July 14, 2024
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Each week we love posing a question for our readers to respond to. This idea actually came from a reader a while back. :)
This week we will ask our readers to respond to the following:
Of the MLB Stadiums you have visited, which is (or are) your favorite(s)?
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Easy for me. Wrigley and Progressive Field!
As far as Minor League stadiums go, I love the atmosphere at Maimonides Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones. That ballpark has a lot of that "electricity in the air" feeling that Yankee Stadium has, with its "Boardwalk" and "Amusement Park" atmosphere, plus emcee "King Henry" (sort of a "human mascot") in addition to their traditional mascot Sandy The Seagull. High Single-A players playing their home games in that ballpark get a good taste of the feel of playing in a stadium in a big city, and can do a good job of preparing players for one day playing in New York, since technically, they actually ARE playing in the city of New York when they play in Coney Island.
At one point, I was ACTUALLY able to say that I had attended games at ALL 30 Major League stadiums. But then the "stadium building boom" happened, and I am now no longer able to make that claim, and I have a long way to go before I can finally make that claim once again. Too many ballparks being demolished with new stadiums taking their place.
#1 BEST: Oracle Park in San Francisco. It was called Pac Bell the first time I was there. Beautiful ballpark and you can't beat the view! THE best "view of the outside from inside a stadium" in professional sports! The famed delicacy there are the Garlic Fries, which are amazing, but also leav…
Fenway and Wrigley. I love the old stadiums that dripped with history: YS1, Tiger Stadium, Comiskey Park. Of the modern stadiums, Camden Yards, Pac Bell, Jacobs Field, Citi Field. I haven't been to PNC yet, but I really want to go. I also really like MinuteMaid and its retractable roof.
Best Stadiums I Have Been To Ranked:
THE BEST: Camden Yards, PNC Park, CitiField, Fenway
NEXT: Yankee Stadium (it's big, majestic, houses my favorite team, but it's not one of the best parks or stadiums, at all.) I greatkly miss Yankee Stadium II (1976-2008).
Others: Truist, Progressive, Nationals Park - all nice, those are ranked in order, but the best stadiums have more atmosphere, and, etc...