Today's game at Angels Stadium (
photos) brings my list of ballparks to four: Dodger Stadium, Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium, and Angel Stadium. Can you believe that I visited all four parks within the past month?
I must admit that of these four ballparks, Angel Stadium was certainly the best overall experience. The renovations make it difficult to remember that the park was built during the 1960's era of ugly urban stadiums (see:
Shea Stadium). Angel Stadium seemed significantly smaller than the others I have visited (I'm told it seats about 45,000), and the uppermost section where we sat (literally the highest row) offered a vantage point roughly equal to the Reserve section at Dodger Stadium. The seats were comfortable, the corridors well-lit and clean-smelling. A good all-around baseball experience. Kudos!
If I had to make a list of the stadiums in descending order of desirability it would be as follows:
1. Angel Stadium
2. Dodger Stadium
3. Yankee Stadium
4. Shea Stadium
Of course, paint does not a ballpark make and Yankee Stadium will always hold a special place in my heart while Dodger Stadium will always be home. Angel Stadium is a nice place to visit and Shea deserves its fate.
posted at 11:39