Today we're looking at the top ten major league ballparks that dovetail with the cities they represent and reflect the values of urbanism. As usual, this isn't just a top ten list -- it's about the journey to get there! To evaluate stadia, your intrepid host:
- Reviews the history of baseball as the iconic sport of the United States, its origins as a city game, and how the national pastime came of age in the pre-automobile era, which had massive influence on how ballparks were designed and located
- Attempts to define "urbanism," a term that's taken on a particular meaning in the last decade or so, but which has a bit of a slippery definition -- and then uses a proposed definition as the basis for this top ten list's criteria.
This video was released on MLB Opening Day 2022, AKA the last day you feel optimistic about your team's prospects if you're any kind of actual baseball fan. Cheers!
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- Top NFL Stadium Transit Connections: [ Ссылка ]
- Top NBA/NHL Arenas That Fit Their Cities: [ Ссылка ]
- The 10 Most Ginormous Freeway Interchanges in the US: [ Ссылка ]
- The 10 Best Freeway Lids in the US: [ Ссылка ]
Image Credits:
- Tiger Stadium Image by 1848983 from Pixabay
- USA Map Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay
- Yale Football Team 1879 By Unknown author - Here, Public Domain, [ Ссылка ]
- 1874 Harvard-McGill game By Unknown author - McGill Athletics, Public Domain, [ Ссылка ]
- 1902 Minnesota-Michigan game By Benham and Allen - Scanned from the original picture, Public Domain, [ Ссылка ]
- Sportsman's Park, St. Louis By Chicago Daily News - The Library of Congress-American Memory SDN-005703, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum., Public Domain, [ Ссылка ]
- Crosley Field, Cincinnati By Rob Lambert - Crosley Field, CC BY-SA 2.0, [ Ссылка ]
- Forbes Field, Pittsburgh By Marc Rochkind - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, [ Ссылка ]
- Shibe Park, Philadelphia By Bain News Service, publisher - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ggbain-17517 (digital file from original negative), Public Domain, [ Ссылка ]
- Riverfront Stadium, CIncinnati By Flickr user Brent NAshville - [ Ссылка ]., CC BY 2.0, [ Ссылка ]
- Kingdome, Seattle By [ Ссылка ] - Seattle Municipal Archives, CC BY 2.0, [ Ссылка ]
- Three Rivers Stadium By Escapedtowisconsin - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, [ Ссылка ]
- Camden Yards Image by David Mark from Pixabay
- Memorial Stadium, Baltimore By Joel Dinda from Mulliken, Michigan - Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, CC BY 2.0, [ Ссылка ]
- Suburban sprawl By David Shankbone - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, [ Ссылка ]
- Ebbets Field By transwiki detailsFrom en.wikipedia; description page is (was) here, Public Domain, [ Ссылка ]
- Ebbets Field postcard available at [ Ссылка ] License: [ Ссылка ]
- Polo Grounds By Associated Press - AP Photo from 1921. The AP Photo sales page is at [1]. Direct source of this file: [2], Public Domain, [ Ссылка ]
- Fenway Park Green Monster By Aidan Siegel - From en.wikipedia; description page is (was) here, CC BY-SA 3.0, [ Ссылка ]
- Fenway Park (thumbnail) Image by Gregory Sabin from Pixabay
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