NATIONAL LEAGUE

Chicago Cubs-WRIGLEY FIELD--1.7TH INNING STRETCH-made famous by Harry Caray and kept up by guests NOW. 2. They started throwing the 'opposition's' home runs back onto the field 3. They have their own song "GO CUBS GO" which they play after every win. 4. Of course they have the curse of the 'BILLY GOAT' and also have not won a World Series in 101 years

Houston Astros-Minute Maid Park. 1. They have a train that goes from side to side whenever they hit a homer. 2. They play the song "STARS AT NIGHT" 3. They play all their games indoors and only open up the roof when the park is cleared.

Milwaukee Brewers-MILLER PARK 1.They do 2 really cool waves. One is a reverse wave where the goes clockwise all around the ballpark and then change direction.---The other one they do is a slow motion wave which is hilarious. 2. They have the sausage race!!! 3. The sing the song "OVER THE BARRELL" after "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME". 4. 'BERNIE BREWER' (brewers mascot) goes down the slide in upper left field bleachers-and has recently started throwing t-shirts from there. 5.They giveout fridges who has the best"TAILGATE PARTY. Their staff is the best in baseball as witnessed when they hosted a LA ANGELS-CLEVELAND INDIANS series in the opening week of 2007 when snowstorms hit.

St. Louis Cardinals
1.Easily the most respectful fans in baseball. 2.The staff is one of the nicest in baseball as they helped get me interviewed by fox-midwest last year.

Pittsburgh Pirates
1.They have the sausage races. 2. Between every inning they have text messages posted on screen from people. 3. They have one of the coolest beginnings where they have a pirate ship full of pirates and they take over the opposing teams ship on the scoreboard.

Cincinnati
1.They have fireworks that explode from the ship in centerfield when there is a home run. 2.The REDS Museum is the best "HALL OF FAME' out of all the teams.

LA DODGERS.
1.The beachballs are still being thrown around. 2.It is routine to show up 4 innings into the game and leave at the 8th inning-LAST Year I watched a game that lasted only 2 hours and the parking lot was jammed because people had arrived late and did not leave early because the game was so quick. I still love the replay of the 'KIRK GIBSON' homer because of all the taillights in the parking lot that were leaving. 3.the infatuation with Manny Ramirez is stiil funny--they have A 'MANNYWOOD "sign in left field.

SAN FRANCISCO
1. The kayakers in Mccovey Cove are fun to watch. 2.The hecklers in centerfield always are after the opposing outfielders with this chant' "What is the matter with (insert player here)? The answer is: "HE'S A BUM!" They do this all game. 3.They have a PANDA BEAR now because of Pablo Sandoval(KUNG-FU PANDA). 4.They chart the splash hits that go into the cove.

COLORADO
1.They sell food and beverages outside the ballpark with their own vendors for a good price. 2.They use the 'humidor' to reduce the flight of the baseball's by 8-10%

ARIZONA
1.They sing "SWEET CAROLINE" like the Boston fans do. 2. They are the only park that plays a second verse of "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME'. 3. They are very fanatical at security about you operating camera/videos so watch out

SAN DIEGO
1. There is a picnic area where you can watch the game for 5 dollars. 2.They are the most pet-friendly stadium as pets are allowed into the game a lot.

ATLANTA
1.'The tomahawk chop' is the worst tradition in baseball but it is here to stay-routinely sections of people will get up and stand while doing the chop. 2.Skip Caray and Mark Lemke do the the pre-game show from the media gondola in centerfield every home game. 3. They routinely have 'concerts' on weekend night games free of charge and are decent groups. I saw Arrested Development there last year.

NY METS
1. The BIG APPLE still comes out after every homer is hit (unless it is stuck which has happened at Citi Field). 2. There are planes that come over every five minutes--I find this very disrupting to the game and that is why I have the park ranked 11th overall.

FLORIDA
1. You can buy a parking pass that will work for any home date online-which is convenient. 2.The mascot is always featured on the big screen throwing fake pires at people in the stands who have on opposing gear.

WASHINGTON
1.The presidents race is a definite highight of every game-and one of them always falls flat on their face--usually it is TEDDY ROOSEVELT 2.They shoot t-shirts into the crowd that have chili-dogs--just ask the 20 people or so that were pelted with the contents when they failed to wrap the t-shirts tight enough with the food.

PHILADELPHIA
1. THE PHILLY FINATIC is always in trouble with the 'grounds crew' because he whips around in the ATV 2. There is about 4000 SRO'S for every game and most hangout in 'ASHBURN'S ALLEY' 3. They boo the home players more than any other team including BOSTON and both NY clubs. That is understandable considering they booed SANTA CLAUS--and cheered when MICHAEL IRVIN was knocked unconscious at the old 'VET'. 4. They have the biggest fine in the league for jumping on the field.