Sports: Baseball stadiums I've visited

Dodger's Stadium (Los Angeles)
Big 60s style park in a wonderful setting with great views of the LA environs. Parking traffic control needs work! I have noticed the fans have gotten a bit more rowdy the last few years which is a troubling development.

Angel's Stadium (Anaheim)
Originally doubled as the home of the LA Rams which made the place cavernous and not very pretty. It has been redesigned as a baseball only stadium and they did a terrific job. It is a real pleasure to go there. The fans are very mellow.

Candlestick Park (San Francisco, no longer an active baseball park)
The Giants home before the move to the new stadium which I've yet to see. Anyway, the old home was also a football stadium and that diminished the aesthetics of the experience. Interestingly, I saw Orel Hershiser (former Dodger) in the twilight of his career pitch for the Giants that day.

Camden Yard (Baltimore)
The park in Baltimore that started the new "old-style" craze in stadium design. Lovely place and the first and only venue I've had to wait out a rain delay! I got rained on in Dodger's stadium once but they didn't call a rain delay.

Oakland Coliseum (Oakland)
A's home doubles as a football stadium and isn't much to write home about. As you can see I'm kind of down on dual/multi-purpose venues.

Toronto Skydome (Toronto)
The Bluejays home is an enclosed venue. If dual purpose venues just look icky, enclosed venues lack the charm of an open location. Toronto was not mathematically out of the playoffs but the season was running out on them when I saw the game so tickets were easy to get.

Fenway Park (Boston)
The home of the Red Sox is a pilgrimage destination! The small odd shaped park, the rabid fans, and the right in the neighborhood flavor make this park a must visit. I saw Derek Lowe (now Dodger) pitch there and he threw a retaliation bean ball. The hit batsman went to first and the two sides continued to jaw at each other and then a bench clearing brawl broke out! Tickets are never easy to get here! Online from the Red Sox site it was sold out. Third party brokers were selling them at two to three times face value. We decided to take a chance and show up at the box office anyway. Somehow, they still had a few right field bleacher seats. How does that work???

Hubert Humprey Metrodome (Minneapolis)
The enclosed venue of the Minnesota Twins. They will be getting a real park in the future. Midwestern fans are the nicest people around. I miss-read the time of the game and got there in the middle of the game and a guy was still trying to scalp tickets! He sold me a field box seat for $10. Friendly fans who were happy to chat with a Dodger fan because they knew I wouldn't like the Yankees!

Kaufman Stadium (Kansas City)
The home of the KC Royals has the Dodger's stadium style openness but not quiet as big. I saw future Hall of Famer Curt Shilling pitch for the Red Sox at the game I attended.

Safeco Field (Seattle)
Another one of the new "old-style" parks serves as the lovely home of the Mariners. I saw the game when Ichiro broke the single season hit record. The place was packed and totally buzzing with excitement!

Citizen's Bank Park (Philadelphia)
The new home of the Phillies is a beautiful park in that "old-style." The stadium is a tad small so home run hitters just love it! There were a few home runs that night. It was exciting as the game had divisional and wild card implications. The Phillies fell short that year of making the playoffs by just a bit.

AT&T Park (San Francisco)
Got to love the location! You see the ferry boat land and the passengers step off and go right into the stadium. The setting near the water and with the city views has got to be among the tops in the nation for a venue. Lots of food options! Go up to the ATM and stick your credit card in and voila your will call ticket comes right out. The Giants clubbed the Diamondbacks that game 13-0.

Petco Park (San Diego)
Another of the new "old style" parks. A gorgeous shrine to baseball. The park within a park for the kids is a great idea. Plenty of food service. Wide open spaces everywhere. Having compared hot dogs at SF, LA and SD recently, I have to give the top prize to the SF Dog. Its plump and tasty. The Dodger Dog is fairly average by comparison but it beats the rather smallish and tame generic hot dog sold at Petco Park. The Pods beat the Mets that night.

Stadiums yet to visit:
Comerica Park (Detroit)
Jacobs Field (Cleveland)
Rangers Ballpark (Texas)
Tropicana Field (Tampa Bay)
US Cellular Field (Chicago)
Yankee Stadium (New York)
Busch Stadium (St. Louis)
Chase Field (Arizona)
Coors Field (Colorado)
Dolphins Stadium (Florida)
Great American Ball Park (Cincinnati)
Miller Park (Milwaukee)
Minute Maid Park (Houston)
PNC Park (Pittsburgh)
RFK Stadium (Washington DC)
Shea Stadium (New York)
Turner Field (Atlanta)
Wrigley Field (Chicago)