May 30, 2011

Rating the Parks

Via The Book Blog, Nate Silver compiles a rating of all 30 MLB parks. I find the most interesting one Dodger Stadium. It ranks low, but has the widest variety of opinion:

In the chart you see above, I’ve also listed the standard deviation for each ballpark — the higher this number is, the more disagreement there is among fans as to the overall experience. While Dodger Stadium, for example, receives plenty of high grades, other fans abhor it for the traffic problems it creates (not that this is so easy to avoid in Los Angeles) or for its increasingly rowdy fans (in what reflects a sea change from the park’s staid atmosphere during previous generations).

The rowdy fan problem can be fixed, and if so, the park should jump in the ratings.

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