My Midwest baseball trip

[joncarlos]

PNC is my "home" park and also my favorite. Best view of downtown across the river. Very few bad seats in the house and a TON of amazing ones. Great atmosphere. Seats are still pretty cheap. Food prices are "competitive" and the ballpark beer selection has improved greatly. Only downside is that the concourses aren't really built for a sellout so it can feel a little cramped at times.

Loved Coors Field and AT&T. BOB was pretty good too (maybe it's Chase Field now?). Even had a good time at evil Fenway.

Wrigley was just ok but Wrigleyville (the neighborhood around it) was amazing.

Really want to get to Citi Field, as well as Petco/Safeco. Might get to go to KC this summer, we'll see.

[rhd]

Inspired by rhd's post, let's share personal favorites (minus the enjoyable writeup from rhd, which I'm far too lazy to attempt).

I really enjoyed:
Camden Yards (the Warehouse and Boog's BBQ are great features)
AT&T Park (Could do without the food/garlic, but the view to McCovey Cover is special)
Coors Field (great views from the whole park)

For some reason, PNC Park is the one I would most like to visit.

How about the rest of the 'pen?

All three of those parks are in my top 10.

I highly recommend PNC Park, which is #3 on my list. Might be a little difficult to get there from the deep blue sea, tho. Is the Ohio River big enough for you?

[Fresno Bob]

AT&T is my home park and my favorite, Camden Yards is my 2nd. PNC is good, but I find the new Cards stadium to be pretty generic, reminding me more of the Twins stadium than anything else

[rhd]

AT&T is my home park and my favorite, Camden Yards is my 2nd. PNC is good, but I find the new Cards stadium to be pretty generic, reminding me more of the Twins stadium than anything else

Practically all of the new stadiums are nice. But the Camden Yards model is the new "cookie cutter". So New Busch is kinda generic in that sense. But I thought it was nice. As I said, might make my top ten.

AT&T is great, my #4. OPACY is my #2. Noone's mentioned my #1 yet.

[DMT]

As a Cubs fan, it's hard for me to admit, but nothing beats Fenway; it's like being in a time machine.

PNC was awesome, especially since they let us in for free and we got to sit in the front row behind the dugout (Tues afternoon and about 3K attendance). I was really impressed with Comerica as well...they somehow managed to capture the sliver of Detroit skyline that doesn't look post-apocalyptic. Camden, Coors, Petco, Citizens, and Progressive are all great. Dodger Stadium was beautiful except for the ridiculously tiny bathrooms. I haven't been to Kauffman in years but I remember it being pretty good.

Angel Stadium gets special props for having the best eye candy, I think I strained my neck from tracking so many hotties.

Miller and Chase I believe are pretty much replicas, solid but nothing special.

My least favorite is easily the Cell; don't get bad seats if you're afraid of heights. The Marlins' old park was awful as well (haven't been to the new one). Oakland wasn't that great either, nor was Tropicana.

If I had to rank them, I'd go:

1. Fenway
2. Wrigley
3. PNC
4. Camden
5. Comerica

[Grinch]

I took a trip with my son ten years ago this summer. We went to Camden, Jacobs (as it was then) Comerica, Miller and the Cell. Walked around Wrigley, but they were on the road. I would rate Comerica the best, US Cell the worst of the group.

[virgonomic]

My favourite park was Dodger Stadium. It was like a big party. Good call on Fenway being a time machine. I sat on the green monster right beside the LF foul pole. That was awesome.

I also like Rogers Centre because I've been going there for over 20 years and it's like going home.

ETA: My top 5
Dodger Stadium
Fenway Park
Camden Yards - I love Boog's BBQ, all the merch and the warehouse backdrop
Yankee Stadium - another throwback and the fans were kind to me in my Blue Jays Clemens jersey (he pitched)
Comerica - was a fun park to roam and neat scenery with the Lions' stadium in sight. Also, eating a Little Caesar's pizza in your seat is pretty sweet.

[rhd]

My favourite park was Dodger Stadium. It was like a big party.

That's my #1. Dont know about the party aspect, but where else do you see flowering plants growing naturally on the ramps going up to the stadium? The organist just adds an exclamation point to a great ballpark experience. And except for sometimes in April, you're guaranteed to have great weather for the game.

[Fresno Bob]

As a Cubs fan, it's hard for me to admit, but nothing beats Fenway; it's like being in a time machine.

PNC was awesome, especially since they let us in for free and we got to sit in the front row behind the dugout (Tues afternoon and about 3K attendance). I was really impressed with Comerica as well...they somehow managed to capture the sliver of Detroit skyline that doesn't look post-apocalyptic. Camden, Coors, Petco, Citizens, and Progressive are all great. Dodger Stadium was beautiful except for the ridiculously tiny bathrooms. I haven't been to Kauffman in years but I remember it being pretty good.

Angel Stadium gets special props for having the best eye candy, I think I strained my neck from tracking so many hotties.

Miller and Chase I believe are pretty much replicas, solid but nothing special.

My least favorite is easily the Cell; don't get bad seats if you're afraid of heights. The Marlins' old park was awful as well (haven't been to the new one). Oakland wasn't that great either, nor was Tropicana.

If I had to rank them, I'd go:

1. Fenway
2. Wrigley
3. PNC
4. Camden
5. Comerica

Figure out a way to get out to SF and I'll take you to AT&T, you'll like my seats and have a new #1 stadium

[overkill94]

Yay for the Dodger Stadium love! It's obviously my favorite as well and they keep making improvements - DMT, they renovated the bathrooms last year so most of the troughs are gone. They're planning on putting some restaurants above the bullpens in the next year or two which will be a nice touch and finally allow fans to access the whole park. They jacked the prices up a bit this year, but the prices are still pretty reasonable (especially if you're not coming on a bobblehead night).

I haven't been to that many so I might as well list them all:
Wrigley - accidentally got an "obstructed view" seat, stadium was okay but Wrigleyville was fun
Coors - nice stadium, friendly atmosphere
AT&T - I'll admit that it's a pretty nice park, but not as special as some claim
Safeco - really liked the look of this one
Minute Maid - first time in a domed stadium and it tripped me out, especially since the stadium was fairly empty so there was a lot of echo
Oakland - similar in setup to Dodger Stadium, very laid back atmosphere, not bad
Kauffman - nice setup, ballpark felt small, I dug it
Angels - parking was easy, seats were cheap, nice little park

[DMT]

Figure out a way to get out to SF and I'll take you to AT&T, you'll like my seats and have a new #1 stadium

Cool, I'll work on it.

[cavebird]

I have not been to Dodger Stadium, but I don't think anything could beat Wrigley and Fenway for me. The history and the ambiance of it makes it impossible for them to be beat. (And yes, my view was behind a beam at Fenway.)

[Judge Jude]

yeah, I like Dodger Stadium a lot - so cool to walk into the park at the TOP of the stadium!

great scene and all that, but does not match Wrigley or Fenway imo

I hope I have not let my 3-full-inning wait for a Dodger Dog with 4 people ahead of me on the concession line affect my analysis...