The Baseball Stadiums of Major League Baseball: Part 1

The Baseball Stadiums of Major League Baseball: Part 1

A tour through the baseball stadiums of every Major League ball club (MLB). 

A. AL EAST
1. Oriole Park at Camden Yards- Home of the Baltimore Orioles

Oriole Park at Camden Yards is home to the Baltimore Orioles of the American League East Division within Major League Baseball (MLB). This ballpark is unique for having a brick building as part of its direct backdrop. The seating capacity of this ballpark is 45,791 and this park opened for Major League play on April 6th, 1992. Oriole Park's signature food is barbeque, specifically the BBQ located at none other than Boog's Bar-B-Que, located under the orange tent behind the centered field bleachers, this is a popular eatery for any Orioles fan or any fan visiting the ballpark.

2. Fenway Park-Home of the Boston Red Sox

Fenway Park is home to the Boston Red Sox also of the American League East Division within Major League Baseball (MLB). Opening in 1912, this is the oldest operating stadium in all of the major leagues. Interestingly, it opened on April 20th, only 5 days after the sinking of the Titanic on its way to New York. Fenway Park has a seating capacity of 36,673. This park is one of only two in Major League Baseball to, despite adding an electronic scoreboard during its last major renovation, still do score keeping by hand on the left field scoreboard where there is a score board operator who manually puts in and takes out numbers according to the action on the field.  

3. Yankee Stadium II- Home of the New York Yankees

Yankee Stadium II is home to the New York Yankees of the American League East Division. Opened in 2009 replacing the Old Yankee Stadium, this ballpark is the 2nd newest in all of major league baseball, right behind Minnesota's Target Field which opened in 2010.  (until next year when the Braves open their new stadium). Its current seating capacity is 49,642 and this ballpark is located in the heart of the Bronx borough of New York City. Some of the greatest names in sports have played here including, Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera.

4. Tropicana Field- Home of the Tampa Bay Rays

Tropicana Field is home to the newest MLB team, the Tampa Bay Rays. They play in the AL East Division. This team was created in 1998 and this stadium is the only MLB team to operate completely indoors and one of only seven teams that has a permanent or retractable roof system. The seating capacity is currently about 40,473 and this ballpark also has a catwalk located high above the fields that sometimes gets baseballs stuck in it.

5. Rogers Centre- Home of the Toronto Blue Jays

The Rogers Centre is home to the final team of the AL East, the Toronto Blue Jays. This is the only Major League Baseball team that plays their home games outside of the United States as this franchise is located in the city of Toronto, Canada. All the seats in this stadium are the color blue, as the mascot for the team is the Blue Jay. The stadium opened in 1989 and has a seating capacity of 49,282.

This is just one of six posts that will be included in this blog about all 30 MLB stadiums. Enjoy it!

Sources of Inspiration Post #1

The Good Will and Life Scene Story 

This blog post will consist of discussions of my various trips to the store, Good Will as well as ones just from my life, and the designs, color, and typography of various items I have found at this store, although not ones that I have necessarily bought. 

 

1. This is a coffee cup that I bought from a Good Will a couple of months ago. As you can see, there are a couple different font types and designs. There are also many different colors that, combined with the design and font types make this coffee cup unique. As with most things that come from Good Will, this coffee cup was probably about five or six years old when I found it, however it was still in fairly good shape. I like the design of it because all of the color combinations really make it pop out to the viewer. I also have a personal connection to what is written on this mug because of my Christian beliefs. Also, one word is written in larger print and in red, signifying its importance to the whole concept of the inspirational and biblical quote on the cup. 

2. This second item I did not find at Good Will, but rather at Barnes and Noble, a bookstore near my house with other locations throughout the United States. I really like the design of the cover of this book. The typography is visually appealing and fairly simple, and the spacing makes the title, subtitle, author, and sub authors' name, easy to read and clear. I also like the coloring of this font being a simple black color and the color blue for the cover itself. It is also cool how the lines come from the center of the top of this cover along with circles at the ends of them that makes it look like a light ascending down from heaven. 

I enjoy how both of these items signify my believe system and both have really cool designs to them as well. I enjoy just looking around for things that help show my identity and shape my life and are overall just really cool aspects in the world as well, and I can't wait to share more with you in my second sources of inspiration post coming soon!