Baseball Fans: Which stadium should I visit?

[Buck]

I will be flying back east at the end of July and I will be in a close enough vicinity to attend any of these games. Which would you choose if you were me?

Phillies @ Nationals
Angels @ Orioles
Mets @ Phillies
D'backs @ Mets
Blue Jays @ Yankees

I figure that the Phillies or Yankees tickets will be hard to come by, and expensive. My #1 choice is Phillies @ Nats if I can see Strasburg pitch. Also, Washington DC is the closest destination.

I'd like to hear from you if you've been to any of the ballparks that these teams play in and hear your input.

Thanks

[CoMoChief]

IF Strasburg is pitching I'd go to the Nats game.

[2112]

Originally Posted by RJ

Lots to do around Camden Yards before and after the game if you can stomach watching the Orioles for 9 innings.

What will be bringing you to Ocean City? I have a lot of fond memories of that place. Boardwalk fries sound mighty good right now.

The inner harbor in Baltimore is A LOT of fun. I only go when the Yankees play there

[VAChief]

Baltimore or DC. Been to Citizen's Park as well, a nice park, but it is right next to the football stadium away from the city. Depends on what kind of atmosphere you want I suppose. Never been to Yankee stadium or Citi, if you were closer that would be worth a look too.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Buck

I'll be in Ocean City, MD. Its about a 4.5 hour drive to New York, which is the furthest away out of all these.

Washington DC would be about 3 hours.

Seems like there should be a lot better things to do there than drive several hours to watch baseball.

[DJay23]

Originally Posted by Mojo Jojo

Baltimore or Washington.

Baltimore the first of the old school stadiums, lots to do at inner harbor before and .
after the game

Washington great ballpark, and it is cool to be able to see the Capitol, Washington Monument and the Navy Yard from the stadium.

I have to echo this. I've been to both Camden and Citizens Bank Park multiple times. Citizens Bank has a little mall of food and merchandise shops beyond the bullpens in right field but unless you have kids, there's really nothing else to do. The stadia in Philly are pretty isolated as far as fun things to do outside of the games you're attending.

As for Camden, the Inner Harbor is within reasonable walking distance of the ballpark. Eat at Phillips Sea House, especially if you like crab cakes. There's also the National Aquarium, a few ships that you can tour through and all of your typical touristy restaurant fare. There's a shopping mall there too if that's your liking. If you have time, walk over to Fell's Point. It's a cool neighborhood with some nice restaurants. Camden is a cool place and Philly can be too, but your best bet is for Baltimore.

[Stewie]

Camden Yards would be my pick.

[DTLB58]

My son has given some input to this site (including Arrowhead).

Stadiumjourney.com

[SDChiefs]

Yankee Stadium would be my pick.

[L.A. Chieffan]

chavez ravine. the most beautiful park in the country

[Sfeihc]

Buck, I know this doesn't fall into your plans but my two faves are PNC Park in Pittsburgh and whatever the Giants Stadium is called( AT&T Park when I was there) in SF.

Ever been to Petco in SD? It looks very nice on TV.

[Buck]

Originally Posted by frazod

Seems like there should be a lot better things to do there than drive several hours to watch baseball.

I'll be there for 11 days so taking 1 day to visit a new stadium is a must for me. My goal is to eventually visit every stadium NFL and MLB.

Originally Posted by Sfeihc

Buck, I know this doesn't fall into your plans but my two faves are PNC Park in Pittsburgh and whatever the Giants Stadium is called( AT&T Park when I was there) in SF.

Ever been to Petco in SD? It looks very nice on TV.

I've been to Petco and AT&T. I considered PNC this time but it's too far away.

[Buck]

Originally Posted by RJ

Lots to do around Camden Yards before and after the game if you can stomach watching the Orioles for 9 innings.

What will be bringing you to Ocean City? I have a lot of fond memories of that place. Boardwalk fries sound mighty good right now.

I have family that lives there. I love the board walk. It's amazing.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Buck

I'll be there for 11 days so taking 1 day to visit a new stadium is a must for me. My goal is to eventually visit every stadium NFL and MLB.

One my main interests is history, and there's so much to see in that area. The first place I'd hit is one of the Civil War battlefields in the area, especially if a reenactment's being staged. Or maybe go to Baltimore and see the Constellation or Fort McHenry (and get some kick ass crabcakes). But that's just me.

I was stationed in Norfolk for three years and kick myself now for not seeing more of the surrounding area when I had the chance.

[SCTrojan]

If it were my choice, and I could only do one, I'd go to Camden Yards. Closer to you and a much better park, imo.

I do like Nats stadium as well, so if you can and want to do both, it's well within reason to get there. You can catch the metro somewhere north of the city in Maryland and get off at Navy yard.

[Buck]

Originally Posted by frazod

One my main interests is history, and there's so much to see in that area. The first place I'd hit is one of the Civil War battlefields in the area, especially if a reenactment's being staged. Or maybe go to Baltimore and see the Constellation or Fort McHenry (and get some kick ass crabcakes). But that's just me.

I was stationed in Norfolk for three years and kick myself now for not seeing more of the surrounding area when I had the chance.

Yeah I'll be doing some of tht too. I've been to DC a few times and one time was when my grandpa was awarded the MoH. We got a free tour of the city so I've seen a lot already.