MLB Ballpark Ratings

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:42 PM EDT

Article Source: Sports Illustrated

Essentially, this is a measure of how satisfied fans are with their hometown ballpark experience. The happiest? Cleveland. Progressive Field, home of the Indians, finished first with Milwaukee's Miller Park a close runner-up. The Florida Marlins brought up the rear, which is not surprising considering they play in a football stadium under the oppressively hot South Florida sun.

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Sectim42

This is a bunch of crap. Anybody who knows anything about baseball know that the three best parks are Wrigley, Fenway, and Yankee Stadium. We can dispute who takes first, second, and third...but there is no way Cleavland, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh beat them out.

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#1 - Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:44 PM EDT

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Eco-geek

That was pretty much my take on the ratings as well.

I'm sorry, but this is about baseball, not which park has the better food.

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#1.1 - Thu May 1, 2008 10:39 AM EDT

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AdipicAcid

Anybody who knows anything about baseball

Well both of you can have fun together, I suppose. To pay those multimillion dollar salaries to people like Zito, you need to bring in lots and lots of people who are willing to pay to have a good time, baseball tradition be damned.

And aren't the Yanks building one of these gold-plated entertainment venues as we speak, and planning the demolition of the old park to make room for a parking garage?

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#2 - Thu May 1, 2008 11:24 AM EDT

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Sectim42

And aren't the Yanks building one of these gold-plated entertainment venues as we speak, and planning the demolition of the old park to make room for a parking garage?

Sure, but that doesn't change anything about the current situation.

Thousdans of people don't travel hundreds of miles, spend hundreds of dollars, and put on their "list of things to do before they die" to visit Cleveland stadium or Pittsburgh or San Diego. They do, however, do that for Wrigley and Fenway (and to a lesser extent Yankee Stadium)

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#2.1 - Thu May 1, 2008 11:30 AM EDT

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AdipicAcid

But thousands more go if they are going to have a good time. And that includes food and other amenities.

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#2.2 - Thu May 1, 2008 11:43 AM EDT

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aalva

You have to admit that those surveyed got tradition right: 1. Boston Red Sox 2. New York Yankees 3. Chicago Cubs

and... Seattle being #1 in atmosphere. :)

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#2.3 - Thu May 1, 2008 6:46 PM EDT

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Eco-geek

I'd put Wrigley over Yankees' Stadium for tradition, and probably a tie with Fenway.

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#2.4 - Fri May 2, 2008 9:59 AM EDT

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