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Derwood GOAT

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FWIW Huntington Park, home of the Columbus Clippers (Cleveland AAA team), is supposedly one of the best ballparks period. If/when I do my ballpark tour I'm going to be adding it to the list.

 

It's pretty great

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I've done this before and I'm sure my order will be different:

 

  1. Wrigley
  2. Pittsburgh (PNC)
  3. Baltimore
  4. San Diego (Petco)
  5. Texas (the ballpark)
  6. Milwaukee (new)
  7. Philly
  8. KC
  9. Stl (new)
  10. Detroit
  11. Anaheim
  12. The Jail Cell
  13. Stl (old)
  14. Comiskey
  15. SD (Jack Murphy)
  16. Pittsburgh (Three Rivers)

 

I must be forgetting a few. Stupid busy morning at work!

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I've done this before and I'm sure my order will be different:

 

  1. Wrigley
  2. Pittsburgh (PNC)
  3. Baltimore
  4. San Diego (Petco)
  5. Texas (the ballpark)
  6. Milwaukee (new)
  7. KC
  8. Stl (new)
  9. Detroit
  10. The Jail Cell
  11. Stl (old)
  12. SD (Jack Murphy)
  13. Pittsburgh (Three Rivers)

 

I must be forgetting a few. Stupid busy morning at work!

 

You never went to LA for a game?

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I've done this before and I'm sure my order will be different:

 

  1. Wrigley
  2. Pittsburgh (PNC)
  3. Baltimore
  4. San Diego (Petco)
  5. Texas (the ballpark)
  6. Milwaukee (new)
  7. KC
  8. Stl (new)
  9. Detroit
  10. The Jail Cell
  11. Stl (old)
  12. SD (Jack Murphy)
  13. Pittsburgh (Three Rivers)

 

I must be forgetting a few. Stupid busy morning at work!

 

You never went to LA for a game?

Anaheim several times, never chavez ravine.

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Wrigley

Turner (this might be biased because of the game I was there for)

Miller

US Cellular

GABP

 

 

That's all I got.

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Tops on my list to visit would be: SF, Coors & Fenway

 

One of the many reasons I need to land a customer in San Francisco.

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Saw a dreamy pic of Bryant, Russell, and Sczur on the Twitter.
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Saw a dreamy pic of Bryant, Russell, and Sczur on the Twitter.
Sammys Boombox ACL Cubs

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My experiences. 1-6 are head and shoulders above all the rest and are almost interchangeable.

 

1. Wrigley

2. PNC Park

3. AT&T

4. Petco Park

5. Coors Field

6. Camden Yards

7. Yankee Stadium (New)

8. Kauffman Stadium

9. Target Field

10. Comerica Park

11. Minute Maid Park

12. Miller Park

13. Great American Ballpark

14. Dodger Stadium

15. Progressive Field

16. Citizens Bank Park

17. Busch Stadium

18. Chase Field

19. Angel Stadium of Anaheim

20. Marlins Park

21. Tropicana Field

 

Order of excitement to visit remaining parks:

1. Fenway Park

2. Safeco Field

3. Ballpark at Arlington

4. New Braves Stadium

5. Citi Field

6. Nationals Park

7. Rogers Centre

8. US Cellular Field

9. O.co Coliseum

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If this is where we're doing the stadium rankings, here's what I got:

 

1. Wrigley/Fenway (tie)

2. Camden Yards

3. PNC

4. ATT

5. Coors

6. Safeco

7. Petco

8. Dodger

9. Miller

10. Cell

11. Nationals

12. Marlins

13. Old Yankee

14. New Busch

15. Great American

16. Angels

17. Turner

18. Milwaukee County Stadium

19. Shea

20. Old Busch

21. Tropicana

22. Old Comiskey

23. RFK

24. Metrodome

25. Veterans Stadium Philly

 

I somehow haven't made it to Comerica or Jacobs. Will be hitting Target Field this year and possibly one or both of the Texas stadiums.

Andy GOAT

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You guys that have found the time/money to go to more than 2 ballparks make me envious. (Cincinnati is the only other one on my list.)
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Wrigley

Fenway

New Busch

Coors

Turner field

Nationals park

Old Busch

GABP

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RFK stadium

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Riverfront

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Derwood GOAT

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I've been to:

 

Wrigley

US Cellular

Miller

Milwaukee County

Jacobs

Cleveland Municipal

PNC

Old Yankee

Fenway

Veterans

 

plus I've seen games at A, AA, AAA and Spring Training

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i really enjoyed at&t the few times i went, but one time i went to a cubs-giants game there and people were crazy excited about the opportunity to yell at someone wearing a cubs jersey. one guy outside the stadium started screaming at me about how dusty baker was the only good thing that ever happened to the cubs and how stupid they were for letting him go (this was in 2010, too, so it wasn't some topical thing to bring up). after the game (which was really tense because the giants had a guy thrown out at home in extra innings), all the giant fans were JUBILANT and super excited to give me [expletive]. one drunk guy grabbed my shoulder and turned me around so he could tell me about how my team was cursed.

 

oakland's park is kind of a hole, but i always had a better time there.

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The Pirates Spring Training stadium in Bradenton (McKechnie Field) is a must if you ever do a FL spring training trip.

 

 

http://www.springtrainingconnection.com/ballparks/bradenton.jpg

 

Clem Fandango All-Star

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The Pirates Spring Training stadium in Bradenton (McKechnie Field) is a must if you ever do a FL spring training trip.

 

 

http://www.springtrainingconnection.com/ballparks/bradenton.jpg

 

I grew up there. Did they renovate it or something because that place has been there for like 25 years and there wasn't a whole lot that was very special about it when I was a kid.

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The Pirates Spring Training stadium in Bradenton (McKechnie Field) is a must if you ever do a FL spring training trip.

 

 

http://www.springtrainingconnection.com/ballparks/bradenton.jpg

 

I grew up there. Did they renovate it or something because that place has been there for like 25 years and there wasn't a whole lot that was very special about it when I was a kid.

 

They did renovate it, but that was actually after I was there. I just felt it had the real, classic ST experience. Last professional baseball stadium without lights in US. Players have to walk through the concourse to get to the batting cages. You are right on top of the players. The area itself wasn't that great, but the park was a throwback for sure.

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Yup, sounds like the McKechnie I grew up with. My parents owned a fitness club in Bradenton and the majority of the Pirates would work out there. I got to meet guys like Bobby Bonilla, Andy Van Slyke, Jay Bell, and others. I played little league with Andy Van Slyke's kid (A.J. I think). I have an autographed Neal Heaton bat and a game worn Neal Heaton jersey. His bat was black... he autographed it with black sharpie. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

 

Fun story I've probably told before: My father was on the board for the local community center and he was attempting to get some autographs for a charity auction and he would go around to the players and they'd be happy to oblige. At the time Barry Bonds was in town and he asked the other guys if Barry would sign any and they all unanimously pretty much told him "No way, he's an [expletive] he'll never do it". Well my Dad approached him anyways while he was sitting in the lounge area relaxing and according to my Dad he couldn't have been more affable and signed an entire box of baseball for the auction.

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Carrie Muskat ‏@CarrieMuskat Feb 16

Need a shot of spring? Lester, Wood, Motte, Arrieta doing drills. #Cubs

 

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Carrie Muskat ‏@CarrieMuskat Feb 16 View translation

Bryant, Szczur, Lopez, Russell prep for BP. #Cubs

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Bryant is really tall. And wearing the wrong color blue.

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