Sound Off: Your Favorite Ballpark to Play In?

[The_Duke]

Quote: Originally Posted by hitstreak13

Looks like I am the only one who loves to play in Miami. I actually enjoy that stadium.

It's actually a pretty nice ballpark. Except that eye sore in left center field that turns that pretty nice ballpark into a gimmick. Just my opinion.

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by metsfan4life1

You had a picture of Mariano Rivera lol.. Don't be such a snob man.

How's he being a snob? You responded to him in what was quite honestly a dumb way and then you turn around and accuse him of being a snob??

[Ghost Of The Year]

I know this is a homer post but I still enjoy playing @ Turner Field.
I hope when the Braves get their new stadium in a few years,
SCEA is able to leave the Ted in as classic stadium, if at all possible.

[ajblithe20]

I do enjoy playing at Camden Yards, and I love going to games there. I've only been to Camden Yards, Citizen's Bank Park, and the Nats ballpark and Camden Yards beats the other two by a mile.

I also enjoy playing at Turner Field and the Diamondbacks ballpark

[twinsfan34]

My favorite for scenic:

AL - Target Field
NL - PNC...AT&T would be 2nd.

Though in season, it's a dilemma for sorts as I'm often trying to get my top of the order guys a lot of 3Bs and 2Bs - so I'll pick Forbes Field at times as the dimensions allow for a LOT of extra base hits.

Polo Grounds is tempting...but too many HRs...and unless you hit it to deep LC/RC...it's actually kinda hard to get extra base hits.

And I don't know if it's just me, but it seems hard to get a lot of 2B at Fenway, when I thought it would be rather easy (like in real life). Unless it's my leadoff guy or 90+ speed (even so, he's diving into 2nd trying to get that double when hit off the Monster) I'll get thrown out by a mile (when playing with guys like Wade Boggs or Joe Mauer - typical doubles hitters).

[tessl]

Busch I in St Louis - not the most aesthetically pleasing park but I attended games there with people who are no longer here. The first game I saw there, Roger Maris drove in Bobby Tolan from first base with a double in extra innings to win the game.

As far as current ballparks, Pittsburgh and San Francisco are high on the list of prettiest.

[vegasmike]

A.L. Progressive Field, Camden Yards, and Target Field

N.L. PNC park, AT&T, and Great American Ballpark, Petco park


parks i've been to : progressive field, wrigley field, miller park, pnc park, great american ballpark, nationals ballpark, at&t park, oakland colleseum, angels stadium, and petco park, cleveland municipal stadium (closed).

[boblight24]

My dad and I always had baseball in common and when I was in high school it was the only thing we had in common. We didn't talk a whole lot - teen angst probably, but we ran into each others arms after Sid Bream crossed the plate in '92. I finally got my head out of my you know where and we became close friends, he ended up being my best man at my wedding, because a better man I've yet to meet. After graduation in 1994 we decided to do a baseball trip. We left NC, drove to Baltimore to see the O's play the A's (the vowel series), then onto NYC where we sat in the left field bleachers at Old New Yankee Stadium and watched the Yankees play the Angels, Tim Salmon hit a HR that landed about 5 rows behind us. From NYC onto Boston where we stayed within walking distance of Fenway and caught a game on Saturday and Sunday, Mariners v Boston. FYI - A-Roid got his first hit during that series. We had excellent seats, this was 1994 so the Red Sox were still not good, not unlike the Yankees at that time. We were about 10 rows up between home and 3rd base for both games, sweet. If you've never been to Fenway, stop what you're doing and go now. Red Sox fan or not, and I'm not, you will never look at baseball the same way after seeing a game in Boston.

Then it was onto to Cooperstown and my dad's favorite part of the trip. I am a lover of baseball history and we spent the majority of the trip debating the pros and cons of Nap Lajoie or Rogers Hornsby as our starting 2B. Anyway, my dad got to go to Mickey Mantle's place in Cooperstown, he was a kid again. Like Boston, if you have been to Cooperstown, go. But take my advice spend a few days there, get lost in the history of the game, don't rush through it. From there we went to Philadelphia (looking back at this I was a lousy travel agent, but I was trying to do it where we could see opposing teams as well as home stadiums that we wanted to) for a Dodgers/Phillies game at the Vet, but it was rained out. We left Philly and drove across Pennsylvania for a Pirates/Astros game at Three Rivers. I love Pittsburgh, everything about it. The blue collarness, the toughness, the this is our town because we built it and if you don't like it you can leave or we'll just throw you out. We got to see Bagwell crush a ball to left in this one, again great seats. From Pittsburgh to Cincinnati to see the Reds/Cubs. From there we were supposed to head to Cleveland, Chicago, and Detroit, but I had a girlfriend at the time that I missed and we'd been on the road for about 2 weeks so we decided that we'd leave from Cincy and go home. To this day I apologize for cutting the trip short, but dad always tells me he had the time of his life. I hope he knows that I did too.

My dad is still with us, thankfully, and he's now a grandpa and as good of one as he was a dad, which is to say terrific. in 2010, I won Opening Day tickets from MLB.com to any team's home opener. What did I choose.....Yankees vs. Angels in the Bronx. It was a great day (except I had pneumonia), the Yankees got their rings, it was Matsui's first game as an Angel and he got his ring as well, and Jeter hit a home run. We had nose-bleed seats, I mean 4 rows from the top of the stadium, but there's my dad with a $9 Nathan's hot dog and a grin from ear to ear. Maybe it was that or the 8 gallons of cold medicine I took, but that was a great day.

Oops forgot the topic:
Top 5 ballparks (no particular order):
Fenway Park
Old Yankee Stadium
Camden Yards
Wrigley Field
Forbes Field