Best: Wrigley Field. This is the only ballpark that gets two top features because they are synonymous with Wrigley. They also went in the same year (1937). The hand operated scoreboard and the ivy. #Cubs Worst: Wrigley Field. Tempted to go with the lights. How great would it be if the Cubs still played all day games and forced MLB to play half the World Series under the sun in 2016? So, it’s the bullpen(s) that where buried under the bleachers. Never mind, it’s the lights.

The best (and worst) feature of every ballpark (thread).

Going west to east. In progress until complete. Best: Dodger Stadium's seating color scheme was designed to mimic the beach and ocean. #Dodgers

The original Bernie’s Chalet at Milwaukee County Stadium. #Brewers

h/t @mikeobs Bernie’s Chalet from Milwaukee County Stadium still exists, it was purchased by Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee after the #Brewers moved to Miller Park and has sat inside their facility ever since.

Image via: @lakefront

Here’s some of the new types of advertising you can expect to see this year. Wrigley has cars.

h/t @SDeTolve

The new bullpens beyond center field at Oracle Park. Up until this year they had been in-play along the base lines. #SFGiants

Image via @NBCSGiants

h/t @mvcrowell Center field was brought in and Triples Alley was reduced to make room for the new bullpens at Oracle Park. Dimensions before and after. 👇

Graphic credit: Andrew Clem

@SlovikR @Orioles @SmithJanetmarie Will take a couple tweets to even give you the short answer so bear with me @SlovikR @Orioles @SmithJanetmarie In 1989 the only ballpark with a brick backstop was Wrigley Field. Your classic parks (built 1909-1923; Shibe, Ebbets, Forbes etc) were squeezed into a city block resulted in a city block resulting in quirky dimensions and wall heights. Were built with detailed brick exteriors..

Ballparks of Japan thread:

Nippon Professional Baseball (founded: 1950). Previously, Japanese Baseball League (first season: 1937).

-12 teams.
-2 divisions of six: Central and Pacific. Nagoya Dome, home of the Chunichi Dragons of the Central League.

Location: Nagoya
Opened: 1997
Capacity: 40,500
Surface: Turf

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Example of a Geodesic dome.

KBO (Korea Baseball Organization) ballpark thread:

Starting with:

Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium,home of the Hanwha Eagles.

Location: Daejeon
Opened:1964
Capacity: 13,000

323 400 328 Gwangju-Kia Champions Field, home of the Kia Tigers.

Location: Gwanghu
Opened: 2014
Capacity: 25,000

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Oakland Athletics ballpark concept thread.

Starting with the current one located at Howard Terminal in Oakland. #Athletics Same concept as first one except earlier version.

Did an exercise yesterday on the butterfly affect that would have happened if the Brooklyn Dodgers got the stadium they wanted in Brooklyn and stayed. Want to do it again with your input (as it got muddy at the end). We’ll start with three almost certainties.

1. 1959, The New York Giants move to Minneapolis- St. Paul and become the Minnesota Giants (Their AAA team was there and owners had already studied Metropolitan Stadium for @MLB).