Stadium comparisons

So on a recent road trip to Milwaukee (Miller Park) and St. Louis (Busch Stadium) to watch the Twins play, I came up with an analogy of the three teams' stadiums that I particularly like. Feel free to use it.

If the Metrodome is like a 1982 sedan,


...and Busch Stadium is like a brand-new convertible (with the top permanently down, as a friend noted)...

...then Miller Park is like a 2001 Hummer with a sunroof...

If you haven't been to Busch Stadium yet, check it out. It's a pretty nice park, and the fans their are equally friendly. Of the parks I've seen (it's a small list, but slowly growing), I'd rank it second behind Petco Park in San Diego. Miller Park, on the other hand, is just OK in my book. Sure, it's an "outdoor" stadium. But even with the roof and windows both open, the rest of the park is so big and overwhelming, you never feel truly outdoors.

Seeing more outdoor baseball made me even more excited for the opening of Target Field next year. From what I saw last month, it's shaping up nicely and is over 75% completed. It's going to be a very intimate park, as there wasn't a whole lot of space to fit it in on the site. But all the amenities and attention to detail should make for one of the best parks in all of baseball.