Which BALLPARKS have YOU seen a game in?

[Dan]

I've been to Wrigley and US Cellular. I've also seen a Spring Training game at Ho Ho Kam Park in Mesa. I went to a minor league game at 5th/3rd Park in Grand Rapids Michigan. I may also be the only one here who's ever seen a baseball game at Petrakis Park in Dubuque, Iowa, home of Loras College baseball. I am going to the Great American Ballpark to see the Cubs and Reds on July 18.

[chipster]

I made a promise to my son that we would see a game at every major league park before he is 18, so this list will be complete some day. he is 7 years old.

Wrigley field (cubs)
Communist Park (white sox)
Communist Park II (white sox)
Pro Player Stadium (marlins)
Tropicana Field (devil rays)
Fulton County Stadium (braves)
County Stadium (brewers)

Spring Training

Ed Davis Stadium (reds)
McKechnie Field (pirates)
Progress Energy Park (devil rays)
Brighthouse Networks Field (phillies)
Al Lopez Field (reds)
Drillers Stadium (rangers)

[catcher24]

Originally posted by Chipster:
Communist Park (white sox)
Communist Park II (white sox)

I sure hope you mean Comiskey Park in both instances. I think Communist Park is in Russia or China somewhere! ;) :p

[Coal Cracker]

Major League:
Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Edison International Field of Anaheim (Now Angels Stadium)
Citizens Bank Park (This summer)
Tropicana Field (This summer)

Minor League:
Lackawanna County Stadium
Yale Field
New Britain Stadium
Legends Field
Ballpark at Harbor Yard

[mikeq1023]

polo grounds
yankee stadium
shea
fenway
fulton county staduim
vets stadium, philly
camden yards
jacobs field

[catcher24]

mikeq1023 - I see in your post that you have been to the Polo Grounds. Was that when the Mets were using it, or back to the Giants? Curious as to how long ago it was. I saw the Polo Grounds in 1962 when my dad took us to New York, but never got to a game there (I was 11 at the time).

[chipster]

[QUOTE=catcher24]I sure hope you mean Comiskey Park in both instances. I think Communist Park is in Russia or China somewhere! ;)
Yeah, I guess it is Comiskey, I am a Cubs fan, so i don't like to admit i have been to the south side. but i did make it home alive!!!
Also would like to point out how the mighty Tampa Bay Devil Rays took 2 out of 3 from the Kane County Cougers, err the White Sux err Sox.
:)

[O's on 33rd Street]

I also noted when I was there during the stadiums final year (Memorial I had too many visits to count though)...

Memorial Stadium Baltimore - final year
Camden Yards
County Stadium - final year
Commiskey Park - final year
Wrigley Field
Three Rivers Stadium - final year
Tiger Stadium - final year
Royals/Kaufmann Stadium
Candelstick Park
Pac Bell Park
Jack Murphy Stadium
Safeco Field
The Vet
Citizens Bank
Joe Robbie (at the time)
Anaheim Stadium
Fulton County
Turner Field
DC Stadium (RFK) but was DC stadium when I was there

That's it for now.

[driver62]

I can't remember if I posted on this subject or not. So here goes. It's a short list.

Riverfront Stadium/Cinergy Field. Use to go to 20-25 games a year back in the 70's. I saw 2 World Series games including game 3 of the 1975 series. That was the game where Carlton Fisk and Ed Armbrister had the collision at home plate and Fisk threw the ball into center field. Big arguement ensued.

Three Rivers Stadium. Reds lost.

Fifth Third Field - Dayton, Ohio. I have a 10 game package and great seats. First row, Upper deck, right behind home plate.

Vero Beach, Florida. Saw a Dodgers spring training game there when I was around 10 years old.

I can't believe I haven't been to the new Cincinnati park yet. But, I'll get there.

I also saw three games at Crosley Field.

I finally made it to GABP in Cincy last year. Great seats. Third row behind the Reds dugout.

Wanted to go see the Richmond, Ind Roosters play this year but they moved to Michigan. So much for that.

[Busterbug]

I've seen games at
Angel Stadium (all versions)
Dodger Stadium
Fenway Park
Tiger Stadium
Arlington Stadium
Ballpark at Arlington
Minutemaid Park
Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Camden Yard
Veterans Stadium
Busch Stadium
Kauffman Stadium

And my sentimental favorite is the original Angel Stadium.

[efin98]

I'm unlucky, I've only been to Fenway Park and each time the Sox have lost :eek:

And if you want to stretch things a bit, I've technically been to games at Braves Field to watch a Boston University football game...Even if it's not a baseball stadium any more it's still partially standing and still serving as a sports venue ;)

[Exposfan556]

I have been to Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Olympic Stadium in Montreal and Riverfront Stadium in Cinci.

On a sad note I twice went to see the Expos in their last few years, both times in April, and it was at least 85 degrees F in the stadium, the air felt artificial, the lights were odd and hurt your eyes. There were only a handfull of fans at one game (great fans though) and at the other game they had a good turnout unfortunately they were so unprofessional as to only accept cash at the ticket counter. They had 1 bank machine (yes one!!!!!) There were maybe a hundred people in line at it. We got there 15 min before game time and didn't get in until the middle of the 2nd inning. There was about 26 000 fans at that game and I would bet 10000 of them missed at least an inning or more because of the poor planning. No wonder the team left.

[catcher24]

I kept saying I was going to get to Olympic Stadium and see the Expos before they left. Unfortunately, as so often happens, the chance never came. I remember well Exhibition Stadium. Went in August, and roasted under the sun. :ughh Went in April, and froze from the breeze off of Lake Ontario. :( But at least I made it there! ;)

[zman]

Old Yankee Stadium (before the 70's rennovation)

Connie Mack Stadium

Wrigley Field

Dodger Stadium

Anaheim Stadium

Busch Stadium

[538280]

This may seem like a puny list, but it will be much, much longer by the time my lifetime is over.

Majors:
Fenway Park
Olympic Stadium (Go les Expos, or now, Go Nats)

Minors:
Dodd Stadium (Norwich Navigators)
Rock Cats Stadium (New Britain Rock Cats)

[538280]

I kept saying I was going to get to Olympic Stadium and see the Expos before they left. Unfortunately, as so often happens, the chance never came. I remember well Exhibition Stadium. Went in August, and roasted under the sun. :ughh Went in April, and froze from the breeze off of Lake Ontario. :( But at least I made it there! ;)

Catcher24,

Check my Olympic Stadium Thread!

[Baseball Nut]

My List of Major League Parks

I have seen 2 World Series Games in Detroit
Game 3 1968 Game 5 1984
Nolan Ryan's No hit game July 15,1973 in Detroit
A triple play in September of 1968 in Detroit
Denny McClain's 31'st win in Detroit
Complete List of Ball Parks

Major League

Briggs & Tiger Stadium Comerica Park Detroit
Municipal Stadium 1974 Jacobs Field 1995, 2005Cleveland
Crosley Field 1970 Riverfront Stadium 1972 Cincinnati
Wrigley Field 1998
Busch Memorial Stadium 2001
Sky Dome 1993
Arlington Stadium 1979
Camden Yards 1995
Fulton County Stadium only seen from outside did not see a game

Minor League
Lucas County Recreation Center Toledo OH

Spring Training 1970 1971 Grapefruit League
Marchant Stadium Lakeland
Jack Russell Stadium Clearwater
Al Lang Field St Peterburg
Municipal Stadium West Palm Beach
Ft Luaderdale Stadium
Miami Stadium
Holman Park Vero Beach
Stadium in Pomano Beach

Other Florida Parks Visited but did not see a game
Mckechnie Field Bradenton
Terry Park Ft Myers
Cocoa Beach
Tinker Field Orlando
Chain of Links Park Winter Haven
Al Lopez Field Tampa
Baseball City 1998
Cracker Jack Stadium Disney World 1998 :noidea

[misfitz69]

Just an update to my list due to this weekends activities.



Comisky Park
US Cellular Field
Joe Robbie Stadium/Pro Player/Dolphins Stadium
Camden Yards
Oakland Colliseum
Pac Bell Park/SBC Park
Candlestick Park/Monster Park/Whatever its called week to week
Tropicana Field
*Ameriquest Field/The Ballpark in Arlington*
And almost all the spring training sites in Florida

[NCSoxfan]

Wrigley Field
Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Dodger Stadium
US Cellular Field
Qualcomm Stadium

Hoping to go to Fenway this summer

[pacs34]

Griffith Stadium
RFK Stadium
Fenway Park
Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
O's Stadium at Camden Yards

[Kelli]

So far (I'm only 16) I've been to

Veterans Stadium
Citizens Bank Park
Camden Yards

[meatface]

Oriole Park at Camden Yards (many many times)
Astrodome
Enron(now minute maid) stadium
The Ballpark in Arlington
PNC park(2nd best ballpark in the world only to Camden Yards)

[ClevelandCassidy]

I guess I am a new user here. Hello everybody!

I have been to Jacobs Field, Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Camden Yards, old Jack Murphy Stadium, Candletick, Oakland Coliseum. I realize it is a puny list, but I don't get out as much anymore at 88 years of age.

[skeletor]

has anyone in this forum has visited
Tiger stadium and it's replacement Comerica ?
if so, what are your impressions

I have seen jacob field, RFK, The olde Indians park, Sicks stadium,
(home of the olde Seattle Pilots ) candlestick, Tiger stadium, Comerica,
Oakland, Fenway, and White sox park

[trosmok]

I guess I am a new user here. Hello everybody!

I have been to Jacobs Field, Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Camden Yards, old Jack Murphy Stadium, Candletick, Oakland Coliseum. I realize it is a puny list, but I don't get out as much anymore at 88 years of age.

Welcome aboard! Hope to hear more from you, for instance your impression of any or all the ballyards on your list. Old Municipal was a great place for a game, and many Indians fans liked it when there were only the most devout fans in the stands. No lines at the restrooms, concessions, or gates, and the sounds of the game were seldom interrupted by non-baseball noise. The only game I went to there, perhaps 5000 or less people made the place seem like our own private club.

[MontCobaseball]

Griffith Stadium - Washington
RFK - Washington
Memorial Stadium - Baltimore
Yankee Stadium - New York
Wrigley Field - Chicago

Minors

Harry Grove Stadium- Frederick, Md
McCurdy Field - Frederick, Md
Ernie Shore Stadium - Winston Salem, NC
Prince William Stadium - Woodbridge, VA

[Mighty Casey]

Yankee Stadium - saw Junior Griffey hit 1st career grand slam, 1991
Shea Stadium
Riverfront Stadium - saw game managed by Pete Rose, last season before lifetime ban, 1988
Pro Player Stadium - Bobby Bonilla hit walkoff homer vs Philly in their first Championship season, 1997
Tropicana Field
Turner Field - Barry Bonds hit 3 homers, 2001

[cardinals03]

Busch Stadium
Wrigley Field
US Cellular Field
Camden Yards
Ballpark at Arlington
Riverfront Stadium

In the next two years (including this year) I will hit:
Yankee Stadium
Fenway Park
Shea Stadium
RFK
PNC Park
Citizens Bank Park
Miller Park (possibly)

[Mach 1]

Another new user here .... my limited list is ...

Candlestick Park
Oakland Coliseum
Dodger Stadium

and minor league parks -
Hughes Stadium ('74-'76 Sacramento Solons)
Raley Field

[Samuel Adams]

New to the board as well. My list:

Majors
1. Yankee Stadium
2. Shea Stadium
3. Fenway Park
4. Wrigley Field
5. Comiskey (new)
6. Tropicana
7. Oakland Coliseum
8. Candlestick Park
9. Skydome
10. Comerica Park
11. Jacobs Field
12. Bank One Ballpark

Minor
1. Trenton Thunder
2. Newark Bears
3. Staten Island Yankees
4. Hudson Valley Renegades
5. New Haven Ravens (no more)
6. Pawtuckett Red Sox
7. Lowell Spinners
8. Portland Seadogs
9. New Hampshire Fisher Cats (old digs)
10. Hickory Crawdads
11. Charlotte Knights
12. Capital City Bombers (no more)
13. Daytona Cubs
14. Quad City River Bandits (name changed)
15. Memphis Redbirds
16. West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx
17. Nashville Sounds
18. Beloit Snappers
19. Southbend Silverhawks
20. Jamestown Jammers
21. Lansing Lugnuts
22. Toledo Mudhens
23. Rockford Reds (no more)
24. Tucson Sidewinders

Other.
1. Doublebay Field for the Hall of Fame Game

On the docket for this summer are the Brooklyn Cyclones, New Hampshire Fisher Cats in their new stadium, and the Orleans Cardinals in the Cape Cod league.

[Dodger Black and Blue]

Dodgers -- Dodger Stadium
Pirates -- PNC Park, and technically Forbes Field (I have a class where the stadium once stood and have seen people playing catch out by the right field wall, which still stands today)
Angels -- Angels Stadium
A's -- Oakland Colliseum


In the next two years, my father and I are going round the country to see every ballpark. He's about a year from retiring and he's dreamed of doing this for as long as I can remember.

[catcher24]

Dodger Black and Blue: Fantastic! :clapping I hope you and your dad have a great trip. I'm retiring next year, but my wife can't for another four. We have been planning such a trip for several years. So I hope in 2011 to make the trek and see all the parks that are in use then. BTW, I did actually go to Forbes several times as a teenager. It was a neat park, but PNC does a mighty fine job of replacing it. Three Rivers was OK, but it just didn't have the "baseball feel" of Forbes and PNC.

[IrishJaysFan]

Well, my personal list of ballparks is embarrasingly short, but they couldn't be more different!

MLB
Skydome (sorry "Rogers Centre"!) in Toronto

Minors
Jacksonville Suns ballpark (beside Alltel Stadium)

The skydome would be amazing if only they could find some people to come sit on all those blue seats in there! :crazy

[RWS]

Memorial Stadium
Home the Orioles dynasty, with almost all the crowd behind home plate and down the lines. Most of the outfield wall had no stands behind it. The sharply angled outfield corners directed balls back in the direction of centerfield, meaning triples were improbable.

Oriole Park at Camden Yards
The first of the "retro" stadiums, and probably still the best. Integrated into the tourist-y, convention center of town, this stadium's most compelling features are the block-long warehouse behind the right-field wall housing team offices, the plume of smoke behind the same wall from a busy barbecue stand, and the raised bullpens. (The latter is a feature I'm surprised hasn't been copied.) The architectural perfection of this park was compromised by the large electronic scoreboard ownership deemed necessary for the modern fan -- y'know, the type that needs instant replay because they don't pay any attention to the game in progress.

RFK Stadium
While more renowned as the former home of the football Redskins, RFK was designed primarily as a baseball stadium. While modern amenities are lacking, the site still boasts easy access from highway or subway, ample parking, and as of this writing a team seventeen games over .500 despite being outscored for the year.

Turner Field
Another new-retro ballpark, with more respectable power alleys than the rest of the Fenway-wannabes, meaning you might get home before midnight. This stadium sorta sits out by itself on the airport side of Atlanta, and right now lacks the sort of busy downtown scene you might think a new stadium would inspire. A good portion of the old Fulton County Stadium wall still stands in the parking lot.

[catcher24]

RWS - I'll take PNC Park as of this writing, but will defer judgment on Camden until I make it there. Never made it while my daughter was living in Silver Spring. Visited her in the spring, temperatures were WAY below normal (like 38 degrees at game time), so watched the O's on TV. Went back in the summer, and the O's were out of town. :(

I'll make it some day, but it'll cost more now, because my daughter has moved again, and there's no place to stay for free! BTW, PNC doesn't have an elevated bullpen, but it has the side-by-side bullpen. I don't think any other park has that, either.

[Red Sox Rule]

Only ever been to one ballpark (but i do live in England) and that was Fenway Park. I saw the Red Sox play the orioles last july, we didn't win but it was still great!!!

[TwelveGage]

Astrodome, Minute Maid Park, Biscuits Stadium (whatever it's called), and Columbus's minor league team, (Catfish I think? I was at Basic Training at Ft Benning in Columbus, and we got to go see a game :D )

[954718]

Major League Parks:
>Dolphins Stadium (Thank goodness sponsor name is gone)
>Shea Stadium
>Yankee Stadium
>Veterans Stadium
>SkyDome (I try not to acknowledge sponsor names)
>Wrigley Field (night game)


Minor League Parks:
>Fort Lauderdale Stadium - Used to be known as Fort Lauderdale Yankee Stadium. (Watched Yankees + now Orioles Spring Training games)
>Miami Bobby Maduro Stadium - now demolished (Orioles Spring Training)
>West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium - now demolished (Expos "A" Minor Team)
>Pompano Beach (FL) Municipal Stadium - Rangers Spring Training
>Joker Marchant Stadium (Lakeland, FL) - Tigers Spring Training + "A" Minors Team
>Chain o' Lakes Stadium (Winter Haven, FL) - Indians Spring Training

Doesn't Count as it wasn't a game:
On my trip to Chicago in 1990 (when I went to Wrigley), I took the El to the south side to take a look at the Old Comiskey while the New Comiskey was under construction next door.

[Brannu]

Major League:

Municipal Stadium (old school)
Jacobs Field
Old Cincinnati stadium (forget the name)
Three Rivers Stadium
Dodger Stadium
Oakland Coliseum

Minor League:

Isotopes Stadium (Albuquerque Isotopes)

[catcher24]

Originally posted by Brannu:
Old Cincinnati stadium (forget the name)

The REAL old stadium (Crossley Field) or the one just replaced (Riverfront Stadium) by Great American Ballpark?

[metfan1969]

Considering I dont live in a MLB city.

1. Tiger Stadium
2. Yankee Stadium
3. Shea Stadium
4. Safeco Field

Minor League
Burns Stadium (Calgary Cannons) now Albuquerque Isotopes

[Southlake CubsFan]

MLB
1) wrigley(cubs)
2) cell phone field (white sox)
3)Ameriquest Field (rangers)
4) Tuscan Electric (cubs/sox game, Spring Training)

Minor League
1)3 of the teams in illinois, but i dont remember the 3 teams
2) Fort Worth Cats
3) Frisco Roughrides i think?

[sschirmer]

First, let me say "Hats Off" to Shoeless Joe, Clark Addison, and Samuel Adams! That being said, here's my list:
MLB
Milwaukee County Stadium
Atlanta Fulton County
Turner Field
Wrigley Field
Old Comisky
New Comisky (I'll never call it US Cellular)
Tiger Stadium
Comerica
Skydome
Cleveland Municipal
Jacobs Field
Riverfront
Great American Ballpark
Three Rivers
PNC
The Vet
Shea
Yankee
Fenway Park
Camden Yards
Busch Stadium
Oakland Coliseum
Anaheim
Pro Player (or Dolphin, or whatever they're calling it this year)

Minor League (this might be tough to remember)
Beloit, WI
Myrtle Beach, SC
Greenville, SC
Dayton, OH
Columbus, OH
Toledo, OH (Old Ned Sketon Stadium & the New 5th/3rd Field)
Orlando, FL
Charleston, SC
Knoxville, TN (Old and New)
Ft. Myers, FL
Florence, KY
Indianapolis, IN
Bridgeport, CT

[Chisox73]

I can now add Busch Stadium to my list of ballparks that I have attended. :D

[Double-J]

Angel Stadium of Anaheim
The Ballpark in Arlington
Coors Field
Dodger Stadium
Jack Murphy Field
Kingdome
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
PETCO Park
Veterans Stadium

[Bluesteve32]

In order of appearence:

Chavez Ravine
Anaheim Stadium (original configuration) I was floored by the BigA scoreboard :clapping
Anaheim Stadium (reconfiguration) too many football seats :ughh
Tiger Stadium - wonderful old park in the mid 1980s :gt
Edison Field/Angel Stadium (after the renovation) Great baseball park again :clapping
Camden Yards - Loved it :clapping
LA Wrigley (not for a baseball game, just prior before its demolition)
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (only for pro and college football and track, but it was a baseball park)

Exhibition:
Angel Stadium - Palm Springs now a municipal ball field former ST home of the Angels and former home of the late Palm Springs Angels of the California League.

Minor League:
Fiscalini Field - San Bernardino Spirit, now Inland Empire 66ers in a new ballpark
Epicenter - Rancho Cucamounga Quakes
Blair Field - Long Beach

Another notes:
:lookitup
I have personally umpired games in:
Chavez Ravine - HS baseball sectional finals
Blair Field - Big League Regionals, HS sectional finals
Epicenter - Celebrity Softball game prior to regualr game and an exhibition games
Chicago Cubs ST site on Catalina Island - now used by Avalon High's football team and I officiated a Sectional Playoff football game there.

Several other sites in So Cal were used by major league (and old PCL) teams from time to time during spring training and today are municipal fields used by local college, high school, and youth teams.

http://www.digitalballparks.com/PalmSprings.html
http://www.digitalballparks.com/LasPalmas.html
http://www.digitalballparks.com/Blair.html
http://www.digitalballparks.com/Amerige.html

Add Bank One Ballpark. The kids loved it better that the Ravine. Good ballpark, Camden is better. Nice retractable roof, my main comment is that the inside has many "jagged" lines, the upper seats in the upper deck are quite "up there." Overall, ejoyed my experience at the ball park and parking was so much better than the Ravine.

[sschirmer]

First, let me say "Hats Off" to Shoeless Joe, Clark Addison, and Samuel Adams! That being said, here's my list:
MLB
Milwaukee County Stadium
Atlanta Fulton County
Turner Field
Wrigley Field
Old Comisky
New Comisky (I'll never call it US Cellular)
Tiger Stadium
Comerica
Skydome
Cleveland Municipal
Jacobs Field
Riverfront
Great American Ballpark
Three Rivers
PNC
The Vet
Shea
Yankee
Fenway Park
Camden Yards
Busch Stadium
Oakland Coliseum
Anaheim
Pro Player (or Dolphin, or whatever they're calling it this year)

Minor League (this might be tough to remember)
Beloit, WI
Myrtle Beach, SC
Greenville, SC
Dayton, OH
Columbus, OH
Toledo, OH (Old Ned Sketon Stadium & the New 5th/3rd Field)
Orlando, FL
Charleston, SC
Knoxville, TN (Old and New)
Ft. Myers, FL
Florence, KY
Indianapolis, IN
Bridgeport, CT

I can now add Akron, OH to the list above.

[Baseball Guru]

I can now add Akron, OH to the list above.


I've been by that one in the winter and it sure looks nice..

What you would you rate your favorites of the minor league parks you have visited?

Also, which park in Orlando? Tinker?

[sschirmer]

I've been by that one in the winter and it sure looks nice..

What you would you rate your favorites of the minor league parks you have visited?

Also, which park in Orlando? Tinker?

Yeah, Tinker. I actually got to see Kerry Wood pitch there back when Orlando was the Cubs affiliate.
Canal Park is really nice, it was actually one I left off my list initially by mistake. I've been there three times now. I would have to say that Dayton's 5th/3rd Field is probably the nicest, but Charleston, SC is very nice too.

[catcher24]

Posted by Baseball Guru:
What you would you rate your favorites of the minor league parks you have visited

Haven't been to a lot of minor league parks, but Dunn Tire Park (fka Pilot Field) in Buffalo is a great park. I also like Jerry Uht Park in Erie, PA. They really did a nice job of fitting it into the location they had. And of course I'm partial to College Stadium (nka Russ Diethrick Stadium) in Jamestown, because I have been going to games there for 40 years, and played many games there,too.

[RuthMayBond]

I can now add Akron, OH to the list above.We must have crossed paths this weekend. I'm from near Akron, and you can add Great American Ballpark to my list as of Sunday :clapping

[lefty27]

My Ballpark List:

Dodger Stadium
Jack Murphy Stadium
Petco Park
Candlestick Park
Anaheim Stadium and
renovated Angel Stadium
Bank One Ballpark
Coors Field
Minute Maid Park
Ballpark in Arlington
Camden Yards

I really enjoyed Camden Yards and Coors Field, but as the new parks go I really like Petco Park. The Western Metal Supply Building is incredible.

However, I will always enjoy Dodger Stadium the most because of the feel of the game. All the things I like about it are going the way of all the other "entertaining" parks, but just a few years ago you could go to a game, take the radio, listen to the great Vin Scully, hear the organ play (not that awful hip-hop), watch the cars swirl around the stadium, cool off in the offshore breeze, and enjoy an over-priced Dodger Dog.

[sschirmer]

We must have crossed paths this weekend. I'm from near Akron, and you can add Great American Ballpark to my list as of Sunday :clapping

I have to admit, I didn't actually go to Canal Park last weekend, but I noticed I had somehow left it off my list. We may have crossed, however, as I was at the Jake. I lived for a while in Fairlawn, I really, really like the Cleveland/Akron area. The MetroParks ROCK!

[RuthMayBond]

I have to admit, I didn't actually go to Canal Park last weekend, but I noticed I had somehow left it off my list. We may have crossed, however, as I was at the Jake. I lived for a while in Fairlawn, I really, really like the Cleveland/Akron area. The MetroParks ROCK!I lived just east of Fairlawn. I wasn't having any luck catching baseballs at the Jake but I caught one at Great American on Sunday (and DURING the game)

[sschirmer]

That's awesome! I played some ball up at Summit Lakes last Summer. Akron has some pretty good Roy Hobbs teams. My wife grew up in Bath, and went to Revere, so we're up there fairly often.

[RuthMayBond]

That's awesome! I played some ball up at Summit Lakes last Summer. Akron has some pretty good Roy Hobbs teams. My wife grew up in Bath, and went to Revere, so we're up there fairly often.I've been playing softball near there. Make that, TRYING to play softball

[bbison]

Current:
Shea
Citizen's Bank
Joe Robbie/Pro Player/Dolphins
RFK
Wrigley
Busch
Miller Park
Dodger
Pac Bell/SBC
Petco
Bank One
Yankee
Fenway
Oriole Park/Camden Yards
New Comiskey/US Cellular
Jacobs (that goofy comeback when the Indians were down 12-0 & 14-2)
Royals/Kaufmann
Metrodome
Oakland/Network Associates/McAfee
Angel Stadium

Defunct:
Veterans
Three Rivers
Riverfront
Jack Murphy
Comiskey
Memorial
County
Mile High
Tiger

Going to Minute Maid on 8/15, and won't quit until I get them all!

Top 5 (no order): Wrigley, Fenway (on the Green Monster), SBC, Camden, Royals. Looking forward to PNC.

[driver62]

Just wanted to update my list. I finally made it to GABP in Cincinnati yesterday. Had great seats. Third row right at the end of the Red's dugout. The seats were expensive. $60 a pop.
Enjoyed the game but it was very hot. Must have been close to 100 degrees close to the field. I spent a good part of the day pouring cold water over my head.
A beer was $4.75 at the concession stand but $6.00 if you bought it from a vendor in the stands. I did a lot of walking.

[RuthMayBond]

Just wanted to update my list. I finally made it to GABP in Cincinnati yesterday. Had great seats. Third row right at the end of the Red's dugout. The seats were expensive. $60 a pop.
Enjoyed the game but it was very hot. Must have been close to 100 degrees close to the field. I spent a good part of the day pouring cold water over my head.
A beer was $4.75 at the concession stand but $6.00 if you bought it from a vendor in the stands. I did a lot of walking.This must be the year. I went just eight days ago. My seats weren't QUITE as nice as yours, but the same temp (did they have the fans blowing misted water in the walkways even with first and third base?)

[driver62]

Don't recall any mist. Sure could have used it though. At least the walkways where the concession stands are located is air conditioned.

[RuthMayBond]

Don't recall any mist. Sure could have used it though. At least the walkways where the concession stands are located is air conditioned.But they're open-air :noidea :confused:

[sportslovingwife]

My list:
Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Fenway Park
Camden Yards
Wrigley Field
Busch Stadium
Dan Marino Stadium (Marlins)
Tropicana Field
The Vet and as of yesterday
Citizens Bank Ballpark- had to revisit for the new stadium

Minor league:
Tampa Bay Yankees
St Lucie Mets
Trenton Thunder
Staten Island Yankees

Trying to convince the husband to go to RFK before summer is over
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Dreaming of the day my list will be complete :rolleyes:

[driver62]

I'm going back to GABP on the 21st and have front row seats behind the visiting dugout. I thought all these seats were sold to season ticket holders. Any one know why they would be available? Not complaining. Just curious.

[sschirmer]

I'm going back to GABP on the 21st and have front row seats behind the visiting dugout. I thought all these seats were sold to season ticket holders. Any one know why they would be available? Not complaining. Just curious.

Because the REds stink?

[Gamingboy]

Can't believe I've never posted here:

I'm kinda young, so it's not much, but here it is:

Saw games in:
Skydome
Camden Yards
Tropicana Field (Better then Skydome with the roof closed)
Doubleday Field (Hall of Fame game a few years back)
Silver Stadium, Rochester, NY
Frontier Field, Rochester, NY
Dunn Tire Park, Buffalo, NY

Sorta saw games in:
Cracker Jack Stadium (Orlando, in the Disney facility. Walked by and peeked between some bars during a later inning, the Orlando rays were playing at the time. Only saw a pitch or two then left)

Drove by:
Exhibition Stadium (post-Blue Jays)
Legends Field (I almost vomited at it's over-doing of the fact that the Yankees play there in the spring)
Memorial Stadium in Baltimore (Was getting ready for demolishment)
Bowman Field, Williamsport, PA
The Little League World Series Complex in Williamsport, PA

[TonyK]

Fenway
Yankee Stadium
Skydome
Exhibition Park, Toronto (wild songs they sang between innings and dancing!)
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Shea Stadium
LA Coliseum, for football (terrible seats in the top deck)

Syracuse P & C Stadium
Binghamton Stadium
LLWS, Williamsport
Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex

[driver62]

You might have a point there.

[skeletor]

Minor league parks

Savannah, GA ( A ball )

Toledo, OH ( both the old and new parks of the Mudhens )

Nashville ( Home of the Sounds )

Memphis, ( both McCarver & Autozone-home of the Chicks & Red Birds )

Jackson, TN Pringles park.....west TN Diamond JAXX

Lexington, KY (The Legends )

Evansville ( once home of the AAA Triplets )

Major league

Tiger stadium and Comerica in Detroit

Fenway in Boston

Both versions of white SOX park in Chicago

Wrigley in chicago


RFK in Washington ( Senators )

Oakland....


Sicks stadium..home of the Pilots


Candlestick...(froze my butt off at night in july )


Cleveland...both stadiums

Busch stadium.......

Metro dome in Minnesota

Both Crosbly and Riverfront in Cincy.......



Polo grounds....never went in....my pop drove us by it, about a year or
two before the METS ankled it..and it was torned down..


I was lucky to see a lot of older parks...some are not longer with us..
and some like RFK, and Tiger Stadium, are living on borrowed time.


Some of the newer parks are great..and some, are lacking.....

two of my favorite parks are still Tiger Stadium..and The REDS original park.
which was only a 6 hour drive from Detroit..once a year-pop would drive us
to cincy...wasn't much of a fan of riverfront...haven't seen the Great american park,that replaced Riverfront..have heard mixed reviews on it.

[sschirmer]

You might have a point there.

It was only a guess. :rolleyes:

[Square-Head Flynn]

Major League:

Astrodome: First Major League game, May 14, 1971 (http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B05140HOU1971.htm); Astros 2, Cardinals 4, Bob Gibson got the win (was a seven-year-old Cardinals fan from Arkansas at the time).
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium: Too many to count from 1986 on. 15-20 games/year from 1987-1991, 8-10 games/year 1992-1996
Turner Field: 3-5 games/year 1997-present, including the very first exhibition game against the Yankees in March 1997
Kingdome: May 15, 1994 (http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B05150SEA1994.htm) (23 years plus 1 day after my first MLB game), Mariners vs. Angels
Fenway Park: August 11, 1998 (http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B08110BOS1998.htm), Red Sox vs. Royals.
Wrigley Field: September 9, 2001 (http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B09090CHN2001.htm) (2 days before 9/11), Braves vs. Cubs


Minor League:

Ray Winder Field, Little Rock, AR; Arkansas Travelers: many, many games as a youngster in the 1970s, and a few more as an adult. Still my favorite. Watched Al Hrabosky, Bob Forsch, Keith Hernandez, Larry Herndon, Garry Templeton, et al. play for the Travs. My favorite was Hector Cruz (Jose's younger brother), who hit 30 or so HRs for the 1973 Travs (http://travs.com.ismmedia.com/ISM2//MultimediaManager/154.jpeg) (check out the very young Keith Hernandez in the front row). That same year, I saw one of Denny McClain's disastrous outings in his comeback attempt with the Shreveport Captains -- lasted less than an inning, gave up five or six runs. Ugly.
McCormick Fileld, Asheville, NC; Asheville Tourists: one of my top 3, along with Ray Winder Field and Engel Stadium. My wife's family is from Asheville, so I've been to many games here in the last two decades. We even had a "rehearsal dinner" here the night before our wedding -- my dad got to throw the ceremonial first pitch.
Hershel Greer Stadium, Nashville, TN; Nashville Sounds
Bill Meyer Stadium, Knoxville, TN; Knoxville Smokies
Durham Athletic Park, Durham, NC; Durham Bulls: the old one
Engel Stadium, Chattanooga, TN; Chattanooga Lookouts: God, what a ballpark. I absolutely loved this place and was really bummed when the Lookouts built BellSouth Park
BellSouth Park, Chattanooga, TN, Chattanooga Lookouts: the best thing I can say about it is that is wasn't built with public funds
Riverside Stadium, Harrisburg, PA; Harrisburg Senators: saw Vladimir Guerrero playing RF for the Senators in mid-July 1996, while on my honeymoon. Was also the night after my wife took a positive pregancy test, about three weeks after our wedding :clapping
Municipal Stadium, San Jose, CA; San Jose Giants
AutoZone Park, Memphis, TN; Memphis Redbirds: great new ballpark, and gets bonus points for being a park you can take a vintage streetcar to. Last game I attended here, Memorial Day weekend this year, the bullpen catcher for Oklahoma City flipped my son a ball when he finished warming up the next pitcher.
Fifth Third Ballpark, Grand Rapids, MI; West Michigan Whitecaps
Fox Cities Stadium, Appleton, WI; Wisconsin Timber Rattlers


Other:

Rickwood Field (http://www.rickwood.com), Birmingham, AL: an amazing experience; where else can you actually walk out onto a field where practically every great ballplayer of the first half of the twentieth century played at one time or another -- and do it for free?
Doubleday Field, Cooperstown, NY; also on my honeymoon (is my wife great or what?).

[runningshoes]

In This Order

1978 thru 1989 - Exhibition Stadium - Toronto
Red Sox (first Major league game), Royals, Yankees, Angels, Indians, Orioles, Brewers, Mariners

1989 thru 2003 - Skydome - Toronto
Red Sox, Yankees, Orioles, Athletics, Tigers, Royals, White Sox, Twins, Indians, Phillies (World Series) Braves (World Series)

1989, 1990 - Olympic Stadium - Montreal
Dodgers, Cubs

1990 - Municipal Stadium - Cleveland
Red Sox

1991 thru 2002- Fenway Park - Boston
Indians x 2, Yankees x 3, White Sox,

1994 - Three Rivers Stadium - Pittsburgh
Expos

1995, 1996 - Tiger Stadium - Detroit
Brewers, Blue Jays

June, 2002 - Oriole Park - Baltimore
Dodgers

June, 2002 - PNC Park - Pittsburgh
Brewers

June, 2002 - Jacob Field - Cleveland
Phillies

June, 2002 - Comerica Park - Detroit
Expos

I'm going on a west coast swing when I get back to North America.

[Mariner Fan]

MLB parks I've been to:
· The Kingdome
· Safeco Field
· Wrigley Field
· US Cellular Field
· Candlestick Park
· The MetroDome



I want to see Yankee Stadium and Fenway some day.

[sickle]

Very short list for the new guy, but I loved every minute of each:

Kauffman Stadium (Royals, pre-grass, unfortunately -- 1987 VS. Detroit)
Safeco Field (Mariners -- 2000 VS. Baltimore)
Yankee Stadium (duh!) -- three times, once for the longest game in Athletics
history (my team), second time was regular season
home finale this past year (got cool pin, even though
I'm not a Yankee fan), and the third was the last
home game of the year (playoff win over Anaheim
before being eliminated in Cali)

[Rome Colonel]

Major

Cleveland Stadium
Yankee Stadium - Pre-reconstruction
Shea Stadium
Anaheim Stadium
Candlestick Park - A day game in July and very cold
Astrodome
Crosley Field
Wrigley Field
Dodger Stadium
Jack Murphy Stadium
Veterans Stadium
Memorial Stadium
Riverfront Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Oakland Coliseum
RFK Stadium - For soccer and football, not baseball

Minor

Doubleday Field - Cooperstown
Offerman Stadium - Buffalo
War Memorial Stadium - Buffalo, where they filmed "The Natural"
MacArthur Stadium - Syracuse
Applebees Park - Lexington, KY

[Rome Colonel]

Forgot two:

Jarry Park

Olympic Stadium - Didn't seem to be in the best of shape when I saw it in 1979, when it was only three years old.

[Twisted Wicker]

Haven't been to much, but here goes.

Been to:

- Tiger Stadium
- Comerica Park
- Camden Yards
- Wrigley Field

Seen, but no game:

- Busch Stadium
- Great American Ballpark
- PNC Park
- Jacobs Field

I'm hoping to go see a Tennessee Smokies and Louisville Bats game this spring, I can expand my list a little.

[sickle]

Very short list for the new guy, but I loved every minute of each:

Kauffman Stadium (Royals, pre-grass, unfortunately -- 1987 VS. Detroit)
Safeco Field (Mariners -- 2000 VS. Baltimore)
Yankee Stadium (duh!) -- three times, once for the longest game in Athletics
history (my team), second time was regular season
home finale this past year (got cool pin, even though
I'm not a Yankee fan), and the third was the last
home game of the year (playoff win over Anaheim
before being eliminated in Cali)

Add Lackawanna Stadium (current and soon-to-be former home of the Phillies AAA affiliate, the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Red Barons) since we are also listing minor league parks.

[StanTheMan]

Interesting Reading.... The Polo Grounds has shown up a few times, THAT would have been a fun place to see a game ----- so unique.

I've been to

Busch Stadium, been there too many times to count, including 5 World Series Games, Lou Brock Day, and Bob Gibson Day.

Camden Yards -- only twice, but they were Ripken's 2130th game to tie Gherig, and 2131 to break the record. I guess I picked 2 good ones.

Wrigley Field -- My dream as a kid was to throw a Cub Homer back onto the field during a Cardinals Cubs game......

Shea Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Great American Ballpark in Cinci
Kaufmann Stadium in KC
Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta
Riverfront in Cinci
The Vet in Philadelphia


Geez... Four of mine no longer exist!!

Also, The Superdome in New Orleans -- I saw an exhibition game there, just before the season began, between the Yankees and Red Sox in 1993 or 94

Minor League
Victory Field in Indianapolis (AAA)
Bush Stadium in Indianapolis (AAA)
Wherever the Greesboro Bats play, in NC

My son, who is 9, has been to Busch in St. Louis, Wrigley, Yankee Stadium, and Great American Ballpark... not bad for 9!

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

I have visited Dodger Stadium twice in 1995

Dodgers vs Phillies

Dodgers vs Padres (with Fernando Valenzuela, who got a standing ovation from the Dodgers fans).

I can add Angel Stadium now. Yankees @ Angels and Orioles @ Angels.

[runningshoes]

I forgot to add Yankee Stadium to my list.

1991 v. White Sox.

[GoSox!]

Haven't been to much, but here goes

1. U.S. Cellular Field-6 times
2.Wrigley-Once
3.Miller Park-4 times
4.Busch Stadium-once
5.Kaufmann Stadium-once
6.Metrodome-once

My family and I try to go to a new one every year and we're planning a trip to the east coast in the next couple years so hopefully I'll hit alot of them on that trip.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Haven't been to much, but here goes


2.Wrigley-Once


Must have hurt...:D

[Yankee Legend]

Shea Stadium-3 times
Yankee Stadium-too many times

I'm young. I still have plenty of ballparks to visit.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Shea Stadium-3 times
Yankee Stadium-too many times

I'm young. I still have plenty of ballparks to visit.

How can you visit Yankee Stadium too many times? :D

If you are willing to dump your season tickets, I will sacrifice myself...;)

[Gjm130]

Been to:
Olympic Stadium
Comiskey
Wrigley Field
Turner Field
Jarry Park

Like to:
Fenway
Safeco
SBC

[PHENIA FILMS]

great thread!!!

been to..
SHEA STADIUM (hundreds of times) starting in 1974!
YANKEE STADIUM (about 10-15 games..not since 1995..never again!!:waving )
PNC PARK (this year RED SOX AT PHILS 6/27 think it was)
VETERANS STADIUM (7/1/2002 vs METS)
FENWAY (9/5/86 VS TWINS)
DODGER STADIUM (5/85 vs GIANTS)
SAN DIEGO STADIUM (8/17/80 DH vs ASTROS)

wish i went to before the roofs came down...ASTRODOME,COMINSKY(real COMINSKI),BUSCH,METROPLALITAN

[Uncle Dak]

Been To:

The Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field - the best - it's not even close.
Fenway Park
Candlestick Park - the fog was quite unique if you were dressed for it.
Busch Stadium
The Pirates New Stadium - whatever it's called - is a very nice place.
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
RFK Stadium
Memorial Stadium
Oriole Park at Camden Yards

I see there are more than a few that agree that the Pirates new stadium (PNC i guess) is a terrific place!

[Tram2Lou]

Been to:
Tiger Stadium 1989-1999 (went to the last game)
Comerica Park 2000-present
New Comiskey 2003
Jacobs Field 2005

Planning on going to Wrigley this June for Tigers vs. Cubs

[catcher24]

Posted by Uncle Dak:
I see there are more than a few that agree that the Pirates new stadium (PNC i guess) is a terrific place!

IMHO, it is the BEST. Can't speak about Wrigley, haven't been there. Will some day. Of the ballparks I have been to (posted a lot further back in this thread), PNC is head and shoulders above any other.

My goal when I retire is to visit every major league ballpark, and as many minor league parks as I can. I'll let you know then!:laugh

[runningshoes]

I see there are more than a few that agree that the Pirates new stadium (PNC i guess) is a terrific place!

Wonderful place to see a game. I can't wait to get back.

[ambrizt]

I agree with the user who said this is a great topic! But my question for those who have seen a game in both Ebbets Field and Dodger Stadium is How do they compare? I've heard many compare the inside of Ebbets to Fenway. Is this true?

By the way my list of stadiums is:
Dodger Stadium
Angel Stadium
Pac Bell Park
Oakland -Alameda Colliseum
PETCO Park (this March for the World Baseball Classic)
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Fenway Park
Busch Stadium

Minor League:
The field where the Pawtucket Red Sox play in R.I.
The old field where the San Bernardino Spirit used to play
The Epicenter (Rancho Cucamonga Quakes)

[Love the Cubs 23]

Wrigley Field, Chicago mostly all my Baseball viewing. Nothing like this place it's the BEST.

Old Comiskey, also Chicago I remember the Shower in the Bleachers.

US Cellular Field, Chicago only once.

Pro Player Stadium, Florida while on vacation.

Elfstrom Stadium, Geneva IL home of the Kane County Cougars minor league team.

Would love to see more Baseball Stadiums. Baseball is the BEST sport.

[sickle]

Like to:

Safeco



A great park that has awesome seats everywhere and a great all-around experience. Good food, great people, average baseball as of late. A must see for the modern fan.

[DODGER DEB]

I agree with the user who said this is a great topic! But my question for those who have seen a game in both Ebbets Field and Dodger Stadium is How do they compare? I've heard many compare the inside of Ebbets to Fenway. Is this true?

By the way my list of stadiums is:
Dodger Stadium
Angel Stadium
Pac Bell Park
Oakland -Alameda Colliseum
PETCO Park (this March for the World Baseball Classic)
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Fenway Park
Busch Stadium

Minor League:
The field where the Pawtucket Red Sox play in R.I.
The old field where the San Bernardino Spirit used to play
The Epicenter (Rancho Cucamonga Quakes)


To answer your questions about OUR Ebbets Field. First, there is absolutely NO comparison of OUR Ebbets Field with that piece of land known as the Chavez Ravine....NONE!!! Having spent time in that place, I can tell you it is quite obvious that it was built with that intention.

As for OUR Ebbets Field and Fenway Park.....both these parks were built within a year or two of each other, as were a few of the other demolished parks. Having spent a considerable amount of my life in OUR Ebbets Field and a fair amount of time in Fenway, I can tell you that I have always felt that Fenway came the closest to OUR Ebbets Field. With the exception of the upper deck (that WE had at Ebbets), the inside of Fenway has many of the same features of OUR Ebbets Field.

c.

[riverfrontier]

one of these days i'll get to all of 'em, but for now...
The dearly departed:
Tiger Stadium
Metropolitan Stadium
Comiskey Park
Candlestick Park
Jack Murphy Stadium
Fulton County Stadium
Busch Stadium

The here and now:
Comerica Park
U.S. Cellular Field
Jacobs Field
Dodger Stadium
Oakland Coliseum
Anaheim Stadium

[riverfrontier]

An egregious oversight that i just made was not listing Riverfront. Damn this palsy.

[bluejaysfan]

Sigh...only Skydome sadly though I've taken a tour of Olympic Stadium. I hope to get to all the ballparks at some point in my life. Fenway has always been a thing I want to see.

[Williamsburg2599]

Extremly Short list:
Fenway(1 soxs game,1 beanpot game)
McCoy Field(too many to count Pawsoxs games probabily like 15-20)
whats left of Braves Field

[theAmazingMet]

Some major league games at;
Shea Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Fenway Park
Exhibition Stadium
More at minor leagues;
Dunn Tire Park (Buffalo Bisons)
Frontier Field (Rochester Redwings)
Batavia Muckdogs Stadium (true name escapes me)
Glens Falls Tigers (again true name forgotten, team defunct)
Citibank Park (Long Island Ducks)
DoubleDay Field (HOF)
Yeah I got some work to do!

[Big Blue Dodger]

Great topic, and great site! I'm new here and wanted to add my stadiums:

Majors:
Veterans Stadium(RIP)
Yankee Stadium
Olympic Stadium
Turner Field
Tropicana Field
Dodger Stadium
Camden Yards
Citizens Bank Park
RFK Stadium
Shea Stadium
Jacobs Field
PNC Park
Fenway Park
Pro Player Stadium

Minors:
Lackawanna Cty. Stadium- Scranton, PA
Dunn Field- Elmira, NY
Bowman Field- Williamsport, PA
Roger Dean Stadium- Jupiter, FL
Holman Stadium- Vero Beach, FL
Pfitzner Stadium- Woodbridge, VA
Coastal Federal Field- Myrtle Beach, SC

And Dodger Deb, great insight on Ebbets vs. Fenway. I got to Fenway finally last year and it was an overwhelming sense of history. Wish I could have made it to Ebbets, but alas, I was born 15 years too late..:(

[DODGER DEB]

Great topic, and great site! I'm new here and wanted to add my stadiums:

Majors:
Veterans Stadium(RIP)
Yankee Stadium
Olympic Stadium
Turner Field
Tropicana Field
Dodger Stadium
Camden Yards
Citizens Bank Park
RFK Stadium
Shea Stadium
Jacobs Field
PNC Park
Fenway Park
Pro Player Stadium

Minors:
Lackawanna Cty. Stadium- Scranton, PA
Dunn Field- Elmira, NY
Bowman Field- Williamsport, PA
Roger Dean Stadium- Jupiter, FL
Holman Stadium- Vero Beach, FL
Pfitzner Stadium- Woodbridge, VA
Coastal Federal Field- Myrtle Beach, SC

And Dodger Deb, great insight on Ebbets vs. Fenway. I got to Fenway finally last year and it was an overwhelming sense of history. Wish I could have made it to Ebbets, but alas, I was born 15 years too late..:(

Welcome to BBF, BBD!

As for seeing OUR Ebbets Field....You would have loved it, and never forgotten the feeling you experienced the moment you entered it. It was that overpowering!

c.

[Chester Charge]

I have been to every MLB stadium currently open.

I have been to 40 MLB stadiums all together. I started this escapade in my last year of college 1991, and as the new parks opened I went to them obviously, after seeing its predeceesor as well.

My least favorite: was Olympic Stadium(did get a foul ball there, saw Randy Johnson pitch)


Best Nostalgic feel: Tiger Stadium felt like I was walking the concourse with ghosts

Biggest letdown: Yankee Stadium( moved to outfield for better view of game)

Favorite park: Camden Yards, but it was one of my first 5 parks, and it endeared me to the old retro ballparks.

Best thrill at a game: Meeting Ted Williams at Tropicana Field in the concourse, with maybe 5 other people at Wade Boggs day after his 3000th hit.Wife wanted cotton candy and I did not have the camera with me, although I took shots of him on field during ceremony. Never so happy my wife sent me to get something any more than that day. Big Thrill!!

My Top 5:
Camden Yards
Wrigley Field (the bars are great aroung Wrigleyville)
Fenway
Minute Maid Park (grew up going to the Astrodome, so I love the new pad)
PNC Park& Safeco (tie) PNC is gorgeous:Safeco- Is my New Hometown team the last 3 years. Great ballpark on Sunny day in the summer here in the Pacific NW
:gt :gt :gt :gt :radio :radio :radio

[va_nats_fan]

I'm jealous of those who've been to 10 or more parks.

The first MLB game I ever saw live was at Yankee Stadium in 1987.

I've also been to Old Comiskey Park, New Comiskey before it was Cingular (CHISOX), Wrigley Field (CUBS), RFK Stadium (NATS), Petco Park (PADRES), and Tropicana Field (DEVIL RAYS).

I've been to minor league parks in Bradenton, FL; Beloit, WI; and Richmond, VA.

[Sockeye]

Tiger Stadium (first game)
Riverfront Stadium
Jacobs Field
New Comiskey
Wrigley Field
Great American Ballpark

Going to

Miller Park in July
Comerica in September

[Appling]

Tiger Stadium (first game)
Riverfront Stadium
Jacobs Field
New Comiskey
Wrigley Field
Great American Ballpark

Going to

Miller Park in July
Comerica in September
Wrigley Field
(Old) Comiskey Park (first game)
Milwaukee County Stadium
Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
(Old) Metropolitan Stadium -- Bloomington MN
MetroDome (Minneapolis)
Three Rivers (Pittsburgh)
Orioles Park at Camden Yards (my favorite so far)
(New) Comiskey Park

Going to The Ballpark at Arlington in June

Also minor league games at Missions BAllpark in San Antonio
and SBC Bricktown in Oklahoma City

I toured Fenway once when there was no game.

[jLev]

In order of excellence (major league only):

1) Wrigley Field
2) PNC Park
3) Fenway Park
4) Pac Bell/SBC/AT&T Park
5) Safeco Field
6) Dodger Stadium
7) Miller Park
8) Yankee Stadium
9) Shea Stadium
10) Three Rivers Stadium
11) Metrodome
12) Kingdome - horrible.

Next on my wishlist:
Camden Yards
the new Busch Stadium
Jacbos Field
Petco Park
Kauffman Stadium

[1905 Giants]

Only a few, but I'm still young

1. Kingdome.
2. Safeco Field

[BronxBoy]

Chicago-Wrigley Field
Comiskey I and Comiskey II
Polo Grounds
Yankee Stadium (pre-renovation)
Shea Stadium

[BoofBonser26]

Just a few. Still young.

1. Jacobs Field
2. Tiger Stadium [awesome experience. Went during the final season. Just great to make it to a classic stadium and watch a game. And my Indians beat the Tigers.]
3. Old Busch Stadium

And minor league parks on Rockford, IL, Kannapolis, NC, and Charlotte, SC.

[cubbieuk]

heres my list ( which is not bad seeing as im english )..

oakland col, candlestick park, pac bell park, wrigley field ( home :) ), comiskey park, coors field, turner field, miller park, pnc park ( the view is awesome ), the vet, citizens bank, skydome, dodger std, camden yards( the nicest of the new parks )

i saw my first game in oakland 89 while on dead tour and my 1st cubbies game in 93

[redbuck]

Been to more minor league parks but here are the majors:

Visit sportparks.org (http://sportparks.org) to see my through statistical (not subective) grading of ballparks.

Actually seen game
Turner Field
Citizens Bank Park x 2
Olympic Stadium
Old Busch Stadium
Wrigley Field x 2
PNC Park
Great American Ballpark x 100+
Cinergy Field x 200+
Chase Field
AT&T Park
Dodger Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Fenway Park x 3
Oriole Park x 2
US Cellular Field x 3
Old Comiskey
Jacobs Field x several
Metrodome x 4
Comerica Park
Tiger Stadium
Angels Field of Anaheim

Took tour
Turner Field
Chase Field
Fenway Park x 2
Olympic Stadium

Viewed from outside only
Shea Stadium
Dolphins Stadium
RFK Stadium
Qualcomm Stadium
Tropicana Field

Will visit this summer
Minute Maid Park
Coors Field
Ameriquest Field
Safeco Field

[RuthMayBond]

Been to more minor league parks but here are the majors:

Visit sportparks.org (http://sportparks.org) to see my through statistical (not subective) grading of ballparks.

Actually seen game
Turner Field
Citizens Bank Park x 2
Olympic Stadium
Old Busch Stadium
Wrigley Field x 2
PNC Park
Great American Ballpark x 100+
Cinergy Field x 200+
Chase Field
AT&T Park
Dodger Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Fenway Park x 3
Oriole Park x 2
US Cellular Field x 3
Old Comiskey
Jacobs Field x several
Metrodome x 4
Comerica Park
Tiger Stadium
Angels Field of Anaheim

Took tour
Turner Field
Chase Field
Fenway Park x 2
Olympic Stadium

Viewed from outside only
Shea Stadium
Dolphins Stadium
RFK Stadium
Qualcomm Stadium
Tropicana FieldI guess no one can say you don't get out much

< Will visit this summer
Minute Maid Park
Coors Field
Ameriquest Field
Safeco Field>

Add it to the 2006 Road Trips thread

[RuthMayBond]

Been to more minor league parks but here are the majors:

Visit sportparks.org (http://sportparks.org) to see my through statistical (not subective) grading of ballparks.You've got some "interesting" 165 most important baseball moments

[Centreville82]

Busch Stadium II. God willing, I'll visit III when I go back to STL, and Yankee Stadium before its torn down....

[ajs27]

My list is not as long as some:

Shea Stadium - first game ever in 1967
Yankee Stadium
Astrodome
Minute Maid Park
Bank One Ballpark (now Chase Field?)
Pro Player Stadium
Tropicana Stadium

Trying to get to this year:

Jacobs Field
Camden Yards
RFK
Citizens Bank Park
Fenway (this is a longshot)

[catcher24]

Posted by Redbuck:
Visit sportparks.org to see my through statistical (not subective) grading of ballparks.


First, let me congratulate you on a very nice, well done site. Wish I had close to your ballpark experience. Having said that, I hate to disagree, but your ratings appear to be subjective to me. You write about several aspects of each park, but from your perspective. Of course, I don't really see how it could be done any other way. Regardless of how objective one tries to be, it all boils down to YOUR OWN impression of things. Even if you give a number rating to each element, as many have done, it still reflects how YOU see it. By definition, that makes it subjective. That's not a bad thing, though. Rating things statistically is not always (or even usually) the best way, unless you're talking about bank accounts!:laugh

Disagree with you on PNC, as I rate it ahead of the Jake. But you have a lot more parks visited than I do. PNC does have a lot of "personal touches" that you don't mention, like the 21 foot wall in right commemmorating Clemente; the local limestone used on the inside, which is a unique color to any ballpark; the ironwork on the exterior and interior, which reflects the city's steel making history; the light tower design, which reflects old Forbes Field; and the banners all along the walkways, highlighting important occurrances and players in Pirates team history. PNC does a better job of incorporating the team's history into the park than any other park I've been to.

But it seems you and I also place importance on different aspects of a park, so that certainly would impact how we rate them. But thanks again for a very informative site!

[1doug]

Riverfront Stadium
Memorial Stadium
Camden Yards
Candlestick Park
Oakland Alameda

Metropolitan Park (Tidewater Tides)
Harbor Park (Norfolk Tides)

[quiksilver]

My list is fairly small but hope to have it grow in the near future...

MLB:
Oakland-Alameda
Candlestick Park
Safeco Field
Petco Park

AAA:
Raley Field (Sacramento River Cats)

[redbuck]

Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Yeah. With ballparks it's impossible to grade solely statistically. What I tried to do was go a little beyond what Brian Merzbach or some of the other afficianados did. I tried to only use subjective scores for the weights. Obviously history and comfort mean different things to different people. But in saying "statistically" I guess I mean that I only used statistics that are objectively graded (+ 1 or 2 based on others' relatively objective judgments). I didn't just want to give a letter grade or a value out of 10 to a bunch of categories as often happens. I wanted to use statistical stats to measure subjective weights- if that makes sense.

And of course everybody's experience is different. You have to visit a ballpark tens of times to get an unbiased sense of the place. I haven't done that for all the parks, but I would like to.

Explanation of several baseball people's top five (I'm Roger Weber)
Click here (http://baseballpilgrimages.com/top5/index.html)

First, let me congratulate you on a very nice, well done site. Wish I had close to your ballpark experience. Having said that, I hate to disagree, but your ratings appear to be subjective to me. You write about several aspects of each park, but from your perspective. Of course, I don't really see how it could be done any other way. Regardless of how objective one tries to be, it all boils down to YOUR OWN impression of things. Even if you give a number rating to each element, as many have done, it still reflects how YOU see it. By definition, that makes it subjective. That's not a bad thing, though. Rating things statistically is not always (or even usually) the best way, unless you're talking about bank accounts!:laugh

Disagree with you on PNC, as I rate it ahead of the Jake. But you have a lot more parks visited than I do. PNC does have a lot of "personal touches" that you don't mention, like the 21 foot wall in right commemmorating Clemente; the local limestone used on the inside, which is a unique color to any ballpark; the ironwork on the exterior and interior, which reflects the city's steel making history; the light tower design, which reflects old Forbes Field; and the banners all along the walkways, highlighting important occurrances and players in Pirates team history. PNC does a better job of incorporating the team's history into the park than any other park I've been to.

But it seems you and I also place importance on different aspects of a park, so that certainly would impact how we rate them. But thanks again for a very informative site!

[catcher24]

Roger - Thanks for the link to Graham Knight's site. It is excellent too. My personal pilgrimages will begin in earnest this year, as I am retiring soon. My plan for many years has been to see all of the major league parks and as many of the minor league parks as I can fit in, all the while sampling some of our beautiful country's other treasures as well. Of the new parks, I've only been to Jacobs and PNC, but I definitely liked PNC better, although the Jake was no slouch, either. I can't imagine any better approach to a ballpark than walking across the Roberto Clemente Bridge and looking directly into the park from center field. It helps to "warm you up" for the total experience once you get inside!

Thanks again for the link.

[T Rip]

Brand new to the site, and loving it!
I've been to Atlanta Fulton Cty stadium
Busch Stadium
The Big "A" (in the early 70's)
Astrodome
Minute Maid
The Ballpark in Arlington
Ranger Stadium

Minors; Jacksonville, Fla; Shreveport, La; Round Rock, Tx; Miami, Fl (way back before Marlins) Asheville, NC

My daughter hit Coors Field and Yankee Stadium one summer. I'm jealous...

[redbuck]

PNC is a great park. I certainly won't dispute that. Just for the sake of giving another view, here are my only criticisms of PNC:

-Because you must cross the bridge to get from downtown to the ballpark it can be a pretty slow, and in cold weather a fairly long walk.
-It is only two decks, and the first and even to an extent the second is sloped very gently which means that although you aren't too far up you can be 30-40 rows back from the field without much elevation and many fans' heads in front of you
-The scoreboard is good but certainly can't compare to Cincinnati, Houston or Cleveland
-There isn't a real flow to the architecture of the place. At the Jake everything fits with everything else. There is a real connection between the elements of the park and the city. At the Jake everything seems "perfect" in how it was designed. At PNC, the limestone is nice, the ramps are cool and the view is great, but there is a uniformity and connected-ness lacking.
-Obviously there aren't great crowds at PNC for most games, but that isn't the ballpark's fault

Don't get me wrong. It's a great park. And I can absolutely see why it's your favorite and why you like it better than Jacobs. I guess a lot of it depends on personal experience, which Bill James writes is very small and tells us very little of the whole picture. That's why opinions can differ so much.

Even my complaints about PNC are somewhat based on my own experiences. And I am by no means any kind of final word. Although I am in a quest right now to find out as much statistically about ballparks as I can, they are a subject that will ultimately remain subjective. Unlike players, one of the most influential descriptors of one's opinion of a park is its beauty, which cannot be measured by stats, but for generalities and averages.



Roger - Thanks for the link to Graham Knight's site. It is excellent too. My personal pilgrimages will begin in earnest this year, as I am retiring soon. My plan for many years has been to see all of the major league parks and as many of the minor league parks as I can fit in, all the while sampling some of our beautiful country's other treasures as well. Of the new parks, I've only been to Jacobs and PNC, but I definitely liked PNC better, although the Jake was no slouch, either. I can't imagine any better approach to a ballpark than walking across the Roberto Clemente Bridge and looking directly into the park from center field. It helps to "warm you up" for the total experience once you get inside!

Thanks again for the link.

[RedSoxVT92]

Im jealous of all of you. My list you cant even call a list...

1 Major League Park
Fenway Park

1 Minor League Park
Centennial Field (Vermont Expos) Low A affiliate of the Nationals.

At least I went to Fenway, best park in the majors (even though thats the only park ive been to)

[catcher24]

Roger - Agreed that ballparks are extremely subjective, and no two people will ever see them exactly alike. Actually, before I went to PNC, I didn't think I would ever go to a ballpark I liked better than the Jake, in all honesty. But let me address your points individually, to give a different perspective to those who may have never had the opportunity to attend a game there.

-Because you must cross the bridge to get from downtown to the ballpark it can be a pretty slow, and in cold weather a fairly long walk.
You DON'T have to cross the bridge, if you don't choose to. When I went to see the D'backs (Randy Johnson was pitching; 16 K's in 7 IP), I parked in the big lot beeween PNC and Heinz Field, about two minutes. I prefer the bridge simply because of the atmosphere. Even after the game - vendors, musicians - it's great. There was nothing like that in Cleveland (at least when I was there). BTW, did you check out the art gallery after the game? Just excellent, and if you want to drop a couple bills, you can get an autographed picture/painting.

-It is only two decks, and the first and even to an extent the second is sloped very gently which means that although you aren't too far up you can be 30-40 rows back from the field without much elevation and many fans' heads in front of you

I really don't understand this one. I've sat in several different locations, and all were excellent. In Cleveland, I felt like I was in outer space I was so darned far from the field. Not so in Pittsburgh, and the Johnson game I mentioned was a sellout - I was in the back row, upper deck, behind home plate, and it felt like I could reach out and touch the players!

-The scoreboard is good but certainly can't compare to Cincinnati, Houston or Cleveland

Don't know about Cinci or Houston, having never been there (yet!:o ). But no doubt the jumbo board in Cleveland is superior. This is one of our major differences in criteria for a ballpark, I think. I don't really care about the scoreboard, as long it shows the score. Three Rivers had a marvelous scoreboard, but I wouldn't even mention together with PNC (oops, guess I just did!:D ). But Cleveland's is nice - in fact, a have a nice pregame picture looking out towards that scoreboard from behind the plate that hangs in my office!

-There isn't a real flow to the architecture of the place. At the Jake everything fits with everything else. There is a real connection between the elements of the park and the city. At the Jake everything seems "perfect" in how it was designed. At PNC, the limestone is nice, the ramps are cool and the view is great, but there is a uniformity and connected-ness lacking.

I do disagree with you on this point. The bridge is tied right into the ballpark; they built it along the river, so you can arrive by boat if you want, tying in with the rivers, which pretty much define Pittsburgh; the limestone and steel construction reflect Pittsburgh's history as a steel city; and the design of the light towers reflects the former Forbes Field. And when you are in the park, watching the game, river traffic, city traffic - you feel like a part of the city. I didn't have that feeling in Cleveland - all you see is the Gund Arena right outside, and then the Terminal Building, about a mile away. I think I disagree with you more on this point than any other.

-Obviously there aren't great crowds at PNC for most games, but that isn't the ballpark's fault

You are dead on right there. But a couple of years ago the Jake was starting to have many empty seats, too. Now that the Tribe is on the rebound again, they are starting to sell out again. Strangely enough, however, all three games I have attended at PNC were sellouts, and the crowd were great and really into the game.

So, we'll continue to disagree, and it's only a matter of small degree. You have Jake #1 and PNC #3; of the parks I've been to, I'd have PNC #1 and Jake #2. But I have a lot more to go to than you do! Incidentally, from what I've seen and read about SBC Park in Frisco, it might sneak into my top three someday, too.

[redbuck]

As long as we can "agree to disagree". I love both parks. All your points are understandable. Again, a lot of it depends on personal experience.

I like the feeling at the Jake where you can be downtown and look right into the park, and I like coming out of the game right into restaurants, bars and a fun street scene.

A lot of the cookie cutters had sort of that bridge scene of getting to the ballpark and that's fun too.

I guess to me PNC seemed like a little better improved attempt to revive HOK's design style. I recently interviewed Dan Hart, PIT's media relations director and he had some interesting things to say. Pittsburgh wanted to do something new and they did with the only 2 decks. I find it hard to find much to criticize about PNC. I guess it doesn't quite have the sharpness to me as the Jake does. PNC doesn't have the dark dirt and its outfield design, although meant to open the skyline, isn't that interesting.

The Jake has always seemed magical to me. That's personal experience, though. Won't disagree that PNC is a wonderful park.

Part of one's JAke opinoin may depend on when you went there. When the place was rocking in the 90s (and hopefully soon again) the atmosphere was unbelievable. If you've ever been to an Ohio State football game you might know it.

The president of HNTB architects recently told me about the rep in the stadium architecture world of PNC. It was a necessary type of design to stir a little life back into the retro wave. Of course, that little ounce of life prompted Phili and Stl to design pretty sterile new parks (although very nice).

Good debate though.

[RuthMayBond]

I like the feeling at the Jake where you can be downtown and look right into the park, and I like coming out of the game right into restaurants, bars and a fun street scene.

The Jake has always seemed magical to me. That's personal experience, though. Won't disagree that PNC is a wonderful park.

Part of one's JAke opinoin may depend on when you went there. When the place was rocking in the 90s (and hopefully soon again) the atmosphere was unbelievable. If you've ever been to an Ohio State football game you might know it.I get to relive the feeling again Saturday night :dance

[Lansdowne Street]

Well, let's see.

Seen MAJOR LEAGUE games at...
-Fenway Park (hence "Lansdowne Street")
-Wrigley Field
-Old Comiskey Park
-Three Rivers Stadium
-Veterans Stadium
-Jacobs Field
-Yankee Stadium
-Shea Stadium
-Oriole Park at Camden Yards
-Tropicana Field

Seen PLAYOFF games at...
-Three Rivers Stadium
-Veterans Stadium

Seen COLLEGE games at...
-Fenway Park
-Friedman Diamond at Parsons Field (Northeastern)

Seen MINOR LEAGUE games in...
-Allentown, PA
-Brockton, MA
-Pawtucket, RI

I recommend...
-Fenway Park
-Wrigley Field
-Jacobs Field

[starkeeper]

I haven't been to many, but each has been special.

Exhibition Stadium - Toronto
Skydome - Toronto
Jacobs Field - Cleveland
Municipal (Dog Pound) - Cleveland
Old Comiskey - Chicago
New Comiskey - Chicago
Tiger Stadium - Detroit
Comerica - Detroit
Memorial - Baltimore
Three Rivers - Pittsburgh

We are planning a trip to St Louis in August and I will be adding the New Busch Stadium to this list for sure!!

[paa0408]

I'v been to a dozen or so parks, and Fenway is easily the best experience yet. Saw the Cards win there a few years ago, then followed them to NY. First time ever for the Cards in regular season game at either stadium And best baseball road trip ever for me. Folks at Fenway were teriffic.

paa0408

[reds2221]

ok

Riverfront/cinergy field (cincinnatti)
The Skydome (toronto)
Wrigley Field (chicago)
Bank One Ballpark (arizona)
Great American Ballpark (Cincinnatti)

[soberdennis]

In chronological order
Parker Field- Richmond
Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Tiger Stadium
Memorial Stadium
Jack Murphy Stadium
Petco Park.

I've also been in the Skydome, but not for a ballgame.

[RaysFan]

Here is my small list.

Majors - Tropicana Field

Minors - Al Lang Field, the old Clearwater Phillies/Threshers stadium, and Knology Park for the Dunedin Blue Jays.

One of these days I'll visit every major league park.

[soberdennis]

Just a thought I'd like to see a compilation of how many people have been to what ballparks according to this thread. It might be interesting.

[Williamsburg2599]

Just a thought I'd like to see a compilation of how many people have been to what ballparks according to this thread. It might be interesting.
I started one,got confused/bored,and stopped:).People out their with some decent microsoft word systems can put all this stuff onto one page,then use the search thing to count how many times a word appears.(unfortuantily i dont have word:-\)If anybody wants to do this but needs help doing this, please PM me.

[Solair Wright]

Let's see: Old Busch - 4 times (all in 2005), don't realize what I have been missing out in a ballpark
New Busch - 2 times (my 3rd and 4th time are back to back! then two more)
I'll be going to two more next month during my cousin's graduation in Manhattan:
Shea Stadium (June 22) against the Cincinnati Reds
Yankee Stadium (June 23) against the Florida Marlins (what kind of game is that?)
Long Island Ducks (June 24) against the Atlantic City Surf (the Ducks are a Double-A independent team)

Pondering on going to:
Comiskey Park II (never shall I call it by its new name, which is disgraceful)
Wrigley Field
Kaufmann Stadium
PNC Park
Citizens Bank Park

The first three are close to Missouri, but as for the last two, I'd need to sneak in to Pittsburgh or Philly.

[riverfrontier]

Soberdennis, I noticed that you mentioned Parker Field. When were you there, and would you know of any photos to be found anywhere? Thanks

[Giantsfan1958]

NL

Candlestick Park (former Giants ballpark, current home of the 49ers) - SF
PacBell/SBC/AT&T Park - SF - saw W.S. 2002 game 4 played there
Dodger Stadium - LA
Jack Murphy Stadium (also called Qualcomm) - SD
Petco Park - SD
Coors Field - Denver
BankOne Ballpark, the BOB (now called Chase Field) - AZ
Minute Maid Park - Houston

AL

Oakland Alameda County Coliseum (also called NetAss and McAfee)
Anaheim Coliseum (or whatever it's called now) saw W.S. 2002 game 2 played there

I'll be going to Seattle next month to catch the Giants series up there. I already have my lower box tix. http://baseball-fever.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

After Seattle that will pretty much cover all of the west coast ballparks. So I'll try and focus more on the central in the future. Eventually getting to the east coast to check some games out there. http://baseball-fever.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

[ugolini78]

Exhibition Stadium (Toronto first seen 1984)
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, 1988)
Veterans Stadium (Philly 1989)
Yankee Stadium (New York 1989)
Shea Stadium (New York 1989)
Fenway Park (Boston 1989)
Olympic Stadium (Montreal 1989)
Skydome (Toronto 1990)
Tiger Stadium (Detroit 1999)
Commerica Park (Detroit 2000)
Wrigley Field (Chicago 2003)
Miller Park (Milwaukee 2003)
PNC Park (Pittsburg 2005)

My Favourite Park is Wrigley by far.

[Allie Fox]

Big League Parks:

Yankee Stadium

Shea Stadium

Riverfront Stadium (RIP)

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (RIP)

Turner Field

Wrigley Field

[Chisox73]

Here's my list of ballparks I've been to.

Chicago; Old Comiskey,US Cellular Field,Wrigley Field
Cincinnati; Riverfront Stadium
Milwaukee; County Stadium
Denver; Mile High Stadium(1977 Denver Bears)
Kansas City; Royals Stadium(1977)

I'm adding Great American Ballpark to my list now.

[catcher24]

Congrats, Chisox73! Hope it was a good game.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

I have seen a lot of games in these two as well. But I don't know if this counts. These are in the Netherlands.

[125osprey]

Exhibition Stadium - Toronto Blue Jays
Skydome - Toronto Blue Jays

Port Arthur Stadium - Thunder Bay Whisky Jacks (I saw Leon Durham play)
Daegu Stadium (South Korea) - Samsung Lions (I watched Julio Franco play)

[dpc7390]

Major League:
Shea Stadium
Olympic Stadium
RFK Stadium
Turner Field
Dolphins Stadium (Joe Robbie, Pro Player)
Veterans Stadium
Citizens Bank Park (saw phillies 1st ever win there)
Yankee Stadium
Oriole Park @ Camden Yards
Fenway Park
Tropicana Field
Skydome
Wrigley Field
PNC Park
Three Rivers Stadium
Miller Park
Tiger Stadium
Busch Stadium
Jacobs Field
SBC Park
McAfee Coliseum
Great American Ball Park

MINOR League
Ballpark at St. George (Staten Island Yankees- short season A ball)
Durham Bulls Athletic Field (AAA Durham Bulls)
Skylands Park (the now-defunct New Jersey Cardinals- short season A)
Bowman Field (short season A Williamsport Crosscutters)
Waterfront Park (AA Trenton Thunder)
Lackawanna County Stadium (AAA Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Red Barons)
NYSEG Stadium (AA Binghamton Mets)
FirstEnergy Ballpark (A Lakewood Blueclaws)

I hope to see all 30 current MLB ones, and would love to see all 200+ stadiums in the minors. I think I have a good shot because I'm not even 16 years old yet.

[Cubbie&TribeFan]

I was just at SAFECO FIELD in Seattle catching the Tribe play there in May.
I will be going to the new BUSCH in June to see the Indians and the Cards and then KAUFMAN for a game. Tehn in September THE TRIBE vs The Blue Jays in SKYDOME (err...Rogers Centre)

[catcher24]

Cubbieand TribeFan: skydome works for me!:D

[Yankee Legend]

Yankee Stadium-too many times

Shea Stadium-3 times (once for a Met/Yankee game)

St. George Ballpark-too many times (Class A-SS Staten Island Yankees ballpark-it's 10 minutes from my house)

[Chef Bill]

My dad took me to see the Mets at the Polo Grounds when I was five or six. Since then, I've been to Shea Stadium and Yankee Stadium many times, as well as Fenway Park, the old Jarry Park in Montreal, Metropolitan Stadium, Pro Player Stadium and Tropicana Field.

My wife and I have spent our summer vacations each of the past few years at Anna Maria Island, FL, which is about a 40-minute drive from St. Petersburg. On one especially hot August afternoon in 2003, we decided it would be fun to get out of the sun and see a game in the air-conditioned comfort of The Trop. The parking lot was teeming with about 200 cars when we arrived at the ballpark, about 30 minutes before gametime, so I was not able to park any closer than 200 hundred feet to the entrance.

I asked the man at the ticket window if he had any good seats on the first base side of the field level, and he sold me two tickets for about $20 each saying, "I think you'll like these." An usher took us to the seats which were between home plate and the left end of the Ray's dugout, about ten or twelve rows back. About 3,000 fans were scattered thoughout the park, sitting as quietly as if they were waiting for a church service to start.

Just before game time, I realized I left my glasses in the car. I walked back to the gate, where a security guard told me that re-entry to the park was not permitted, but because I seemed like a nice person he would stand at the door and watch me while I went to the car. On the way back in, I took a few pictures of the empty Rotunda with my digital camera.

The game started. The Rays were down about 7 runs by the fourth inning, and several small children who had already caught foul balls gave the new ones that went into the stands to other kids who hadn't gotten any. My wife and I watched the game, and took several sets of pictures of the action on the field and of the ballpark. I got up at one point to go to the concession stand, and was impressed with how concerned the ushers were when they asked me about the comfort of our seats and whether everything in our section was OK.

Back at my seat, a gentleman wearing a button-down dress shirt with a Rays logo embroidered on the pocket was sitting directly behind me. Unlike most of the other fans --and my wife and I, who were working our way through an order of chicken fingers and fries, and a very good dish of Cuban-style black beans and rice -- he seemed to be very focused on what was happening on the field and did not hestitate to express his disappointment with the Rays' performance to anyone who cared to listen. "Not a lot to do in this town," I thought. He grumbled especially loudly when the rain from a passing thunderstorm leaked through the fabric roof and left a large puddle near second base. At the seventh-inning stretch I stood up and asked him if he would take a picture of me and my wife. We had a nice chat about my camera (he said he'd like to have one like it), and after some confusion over where the shutter button was he said he got a nice shot. He left shortly after that.

As we walked to the top of the stairs after the game ended, several fans asked me if I knew who the man was who took our picture. I said I didn't, and they told me that he was Vince Naimoli, the owner of the Devil Rays.


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9624

[Yankee Legend]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
*mouth open* *mouth open*

[Yankee Legend]

I guess they'll do as much as they can to get people into that stadium.

[Chisox73]

Congrats, Chisox73! Hope it was a good game.
Yeah it was!:D Griffey hit a 3-run walk off homer to beat Washington in the 11th inning in his 1st game back from the DL.:clapping

[BFaymous]

lots of games at fenway. unless i could go back in time, i don;t know if i need to see a game anywhere else.

[Brownie31]

The only major league games I saw were at Atlanta-Fulton
County Stadium and Candlestick Park.

Minor league games at Rickwood Field and Hoover Met,
both Birmingham Barons' fields.

The Met is OK, but nothing beats a game at Rickwood!

Brownie31

[Oriolesfan1810]

I enjoyed every minute being at minute maid park. What delicious OJ!

Oriole Park at Camden Yards is still the best fan friendly (Except when the Yankee fans come to town, sorry to bash you guys, but you are pretty rowdy.) venue in America. It brings on the taste of Retro-theme ballparks.

I saw Shea Stadium during my trip to New York City in 8th grade.

I went to a game in Tampa Bay and also in Miami.

My combined record: 11-3 (7-3 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards) Home Team Record. I always pull for the home team.

I want to go on a 30-stadium tour sometime in the near future. I just gotta get a lot of time off of work and a lot of duckets. :dance

[catcher24]

Posted by Chisox73:
Yeah it was! Griffey hit a 3-run walk off homer to beat Washington in the 11th inning in his 1st game back from the DL.
Isn't that the one where the Nationals scored two in the top of the 11th, then Griffey hits one out with two on the complete a fantastic comeback? You couldn't ask ofr a better game!!;)

[golfnut]

I am in the process of taking my son to every ballpark. he is 11 years old and we have been to 16 ballparks to date with 3 more this summer.

Camden Yards
Fenway
Shea
Yankee
Tropicana
Jacobs
Miller
Wrigley
Celluar One- White Sox
Comerica-Detroit
Turner Field
PNC
Great American Ballpark-Reds
Washington Nationals-RFK
Phildelphia
Marlins
This year
St louis
KC
Minn

[catcher24]

golfnut - I hope he appreciates some day what you did for him. I'm going to try and get to every park when I retire, but you have given him a tremendous store of memories!

[golfnut]

he already appreciates and understands the financial sacrafice we make because my wife and his twin sister come along also....our basement has 16 8x10 framed pictuerd of the kids in front of or in every stadium we have been at and sometimes we just sit down there and stare at each one and talk about the park....best thing i ever did was decide to try an accomplish this with my family....when we go to each game we are usually the first ones in the park for btting practice and autographs and just walk around the enitre park and take it all in....my son has had balls thrown to him by players during batting practice and sometimes they come over and sign them or i get pictures of him witht he players...there are alot of very nice players out there....he doesnt have to be a superstar for my boy to becaome an instant fan....

[catcher24]

Gee, where were you when I was growing up?:p My dad took us to one game a year - and believe me, I still appreciate that! It was always the highlight of my summer. We went to either Cleveland or Pittsburgh (Municipal Stadium/Forbes Field), caught the night game, stayed over and went home the next day. And those are some of my fondest memories of childhood, for many reasons. The pictures are a great idea; I wish I had thought to do that when I took my son to ballgames. Good luck on completing your journeys. And with my retirement coming up this month, maybe I'll run into you along the way somewhere - who knows?

[ugolini78]

Below story is freaking hilarious, I be watching the 3000 people tonight.

[ugolini78]

My dad took me to see the Mets at the Polo Grounds when I was five or six. Since then, I've been to Shea Stadium and Yankee Stadium many times, as well as Fenway Park, the old Jarry Park in Montreal, Metropolitan Stadium, Pro Player Stadium and Tropicana Field.

My wife and I have spent our summer vacations each of the past few years at Anna Maria Island, FL, which is about a 40-minute drive from St. Petersburg. On one especially hot August afternoon in 2003, we decided it would be fun to get out of the sun and see a game in the air-conditioned comfort of The Trop. The parking lot was teeming with about 200 cars when we arrived at the ballpark, about 30 minutes before gametime, so I was not able to park any closer than 200 hundred feet to the entrance.

I asked the man at the ticket window if he had any good seats on the first base side of the field level, and he sold me two tickets for about $20 each saying, "I think you'll like these." An usher took us to the seats which were between home plate and the left end of the Ray's dugout, about ten or twelve rows back. About 3,000 fans were scattered thoughout the park, sitting as quietly as if they were waiting for a church service to start.

Just before game time, I realized I left my glasses in the car. I walked back to the gate, where a security guard told me that re-entry to the park was not permitted, but because I seemed like a nice person he would stand at the door and watch me while I went to the car. On the way back in, I took a few pictures of the empty Rotunda with my digital camera.

The game started. The Rays were down about 7 runs by the fourth inning, and several small children who had already caught foul balls gave the new ones that went into the stands to other kids who hadn't gotten any. My wife and I watched the game, and took several sets of pictures of the action on the field and of the ballpark. I got up at one point to go to the concession stand, and was impressed with how concerned the ushers were when they asked me about the comfort of our seats and whether everything in our section was OK.

Back at my seat, a gentleman wearing a button-down dress shirt with a Rays logo embroidered on the pocket was sitting directly behind me. Unlike most of the other fans --and my wife and I, who were working our way through an order of chicken fingers and fries, and a very good dish of Cuban-style black beans and rice -- he seemed to be very focused on what was happening on the field and did not hestitate to express his disappointment with the Rays' performance to anyone who cared to listen. "Not a lot to do in this town," I thought. He grumbled especially loudly when the rain from a passing thunderstorm leaked through the fabric roof and left a large puddle near second base. At the seventh-inning stretch I stood up and asked him if he would take a picture of me and my wife. We had a nice chat about my camera (he said he'd like to have one like it), and after some confusion over where the shutter button was he said he got a nice shot. He left shortly after that.

As we walked to the top of the stairs after the game ended, several fans asked me if I knew who the man was who took our picture. I said I didn't, and they told me that he was Vince Naimoli, the owner of the Devil Rays.


9623

9624

This is freakin hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jake83]

Dodger Staduim-LA
Angel Staduim-Anaheim
Petco Park-SD
Jack Murphy Staduim-SD
Oakland Coliseum-Oakland
Candlestick Park-SF
Bank One Ballpark-Phoenix
Kingdome-Seattle
AT&T Park-SF
Wrigley Field-Chicago
Yankee Staduim-Bronx
Shea Staduim-Queens
Fenway Park-Boston

[Seattle1]

The Blue Jays old Exhibition Stadium, Veterans Stadium, PNC Park, Dodgers Stadium, Anaheim Stadium, the Kingdome, Safeco Field, Tigers Stadium, Comerica Ballpark, Jacobs Field, Citizens Bank Ballpark.

[d-backsfan01]

1. Bank One Ballpark/ Chase Field - D-backs
2. Dodger Stadium- Dodgers
3. Qualcom - padres

Spring Training
Tempe Diablo - Angels
Phoenix Municipal- A's

College
Packard Stadium- Arizona State

[NYYDerekJeter]

Olympic Stadium - Montreal Expos (went countless times, starting in my early childhood, well I,m just 20 but still)

Yankee Stadium - New York Yankees (greatest roadtrip ever, loved the stadium so special, loved the city + the Yanks won !!!!! :p )

Soon to visit: Roger Center - Toronto Blue Jays (Me and some friends going there on July 22nd when the Yanks will be in town, can't wait!)

[Uptown Underdog]

I've been a dozen stadiums. What is your favorite of these? Or others?
I rated them from 1 (the worst) to 10 (the best)...

1 the Metrodome
1 Old Veterens (Phillies)
2 U.S. Cellular
3 Shea
4 Jacobs
5 Coors
6 new Busch
7 Yankee
8 Miller park
9 PNC
10 Wrigley
10 Fenway

[BaseballHistoryNut]

Not that many, but one that I'll bet not many have listed here:

Oakland Coliseum, Candlestick Park and... ahem... Seals Stadium.

BHN

[Knick9]

Not that many, but one that I'll bet not many have listed here:

Oakland Coliseum, Candlestick Park and... ahem... Seals Stadium.

BHN

Could you tell me what the experience was like at Seals Stadium?

By the way, I've been to the Oakland Coliseum and Pac Bell Park, but please note that my visit to Pac Bell was way before the whole Bonds thing got going.

[BaseballHistoryNut]

Well, you're asking me to remember something from when I was 6 years old.

But....

I have a distinct recollection of sitting on an uncomfortable, obviously old--meaning old at that time--bench. And it was clear to me the park was smaller than the ones I had seen on TV.

That's all I remember of Seals Stadium, I'm sorry to say.

BHN

[Solair Wright]

I really want to go to other stadiums when I get a chance, including: (old stadiums)

Fenway Park
Wrigley Field (hate to say this, but this needs a renovation)
and others...

[Knick9]

Well, you're asking me to remember something from when I was 6 years old.

But....

I have a distinct recollection of sitting on an uncomfortable, obviously old--meaning old at that time--bench. And it was clear to me the park was smaller than the ones I had seen on TV.

That's all I remember of Seals Stadium, I'm sorry to say.

BHN

Really? Well, I would like to see how a modern Seals Stadium would be made, minus the uncomfortable feeling and bad benches. It could be neat, just trim the dimmensions down alittle bit but not alot.

[runningshoes]

Tiger Stadium was my favourite but Fenway is a very close second.

I didn't care for Three Rivers.

Will probably get to Chicago and St. Louis, perhaps KC this summer or next.

Exhibition Stadium
Skydome
Three Rivers Stadium
Fenway Park
Tiger Stadium
Olympic Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Camden Yards
The Jake
Comerica Park
PNC Park
Veterans Stadium (Rained out before it began) :ughh

[romanos72]

I have been doing 2-3 new parks a year over the last 7-8 years. I have seen the following: Tigers Stadium, Busch, Metrodome (horrible place to watch a game), RFK Stadium, Wrigley, Comiskey Park, US Cellular, County Stadium, Cinergy Field/Riverfront Stadium (cookie-cutter), Yankee Stadium, Coors Field, Chase (formerly Bank One) Field, Fenway Park, Citizens Park, Orioles Park at Camden Yards, Jacobs Field, and Miller Park. Going back to Boston and NY this August and plan to see Shea.

Best Parks (including View, ammenities, food, neighborhood, overall enjoyment):

1. Wrigley Field
2. Fenway Park
3. Citizens Park
4 County Stadium
5. US Cellular Field
6. Orioles Park at Camden Yards
7. Jacobs Field
8. Yankee Stadium
9. Tigers/Briggs Stadium
10. Miller Park


Worst:

1. Metrodome
2. Cinergy Field
3. RFK Stadium
4. Chase/Bank One Ballpark
5. Busch Stadium

[Appling]

I just added the Ranger's park (Ameriquest) to my list. Nice park but I still put Orioles Park at Camden Yards at the top.

We saw two games (June 14 aND 15) between Rangers and White Sox. Rangers won the first game 8-0 with a complete game shutout. Shows the Rangers "potential" when they get good pitching.

The next night we saw the White Sox play like World Champs -- great pitching, hitting and great fielding. Sox won 8-2.

BTW: The worst park I have seen remains the Metrodome. Great park when it's filled to capacity and the TWins ahead -- noisy and full of happy people -- like in playoffs or World Series. But a terrible park if less than half-full and with the Twins behind.

[CanadianKid]

Only been to Rogers Centre. Been there quite a few times, was supposed to go to PNC Park as part of my old team's tournament in West Virginia but team didn't have enough players and folded:ughh :(

[JoshYankeefan]

Man you guys are lucky. I have only been too 1 ball park too this date and only went too 1 game Yankee Stadium. I really need too go see other parks I always wanted too see Fenway.

[catcher24]

Well, Josh, you're in a good location for it. There are several ballparks within a three or four hour drive - Shea, Fenway, Citizen Bank, RFK, Camden Yards. Good luck with the quest!

[JoshYankeefan]

Well, Josh, you're in a good location for it. There are several ballparks within a three or four hour drive - Shea, Fenway, Citizen Bank, RFK, Camden Yards. Good luck with the quest!

Yeah, that's my problem right there. Ya see I can't drive. I was born with this perception issue that stopped me from driving. It's like I don't know how close or far away I am too something. So any ballpark near me that I go too I'd have too find a way too get there by bus or train. Hoping too go too Philly this year by train too check out Citizen bank Park though.

[JordanDL3891]

Josh, I live around NY Capital

Only been to a Yankee Game and a Mets Game

[wu-tang clan]

I've only been to one stadium,the best one of all- the Metrodome!:D

[Appling]

I've only been to one stadium,the best one of all- the Metrodome!:D
I lived in Minnesota 1966 thru 1974, then again 1981 thru early 1998.
The old Met Stadium was good for baseball, but the HHH "Dome" is terrible for baseball.

It was fun to see a playoff game at the HHH Dome -- very noisy and excited crowd -- but regular season games there are terrible. I felt like I was sitting in a TV audience. Of all the parks I have seen, the MetroDome was the worst.

[Brewers101]

Major League
County Stadium
Miller Park
Minor League
Fox Cities Stadium

[M'sfan4ever]

My first ever post on this really cool site. I was just surfing around and happened upon it, and I look forward to posting here. Anyways the parks I've been to:

John Ducey Park-Edmonton, Alberta (AAA Trappers)
Nat Bailey Stadium-Vancouver, BC (AAA and A Canadians)
Safeco Field-Seattle, WA
Dodgers Stadium-Los Angeles, CA
Angels Stadium-Anaheim, CA
Petco Park-San Diego, CA

Safeco, Dodgers Stadium and Petco are definitely the best of that lot.

Go Mariners!!! :D

[Dodger Dante]

I have been inside these 29 MLB parks. There are many other MLB parks I have only seen from the outside.
I have been to AAA games in Spokane, Tacoma, Albuquerque, Portland, and Honolulu: "Termite Palace" & Aloha Stadium

1 Atlanta, Turner & Cracker Jack (Orlando)...great mini-stadium
3 Queens, Shea
5 Philadelphia, The Vet & Citizens Bank
6 Chicago, Wrigley
8 Cincinnati, Riverfront & Great American
9 Houston, Enron
10 Pittsburgh, PNC
11 Phoenix, BOB
12 Denver, Coors
14 Los Angeles, Dodger & Holman (Vero Beach)
16 San Diego, Jack Murphy & Petco
17 San Francisco, Pac Bell
18 Baltimore, Camden
19 Boston, Fenway
20 the Bronx, new Yankee
21 Chicago, new Comiskey (before recent upgrade)
22 Cleveland, Jacobs
24 Detroit, Tiger & Comerica
26 Anaheim, original (pre-Rams mutilation) & now
27 Oakland, with Mt. Davis nightmare
29 Seattle, Kingdome & Safeco

[RuthMayBond]

Yikes, I need to add

AT & T
McAfee
Angels Stadium
Petco, and
Dodger Stadium . . .
. . . in the space of five days :eek: :dance :cool: :coffee

[catcher24]

Neat, RMB! Hope you saw some good games, too!!:clapping

[sfgunit707]

Candlestick (best stadium of all time)
Pac Bell/SBC/AT&T
Oakland Coliseum
Raley Field in Sacramento (AAA team)
Crusher Stadium (Old minor league ball club nearby)

[BaseballHistoryNut]

Umm, Candlestick as the best park of all time? I saw probably over 200 games there, perhaps over 300 games there, between 1960 and 1994. I can think of a lot of things to call that place, but "the best park of all time" is not one which would have occurred to me.

Major leaguers ranked it with Philly and the two NY stadiums as having the worst, most unruly fans in MLB. While I've never seen games in Philly or NY, it's hard for me to imagine the fans there are as bad, per capita, as the ones at Candlestick's night games were. I once had a drunk, who'd been trying to start a fight with fans down near home plate all night long, throw a full and very large cup of beer directly and deliberately into my face. The good news for him was that he got his fight....

(One would think he'd have picked someone who was not nearly 6'2", not over 250 pounds, dead sober, a still-young 31 at the time, and prone to his own considerable moments of anger. If the drunken jerk in question is reading this by some remote chance, please be consoled with the knowledge my right hand's knuckles hurt for nearly a week afterward.)

I remember watching a Braves-Giants night game on TBS in the late 80's. One drunken jerk after another was starting fights in the stands, throwing things onto the field, or running onto the field. The Braves' announcers couldn't stop ranting about it for any length of time. ("Now, here's another guy whose parole officer would like to see what he's up to....")

And ALL of this, of course, is secondary to The Big One: THE WIND.

I'm sorry to sound like I'm fixated on the words of Braves announcers, because I detest most of them (especially Slutton), but I really got a kick out of the time Carey said, in roughly these words, "You know, I just have to wonder how they could have been so wrong about this place. You'd think that, back in 1959 or so, somebody would have come out to Candlestick Point, stood here for awhile, and said, `It's kind of windy out here.'" It was a good half-hour before I stopped laughing.

With all of that said, I will make the following admission:

There was a perverse pleasure to be gained from watching a night game at Candlestick, and the more atrocious that the wind was--and the more those two flags which were about 50 feet apart blew fiercely in opposite directions--the more I would walk out of there feeling a twisted enjoyment from having experienced a baseball game that way. I suppose it was like the "Cheesehead" fans one sees on TV at Lambeau Field, barechested, in a blizzard. It looks idiotic and incomprehensible to a "normal" viewer, but they love every second of it. I'll admit I sometimes felt the same way about the gale winds that blew at night games--and, not infrequently, even at day games--at The Stick.

But the enjoyment was a largely solitary one. In the Summer of 1984, I could go sit pretty much right behind the plate, 2 or 3 rows from field level, by the 7th inning of almost any night game, because nobody was going to the games. A lot of that was because of the fairweather fans and the fact the Giants stunk--as they would again in 1985. But a lot of it was also the abominable weather, with a wind chill of god-only-knows-what.

I now live about 285 miles north of The Stick. Would I like to see one more nighttime baseball game there before I die? Yeah, I guess I would, even though it obviously will never happen. But I only have that wish because of the perverse streak in me which, as I work my way through my 50's, wonders if I can still take that horrific wind.

YO, Wrigley fans! You got nothing on the Stick when it comes to wind!

BHN

[DravenX]

Anaheim and Turner Field. Going back to Turner Field and the end of the month.

[sfgunit707]

Umm, Candlestick as the best park of all time? I saw probably over 200 games there, perhaps over 300 games there, between 1960 and 1994. I can think of a lot of things to call that place, but "the best park of all time" is not one which would have occurred to me.

Major leaguers ranked it with Philly and the two NY stadiums as having the worst, most unruly fans in MLB. While I've never seen games in Philly or NY, it's hard for me to imagine the fans there are as bad, per capita, as the ones at Candlestick's night games were. I once had a drunk, who'd been trying to start a fight with fans down near home plate all night long, throw a full and very large cup of beer directly and deliberately into my face. The good news for him was that he got his fight....

(One would think he'd have picked someone who was not nearly 6'2", not over 250 pounds, dead sober, a still-young 31 at the time, and prone to his own considerable moments of anger. If the drunken jerk in question is reading this by some remote chance, please be consoled with the knowledge my right hand's knuckles hurt for nearly a week afterward.)

I remember watching a Braves-Giants night game on TBS in the late 80's. One drunken jerk after another was starting fights in the stands, throwing things onto the field, or running onto the field. The Braves' announcers couldn't stop ranting about it for any length of time. ("Now, here's another guy whose parole officer would like to see what he's up to....")

And ALL of this, of course, is secondary to The Big One: THE WIND.

I'm sorry to sound like I'm fixated on the words of Braves announcers, because I detest most of them (especially Slutton), but I really got a kick out of the time Carey said, in roughly these words, "You know, I just have to wonder how they could have been so wrong about this place. You'd think that, back in 1959 or so, somebody would have come out to Candlestick Point, stood here for awhile, and said, `It's kind of windy out here.'" It was a good half-hour before I stopped laughing.

With all of that said, I will make the following admission:

There was a perverse pleasure to be gained from watching a night game at Candlestick, and the more atrocious that the wind was--and the more those two flags which were about 50 feet apart blew fiercely in opposite directions--the more I would walk out of there feeling a twisted enjoyment from having experienced a baseball game that way. I suppose it was like the "Cheesehead" fans one sees on TV at Lambeau Field, barechested, in a blizzard. It looks idiotic and incomprehensible to a "normal" viewer, but they love every second of it. I'll admit I sometimes felt the same way about the gale winds that blew at night games--and, not infrequently, even at day games--at The Stick.

But the enjoyment was a largely solitary one. In the Summer of 1984, I could go sit pretty much right behind the plate, 2 or 3 rows from field level, by the 7th inning of almost any night game, because nobody was going to the games. A lot of that was because of the fairweather fans and the fact the Giants stunk--as they would again in 1985. But a lot of it was also the abominable weather, with a wind chill of god-only-knows-what.

I now live about 285 miles north of The Stick. Would I like to see one more nighttime baseball game there before I die? Yeah, I guess I would, even though it obviously will never happen. But I only have that wish because of the perverse streak in me which, as I work my way through my 50's, wonders if I can still take that horrific wind.

YO, Wrigley fans! You got nothing on the Stick when it comes to wind!

BHN


I was being SARCASTIC... but I do have a strong attachment to that place since my first ever ballgame was there in 97... lots of fond and...uh, not so fond memories of the stadium.

[Outta Here]

I have been to a grand total of 0 games. :(

Damn Atlantic Ocean :laugh

[CaliforniaCajun]

Let me chime in here, as to the ballparks in which I have seen a game, or two, or three, or more.....

EBBETS FIELD - Brooklyn
ROOSEVELT STADIUM - Jersey City
POLO GROUNDS - Manhattan
YANKEE STADIUM - The Bronx
SHIBE PARK/CONNIE MACK STADIUM - Philadelphia
FORBES FIELD/THREE RIVERS STADIUM - Pittsburgh
WRIGLEY FIELD - Chicago
CROSLEY FIELD/RIVERFRONT STADIUM - Cincinnati
SPORTMAN'S PARK - St. Louis
COUNTY STADIUM - Milwaukee
OLD MINICIPAL STADIUM - Kansas City
FENWAY PARK - BOSTON
MEMORIAL STADIUM - Baltimore
GRIFFITH STADIUM/RFK STADIUM - Washington DC
MUNICIPAL STADIUM - Cleveland
BRIGGS STADIUM - DETROIT

DODGER STADIUM/LA COLISEUM - Los Angeles
CANDLESTICK PARK - San Francisco
JACK MURPHY STADIUM - San Diego
FULTON COUNTY STADIUM - Atlanta
SHEA STADIUM - Queens
EXHIBITION PARK (?) - Toronto

c.


YOU went to an L.A. Dodger game? What went through your mind during those visits?

[CaliforniaCajun]

Anaheim Stadium (original configuration and expanded configuration when the Rams were there)
Dodger Stadium
Astrodome
Enron Field (now Minute Maid Park)
Atlanta Fulton County Stadium
White Sox Park (what the original Comiskey was called in 1974)

Got rained out of a Cub game and the Cardinal game was sold out (both 1974)

[DODGER DEB]

YOU went to an L.A. Dodger game? What went through your mind during those visits?

Actually, it was gameS, CC.

I will, indeed, have a lot to say about those "experiences" in my coming book.
Sorry, you have to wait until then, but I am sure you understand.

c.

[Chelle]

Major League
Memorial Stadium
OPACY
RFK
Yankee Stadium
Vetrans Stadium
PETCO Park
Angel Stadium (WOW! I was so impressed by Angel fans)
Dodger Stadium
Kauffman Stadium

Minor League
Pringe Georges Sadium (Bowie Baysox)
Auto Zone Park (Memphis Redbirds)
Jackie Robinson Stadium (Daytona Cubs)

[Chelle]

I forgot!

Candlestick Park...

Shame on me!

[RuthMayBond]

YOU went to an L.A. Dodger game? What went through your mind during those visits?It would be nice if they would let you know that if you buy a family pavilion seat, not only are you stuck there during batting practice, you're even stuck there only during the game :grouchy

[RuthMayBond]

I have been to a grand total of 0 games. :(

Damn Atlantic Ocean :laughYou've probably got us all beat in cricket games :rolleyes:

[Dodger Dante]

I have been to a grand total of 0 games. :(

Damn Atlantic Ocean :laugh


On successive days last August I went to Anfield (vs. Kaunas of Lithuania) and Goodson Park (vs. Udinese of Italy) and I had a blast. Both places remind me of Fenway.
Other games I have seen are Atletico Madrid hosting Real Betis, Atlas (Guadalajara, MX) hosting Cruz Azul, and Manchester United & Celtic in Seattle.

Go Reds!

[FredSox]

As you will see, many of these don't exist anymore and one is now for football only.

Chicago: Comiskey Park, Wrigley Field, The Cell
Milwaukee: County Stadium, Miller Field
Boston: Fenway Park (college graduation ceremony held in the old Braves Field)
New York: Yankee Stadium (pre- and post-renovation)
Oakland: Oakland Coliseum
Philadelphia: Connie Mack Stadium
St. Louis: Busch Stadium I
San Francisco: Candlestick Park

Was inside Tiger Stadium and Camden Yards but not during games.

Grapefruit League: Fort Lauderdale stadium (Orioles)

[BaseballHistoryNut]

Welcome aboard, man. It looks like you have some serious experience and will have a lot to offer this already experience-rich website.

BHN

[cubfanmom]

Wrigley -
Comiskey (2x) & Cellular field (3x)
Cardinals-Busch.
Cinci - as a kid and my only recollection was the escalator! pretty sad huh.
Dodgers 80'
Padres - 80'
Shae' Early 90's.
Bank One-D'Backs late 90's.
Kane County (Cougars): Angels A team
Schaumburg Flyers:..... non mlb associated professional team.

For me that's all so far.

[Astros_n'_Indians]

Well, since I'm just a kid I haven't seen very many games.

I've been to:

Victory Field, Indianapolis, Home of the Indians
and
Minute Maid Park, Houston, Home of the Astros.

[M'sfan4ever]

I should add that I've been to Fenway, but it was in March prior to the season starting. I just took the tour. Was like being in a cathedral, very cool.

[catcher24]

Posted by M'sfan4ever:
but it was in March prior to the season starting. I just took the tour. Was like being in a cathedral, very cool.


If it was March in Boston, I'll bet it was very cool!;) :p

[M'sfan4ever]

If it was March in Boston, I'll bet it was very cool!;) :p

I finally thawed out yesterday :crazy

[catcher24]

Posted by M'sfan4ever:
I finally thawed out yesterday


:laugh :clapping :laugh :clapping

[jays632]

Skydome/Rogers Centre
Exhibition Stadium
Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Dunn Tire Park - Buffalo Bisons

[Elvis]

Anaheim Stadium
Dodger Stadium
Jack Murphy Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium

[TheJourneyman]

Ameriquest
Arlington Stadium
Astrodome
Wrigley
Fenway
Turner

[Big Whiskey]

Here goes:
Tiger Stadium - Hundreds of times (hometown park)
Cleveland Stadium (A few times as a kid - usually 60,000 empty seats since the Indians were terrible year in and year out back then)
Candlestick (1988. Windy.)
Jacobs Field (1995 I think - what a change!)
Tropicana Field (Sterile. 13-inning game. 1998 I think)
Camden Yards (Outstanding park. All Baltimore needs now is a team to fill it)
Ameriquest Field (This year. Not bad sightlines.)
Two stadiums in the Korean League (I forget their names). Both were kinda dirty and old without the charm. Lots of noisy props in the stands.

Haven't been to CoPa yet, and looks like I won't get the chance this year. :mad:

[riverfrontier]

Big Whiskey, your description of Korean ballparks echoes my thoughts about the stadiums here in Taiwan. They've added a couple new ones in the past few years, which are actually quite nice, but the atmosphere is still the same. Lots of drums, banging of plastic megaphones, and air horns. But you get used to it, I guess. The tickets are cheap enough, and it's quality baseball. Let's play two!
I think I've already posted a list in this thread, so I'll just say the biggest slot to fill on that list would be Fenway Park. I'll get there one of these summers, but I'd better start putting some nickels aside now. The already ridiculous prices are only going to go up.

[markfnc]

Majors,

Old Comiskey, Wrigley Field, Yankee Stadium, Fulton County Stadium, Olympic Stadium (montreal), Veterans Stdium (Philadelphia), Camden Yards, Skydome, Kingdome, Oakland Coliseum, Candlestick Park, Turner Field, (Old) Tiger Stadium.

Minors,

Hickory Crawdads, Charlotte Knights, Durham Bulls (old and new), Carolina Mudcats, Piedmont Bollweevils /Kannapolis Intimadators, South Bend Silver Hawks, Vermont Expos,

[yankeefan61*]

I havn't been to many ballparks, but...
Yankee stadium-renovated
cititzens bank park(phillies)
wherever the paw sox play:noidea

[MSUlaxer27]

Big Leagues:

Shea
Yankee
Wrigley
Tiger
Comerica Park
Dodger Stadium
RFK
Camden
Citzen's Bank
Turner
Fenway
National Park

Minors:

Cohen Stadium (El Paso, Tx.) (Actually saw a perfect game, college, here!)
Oldsmobile Park (Lansing, Mi.)
Joe Davis Stadium (Huntsville. Al.)
Old Kent Park (Grand Rapids, Mi.)
Keyspan Park (Brooklyn)

[RuthMayBond]

Cohen Stadium (El Paso, Tx.) (Actually saw a perfect game, college, here!)Almost forgot. In a college game, I saw a guy throw a no-hitter . . .
. . . and then he did it again his next start :eek:

[MSUlaxer27]

Almost forgot. In a college game, I saw a guy throw a no-hitter . . .
. . . and then he did it again his next start :eek:

So he was a mini Johnny Vandermeer. Was it 7 or 9 innings?


It was pretty cool. Most of the people around us had no idea what was going on. The announcer even got it wrong at the end..."Player X" has just pitched a no hitter." but then he quickly corrected himself and added " a perfect game".

Still hoping to see a Met do it....

[RuthMayBond]

So he was a mini Johnny Vandermeer. Was it 7 or 9 innings?7 innings, the wimp ;)

[Padday]

Havn't even been anywhere near a big league ballpark but come 25th of August i'll be in Safeco Field to see the Mariners Thwomp the Yankees.

[Seattle1]

Havn't even been anywhere near a big league ballpark but come 25th of August i'll be in Safeco Field to see the Mariners Thwomp the Yankees.


:clapping :clapping :clapping :clapping :clapping

[catcher24]

Posted by Padday:
come 25th of August i'll be in Safeco Field to see the Mariners Thwomp the Yankees.

Sure hope your prediction is right on, and I certainly hope you enjoy your first visit to a big league ballpark!:waving

[Padday]

Why thank you both.:)
And it's the 23rd not the 25th.

[Mr. Red]

Cinergy Field
Great American Ballpark
Wrigley Field
Fenway Park

I'm still a teen though.

[Fry]

I've been to Wrigely (hometown), U.S. Cellular (hometown), Miller Park, Turner Field and took a tour of Fenway.
Favorite: Wrigely
Least: Turner

[CardinalsForever]

The Ballparks that I have seen games in (including the Minors) are
1. Busch Stadium (St. Louis, MO),
Not the new one although I have to go. I loved that stadium so much, it was a home away from home during my childhood.
2. SafeCo Stadium (Seattle, WA),
It is truly as beautiful as everyone says it is, and the closest major league park to me now, it has great seats and is fun to watch a game in.
3. Coors Field (Denver, CO),
The games are fun to watch at this stadium and I love the outfield forest.
4. Franklin Quest Field (Salt Lake City, UT),
A typical AAA park with a wicked view of the Wasatch Mtns. and an easy going feel to it.
5. Nat Bailey Stadium (Vancouver, BC),
It is a shame that a city the size of Vancouver only has a single A team and this stadium is the reason why, it is very old but still an alright place to watch baseball. Hopefully it will be demolished and a bigger stadium will be built because it too has a wonderful view and Vancouver deserves a AAA team

[brsox2445]

I have been to Fenway, Camden Yards, Dolphin Stadium, and RFK.

As a kid my grandfather carved his name in the seats behind and to the left a little ways of homeplate in Fenway, and i went on a tour of Camden Yards, had a lot of fun.

[davidpuddy]

Riverfront - Cincy
Great American - Cincy
Old Busch - StL
Kauffman - KC
Old Comisky - Chi (saw the Andy Hawkins "L" throwing a no hitter)
New Comisky - Chi
Wrigley
Tiger Stadium - Det
Municipal Stadium - Cle
Jacobs Field - Cle
Three Rivers - Pit
PNC - Pit (best of the new ones)
Fenway Park
Skydome - Toronto
Pac Bell - San Fran
Milwaukee County Stadium

[jeannie]

Here's mine:

Wrigley Field: Chicago
US Cellular Field: Chicago
Miller Park: Milwaukee
Busch Staduim (the one that was just demolished): St. Louis
Jacobs Field: Cleveland
PNC Park: Pittsburgh

I'm planning a trip to Minneapolis, MN later this month, and I plan to see a game at the Metrodome.

[Got Twins?]

My 1st MLB game, 7/22/77 Metropolitan Stadium (Twins old stadium in Bloomington, where Mall of America now sits)
Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome (we need a new stadium here in MN, enough said)
Kingdome (worst I have been to)
Milwaukee County Stadium (tailgating in Milwaukee is a great experience)
Coors Field (love the view of the mountains and the fact Denver has a team)
Busch (great baseball fans and history here)
Safeco (a very nice new stadium, one of my favorites - they should have imploded the Kingdome years before they did!)
Miller Park (tailgating again - wish the roof was open the night I was there)
Wrigley (a classic, finally got there last year, a great place to take in a game)
All in all, it's too tough to pick a favorite.
I have toured Fenway Park & Turner Field (unfortunately the Red Sox & Braves were both out of town when I was there).

Exhibition game in 1988 at Mile High Stadium, Twins vs Blue Jays and a minor league game there as well.

Other minor league stadiums
Midway Stadium (St Paul Saints)
Cobb Field (Billings Mustangs)
Siebert Field (now defunct Minneapolis Loons played at the U of MN baseball stadium for 2 years)

Just added two more the first weekend of August, plus a return trip to Wrigley (sat in the bleachers this time)

Kauffman in Kansas City - also visited the site of old Municipal Stadium and the Negro League Museum
Busch III in St Louis

[cub19]

Being older,I've been to a lot of parks:
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Baltimore-Memorial Stadium,Camden Yards
Boston-Fenway Park
Chicago-Wrigley Field,Old Comiskey Park
Cincinnati-Crosley Field,Riverfront Stadium
Cleveland-Municipal Stadium
Detroit-Tiger Stadium
Houston-Astrodome
Montreal-Jarry Park
New York-Shea Stadium,Old Yankee Stadium
Philadelphia-Connie Mack Stadium,Veterans' Stadium,Citizens Bank Park
Pittsburgh-Forbes Field,Three Rivers Stadium,PNC Park
Toronto-Exhibition Stadium
I plan on getting to more stadiums in the coming years.

[bryanac625]

I've been to

Camden Yards

RFK

Memorial Stadium

Fenway Park

Metrodome

PNC Park

Great American Ballpark

Riverfront Stadium

Jack Murphy Stadium

The Vet

Jacobs Field

PG Stadium (Bowie Baysox, O's Minor League)

Harry Grove Stadium (O's Minor League)

:waving

[Erik Bedard]

The Yard
Fenway
Miller Park
SkyDome (I refuse to call it anything else)
Busch Stadium (new)

[Seattle1]

WOW this thread has had 18,541 views! :eek:

:clapping

:gt

[DODGER DEB]

WOW this thread has had 18,541 views! :eek:

:clapping

:gt


When I started this thread on January 13, 2005, I never thought it would last this long.

I am thrilled that all members, old and new, have shown an interest in contributing to it. :clapping

Keep it going!

c.

[exposhistory]

Jarry Park, Olympic Stadium, Astrodome, Memorial Stadium, Skydome, Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, New Comiskey (when it was called that)

Nothing was as beautiful as Jarry Park.

[FormerCobb]

This is a fun thread....
OK here we go..
Past MLB:
Original Yankee Stadium - Loved those steel supports blocking the view
Veterans Stadium
Cleveland Municipal
Atlanta Fulton County Stadium

Current MLB:
Renovated Yankee Stadium - No more steel supports
Shea Stadium
Fenway Park
Camden Yards
Tropicana Field


Minor:
Legends Field - Tampa Yankees
Keyspan Park - Brooklyn Cyclones
Citibank Park - Long Island Ducks
Baxter Field - Catskill Cougars (one year and gone indie league team)

Man, I've got to get to some more ballparks.

[RuthMayBond]

Man, I've got to get to some more ballparks.
Perhaps this will make it easier?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/travel/

[Gjm130]

MONTREAL: Olympic Stadium (About a 400 times)
LOS ANGELES: Dodger Stadium
CHICAGO: Comiskey Park (Non renovated)
ATLANTA: Turner Field
MILWAUKEE: Miller Park (Beautiful, got to see the roof close at the end of the game)
TORONTO: Rogers Center (They go killed 7-0 by Baltimore)

[Osfan'06]

1.candem yards- orioles
2.robert F. Kennedy memorial stadium- nationals

lol ive only lived in maryland so i havent had any chances to go to any other stadiums

[RuthMayBond]

Here's another way of putting it, for me

First Cleveland Municipal Stadium game, and first ML game 1971/1972 vs. Detroit, fairly low-scoring & Tribe lost, so one of these?
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B06170CLE1971.htm or
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B08050CLE1972.htm

First Cincinnati Riverfront Stadium game
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B08280CIN1978.htm

First St. Louis Busch Stadium game
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B06050SLN1982.htm

First Pittsburgh Three Rivers game in early 80s?

First Atlanta Fulton County Stadium game between 1983-86

First Cleveland Jacobs Field game
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B04260CLE1994.htm

First Chicago Wrigley game, almost certainly one of the two below

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B06050CHN1998.htm or
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B06060CHN1998.htm

First Toronto Skydome game
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B06090TOR2004.htm

First Cincinnati Great American Ballpark game
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B07240CIN2005.htm

First San Francisco AT&T Park game (top of the fourth, Hank Blalock batting, the fourth pitch to him, I caught the foul :eek:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playbyplay?gameId=260629126&full=1

First Oakland McAfee Coliseum game
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playbyplay?gameId=260630111&full=1

First Anaheim Angels Stadium game
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playbyplay?gameId=260701103&full=1

First San Diego Petco Park game
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playbyplay?gameId=260701325&full=1

First Los Angeles Dodger Stadium game
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playbyplay?gameId=260703119&full=1

[EvanAparra]

Metrodome
Minute Maid Park
Shea Stadium
The Ballpark at Arlington
The Astrodome
Safeco

[cmherndon]

Major League
Riverfront Stadium (more games than I can remember)
Great American Ballpark
Old Busch Stadium
Kaufman Stadium
Wrigley Field

Minor League
Cardinal Stadium - Louisville, KY (Louisville Redbirds)
Louisville Slugger Field - Louisville, KY (Louisville Bats)
Applebee's Park - Lexington, KY (Lexington Legends)
Rosenblatt Stadium - Omaha, NE (Omaha Royals)

[Mojo01]

Seattle: Safeco Field, Kingdome
Oakland: McAffe Coliseum
Cincinnati: Great American Ball Park
Baltimore: Oriole Park at Camden Yards

[Cubbie&TribeFan]

1. Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Gone) (Tribe)
2. Jacobs Field (My hometown...of course I've been there) (Tribe)
3. Wrigley Field (Cubs)
4. Comerica Park (Tigers)
5. PNC Park (Pirates)
6. Great American Ballpark (Reds)
7. Comiskey Field (OK so its US Cellular now) (White Sox)
8. Miller Park (Brewers)
9. Camden Yards (Orioles)
10. Veterans Stadium (Gone) (Phillies)
11. Minute Maid Park (Astors Field, Enron...whatever it is this week) (Astros)
12. Ameriquest Field (again The Ballpark in Arlington to everyone) (Rangers)
13. SBC Park (No longer Pac Bell) (Giants)
14. McAfee Coliseum (was Network Col..Was the Oakland Coliseum) (A's)
15. Bank One Ballpark (Diamondbacks)
16. Busch Stadium (Cardinals)
--Best Game I was ever at...Cubs Vs Cardinals Ultimate Rivalry
17. Shea Stadium (Mets)
18. Busch III (Cards)
19. Citizens Bank Park (Philies)
20. Safeco Field (Mariners)
21. Skydome (Blue Jays)
22. Kaufman Stadium (Royals)
23. Fenway (red Sox)
24. Coors Field (Rockies)

and Minor League Parks

. Canal Park (Akron Aeros AA Club)
. Eastlake Ballpark (Lake County Captains A Club)
. Cafaro Field (Mahoning Valley Scrappers Short Season A Club)
Cooper Stadium (Columbus Clippers Yanks AAA Team)
Chain of Lakes Park (Indians Spring Training)

[RuthMayBond]

1. Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Gone) (Tribe)
2. Jacobs Field (My hometown...of course I've been there) (Tribe)Woo hoo, welcome aboard, hometown boy :gt :clapping :gt :clapping

<3. Wrigley Field (Cubs)
4. Comerica Park (Tigers)
5. PNC Park (Pirates)
6. Great American Ballpark (Reds)
7. Comiskey Field (OK so its US Cellular now) (White Sox)
8. Miller Park (Brewers)
9. Camden Yards (Orioles)
10. Veterans Stadium (Gone) (Phillies)
11. Minute Maid Park (Astors Field, Enron...whatever it is this week) (Astros)
12. Ameriquest Field (again The Ballpark in Arlington to everyone) (Rangers)
13. SBC Park (No longer Pac Bell) (Giants)
14. McAfee Coliseum (was Network Col..Was the Oakland Coliseum) (A's)
15. Bank One Ballpark (Diamondbacks)
16. Busch Stadium (Cardinals)
--Best Game I was ever at...Cubs Vs Cardinals Ultimate Rivalry
17. Shea Stadium (Mets)
18. Busch III (Cards)
19. Citizens Bank Park (Philies)
20. Safeco Field (Mariners)
21. Skydome (Blue Jays)
22. Kaufman Stadium (Royals)
23. Fenway (red Sox)
24. Coors Field (Rockies)>

You've been a busy little beaver :eek:

and Minor League Parks

<. Canal Park (Akron Aeros AA Club)
. Eastlake Ballpark (Lake County Captains A Club)
. Cafaro Field (Mahoning Valley Scrappers Short Season A Club)>

I went to the pre-Canal Park "Akron" team in Canton. Now I just gotta hit the Buffalo Bisons

[diamondsteve]

Cleveland-municipal & the Jake
Detroit-Tiger stadium
Cinnci- Riverfront
Pittsburg-3 Rivers
Atlanta-Fulton county
Florida- Joe Robbie stadium
Toronto-Skydome
Philadelphia-Veterans stadium
Aniheim-Edison
SF-Candlestick & Pac-Bell
Oakland-Before & after renovation
LA-Dodger Stadium

[catcher24]

Posted by RMB:
Now I just gotta hit the Buffalo Bisons


You're gonna love Pilot Field...ooops, Dunn Tire Park! They did a great job with that ballpark.

[RuthMayBond]

You're gonna love Pilot Field...ooops, Dunn Tire Park! They did a great job with that ballpark.I don't know when I'm going to game, although I am driving by it tomorrow (and I have seen before how nice it looks).

[Cubbie&TribeFan]

my whole goal to get al of the major league parks done by age 35...I have 4 more years.....I always pass Buffalo and havent been able to stop yet. i think this summer (2007) I am eaither doing the Southern Cal trip (SD, Anaheim and LA) or NY and NY before the are torn done with a little Atlanta Flavor thrown in for good measure

Oh yeah..and since i will be married soon...i got to use my money before it is "OUR" money:gt

[RuthMayBond]

my whole goal to get al of the major league parks done by age 35...I have 4 more years.....I always pass Buffalo and havent been able to stop yet. i think this summer (2007) I am eaither doing the Southern Cal trip (SD, Anaheim and LA)Dude, that's what I did this summer, and what some people are doing on the Ballparks thread

<or NY and NY before the are torn done>

That's what I'm doing next year (don't forget Washington before they stop using it for baseball)