Ballpark Rankings - Ballpark Chasers2024-03-19T05:54:57Zhttps://www.ballparkchasers.com/forum/topics/ballpark-rankings?xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHaha. Yeah, I get that. I thi…tag:www.ballparkchasers.com,2019-07-26:1681163:Comment:2793202019-07-26T02:08:56.237ZMichael Sellershttps://www.ballparkchasers.com/profile/MichaelSellers
<p>Haha. Yeah, I get that. I think the Tigers are heading in the right direction. Their farm system is getting pretty good and it should be getting even better soon. Boyd, Greene & Castellanos should bring in more good prospects and they should get a top 2 or 3 pick in the draft next year again as well. A couple more years and they'll be good again.</p>
<p>Haha. Yeah, I get that. I think the Tigers are heading in the right direction. Their farm system is getting pretty good and it should be getting even better soon. Boyd, Greene & Castellanos should bring in more good prospects and they should get a top 2 or 3 pick in the draft next year again as well. A couple more years and they'll be good again.</p> That makes sense - I think th…tag:www.ballparkchasers.com,2019-07-22:1681163:Comment:2795762019-07-22T16:21:24.339ZMike Bhttps://www.ballparkchasers.com/profile/MikeBroman
<p>That makes sense - I think the same thing has happened to me with Comerica Park. I must have been to almost 100 games there by now. Also, the drop from first place in the AL Central/in contention every year to basically a AAA squad makes it harder to appreciate, ha.</p>
<p>That makes sense - I think the same thing has happened to me with Comerica Park. I must have been to almost 100 games there by now. Also, the drop from first place in the AL Central/in contention every year to basically a AAA squad makes it harder to appreciate, ha.</p> Thanks! That would be a good…tag:www.ballparkchasers.com,2019-07-16:1681163:Comment:2793032019-07-16T03:12:24.337ZMichael Sellershttps://www.ballparkchasers.com/profile/MichaelSellers
<p>Thanks! That would be a good addition to the system! The only bad part about that is that since most of these parks I'll only ever see once it may not be fair if some of them I happened to see on a Tuesday afternoon against an irrelevant team and others I may have seen on a Saturday night against their arch-rival or something. Fan-base definitely should matter, but just might not get a fair example of that if only seeing it one time.</p>
<p>Thanks! That would be a good addition to the system! The only bad part about that is that since most of these parks I'll only ever see once it may not be fair if some of them I happened to see on a Tuesday afternoon against an irrelevant team and others I may have seen on a Saturday night against their arch-rival or something. Fan-base definitely should matter, but just might not get a fair example of that if only seeing it one time.</p> Love the ranking system! One…tag:www.ballparkchasers.com,2019-07-15:1681163:Comment:2794602019-07-15T05:33:52.263ZMatthew C. Hume (26)https://www.ballparkchasers.com/profile/MatthewCHume
Love the ranking system! One of the things my wife and I consider in our rankings is the fan base. How into the games are the fans? Large crowd? Interest in the team around the city? Is it a baseball town?
Love the ranking system! One of the things my wife and I consider in our rankings is the fan base. How into the games are the fans? Large crowd? Interest in the team around the city? Is it a baseball town? I know exactly what you mean…tag:www.ballparkchasers.com,2019-07-13:1681163:Comment:2792942019-07-13T03:23:11.759ZMichael Sellershttps://www.ballparkchasers.com/profile/MichaelSellers
<p>I know exactly what you mean about sometimes liking a park way more or less when you see it a 2nd time. Cincy is actually my home park and Detroit is actually my favorite team! (Haha, just some irony). I find it very difficult to rank Cincy's since I've been to it 50+ times and most of the others just once, so I feel like I don't appreciate Cincy's as much since I've seen it so many times.</p>
<p>I know exactly what you mean about sometimes liking a park way more or less when you see it a 2nd time. Cincy is actually my home park and Detroit is actually my favorite team! (Haha, just some irony). I find it very difficult to rank Cincy's since I've been to it 50+ times and most of the others just once, so I feel like I don't appreciate Cincy's as much since I've seen it so many times.</p> I was thinking of doing somet…tag:www.ballparkchasers.com,2019-07-10:1681163:Comment:2792812019-07-10T13:42:24.594ZMike Bhttps://www.ballparkchasers.com/profile/MikeBroman
<p>I was thinking of doing something like this too. My categories would be food, aesthetics, layout, location (I really like ballparks that are downtown or at least in a main area), atmosphere (things like whether or not the fans seem into the game, between-innings entertainment), and special features (a great example would be the Reds HoF at Great American Ballpark). </p>
<p>I haven't gone through and scored the parks I've been to yet. After my trip to Cinci last week, I've been to 25…</p>
<p>I was thinking of doing something like this too. My categories would be food, aesthetics, layout, location (I really like ballparks that are downtown or at least in a main area), atmosphere (things like whether or not the fans seem into the game, between-innings entertainment), and special features (a great example would be the Reds HoF at Great American Ballpark). </p>
<p>I haven't gone through and scored the parks I've been to yet. After my trip to Cinci last week, I've been to 25 stadiums recently enough to at least put them in tiers. I've also been to Toronto but I was only 4 or 5, and Citi Field but that was in 2010 so too long ago to really remember it that well. </p>
<p>So out of the 25, I'd put them like this.</p>
<p>1st Tier - my favorites - SF, SD, LAD, Boston, St. Louis</p>
<p>2nd Tier - Pitt, Atlanta, Baltimore, Cubs, Minnesota</p>
<p>3rd Tier - Detroit (my home park), Cleveland, Cinci (came away liking it much better this time than I did when I went in 2015 for whatever reason), Arizona, Colorado</p>
<p>4th Tier - Washington, Miami, Philly, LAA, KC</p>
<p>5th Tier - White Sox, Tampa, Oakland, Yankees, Milwaukee</p>
<p>These aren't in any particular order within each tier, i.e. I'm not saying Milwaukee is my least favorite park. Also, I like them all, just some more than others!</p>
<p>My girlfriend and I will be going to Fenway & Citizens Bank Park next week and I might go to Target Field the following week so good times ahead!</p> tag:www.ballparkchasers.com,2019-06-20:1681163:Comment:2790792019-06-20T01:56:55.178ZMichael Sellershttps://www.ballparkchasers.com/profile/MichaelSellers
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