A little diversion....

[ckg68]

while we're waiting for the NLCS to end and the World Series to begin:

Just out of curiousity,how many baseball parks have you seen games at? (Major and minor leagues are accepted.)

Best place you've been at? Worst? Any other things that stuck out in your mind?

[BanditsRock11]

I've been to the following:

Minor League Stadiums: Jamestown Jammers Stadium(played there too), Dunn Tire Park (Buffalo Bisons), Frontier Field (Rochester Red Wings)

Major League Stadium: Rogers Centre (Toronto Blue Jays) PNC Park (Pittsburgh Pirates) and Jacbos Field (Cleveland Indians)

The best out of all is of course PNC park in Pittsburgh. Just an awesome place, the team sucks but the park is the best i've been too, probably the best out there.

The worst would be Jamestown's, but thats because its only Single A, but I guess the Rogers Centre would be, but its really not that bad, just weird.

[Merk]

I've been to every Park except Arizona, Florida, and The New field in St.Louis



The Worst was K.C. and not b/c the place is bad looking or anything its just has that feel of death w/ how bad there team is and what a selfish moron there owner is


The Best outside of Yankee Stadium is Wrigley field. Just a great place to watch a game

[ckg68]

OK,since I got the thread going...my turn:

So far,I've been to over 2 dozen MLB and minor league stadiums(plus a couple of stadiums in the Northern League). And that includes some parks that are no longer with us(Exhibiton Stadium and Three Rivers Stadium).

Best: Petco Park in San Diego. They did it right...from the design of it,to utilizing an old building and making it part of the stadium. Plus,Petco can be considered partially responsible for spurring development around the park. When I was there,I saw no less than 3 tall construction cranes in the area putting new buildings up.

Runners-up: Victory Field,Indianapolis(the view opens up to downtown);Wrigley Field(for the tradition,if nothing else);Canal Park,Akron(think of it as a half-scale Dunn Tire Park that still draws 'em in).

Worst: Cooper Stadium,Columbus and Olympic Stadium,Montreal(tie). Cooper gets it because it's stuck in a time warp(even though it was built in the 1970s,it has the look of a stadium much older than that)-plus it's near a cemetery.("I see dead people",indeed. Thank heaven that place is going to meet the wrecking ball in a couple of years-it can't come fast enough;C-Bus deserves better.) As for the Big O,going to an Expos game was like going to church-the team gave you nothing to cheer for,the crowd was silent(except for the T-shirt giveaway).

And,yes,I've been in Diethrick Park. I wouldn't put it on my worst list myself..it's not the best park I've been in,nor the worst. I WILL say it has one of the better backdrops beyond the fences-as do Lake Elsinore & Rancho Cucamonga in the California League. How would you like to be in the Padres or Angels and play half your games in THAT park,with a great view of the mountains?