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I think it's absolutely brilliant that SI had the fans in Washington rank a ballpark that hadn't played a single game yet.

17th!? SEVENTEENTH!?
You have GOT to be kidding me. What mouth-breather picks Enron Field over Mays Field? I'm going to go throw up now.

The Chase Field data showing it the cheapest are misleading. It costs $215 to sit behind home plate, and $60 to sit along the baselines. For $5 you can sit in the outfield nose bleed seats, and do your part to lower the total average even though you cannot get a decdent seat for under $60.

Gaslamp in San Diego over Wrigleville?!?!?!?
Puhhhhlease.

I lived in both. San Diego is a 3rd rate city and Petco is OVERATED.

Being a die hard BoSox fan, I hate to say it but, I couldn't agree more with the rankings. The affordability is right on. The food and beverages are overpriced and the selection is pathetic. As a result of these, I have not gone to Sox game in three years. I prefer my munchies, the dogs I can make on my own grill and six pack of beer equivalent to the price of one at Fenway, watching the game in front of my own TV and still rooting for the best team in baseball.

Sean "Empty Pockets" from Auburn, MA

Yankee stadium second to Fenway? Dimaggio's hit streak, all of those WS games, Ruth's called shot? Gehring's farewell? The football games? Larsen's perfect WS game? Boxing matches? The Pope? Come on, how did this happen?

They should burn Fenway to the ground, history only gets you so far. They desperately need a new Fenway, stop with the lip stick on the pig.

As an avid fan of the Red Sox I love going to the fens. I try to get there @ leat 1/year. I can understand the ranking there are how many ballparks that are more modern. But, there is something to be said for tradition and being the oldest ball park, we've been around for that long and we are here to stay. Traffic may be hard but who really drives, most of us take the T and it's easy. We can complain about players and our park but if we want all this we have to pay, which means ticket prices are expensive. In the end, we are all still going to go the games no matter what. But, of course I would love to see lower prices.

Strange to use rankings for RFK and not Nationals Park....pointless, isn't it? You wouldn't known unless you clicked on the logo and went deeper into the rankings.

I don't understand how Yankee stadium was number 2 in tradition. The red sox only got voted number 1 because everyone jumped on the band wagon in the last 4 years. Learn about baseball history people, this is a no brainer. Other than that, everything else is spot on.

overall Camden Yards is owed everything by baseball. It saved the game and changed sports. It is the modern measure of all stadiums to follow and should be understood as such. I have no problem with the rankings but you need a column for 'importance'. Camden Yards would get numbers 1,2 &3 for that.

You are welcome, baseball.

Any ranking of ballparks that does not include Camden Yards in the top 5 is meaningless. I've been to around fifteen MLB ballparks in my life, including two that have since been detonated, and Camden Yards has always stood out as being exactly what a ballpark should be. It's not the stadium's fault that the owner refuses to put a good team on the field.

Do people really call these parks by their corporate names? What an insult. "Progressive Field"? What a joke. It's The Jake.

I find it iteresting that Boston was so low. I am a Military transplant from Boston to KC. What I find interesting is that Boston fans don't go to Fenway for the Show, but to watch baseball. That to me is more important than promotions, fireworks, and other gimmicks. Go to Broadway for the theatre folks.

Are you kidding me? Has anyone been to a game at Miller Park in Milwaukee? There is no neighborhood, the roof leaks, there is no tradition. People didn't start going to games there until a couple years ago when the Brewers started to win a few games. Even now, you can still get tickets to week day games without any trouble. I'll admit the foot is excellent. Other than that it's one of the worst baseball experiences in all of baseball. There are better minor league parks in Wisconsin.

Fenway, ranked low for "Atmosphere"? Obviously this article had Yankee influence....like everything else in MLB.

citizens bank park should be number one. its the gold standard for how a ballpark should be built

Can't agree more with Mr. Jones. Yankee Stadium is a shrine for baseball. You can't choose a park based on so-called Red Sox fans wearing their new, shiny caps.

Fenway has a tradition of LOSING that's #1.

So the Detroit Tigers are Ranked # 1 in all of MLB for 'Team Quality', huh? The same Detroit Tigers team that is 3 games under .500 and in last place in their division? I'll need some clarification on this I guess....