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Favorite Baseball Stadium

I've been to Dodger Stadium, Edison Field, Royal Stadium, Busch (old), Minutemaid, Ballpark at Arlington, Riverfront/Cynergy, Jacobs's, Tiger Stadium, 3 Rivers, Wrigley and Tropicana. (I'm not up on some of the name changes)

My favorite was Dodger. I thought it combined the history of the old ballparks with the cleanliness and comforts of the new parks. Great food as well.
 
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I've been to all of them, except Florida and Arizona, and I'd rank them:
Wrigley
Fenway
Pac Bell
Camden
Yankee
PNC
Coors
Jake
Arlington
Enron

I might be forgetting one or two, but that's the general list. Wrigley is by far my favorite, Minnesota and Oakland (my favorite team) are the worst.

I've been to a bunch in Japan too. The atmosphere of a Japanese baseball game is the closest thing I've ever seen to Ohio State football, but that's a whole other post.
 
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Uh, the Jake, but I haven't been to any others besides 3 Rivers and the Astrodome. 3 Rivers was a bitch to play at on a 90 degree day. The Astrodome had the AC going on a 100 degree day in July back in the day. Oh I've also been to Toronto which is a pretty cool stadium.

Houston Astrodome preservationists debut the worst song in the history of music
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2...debut-the-worst-song-in-the-history-of-music/

In the meantime: we’ve written a bit over the years about the fate of the Astrodome. It hasn’t been used since it housed Katrina refugees in 2005. It’s rusting and obsolete and requires over $200 million to renovate the place back into usability. It’ll cost way less to simply wreck the place, though even the price tag for demolition is high. In short: there are no great options for a stadium that was once cool and state of the art but is now a giant mess.

Enter a November 5th referendum in which voters will decide whether to authorize over $200 million in bonds to turn the stadium into a convention center and exhibition space. Like I said, I’m skeptical of such things, but at least democracy will sort it out. Unfortunately, democratic ends often require a public campaign. And the public campaign to save the Astrodome has this working for it. And please: to fully appreciate it, watch it all in all of its hathos and glory:

It's Our Dometown: On Nov 5, vote YES on Prop 2



Entire article: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2...debut-the-worst-song-in-the-history-of-music/
 
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Posted on twitter today, what's left of Candlestick Park:

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https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/605147146124435456/photo/1

Note: The demolition of Candlestick Park is a slow moving process due to the decision to bulldoze, rather than implode the old stadium.
 
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Interesting article and quiz:

Which MLB ballpark should definitely be on your bucket list?
Do you love to go to a game to have a day out with the family? Or would you rather take in a game solo, to relax with a beer and a hot dog?

Everyone's ballpark personality is different -- and this quiz will determine which ballpark fits you and your bucket list best.

Link: http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/...ey-field-yankee-stadium-dodger-stadium-082015

Mine came out: Kauffman Stadium

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