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Ballpark Rankings – Rating Half of MLB’s Ballparks

Ballpark Rankings – Rating Half of MLB’s Ballparks

Because of my tireless efforts in improving the baseball experience for fans, I frequently get asked what my favorite ballpark...
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Joe Mock and 203 Ballparks

Joe Mock and 203 Ballparks

Fans whose yearly vacations revolve around a baseball road trip probably know the name Joe Mock. If they don’t, they...
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Hotwire: Save A Chunk On Hotels + More

Hotwire: Save A Chunk On Hotels + More

I first discovered Hotwire when booking hotel rooms on a ballpark trip way back in 2003, and I have been...
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Save Money On Ballpark Souvenirs: Three Tips

Save Money On Ballpark Souvenirs: Three Tips

I deliberately haven’t put information on how to save money on souvenirs in Ballpark E-Guides. I may mention what ballparks...
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Gluten-Free At The Ballpark: Some Tips

Gluten-Free At The Ballpark: Some Tips

If you are the proud possessor of a gluten allergy, you might think it’s next to impossible to eat gluten-free...
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Healthy Food At The Ballpark: Some Tips

Healthy Food At The Ballpark: Some Tips

Finding healthy food at the ballpark isn’t easy. The multitudes of food offerings at ballparks, often celebrating local flavor, are...
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Baseball’s Biggest Loss Of 2014

Baseball’s Biggest Loss Of 2014

Few things were funnier than my father’s occasional profanity-laden philosophy. Before baseball's last collective bargaining agreement, I asked him if...
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Baseball Tickets On Craigslist – Are They Legit?

Baseball Tickets On Craigslist – Are They Legit?

People often come up to me and matter-of-factly ask, "Kurt, I've been thinking of buying baseball tickets on Craigslist. But...
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5 Nationals Park Tips For Newbies

5 Nationals Park Tips For Newbies

If you’re visiting the ballpark in our nation’s capital for the first time, or if you’re coming from out of...
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Nationals Park Seating: Two Helpful Tips

Nationals Park Seating: Two Helpful Tips

The Nationals Park seating chart features a wide range of seating and a wide range of pricing. Here are a...
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Get To Nationals Park: Avoid Parking Fees

Get To Nationals Park: Avoid Parking Fees

There are plenty of generally easy ways to get to Nationals Park; you can drive and park of course, but...
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What Happened To The Montreal Expos?

What Happened To The Montreal Expos?

This post has moved!!   Sorry for the inconvenience, but I'm in the process of moving the content on this...
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Visiting Rogers Centre – 5 Tips For Newbies

Visiting Rogers Centre – 5 Tips For Newbies

If you’re visiting Rogers Centre in Toronto for the first time, there are a few tips you definitely need to...
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Best Way To Get To Rogers Centre: GO Transit

Best Way To Get To Rogers Centre: GO Transit

Toronto being the metropolis that it is, there are many answers to the question of the best way to get...
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Rogers Centre Food: 3 Things To Try

Rogers Centre Food: 3 Things To Try

The Rogers Centre food situation has been improving, and today the Jays' home features a fairly impressive menu, even if...
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Can You Bring Food Into Rogers Centre?

Can You Bring Food Into Rogers Centre?

There's no shortage of a selection of food at Rogers Centre, but as in any ballpark, it's expensive. Fortunately, if...
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3 Tips For Visiting Canada To See Baseball

3 Tips For Visiting Canada To See Baseball

A quick glance at a road atlas reveals that unlike any other MLB city, Toronto isn't in the United States....
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When It Was SkyDome

When It Was SkyDome

The Blue Jays of 1993, who played in what was then called the SkyDome, and the Blue Jays of 2014...
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5 Tropicana Field Tips For Newbies | Tampa Bay Rays

5 Tropicana Field Tips For Newbies | Tampa Bay Rays

If you’re going to a Tampa Bay Rays for the first time, there are a few things you should probably...
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Tropicana Field Seating Tip

Here is my best Tropicana Field seating tip: Don’t pay more than you have to. OK, let me start this...
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The Tropicana Field Party Deck

The Tropicana Field Party Deck

Tropicana Field doesn’t have a lot of retro classic ballpark feel going for it, which is what makes the Tropicana...
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Tropicana Field Food – 3 Things to Try

Tropicana Field Food – 3 Things to Try

Like most ballparks, the Tropicana Field food menu is varied and goes well beyond hot dogs and popcorn, but the...
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3 More Tropicana Field Tips For Fans

Hopefully elsewhere on this site I've helped you with a few Tropicana Field tips. Worth the trip just to learn...
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Some Props For Tropicana Field

Tropicana Field doesn't often get near the top of most fans' lists of favorite ballparks. Indoor baseball, which was a...
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5 PNC Park Tips For Newbies

5 PNC Park Tips For Newbies

If you’re visiting PNC Park for the first time, there are, as with every ballpark, some things you need to...
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3 Cheap and Smart PNC Park Parking Spots | Pittsburgh Pirates

3 Cheap and Smart PNC Park Parking Spots | Pittsburgh Pirates

When you're headed to a Pirates game and are searching for PNC Park parking, you have an abundance of choices,...
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Best Ballpark In Baseball – PNC Park?

Best Ballpark In Baseball – PNC Park?

Calling PNC Park in Pittsburgh the best ballpark in baseball doesn't offend too many people. At the gorgeous home of...
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3 Odd Games At PNC Park

I’ve seen three games at PNC Park, and I’ve seen unusual things at all three of them. I first visited...
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Philly Fans and Santa Claus

Philly Fans and Santa Claus

No one will get an argument from me that Philly sports fans can be tough, but the record should be...
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The Best Mascot in Sports – The Phillie Phanatic

The Best Mascot in Sports – The Phillie Phanatic

No one in the Philly area would even argue who is the best mascot in sports. The Phillie Phanatic tops...
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A Young Man’s First Phillies Game

Every baseball fan remembers his first ballgame. Except this one. I don't remember how old I was; probably five or...
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Visiting Yankee Stadium – 5 Tips For Newbies

Visiting Yankee Stadium – 5 Tips For Newbies

If you’re visiting Yankee Stadium for the first time, there are, of course, a few things you should know…about getting...
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Citi Field Dimensions – Modern Baseball

Citi Field Dimensions – Modern Baseball

In recent years, the Mets changed the Citi Field dimensions, moving the fences in a few feet in response to...
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Visiting Comerica Park – 5 Tips For Newbies

Visiting Comerica Park – 5 Tips For Newbies

If you’re a newbie visiting Comerica Park in Detroit for the first time, there are a few things you should...
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Comerica Park Seating – 3 Suggestions

The Comerica Park seating chart includes everything from the suites to the rolling Tiger Den seats to the New Amsterdam...
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Get To Comerica Park – 3 Tigers Shuttles

Get To Comerica Park – 3 Tigers Shuttles

Most people use their car to get to Comerica Park. There is a decent amount of parking (I cover three...
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What To Eat At Comerica Park

What To Eat At Comerica Park

When it comes to what to eat at Comerica Park, there isn't a go-to food item that draws lines long...
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Comerica Park Food – Three Things To Try

Comerica Park Food – Three Things To Try

The Tigers have been stepping up and improving the Comerica Park food menu, not just with restaurants but with more...
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“The Final Season” Book Review

I love Comerica Park, but I’ve always had to tell people that with a qualifier: “But I never got to...
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Bertman’s Ballpark Mustard – The Real Deal

Bertman’s Ballpark Mustard – The Real Deal

Even if you’re getting a loaded dog, you can’t pass up on Bertman’s ballpark mustard. Somehow many people, myself included,...
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Best Ballpark of 2016 – Progressive Field

Best Ballpark of 2016 – Progressive Field

Progressive Field may not be the best ballpark in MLB, but it was the best of 2016 in terms of...
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The Greatest Indian – Bob Feller

A few years ago, I was approached by a gentleman named Peter Fertig, author of a children’s baseball book called...
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