Ball Parks

One of my primary travel objectives has become visiting as many major league baseball parks as possible. In 1992 Oriole Park at Camden Yards was completed and so began baseball's move back to the more "retro" park. This trend focused on the more traditional, fan friendly park with locations in the heart of major cities, and many were constructed to include the city landscape as an integral part of the stadium experience. I think it is this aspect which drew me to the stadiums as each of the new stadiums seem to uniquely embody the character of the cities in which they reside. While many of the new stadiums capture this vibe its still hard to match the charm of a couple of the oldies, and none do it better than Fenway Park in Boston and Wrigley Field in Chicago. To date I have been to 14 big league parks, both old and new. They include:

Tiger Stadium - Detroit; Comerica Park - Detroit; Camden Yards - Baltimore; Yankee Stadium (old) - New York; Yankee Stadium (new) - New York; Rogers Center - Toronto; Fenway Park - Boston; Progressive Field - Cleveland; Great American Ballpark - Cincinnati; PNC Park - Pittsburgh; Wrigley Field - Chicago; At&T Park - San Francisco; Coors Field - Colorado; Petco Park - San Diego

My faves are pictured below:



If I could go back in time this is the stadium I would most liked to have seen. Brooklyn Dodgers, Ebbets Field.