I’ve mentioned before that I love organ music at the ballpark. It’s one of the reasons why Dodger Stadium ranks so high for me, actually. Lots of organ + nice weather = awesome, and it’s a sad thing for me when I walk into a ballpark and get assaulted with the rock and roll and […]

Yesterday, in light of the imminent Cubs’ sale, I called for a makeover of Wrigley Field. Today there’s some talk about it: On the table is a $250 million makeover timed to celebrate the ballpark’s 100th anniversary and update the shrine of Major League Baseball to last for another century — and possibly host the […]

At least one major media outlet does this every summer, but it’s always fun. Today it’s the Sporting News’ turn. They break up 1 (Fenway), 2 (PNC), 3 (Wrigley), 4 (Camden Yards); and 5 (AT&T) into separate pages and then lump 6-30 together. There isn’t a lot of analysis here — I think some editor […]

I never thought I’d cry while watching an Eminem video, but the waterworks started at about the 3:05 mark of his new one. Detroit natives of a certain age may get a little misty through the whole thing.

Tyler Kepner is impressed with the safety measures at Turner Field: Turner Field is the second ballpark the Yankees have seen this season with protective netting that extends beyond the norm. Every stadium has a tall screen behind the plate to protect the fans from hard-hit foul balls. Here in Atlanta, the Braves also have […]

Given the territorial rights issue, the A’s moving to San Jose stands to be a tough sell to begin with, but it’s growing even tougher: San Jose officials have decided not to seek voter approval of a new A’s baseball stadium in November, after the team’s co-owner said he’d rather wait for baseball officials to […]

Earlier this week I wrote about all of the problems with Tropicana Field. Lar from Wezen-Ball picked up the idea and ran with it. Lar’s thing is to go back and read the contemporaneous accounts of events we only now find to be interesting. It’s a really good thing, and it’s put to use wonderfully […]

This morning I linked Ozzie Guillen’s colorful take on Wrigley Field. Last week Deadspin did its Deadspiny thing with the place. Of course, neither Ozzie nor Deadspin can be said to represent mainstream sentiment (the latter hates everything; the former lives for chaos), so this morning Stu Courtney of the Sun-Times takes up the subject. […]

Earlier in the week the Astros blamed Aramark for their no-outside-food policy. They may not have Aramark to kick around for much longer: The company that sells alcoholic beverages at Minute Maid Park could lose one of its state licenses at the stadium because of an incident last summer in which an allegedly drunken driver […]

Jeff looks at the first five rounds of the draft and finds the players whose numbers benefited or suffered most from context.