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5/1/08
SI's Fan Survey Of The Best MLB Ballparks
Apparently The Best Fan Experience In MLB Is At Progressive Field, Shockingly According To Indians Fans
Sports Illustrated has what I would describe as admittedly not the best survey up today. It's about which ballpark provides the best all around MLB experience for fans. There's only one small problem, the voting for the survey was left to the fans of the teams themselves - and they could only vote on their own team.

That should work out well, because we all know how objective sports fans are, particularly about their own team. I don't see how this could go wrong at all.

There were 10 categories: affordability, food, team quality, tradition, atmosphere, fan IQ (thanks for the plug SI), hospitality, promotions, traffic, and neighborhood. And they weren't weighted, which needless to say made the rankings interesting.

The Cleveland Indians were #1, which is sort of OK I guess. My only issue is they were listed as 9th in terms of fan IQ and yet at the top of this article is the picture SI used of them. Yes, they're in red face, which is, you know, basically identical to going to a game in black face.

As for the overall list, there are some real head-scratchers here.

The Pittsburgh Pirates ballpark experience was ranked #3 - so apparently team quality is totally ignored. Meanwhile, the Yankees were ranked #20 and the Red Sox were ranked #21.

Less surprising was that the Marlins and Nationals rounded out the bottom of fan experience. Since the survey was done in March, the Nats didn't have the advantage of having been in their new stadium yet.

Anyway, have a peek at the list yourself, and go to town in the comments.

[SI's MLB Ballpark Ratings By Fans]
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5/1/08
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PNC Park in Pittsburgh is the absolute best stadium to watch minor league talent.

5/1/08
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PNC Park in Pittsburgh is the absolute best stadium to watch minor league talent.

5/1/08
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I don't understand this. They talk about how the Diamondbacks have the lowest average ticket prices, yet they are ranked 22nd in affordability.

They got the FanIQ right though for Diamondbacks fans. 29th might actually have been generous, there are some real morons there. Those idiots are the ones who actually think the ballpark is expensive. $1 seats are available every game, and once those are sold out, you can get a solid seat for $5. I miss that.

5/1/08
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Go Tribe...


5/1/08
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Um, The Tribe plays at Progressive Field

5/1/08
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derms33 wrote:
Um, The Tribe plays at Progressive Field
Thanks, changed. Although I used to call Candlestick "Candlestick" for years after they changed it. I hate these new names.

5/1/08
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perhaps the inabilty to actually afford tickets at Fenway or Yankee stadium may hinder their ranking?  The Pirates actually had a 30 for team quality - just everything else helped pull the ranking up.

5/1/08
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I've been to Jacobs Field and it was great!

5/1/08
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And... I hated Tropicana Field, Turner Field was OK, Great American Ballpark isn't great, the old Busch I did not like.


5/2/08
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They all serve beer...they are all ok in my book

 
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