CSN Washington’s Nationals Insider Mark Zuckerman has been covering baseball for a long time. And, thanks to the 2014 All-Star game at Target Field, he has now been to all 30 MLB stadiums. Even among baseball writers that’s rare -- many haven’t done the full circuit thanks to unbalanced schedules and interleague rotations that have kept some teams from facing others -- so it’s a pretty neat accomplishment.
This morning Mark ranks them all. You can read those rankings and his justifications here.
The parks at the top will not surprise you. I think he’s a bit hard on U.S. Cellular Field -- I kinda like it for some reason -- but for the most part his assessments of the parks I’ve been to track roughly with my own. Also, unlike a lot of writers who do this, he doesn’t focus too much on how the park is for the media as opposed to the fan. I mean, really, if I had a dime for every time someone tried to tell me a place was good or bad based on how friendly the people are in the media dining room ...
Always love these features.