Colorado Rockies: Where Coors Field ranks among MLB’s gimmicky parks

DENVER, CO – APRIL 5: A general view of the field during the singing of the national anthem after player introductions before the home opener of the Colorado Rockies against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Coors Field on April 5, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)

DENVER — I write this from Coors Field, which many will tell you is the most gimmicky park in baseball. Even opposing managers have come in to Colorado and called this place “pinball baseball.”

While the effects have calmed since the Colorado Rockies introduced a humidor in the early 2000s and perfected it later on in the decade, it’s still clearly irregular. The numbers show it’s probably more in people’s heads than impact on the game — besides singles — as Coors Field is not the No. 1 home run park.

What this story aims to do is to provide some semi-scientific story that ranks the most gimmicky parks in the game.

There are five categories that should well describe the stadiums and they have been put on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the weirdest and 1 being the norm. For example, Fenway’s Monster will pull it closer to a 5 than Kansas City’s unremarkable walls.

DENVER — I write this from Coors Field, which many will tell you is the most gimmicky park in baseball. Even opposing managers have come in to Colorado and called this place “pinball baseball.”

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