During Spring Training SI.com surveyed fans across the country to rank their hometown ballparks in 10 categories. Tribe fans voted Progressive Field (formerly known as The Jake) as No. 1. Use the pulldowns below to view what other fans around the country had to say about their ballparks and compare all 30 teams across every category, then go here to post your own opinion.

Cleveland Indians Progressive Field|Capacity: 43,345|Opened: 1994

OVERALL RANK 1

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Category Rank (1-30) 10

Affordability

How would you rate the affordability of a trip to your hometown ballpark?

Poor	Below Average	Average	Above Average	Excellent
1.2%	5.3%	43.7%	29.8%	20.1%

 

Ticket Costs

Average Ticket	% Increase From 2007	MLB Rank	MLB Average Ticket
$25.72	20.6%	18th	$25.43

Courtesy Team Marketing Report, 2008

Category Rank (1-30) 6

Food

How would you rate the food at the ballpark?

Poor	Below Average	Average	Above Average	Excellent
0.3%	1.8%	34.5%	46.1%	17.3%

 

How would you rate the cost of food and beverages at the ballpark?

Poor	Below Average	Average	Above Average	Excellent
4.2%	10.1%	58.6%	20.8%	6.3%

 

What is the must-have food item offered at the ballpark and what makes it so good?

• "Chicken & waffles. It's tasty and unique soul foul not typically found at a ballpark. The dogs and mustard are pretty good too."
• "Stadium mustard. Unique to Cleveland, there is nothing like it. While the new park doesn't have foot-long dogs anymore, the stadium mustard still brings back memories of the old Municipal Stadium."
• "Strickland's Ice Cream. It's local and they change the flavors on a semi-regular basis."
• "Cinnamon apple sticks -- you can dip it into caramel."

Category Rank (1-30) 3

Team Quality

How would you rate the quality of the product currently being put on the field by the hometown team?

Poor	Below Average	Average	Above Average	Excellent
0%	0%	3.9%	30%	66.1%

 

Which player on your team is the most worth paying to watch?

Grady Sizemore	C.C. Sabathia	Victor Martinez	Fausto Carmona	Travis Hafner
58.7%	10.9%	10.6%	8.2%	7.3%

 

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Category Rank (1-30) 6

History & Tradition

How would you rate the sense of tradition and history at the ballpark?

Poor	Below Average	Average	Above Average	Excellent
0%	4.8%	16.9%	49.7%	28.6%

 

Category Rank (1-30) 2

Ballpark Atmosphere

How would you rate the atmosphere at the game?

Poor	Below Average	Average	Above Average	Excellent
0.3%	0.9%	7.3%	39.6%	52%

 

How would you rate the level of personal comfort when you are sitting in your seat?

Poor	Below Average	Average	Above Average	Excellent
0%	0.3%	18.7%	42.6%	38.4%

 

Category Rank (1-30) 9

Fan Intelligence

How would you rate the "baseball intelligence" of the home fans?

Poor	Below Average	Average	Above Average	Excellent
0.6%	3.6%	24.3%	45.2%	26.3%

 

Category Rank (1-30) 19

Fan Hospitality

How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?

Poor	Below Average	Average	Above Average	Excellent
2.7%	7.8%	46.7%	26.9%	15.9%

 

What is the worst incident you've witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself?

• "Ten-cent beer night. Can't really top that one."
• "Nothing, our fans are pretty good to opposing fans. I mean LeBron James did have like 40,000 people booing him for wearing a Yankees cap, but he was asking for it. Only Yankees and Red Sox fans get heckled a lot. But, I've seen our fans buy Pirates fans beers and hot dogs and vice versa."
• "Just a touch of 'You Suck' chants. It's nowhere near as violent as a Browns game."
• "Fans don't really treat the opposing fans bad. They take out all their aggression on players who have left via free agency -- Albert Belle, Manny Ramirez and Jim Thome to name a few."

Category Rank (1-30) 3

Promotions

How would you rate the quality of the promotions/giveaways offered by the home team?

Poor	Below Average	Average	Above Average	Excellent
0%	2.7%	37.8%	39.9%	19.5%

 

What is the best promotion/giveaway your team has offered? What is the worst? What is a promotion you'd like to see?

• "The best: Snow blowers and snow cones for the delayed home opener. "
• "The best: 10 cent beer night, 10 cent beer night."
• "I would like a Travis Hafner WWE bobblehead, a flying Grady Sizemore bobblehead, and fireworks."
• "The worst was a couple years ago when they gave away plastic ducks with the players heads on them."
• "Sometimes you can stay after the game and go on the field and watch a movie on the scoreboard."

Category Rank (1-30) 4

Getting To The Game

How would you rate the traffic to and from the ballpark?

Poor	Below Average	Average	Above Average	Excellent
1.5%	7.9%	46.6%	29.3%	14.6%

 

How would you rate the parking availability/cost at the ballpark?

Poor	Below Average	Average	Above Average	Excellent
4.3%	10.4%	44.5%	27.9%	12.9%

 

How would you rate the public transportation options to and from the ballpark?

Poor	Below Average	Average	Above Average	Excellent
5.6%	14%	31.8%	30.2%	18.4%

 

Category Rank (1-30) 9

Neighborhood

How would you rate the dining and drinking options within walking distance of the ballpark?

Poor	Below Average	Average	Above Average	Excellent
1.5%	4.5%	21.2%	38.5%	34.2%

 

Team Rankings All Rankings 1. Indians - Progressive Field 2. Brewers - Miller Park 3. Pirates - PNC Park 4. Tigers - Comerica Park 5. Cardinals - Busch Stadium III 6. Mariners - Safeco Field 7. Rockies - Coors Field 8. White Sox - US Cellular Field 9. Angels - Angel Stadium of Anaheim 10. Phillies - Citizens Bank Park 11. Padres - Petco Park 12. Royals - Kauffman Stadium 13. Reds - Great American Ballpark 14. Orioles - Oriole Park at Camden Yards 15. Cubs - Wrigley Field 16. Astros - Minute Maid Park 17. Giants - AT&T Park 18. Blue Jays - Rogers Centre 19. Braves - Turner Field 20. Yankees - Yankee Stadium 21. Red Sox - Fenway Park 22. Dodgers - Dodger Stadium 23. Athletics - McAfee Coliseum 24. Rays - Tropicana Field 25. Diamondbacks - Chase Field 26. Twins - Metrodome 27. Rangers - Rangers Park in Arlington 28. Mets - Shea Stadium 29. Nationals - RFK Stadium 30. Marlins - Dolphin Stadium

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