)

[PhantomDreamer]

The rocket ship is much cooler than the grass.

The grass is real. Real things are cooler than fake things.

[rrfb]

Coors Field unveiled their new party deck in right field today aka "The Rooftop". It's not only the biggest balcony in all of sports, but also the largest bar in the state of Colorado. Looks awesome.

[GraysonColtsBoy]

Top 10

1.Great American Ball Park

2.Minute Made Park

3.Second Yankee Stadium

4.Wrigley Field

5.PECTO Park

6.Camden Park

7.US Celluar Field

8.Safeco Field

9.Miller Park

10.Marlins Park

[ShlyKBMT]

Been to lots of college, minor league and high school baseball fields but not many MLB

1. Minute Maid Park (Growing up with the Astrodome makes you appreciate it)

2. Wigley Field (Not very nice but the history and scenery is special)

3. Astrodome (Loved it as a kid but as soon as I grew up and had to go there for work I saw how terrible it was. When Biggio gave me a warning about rats that were bigger than cats he wasn't kidding.)

[rxmc89]

I've been to more Minor League Stadiums than Professional, but of the four I have been to:

1A.) Jacob's Field

1B.) PETCO Park

2.) Comerica Park

3.) Progressive Field

Minor Leagues is professional

[DC in Da House w/o a Doubt]

I went to PETCO Park earlier this week for the first time in 6 or 7 years, and I gotta say its pretty awesome. For all the hype PNC Park gets (well deserved) I think PETCO is better. I think the only negative for PETCO is they generally get smaller crowds, so that atmosphere isn't top notch. But if you're basing this off of just the stadium itself and the area surrounding it, I would say PETCO is my favorite. AT&T Park in San Fran is probably right there also, but I haven't been there in almost 10 years so it's hard to remember

[C's]

Only been to Fenway. It's old and uncomfortable but GODDAMN DAT FOOD

Going by how they appear on television my top 5 would be Safeco (eye candy), PETCO, AT&T, Fenway, and Comerica in that order.

[capsfan1000]

Easily the best ballpark Ive ever been to is AT&T Park. Being on the bay just makes it an absolute gorgeous place to watch baseball. I honestly think it is heads and tails above the rest of the ball parks I have ever been to.

The rest of my rankings

2. PETCO Park (just perfectly fits in with my impression of San Diego. And I love the inclusion of the warehouse)

3. Camden Yards

4. PNC Park (a nice park with nice views of the bridge and rivers, but honestly I was disappointed with it. I simply don't understand where all the hype comes from. It seems like a nice enough modern ballpark, but nothing really made it stand out to me)

5. Nationals Stadium (My favorite team, but honestly I have not been in love with the new park. It looks nice and new, but there is nothing that makes it stand out from other ballparks. Also the area surrounding the stadium still has a long way to go.)

6. RFK Stadium (Obviously far from the nicest place in baseball by the time it was being used, but I must say that I loved its location in the city.)

[JayMac]

3. Astrodome (Loved it as a kid but as soon as I grew up and had to go there for work I saw how terrible it was. When Biggio gave me a warning about rats that were bigger than cats he wasn't kidding.)

That is kinda how I felt about Veterans Stadium. It had a certain ugly charm but at the end of the day, it was a rat infested dump.

[PhantomDreamer]

Coors Field unveiled their new party deck in right field today aka "The Rooftop". It's not only the biggest balcony in all of sports, but also the largest bar in the state of Colorado. Looks awesome.

It would look better if they removed the sun canopy too.

[rxmc89]

Coors Field unveiled their new party deck in right field today aka "The Rooftop". It's not only the biggest balcony in all of sports, but also the largest bar in the state of Colorado. Looks awesome.

It would look better if they removed the sun canopy too.

I agree. The way it is now it looks too obvious that there used to be seats there.

[PhantomDreamer]

The 2 seasons at Mile High are responsible for that, because I don't believe Coors' upper deck in right field was part of the original design.

[FiddySicks]

Easily the best ballpark Ive ever been to is AT&T Park. Being on the bay just makes it an absolute gorgeous place to watch baseball. I honestly think it is heads and tails above the rest of the ball parks I have ever been to.

Yup. I've been to about 75% of all the big league parks, and so far none of them have come close to offering all that AT&T Park does. It fits San Francisco just perfectly.

[NorthwestGuy12]

I'm biased, but mine is Safeco Field just because of its massive scoreboard. Huge upgrade compared to what we used to have.

[BC985]

Rankings from the parks I've been to:

1. PNC Park- Just as good as advertised, maybe better.

2. Camden Yards- Also lives up to its rep.

3. Busch Stadium II- Multipurpose parks get a bad name, but as a kid it felt like the outside world didn't exist. All you could see was the game. I miss that.

4. Busch Stadium III- I've been here the most, and my only knock is that getting to the upper deck can sometimes be cumbersome. I can't wait to check out Ballpark Village

5. Nationals Park- Reminds me a lot of Busch III could be a tie for 4th place. If you're ever close to DC don't pass it up.

6. Wrigley Field- Game experience strongly depends on where you sit. Get as close to or into the bleachers as possible. I don't recommend sitting underneath the upper deck.

7. Miller Park- Unique experience but even with the roof open you don't feel like you're outside.

8. Great American Ballpark- Underwhelming. Impossible to walk the perimeter of the park (weird for a new park).

9. U.S. Cellular Field- Experience depends on where you sit as well. Worst upper deck ever.

10. Tropicana Field- Baseball is not meant to be played indoors. Obviously not built for baseball. I hope TB gets a park soon.

[DC in Da House w/o a Doubt]

I'm biased, but mine is Safeco Field just because of its massive scoreboard. Huge upgrade compared to what we used to have.

Yikes, not many fans in that shot