MLB #GiveASpit Ballpark Ranking: No. 18 Seattle Mariners
Lovely city. Lovely views. Another knockoff of Camden Yards. And waiting for Seahawks season. That’s Seattle baseball.
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MLB #GiveASpit Ballpark Ranking: No. 19 Cleveland Indians
They’ll never have a parade but at least they still have a nice baseball stadium in Cleveland…
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MLB #GiveASpit Ballpark Ranking: No. 20 Milwaukee Brewers
You don’t have to be sitting in the front row to appreciate baseball in Wisconsin…
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MLB #GiveASpit Ballpark Ranking: No. 21 Arizona Diamondbacks
A bit of an airplane hangar but it’s got the best air conditioning in MLB…
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MLB #GiveASpit Ballpark Ranking: No. 22 Yankee Stadium
Why is Yankee Stadium so low on our stadium rankings? Well, because it sucks…
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MLB #GiveASpit Ballpark Ranking: No. 23 Texas Rangers
Everything is bigger in Texas. But is it better?
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MLB #GiveASpit Ballpark Ranking: No. 24 Oakland A’s
Sure, it’s a dump in Oakland. But there are some redeeming qualities…
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MLB #GiveASpit Ballpark Ranking: No. 25 Toronto Blue Jays
Welcome to Toronto – the dome that time forgot.
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MLB #GiveASpit Ballpark Ranking: No. 26 Atlanta Braves
Another Camden Yards clone, there’s nothing really wrong with Turner Field but the Atlanta Braves are dumping it anyway…
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MLB #GiveASpit Ballpark Ranking: No. 27 Washington Nationals
Sure, it’s a short drive from Baltimore to Washington for a National League but why in the world would you bother?
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MLB #GiveASpit Ballpark Ranking: No. 29 Miami
Hard to believe the louses who own the Miami (nee Florida) Marlins could not only connive their way into ever
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MLB #GiveASpit Ballpark Ranking: No. 30 Anaheim
What’s the worst MLB stadium? Nestor says No. 30 was easy: just go to Orange County and see what the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have under a broken halo…
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Ranking 30 MLB stadiums from worst to first isn’t easy
Nestor traveled to 30 MLB ballparks in 30 days this summer and is putting them in order. We’ll be counting them down from worst to first through Sept. 8 when he’ll release a three-part essay on his MLB #GiveASpit leukemia and bone marrow awareness journey.
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Sizing up The Miracle at The Murph
The legend of Hey Diddle, Diddle Ray Rice up the middle lives…
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An orange video postcard from Citi Field
Join Nestor with 53 other Baltimore Orioles fans at Citi Field in New York for a dominating effort from R.A. Dickey
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Confessions of a lifetime of hatred for Pittsburgh from a real Baltimore sports fan
It’s a big, emotional week of football in Baltimore and the reason it’s so significant is because of our civic
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So this kid wrote me a letter…
I love these kinds of letters that inspire me to blog. I’m really, really busy running the company right now
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Morning After: Undefeated Ravens now will play role of favorite in AFC
It’s hard to write these old-man “analysis” columns for the “morning newspaper” after I’ve been talking and Twittering and Facebooking
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Yankee Stadium trip: I now know what a $9 beer tastes like
The Miller Lite was ice cold. Our Gunther charter got us to The Bronx plenty early yesterday. And the “new”
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State launches new marketing initiative
In a long-overdue announcement, the State of Maryland held a press conference this morning to announce that they’re getting serious
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Miami Strategy
Watching the Colts and the Falcons get eliminated last night brings to focus the reality of today’s “do or die”
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Strange, nostalgic day to be in Dallas
It’s a crazy day to be in Dallas. They’re shutting their stadium tonight amidst a potential season-wrecker if Joe Flacco,
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If you’re heading to Dallas this weekend…
Getting lots of Ravens emails this week from folks heading to “The Big D” for this weekend’s game. My pal
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A rare matchup of cheesesteak vs. crab cake
It doesn’t happen often when the mean streets of the City of Brotherly Love and the quaint “Wire” world of
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Are they who we thought they were?
Any amateur football talking head can tell you that if you run the ball and play defense you’ll have a
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Just how good are the Ravens?
It’s not time to start printing playoff tickets just yet but if there’s any message that the Ravens sent to
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Mailbag: A postcard from Cleveland
FROM THE MAILBAG: nestor: by the way, made the trip to cleveland last weekend. found the town and 99% of
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What it must feel like in Milwaukee tonight?
I’m a little conflicted to be honest with you. I spent today downtown watching the dozens of Orioles fans who
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How will Houston Texans leave town for game at this point?
Like the rest of you, I’m watching in horror at what’s happening in Houston right now. On the football side,
Ripken discusses the value of The Streak and life after baseball on the field
When Cal Ripken was headed to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 2007, he sat down with Nestor to reflect on his life on the field and discuss the plan ahead.
