Ballpark and Team relationships

While traveling around, I know that most older ballparks have a feature or two that make you associate that feature with the home team. For example; Ivy walls- Cubs, Green Monster- Red Sox, and fountains- Royals. However, most newer ballparks can be used interchangably by any team. The only exception I can think of off hand, is Comerica Park where the entrance has the big Tigers looking down at you. Kinda locks it in which team is there. Are there any others that dictate which team? Of course, most have memorials and statues or retired numbers out front, but remove them.....

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Comment by Jim Wood (46 MLB) on July 10, 2013 at 7:57am: Add baby blue walls to Dodger Stadium and orange foul poles to Citi Field.

Comment by Jim Wood (46 MLB) on July 10, 2013 at 7:56am: Philadelphia-Liberty Bell on scoreboard
Miami- HR sculpture
NY Mets- Home Plate rotunda & Big Apple in CF
Pittsburgh- Clemente wall in RF
Milwaukee- Bernie Brewer slide
Cincinnati- Steamboat in RF
Chi Cubs- Ivy, Scoreboard, & rooftops
San Diego- Western Metal Supply Building and Park in the Park
San Francisco- RF wall
LA Dodgers- Bleacher rooftop & hexagon scoreboards
Colorado- Purple seats in upper deck
NY Yankees- Monument Plaza
Boston- Green Monster & Pesky Pole
Toronto- Hotel views in OF
Tampa Bay- Catwalks
Baltimore- B&O Warehouse
Chi White Sox- Exploding scoreboard
Kansas City- Fountains
Detroit- Tigers at entrance and throughout the ballpark
Minnesota- Gate #'s identified by retired numbers
LA Angels- Big A & rock sculpture
Oakland- enormous foul territory
Texas- RF upper deck, CF Home Run area, and office buildings in OF
Houston- Train over LF porch & Tal's Hill in CF

A few ballparks I didn't mention might have a quirk or two but off the top of my head I cannot think of one that is actually ingrained into the facility.

Comment by Cam Cain (29) on July 10, 2013 at 7:30am: AT&T has the glove in the leftfield seats and the kayaks in the bay. There's the warehouse in Baltimore and the home run bell in Philly.

Comment by bob may on July 10, 2013 at 5:59am: One thing to remember is Wrigley Field didn't always have the ivy, so as stadiums age they can take on their own identity. Sometimes it's the outside the stadium features that identify the team. In Pittsburgh, it's the Clemente Bridge, St.Louis, the Arch, Toronto, the Hotel in center field, Cincinnati, the River Boats, Cleveland, Rock n Roll HOF. When someone mentions these landmarks or I see them it reminds me of these teams.

Comment by Craig (17) on July 9, 2013 at 9:24pm: Yeah, those are certainly the main features around MLB. But how about Marlins Park huge sculpture-thing in center field? Or Minute Maid Park and their train? Or even Chase Field's swimming pool? Nothing compares to the ones you mentioned though!