I've been to PNC Park and the view of downtown Pittsburgh is incredible. However, I think its best feature is that the wall in right field where scores of other games are posted, known as the Clemente wall. It's 21 feet tall, because Roberto Clemente played right field and wore number 21. It's a nice tribute to one of the best Pirates players ever.
I'm doing a little stadium tour with my sons. We hit PNC a few weeks ago and man, what a great stadium! We moved all over the place, the seats inside the wall in right are cool and above the wall as well, its like sitting on the green monster. So far I've been to Fenway, Miami (old and new), Tampa, Citi Field, Old Yankees stadium, and PNC. Other then Fenway, PNC is my favorite. Going to Camden and DC in July.
Oracle Park is just a gem of place to watch a baseball game. Not to hot not very cold, great view Oh yeah and 3 WS titles. Not bad for a team that paid entirely for its own ballpark and land. Put up almost 500 Million of their own money took out a loan to pay for the rest. What a novel idea. 49ers and W blew it with their new buildings IMO both are like a corporate headquarters. Oracle is for sure a top 5 IMO.
The best part of Wrigley is easily general admission for the bleachers outfield seating. Absolutely changes the atmosphere at the park because even on a bad day it’s always absolutely packed
St. Louis, MO resident. So ballpark village was originally broken into 7 lots for development on half of the old site of the original Busch Stadium. 4 out of the 7 lots have been filled, with the remaining 3 lots currently used as parking will be filled in. After the park opened in 2006, all immediate plans for the site were halted following the 2008 recession. Some 17 years later, it's come a LONG way, but it's STILL not done approaching 20 years since the park first opened.
Oakland Colloseums vest feauture is that it looks pretty cool when viewed from a distance. This isn't a joke the upper deck "Home of the Athletics" makes it look grand
Pretty sure the Brewers have you sign waivers before going down that thing. It wasn’t designed for regular people, it was designed for the mascot guy to slide around
On the roof deck at Target Field, they also have a fire pit, which is pretty awesome, especially on a cool night. I've been up there a couple of times and it's pretty fun.
Comerica- The ivy? Come on dude, have you been there? They have huge Tiger statues outside 2 gates, huge Tigers on the scoreboard, and their merry-go-round has Tigers. Philadelphia- The liberty bell and it goes off for homers. You gotta go to these parks. The hard on for upper deck seating in these ballparks is perplexing.
Thank you for this video. I've been to 12 ballparks and this brought back good memories of my trips to these parks. I'll be more aware of the unique features when I attend games at the remaining ballparks on my list
I feel your pain trying to find a unique feature for Oakland Alameda. Ironically there is a feature that is unique to me alone as one time i was on call exterminating possums after hours when I happened upon Jeremy Giambi getting his butt eaten out by stomper the elephant in the bowels of the maintenance room
The Pepsi Porch at Kauffman is like a suite that is usually rented out for day games. I sat there during the 2015 season and it was good seats with like barstools and a table at the front for the food that I believe is included
The slide at the old County stadium for the Brewers was a million times better. Bernie sliding into that giant mug of beer was awesome! I wish they'd bring that back.
The best thing about the Oakland Coliseum are the exits. You know how easy it is to leave the ballpark and get to your car and go home when there's only a few thousand fans attending the game?
At oracle park I got to say I go to the games every 2-3weeks or so, but the 415 club is probably the best I mean you can talk and talk to these pitchers or trash talk the pitchers
I thought the cool feature about the Rockies would have been the rooftop in right field but I never realized how cool the batters eye was and how the pitchers got to get so close to it while warming up. Great video.
The rock pile at Angel Stadium was put in by Walt Disney Imagineering, the same division that builds Disney Parks rides, back in the day when the team was owned by the Walt Disney Company.
You have to go to Busch stadium and Ballpark Village to really get what it’s all about. I really don’t know anywhere besides maybe Chicago where they literally built at least a square mile dedicated to a baseball team. St. Louis is an awesome sports town.
I feel like Oakland Colesium at its bones, is no different then Dodgers Stadium or KC. If they just tore down the stands in center and did a ton of upgrades it could be ok.
Is the Oakland Coliseum really that bad? You know what? Don’t answer that. That aside, the thing I love about baseball is that no two diamonds are alike!!! Every field has different dimensions!!! Case in point, Fenway!!! Where else will you find a wall like the Green Monster?
The hotel cladding in Toronto looks like a soviet residential dive tower just like a lot of the buildings that line the Spadina offramp of the Gardner Expressway. The hotel cladding could be done up in the same style as the Spadina Roundhouse which is just across the street on the south side of Bremner.
When we would visit to Chicago and the Cuba were away wed hit the Cell. The outfield Right field bar/restaurant had amazing beef sandwiches! I would go through a couple of these things before heading to our seats. The only memorable thing of that ballpark for me, sadly.
Yup center field fountain is the winner for coors field. Whenever the Rockies hit a home run or win the fountains shoot up super high! Its the best stadium celebration in the MLB. Also the rooftop bar is pretty cool ive heard. And the "Rockpile" bleachers in center field are super awesome. Rockpile tickets used to cost $1 when i was a kid! Definitely our best major leauge stadium in Colorado by far!
I am a Cardinals fan go to many games. Ballpark Village is a great spot to go before or after a game. It's always very crowded with Cardinals fans, I have seen visiting fans their multiple times before games.
Best feature of the torn-down 1930s Cleveland Municipal Stadium…tons of its broken-up concrete was dumped into Lake Erie to form a beautiful artificial reef for the bass, perch, and lamprey. Very worthwhile. Very intelligent.
Fun Fact: the beauty of Angel Stadium's CF with the waterfall is one of the reasons why Torii Hunter went to play for them. He decided he should enjoy the area where he would be spending a lot of his time during games.
Super easy bucket list item: rent at City Kayak on Pier 40 SF and easy 10-minute paddle to McCovey Cove. theres dungeon grottos underneath the stadium you can paddle into. I almost caught a homer in 2015 but the famous McCovey Cove Dave beat me to it. Paddling under the Lefty O'Doul bridge is a trip too.
I’m looking forward to visiting PNC Park. For Citizen’s Bank Park - I like the double decker bullpen, Ashburn Alley, and The Yard small ball park for the kids.
LoanDepot kept the sculpture but now it’s outside the park and not inside. Also w the western metal supply company building for PetCo inside the building is the San Diego Sports HoF
For Citizens Bank Park, another choice would be the bell. It actually moves when there is a homerun hit by the Phillies. But the batter's eye is pretty good too.
And for number one this year...it has to be Currahee Park and the giant ferris wheel in center field just past the batter's eye...this park was created in MLB the show 24...and features an amusement park. So very cool and its number 1
I’ve been down the slide at American Family field and I have no idea how nobody has fallen off of it. You fly down it so fast and they had to put a ton of padding in the landing spot.
