Baseball season isn’t just about the game, it’s about the experience. And the ballpark is a huge part of that. We put together fun facts about the top 10 MLB ballparks to improve your experience:

1. Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Dodgers

Other than being a beautiful ballpark, Dodger Stadium has showed up in Star Trek, The Fast and Furious, Transformers, and Fantastic Four.

2. Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox

The oldest MLB ballpark in history. Not too shabby for being 104 years old.

3. Chase Field, Arizona Diamondbacks

This ballpark has a swimming pool that fits 35 people located 415 feet from home plate behind the right-center outfield fence.

4. AT&T Park and McCovey Cove, San Francisco Giants

Only Barry Bonds could make McCovey Cove an attraction unto itself, hitting home runs out of the park to fans clustered in boats and rafts in the bay. These days there’s a bit more room out on the water, but that doesn’t stop the occasional left-handed slugger from drilling home runs into the open water.

5. Petco Park, San Diego Padres

Some of the stadium seats have computer technology so the fans can look up stats, browse the web, and order food – all without moving from his or her seat.

6. Crosley Field, Cincinnati Reds

The original idea for the hill in Houston’s ballpark is said to have been inspired by the Crosley Terrace at the now demolished Croslery Field in Cincinnati. All across the outfield was a long 15-degree grass terrace. It served as temporary seating for fans, but mostly it just frustrated visiting outfielders. Crosely Terrace lives on in memorandum at Cincinnati’s Great American Ballpark as a fan attraction decorated with iconic statues and imagery of the famous old field.

7. Miller Park, Milwaukee Brewers

After every HR and victory, the mascot, Bernie Brewer, makes a splash into “Kalahari Splash Zone” sending splashes of water into the air.

8. AT&T Park, San Francisco Giants

AT&T Park understands how high the cost of living is, so they offer fans a free admission section.

9. Camden Yards, Baltimore Orioles

Designed by the public submissions, the visitors’ bullpen is tiered above the home bullpen.

10. Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs

One of the most iconic images in baseball is the ivy covered walls at Wrigley Field. The brick walls were added to Wrigley Field in 1937 when the outfield bleachers were built. The ivy was added by Bill Veeck, not as a safety feature, but in an effort to beautify the new bleachers. We can only hope that at least the ivy helps soften the blow of running into the brick wall. At the very least it’s an attractive feature, even if balls routinely get stuck in it.

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