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Ballpark Series

Call it the first all modern era ballpark World Series.

OK, so ballparks don’t face each other, but the ones in this World Series mark the first time two stadiums built since Baltimore’s ground-breaking Camden Yards are featured in the Fall Classic.


Fifteen new ballparks have been built since Camden Yards, which opened in 1992, kicked off the nostalgia-ballpark building boom and changed the way baseball teams viewed and designed their homes. With the exception of the Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates, the 10 other teams with post-Camden Yards stadiums have hosted some postseason games. Even the Orioles hosted playoff games at Camden Yards way back in 1996 and 1997.



The new Busch Stadium didn’t have to wait long to host the World Series – the St. Louis Cardinals’ new home opened in April. The series shifts there on Tuesday. The Tigers’ Comerica Park opened in 2000.

And speaking of this World Series, did you notice that ad for Papa John’s? That might not qualify as ambush marketing, but Detroit Tigers owner Mike Ilitch owns Little Caesars.



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SARAH TALALAY
After a decade as a news reporter in New Jersey, Southern California, Chicago and South Broward, Talalay decided to trade in covering meetings about city government and schools for meetings about sports deals and stadium finance...

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