Best BallPark 16-park bracket

[Mike A. S.]

Here are the 16 parks that made the bracket and the matchups:
#1 Oriole Park at Camden Yards vs #16 Nationals Park (All-Maryland matchup)
#2 Kauffman Stadium vs #15 Wrigley Field (A Matchup of really old parks)
#3 AT&T Park vs #14 Minute Maid Park (The millenium's first ballparks battle)
#4 PNC Park vs #13 Busch Stadium (NL Central battle)
#5 Fenway Park vs #12 Target Field (The oldest vs one of the newest)
#6 Coors Field vs #11 Comerica Park (A battle of retro classics)
#7 Miller Park vs #10 Safeco Field (Battle of retractable roofs)
#8 Petco Park vs #9 Dodger Stadium (NL West battle)

 

[Mike A. S.]

@MilkSpiller22 We need your votes!

 

[Voltaire26]

#6 Coors Field vs #11 Comerica Park (A battle of retro classics)

Tough battle ... Comerica is down 6-4 ... we need some support!!!

 

[calsnowskier]

#6 Coors Field vs #11 Comerica Park (A battle of retro classics)

Tough battle ... Comerica is down 6-4 ... we need some support!!!

If the vote was about how the park plays (taking Denver conditions into account), I think it would be a no-brainer. But Coors itself is a very nice park.

 

[calsnowskier]

And who is voting Busch over PNC or Minutemaide over AT&T?

Really? Homerism in THIS poll? Why?

 

[Mike A. S.]

Time is almost up for this round! Everyone hurry up and vote before the round two matchups are set, a.k.a. "The Elite Eight"!

 

[Clayton]

And who is voting Busch over PNC or Minutemaide over AT&T?

Really? Homerism in THIS poll? Why?

I haven't voted but voting best ballpark is like 90% homerism and 10% deciding if nostalgia, view or metrics are more important.

 

[Cedrique]

I haven't voted but voting best ballpark is like 90% homerism and 10% deciding if nostalgia, view or metrics are more important.

The biggest flaw in this exercise is that most of us aren't fortunate enough to have been to all these ballparks so it is hard to vote on anything but homerism or nostalgia.

 

[calsnowskier]

I am voting by aesthetics, with a bit of nostalgia.

Wriggly and Fenway get bonus points because of their age and the history. They are also nice looking, even if they have a lot if design flaws due to their age. I also give bonus points to Camden since it was the first if the new style of park.

I have only been to 4 current parks, but I still watch enough baseball to at least have an idea which are the best parks.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

I've been to a shitload of parks. The Jake got the shaft in this voting.

 

[Mike A. S.]

I've been to a shitload of parks. The Jake got the shaft in this voting.

I've been to 18. The Jake is a really nice park, but still on the lower end of the 18 I've been to.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

I've been to 18. The Jake is a really nice park, but still on the lower end of the 18 I've been to.

No it's not.

Also, when did you go?

Where do you rank Comerica in those 18?

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

The biggest flaw in this exercise is that most of us aren't fortunate enough to have been to all these ballparks so it is hard to vote on anything but homerism or nostalgia.

Yep.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

And who is voting Busch over PNC or Minutemaide over AT&T?

Really? Homerism in THIS poll? Why?

For reals. AT&T is my favorite.

 

[Mike A. S.]

No it's not.

Also, when did you go?

Where do you rank Comerica in those 18?

I went about a month ago actually. And I liked it! But personally I rank The Jake about 12th-14th range and I'd say Comerica was about 9th-11th ish. There's so many that are so close that they could easily change several spots.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

I went about a month ago actually. And I liked it! But personally I rank The Jake about 12th-14th range and I'd say Comerica was about 9th-11th ish. There's so many that are so close that they could easily change several spots.

Nice! Then you saw all the upgrades that I was going to tell you about.

I see your point about a lot being jumbled up. I like Jake better than Comerica, though, but I don't blame you for seeing it the other way.

What's your favorite so far?

 

[Mike A. S.]

It's something simple, but I loved the Progressive Field sign in the front! haha. Hmm, so far my top couple favorites (not necessarily in this order) are Kauffman Stadium, PNC Park, Target Field & Miller Park. One that no one talks about that I really like is Citizens Bank Park...it's very underrated.