I was asked by USA TODAY Sports to participate in a project to rank the 30 ballparks in Major League Baseball. I was one of eight panelists who provided a ranking from 1 to 30. Those responses were tabulated and a final ranking was released on USATODAY.com. This article was picked up by a number of publications around country, usually to report on how their local ballpark fared.
Before providing my own ranking, I decided to take a fresh look at how I felt about each of the 30. For instance, massive renovations on Rogers Centre caused me to move it up. The announcement that the Royals are looking to move to a brand new park in downtown KC (meaning Kauffman Stadium is no longer receiving improvements) prompted me to move it down.
If you look at the USA TODAY post, there is a blurb about each of the 30 parks. I wrote all of those. I’ve included those blurbs in my updated rankings here on BaseballParks.com, as well as how the overall panel ranked the park. I think you’ll find it interesting reading.
By the way, the park in this photo was not only my #1, but it was voted #1 by the overall panel.
So … check out my updated rankings!