Best Ballparks - All time

[Tigerfan1974]

Top 1O-
10 - Yankee Stadium
9 - Wrigley Field
8 - Forbes Field
7 - Original Comiskey Park
6 - Dodger Stadium
5 - Polo Grounds
4 - Ballpark in Arlington
3 - Ebbets Field
2 - Fenway Park
1 - Tiger Stadium

[redbuck]

Top 10
10 Braves Field
9 Dodger Stadium
8 The Cookie Cutters
7 Fenway Park
6 PNC Park
5 AT&T Park
4 Shibe Park
3 Tiger Stadium
2 Jacobs Field
1 Wrigley Field

Of course, this discounts all minor league parks.
Don't confuse Yankee Stadium with the people who played in it.
The Polo Grounds was one of the technically worst baseball facilities ever because it was in no way built for baseball. Then again, that's what made it unique, and great.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Originally Posted by redbuck

Top 10
10 Braves Field
9 Dodger Stadium
8 The Cookie Cutters
7 Fenway Park
6 PNC Park
5 AT&T Park
4 Shibe Park
3 Tiger Stadium
2 Jacobs Field
1 Wrigley Field

Of course, this discounts all minor league parks.
Don't confuse Yankee Stadium with the people who played in it.
The Polo Grounds was one of the technically worst baseball facilities ever because it was in no way built for baseball. Then again, that's what made it unique, and great.

You must still be upset after all of these years because of the indians losing to the giants in the 1954 world series to say that the polo grounds was one of the worst baseball stadiums. the old ballparks were all diffrent in there own way back then just like the polo grounds.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is my top list

1)TIGER STADIUM
2)POLO GROUNDS
3)OLD COMISKEY PARK
4)CROSLEY FIELD
5)EBBETS FIELD
6)YANKEE STADIUM
7)FENWAY PARK
8)WRIGLEY FIELD
9)SHIBE PARK-CONNIE MACK STADIUM
10)FORBES FIELD
i love the old time ballparks.

[Elvis]

Originally Posted by redbuck

The Polo Grounds was one of the technically worst baseball facilities ever because it was in no way built for baseball. Then again, that's what made it unique, and great.

Just to set the record straight, the Polo Grounds WAS built exclusively for baseball, as strange as that is to imagine. After the wooden Polo Grounds burned down in 1911, Giants owner John T. Brush (after recieving his wife's blessing ) decided to build the finest fireproof (steel & concrete) baseball palace in the country. The result--The Polo Grounds! Yes, built just for baseball!

For more, see my Polo Grounds Page!

Marcus

[JPL BMX]

Originally Posted by POLO GROUNDS 1957

Here is my top list

1)TIGER STADIUM
2)POLO GROUNDS
3)OLD COMISKEY PARK
4)CROSLEY FIELD
5)EBBETS FIELD
6)YANKEE STADIUM
7)FENWAY PARK
8)WRIGLEY FIELD
9)SHIBE PARK-CONNIE MACK STADIUM
10)FORBES FIELD
i love the old time ballparks.

Which Yankee Stadium old or new version? Because they are way different.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Originally Posted by JPL BMX

Which Yankee Stadium old or new version? Because they are way different.

I have been to the current yankee stadium and i like it. i would have loved to have made it to the old version of yankee stadium. i prefer the old yankee stadium over the current one.but its to bad that the polo grounds was not renovated like yankee stadium instead being torn down like ebbets field.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is a lithograph showing the polo grounds on 10-2-1951 the second game of the 1951 playoffs.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is a pitch from game 3 of the 1951 playoffs at the polo grounds.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

In this photo showing left field you can see the overhang in the upper deck of the polo grounds.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is the polo grounds during the 1951 world series vs the yankees.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is a seating diagram for the polo grounds from 1955.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

In this photo you can see the polo grounds clubhouse with the knickerbocker beer sign. the knickerbocker beer sign first was put on the clubhouse wall in 1956.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is a seat taken from the polo grounds.

1. Wrigley
2. Fenway
3. Polo Grounds
4. Tigers Stadium
5. Pac Bell

[64Cards]

Originally Posted by POLO GROUNDS 1957

Here is a seating diagram for the polo grounds from 1955.

Donald, thanks for the great stuff from the PG. I didn't realize that they had such a large parking lot next to the PG. Do you know if they kept fans who had bought the cheap seats, say in the bleachers or in the upper deck off the outfield partioned off so they couldn't move into the better seats behind the infield? It would seem that they had quite a few seats in that huge outfield area that weren't too good, they were just too far away. But the Giants had a lot of very good seats that were usually empty too.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Originally Posted by 64Cards

Donald, thanks for the great stuff from the PG. I didn't realize that they had such a large parking lot next to the PG. Do you know if they kept fans who had bought the cheap seats, say in the bleachers or in the upper deck off the outfield partioned off so they couldn't move into the better seats behind the infield? It would seem that they had quite a few seats in that huge outfield area that weren't too good, they were just too far away. But the Giants had a lot of very good seats that were usually empty too.

I have talked to people that did go to the polo grounds to see baseball and sat out in the outfield and the bleachers and was told that there was nothing wrong with sitting out there.everyone is diffrent some people may like to sit behind homeplate and others may like to sit in the outfield.i use to like to sit out in the bleachers at tiger stadium 440ft away and enjoyed it alot.again like i have said before all of the classic old stadiums were not perfect including the polo grounds,ebbets field and old yankee stadium. you did have those posts but you needed the posts to have that great upper deck view. and the polo grounds did have its share of posts.old comiskey park also had its share of posts also. i recall sitting down in the right field and left field corners at old comiskey park and you had the rows of posts in front of you and i did not mind it a bit. i recall the cool brezze that would come in at old comiskey on a hot summer night or day.
As far as the fans getting to move from the bleachers at the polo grounds i dont know if the fans could move else where or not. i know at tiger stadium you could not leave the bleachers unless they opened the gates late in the ball game.

[Elvis]

[quote=POLO GROUNDS 1957]You did have those posts but you needed the posts to have that great upper deck view.QUOTE]



That's why I don't like modern stadium construction. The upper decks are pushed back too far!

And it doesn't have to be that way... When Yankee stadium was renovated they removed the posts AND kept the upper deck cantilevered over the field!

[64Cards]

I've done my share of slummin' in the bleachers and OF upper decks. Bleachers are kinda fun, especially when you're younger, but Lord, at the PG they were soooo far away. I don't really care for OF upper deck, unless it's a park that doesn't have real distant fences. I think in the PG, upper deck down the lines would be fine, but in the distant reaches of left & right center, you'd better bring binoculars.

When I visited tiger Stadium in 99, I moved around the park, my favorite seats were in the upper deck, behind home plate. Could have spit on the umpire from there.

[Sultan_1895-1948]

1. Fenway
2. Forbes
3. Polo
4. Griffith
5. Tiger Stadium

Griffith: The center-field wall detoured around five houses and a tree that jutted into the field of play. It was downhill from the plate to first base, to save a step for slow Washington batters.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is a nice photo of griffith stadium and the surrounding area.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is a nice photo of forbes field in pittsburgh

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is a photo of the main entrance of forbes field.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is a nice photo of braves field in boston

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is a nice air view of braves field.