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The Future Looms Over Shea Stadium
The most imposing figure at Shea Stadium on Tuesday afternoon wasn't even in the ballpark but, rather, adjacent to it. Few buildings of any sort dwarf the 45-year-old home of the Mets, but looming large as the Mets began their 2008 home schedule was Citi Field, a reminder of the future, if such an oxymoronic phenomenon can exist. The vast area beyond Shea Stadium's outfield walls and scoreboards, an area without recognized boundaries, seemed less vast because of Citi Field.
• Mets start Shea farewell by looking to future
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Shea to Be Honored for Bringing Mets to City
• Memories, history fill Shea
• Saying goodbye to Shea
• Nats praying for more fans
• No change-up: Coors Field keeps ballpark rights
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A new season begins at Camden Yards
• Fans arrested at Yankee Stadium
• Twins Purchase Domain Names For New Ballpark


A Star Spangled Banner Unveiling for Nationals
Picture: jdland.comNo grass was ever greener than the Kentucky blue that spread out across the field at dazzling new Nationals Park last night. No popcorn ever smelled so delicious. No beer ever tasted so refreshing, no hot dog so juicy. The senses were overloaded and overwhelmed on an Opening Night unlike any ever witnessed in these parts -- in a $611 million, taxpayer-built palace in a formerly blighted part of the District, in front of a national television audience.
• Nationals Park 'Firsts'
•Welcome to Nationals Park; empty your pockets
• Nationals Park: Home at Last
• The Do's and Don'ts of Nationals Park
• Upon Inspection, New Home Has Some Sweet Aspects to It
• Nationals' new park evokes Turner Field
• Kasten thrilled with Nationals Park
• Zimmerman caps memorable Nationals Park debut
• No Major Back Ups as Fans Fill Nationals Park
• First phase of Kauffman Stadium upgrade almost finished

You Just Cant Blow Up History in NYC
The wreckers will arrive at Shea Stadium soon after the Mets’ final home game in late September or sometime in October. In February or March, Yankee Stadium’s dismantling will begin. The old ballparks will be taken apart piece by piece over two to three months with hydraulic jackhammers, blowtorches and grapplers. The concrete will be chopped up, pushed toward the middle of the fields and removed by trucks. The steel girders will be cut out, cut up and carted away for salvage.
• Shea in ’64: The Planes Above, the Mets Below
• New York Baseball Fans Open Wallets for Stadiums' Last Seasons
• As the Season Begins, So Does the Countdown for Yankee Stadium
• Yankee and Shea Stadium Sell-Off!

115,000 Fans Watch Game at LA Coliseum
The Dodgers used a five-man infield against the Boston Red Sox. Too bad they weren't allowed to put a player or two in the Los Angeles Coliseum stands. Kevin Cash and Kevin Youkilis hit cheap homers off Esteban Loaiza to account for five runs in the first three innings, and the Red Sox beat the Dodgers 7-4 Saturday night before an announced crowd of 115,300 -- largest ever to watch a baseball game. This exhibition game was part of the Dodgers' 50th anniversary celebration of their move west from Brooklyn in 1958.
• Now playing at the Coliseum: profits
• Walter O'Malley would enjoy Coliseum exhibition
• Renovations at Dodger Stadium Complete
• Fans Will Notice Renovation Work At 'The K'
• Playing along in Coliseum
• Everything went well except the final score
• Baseball at Coliseum: Popped to shallow left; it's out of here!

Yankees Make Special Trip to Virginia Tech
On April 16, 2007, the Virginia Tech community suffered the worst school shooting in the history of the United States as 32 members of the Hokie family lost their lives. An outpouring of support from around the world flooded Virginia Tech, including from the New York Yankees. On March 18, 2008, the Yankees traveled from Florida to play in an exhibition game against the Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team at English Field to honor the victims. 
• Why Wrigley Field's landmark status should be preserved
• Public strikes out in Marlins ballpark giveaway
• Police agencies' battle hangs over Marlins ballpark
• NHL Rangers reportedly eyed for Yankee Stadium game
• Wrigley Field rights deal may include multiple firms
• A squeeze at Wrigley

Cubs May Share 'Cell' with White Sox
The Cubs are hoping to play at least part of a season at U.S. Cellular Field during the proposed reconstruction of Wrigley Field, assuming they succeed in their plan to sell Wrigley to the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority. The ISFA already runs and operates U.S. Cellular Field, so if the Cubs begin a $250 million renovation of Wrigley, Kenney said it's likely they would play part of a season on the South Side with a little scheduling help from Major League Baseball.
• Nationals Park: Best of a bad lot
• DC stadium's plan discourages driving
• In naming-rights era, the names mean squat
• Candlestick Park coming back
• Why Wrigley Field's landmark status should be preserved
• Nats hope giant scoreboard will be a hit
• NHL interested in outdoor hockey game at Wrigley
• Yankee Stadium set to begin its final season

McCourt Kicks Off LA Coliseum Project
On a bright, sunny day, Dodgers chairman Frank McCourt took a tour of of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as preparations had begun for a March 29 exhibition game between the Dodgers and Red Sox at the 85-year-old venue, the first baseball game to be played there since the Dodgers left the Coliseum for Dodger Stadium after the 1961 season. McCourt first addressed members of the media on Wednesday about the game, which will likely break the single-game attendance figure of 93,103.
• True costs of a Marlins stadium soar
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Rays to play Blue Jays in Orlando Series
• Tourism taxes, parking fees key to Marlins ballpark
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Rays willing to put $150M up front for new ballpark
• New Marlins ballpark is terrible for area fans
• Enough with the whining: Marlins stadium plan will work fine
• If state rehabs Wrigley, it'll want something from city

• Council hears from public on Rays' stadium

Officials Approve Marlins Ballpark Plan
The Florida Marlins finally have an agreement for the baseball-only ballpark they have coveted for nearly a decade. Still, their long fight for a new home is far from over. After lengthy and often-contentious debate, Miami-Dade County commissioners -- some doing so grudgingly -- voted 9-3 Thursday night to approve a basic plan for a $515 million, retractable-roof stadium that would open in time for the 2011 season. The 37,000-seat facility would be at the site of the Orange Bowl, which is to be demolished in the coming months, and this is the closest the Marlins have been to fulfilling their stadium quest.
• New Yankee Stadium to cost $1.3 Billion
• Prices of stadium name sponsorships soar
• Billy Joel to play Shea farewell

• Super suite at Coors Field
• Home run apple to follow Mets from Shea to Citi Field
• Citi Field, Mets new home, quickly taking shape

Kauffman Stadium Renovation on Schedule
It’s less than two months now until the Royals open their home schedule at Kauffman Stadium. Less than two months until the New York Yankees arrive for their only 2008 visit. Less than two months and, really, the place is a mess. The $250 million renovation project is in full swing, from the steel girders outlining the new crown scoreboard in center field to the cavernous ditch — picture a drained medieval moat — where once the stadium’s main entrance existed.
• Ballparks of Baseball: Kauffman Stadium
• Cards' Ballpark Village isn't ready for prime time
• Marlins looking at three designs for new ballpark

• First concrete poured for Twins ballpark concourse
• Nats' ballpark expected to be ready
• Nats' ballpark expected to be ready

• Pace of change near Nationals Park gains speed
• A Bronx bombshell: New Yankee Stadium has it all
• Party suites, martini bar: Cost of new Yankee Stadium up to $1.3B
• Marlins stadium talk highlights FanFest

Jacobs Field Renamed Progressive Field
Say farewell to "The Jake" and hello to ... "The Prog," perhaps? Though the edifice is intact and the distinctive elements remain, Jacobs Field -- in appellation alone -- is no more. The ballpark on the corner of Carnegie and Ontario streets that has been home to the Tribe since 1994 shall now be known as Progressive Field, by virtue of a 16-year naming rights pact the Indians have made with Progressive Insurance.
• Ballparks of Baseball: Progressive Field
• Fans and taxpayers soaked by new Yankee Stadium
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Fixing Safeco Field's roof
• First Game at the Nationals' New Ballpark Is Set for March 30
• New Marlins stadium plan unveiled

• Rays Stadium Finance Plan Hits Snag
• Jacobs Field sign to be taken down today
• Marlins ballpark plan to wait until February

• Creative thinking can boost Comerica Park's capacity
 

Cubs to Give Wrigley Field Facelift
The Cubs will add 70 box seats along the third-base line at Wrigley Field, and install new advertising signage inside the ballpark in 2008. The city of Chicago gave the team permission to make the changes on Thursday. The moves were done despite Wrigley Field's landmark status. Peter Scales of the city's Department of Planning and Development said the changes were approved because "landmark buildings aren't frozen in time, need to be maintained and can be improved while respecting their history."
• Ballparks of Baseball: Wrigley Field
• Nationals Park neighbors fear fan inundation
• Parking for proposed Rays stadium an issue
• Nats' name game endures
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Bids for Tiger Stadium demolition put off til 2008
• Miami ballpark plan faces hurdles at many levels
• State looks to buy Wrigley Field
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City lays out vision for Tropicana Field site
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A's ballpark plan back before Fremont council
• Big plans in works near Phillies ballpark 
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Renovations at Miller Park should be ready by Opening Day

Rays Release Plans for New Ballpark
Tampa Bay Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg announced the Rays' plans for a new 34,000 seat, retractable-roof, open-air ballpark on the St. Petersburg waterfront at the site of historic Al Lang Field. "Our vision is to build a breath-taking and contemporary waterfront ballpark," said Sternberg. "It will be an iconic landmark for the entire Tampa Bay region and showcase all that is great about Major League Baseball in the State of Florida."
• Ballparks of Baseball: Rays Ballpark
• Commissioner says name Reds ballpark for Nuxhall
• Small fire breaks out at Fenway Park
• Camden Yards to get $5.2 million video display
• Wrigley renovations near completion

• Deal close to have Mets, Marlins play series in Puerto Rico
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How the Rays say they'll stop the rain
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Breaking down the Rays' proposal
• A look at plans for the Tropicana site
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Why a new field? Because they want one

Dodgers to play at LA Coliseum in 2008
When the Dodgers moved out of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and into Dodger Stadium in 1962 it was believed that the Coliseum -- constructed in the the 1920s for football and track and field -- would never again host another baseball game. Forty-six years later, the Dodgers will return to the Coliseum one more time to play an exhibition game with the world champion Boston Red Sox as part of the organization's 50th anniversary celebration of its move to Los Angeles.
• Ballparks of Baseball: Los Angeles Coliseum
• Nationals fans can take a seat
• Pope to celebrate Mass at Yankee Stadium in April 
• Ballpark's quiet now, but Wrigleyville is lively
• Ballpark Authority approves Twins stadium plans
• City seeking bids for demolition of Tiger Stadium
• Yankee Stadium parking is city's top concession
• Turf goes down at Nationals Park

• Reds ticket prices are going up
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Florida governor backs Rays' ballpark plan
• Red Sox raise ticket prices 9 percent

Renovations Begin on Wrigley Field's Field
As another World Series goes on without the Cubs, the long-awaited plan to level the playing surface at Wrigley Field finally has begun. And though Geraldo Rivera never found anything when he dug his way into Al Capone's vault at the old Lexington Hotel, Roger Bossard already has hit pay dirt while digging up Wrigley. Bossard, the White Sox's head groundskeeper who is overseeing the project, said one of the bulldozer drivers tearing up the infield grass Thursday was forced to come to a complete stop between home plate and first base.
• Fenway's the best ballpark we've got
• Time to call A's owner for crying wolf on stadium
• Red Sox eye restaurant sites around Fenway
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Marlins park top priority
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Coors, Fenway are ballparks that challenge
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A's will be gone from Oakland, co-owner says
• Fans shell out $2M for Tiger Stadium seats
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Camden Yards to get new audio, video system
• Kauffman Stadium Renovations Underway

Dodgers at the LA Coliseum? Maybe
The Dodgers could hit Moon Shots for a day next spring. As they celebrate their 50th season in Los Angeles, the Dodgers are exploring the possibility of staging one game at the Coliseum next year. The Dodgers shared the stadium with USC, UCLA and the Rams for four years, after they moved from Brooklyn in 1958 and before Dodger Stadium opened in 1962."We're in the process of seeing if we can pull this off," Dodgers spokeswoman Camille Johnston said
• 50 years since we all shed tears for NYC's lost ballparks
• Nats close RFK era with a win
• Cards' Ballpark Village gets new tenant
• Approach of winter a big factor in NYC stadiums race
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McAfee Coliseum a "pig"
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Visiting players say Wrigley Field outfield is unsafe
• Mets fans will soon get a glimpse of ballpark
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City repaid in Tiger Stadium case

Nationals New Ballpark on Schedule for 2008
On a clear day near the top of Nationals Park, on the banks of the Anacostia River, one may not be able to see forever, but one can certainly see the glistening, white dome of the U.S. Capitol Building only a few miles away to the north. That will certainly be the signature television shot repeatedly broadcast world-wide after the ballpark opens next season, and for years to come. And so, for all naysayers who doubted in 2005 that the Nationals would move into their new 41,000-seat ballpark by 2008, it's time to put all those notions to rest.
• Marlins win in front of tiny crowd
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Is a third NY baseball team feasible?
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Tigers owner set on seating expansion
• Regular-season finales set at Yankee and Shea stadiums
• Offer can't cool Twins ballpark land debate
• Harwell joins Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy
• A's ballpark village plan moves school location
• Marlins about to bring ballpark deal in from the bullpen
• Harwell joins Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy
• Indians to Sell Naming Rights to Ballpark, Hire IMG
• RFK Is Full Of Concrete Memories

Nationals Ready to Bid Farewell to RFK
It hosted Livan Hernandez's fastball for strike one against Arizona's Craig Counsell, the moment -- 7:06 p.m., April 14, 2005 -- when baseball returned to Washington. This afternoon, in the cramped clubhouse behind the third base dugout, the Nationals will gather for the final baseball homestand in the 46-year history of RFK Stadium. In the heart of summer, this area emits an unholy stench that stadium workers must knock back by pouring gallons of bleach down drains. Just one reason the thinking among the players is, in general, Good riddance, RFK.

Dodgers Stadium Renovations Announced
Frank McCourt, owner and chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers, announced Tuesday afternoon the next phase of the multiyear renovation of Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers, who have already renovated seating and parking at Dodger Stadium, unveiled a multimillion-dollar construction project that will expand the Field Level concourse to include nearly double the number of concession stands and restrooms, two new all-inclusive clubs for the baseline seat ticketholders and a new energy-efficient and environmentally friendly cooling system.
• Decent proposals: Rules to live by at the ballpark
• A's to pitch ballpark plan again
• Harwell's plan to save Tiger Stadium expands
• Builder scales back Fenway plan
• Stadium's loss may be Marlins' gain
• Cardinals' Ballpark Village wins state financing
• Lessons to Learn for Nationals Ballpark

• Selig lobbies South Florida officials on Marlins ballpark
• Nats owner goes on a tour of ballparks
• Chase Field to get massive scoreboard

Report Card: Citi Field & Yankee Stadium II
On a steamy day a year ago this week -- the anniversary of Babe Ruth's passing -- a chorus line of Yankees brass and politicians posed with bat-handled shovels to turn the symbolic soil in Macombs Dam Park for the proposed $800-million successor to the stadium known as The House That Ruth Built. A few weeks earlier, about six miles south in a Shea Stadium parking lot, the initial construction work on a $700-million ballpark designed to evoke memories of Ebbets Field already had begun, with far less fanfare.
• Best eats: Ballpark signatures
• Lost ballparks and old landmarks
• Yankees unveil official 2008 All-Star Game logo
• Selig says new stadium was essential to keeping Twins
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Angel Stadium hit with 118 vermin violations
• Angels to change cleaning schedule after rat reports
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Mets giving new home old feel
• Expos gone, baseball alive in Montreal
• All-Star site for 2010 to be revealed soon
• Selig: Marlins could move if denied stadium

Tiger Stadium to be Demolished
After months of wrangling, the City Council approved a plan today that can have the seats and other memorabilia inside Tiger Stadium sold, and the ballpark dismantled, by the end of the year. The City Council went ahead with the decision despite today's last-minute plea from retired sportscaster Ernie Harwell to delay a decision until September.
• Tear Tiger Stadium down ASAP
• Settle Tiger Stadium debate with auction
• New Citi isn't fan friendly
• Preview of A's ballpark plan isn't a home run
• Yankee stadium cost up, mayors blamed

• Marlins lag behind other teams with home attendance
• Tiger Stadium milestones
• Mets take a lead in the battle of the stadiums
• The Ballpark will stand forever in our memories

All Star Game Shuffle - Future Game Sites
More than half of the 30 major league teams have new-generation ballparks, starting with Oriole Park at Camden Yards, which opened in '92 and hosted the All-Star Game a year later. Only three of 15 have neither hosted the Midsummer Classic nor yet been chosen to stage one in the near future. Petco Park is one of the three. The Padres' downtown yard debuted in 2004, same as one of the other three that has yet to host an All-Star Game, Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.
• Twins want to host All-Stars in 2015
• Yankees will host All-Stars next year
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KC All-Star site announcement expected soon
• MLB upset Marlins haven't received stadium help
• Tiger Stadium demolition plan delayed

• Hit a vacation home run at these great stadiums• KC All-Star site announcement expected soon
• Settle Tiger Stadium debate with auction
• City Council puts off Tiger Stadium decision

• Ex-mayor says A's ballpark still makes no sense

Now Batting: The City by the Bay & AT&T Park
San Francisco becomes the center of the baseball universe today as the build-up officially begins for Tuesday night's Major League Baseball All-Star Game at AT&T Park. They expect 200,000 to 250,000 people -- half from more than 50 miles away -- to attend All-Star events and spend $60 million to $65 million. Before All-Star Week is over, there will be a home-run hitting contest, a parade, galas, celebrity-packed cruises on the bay and a five-day "FanFest" at Moscone Center. the work.
• AT&T Park shows how to create a boomtown
• All-Star tickets headache for MLB
• Lot near AT&T Park eyed for project
• AT&T Park designed to keep breezes at bay
• Ballparks of Baseball: AT&T Park

• McClatchy to step down as Pirates CEO
• Are stadiums worth the high price?
• Twins ballpark land was low-balled

• Public has stake in Twins ballpark case

New Wrigley Infield, Drainage System on Hold
Player salaries aren't the only expenditures on hold for the Cubs as Tribune Co. prepares to sell the team. A $1 million project to install a new infield and drainage system at Wrigley Field, one of the park's biggest needs, could be sacrificed for another season. The project had been approved last year, with White Sox groundskeeper Roger Bossard hired to design and implement the work.
• A's ballpark vision takes shape
• Owners of Twins ballpark land guaranteed $25M
• Citi Field taking is shape
• Is it time to dig up dirt at Wrigley?
• Public has stake in Twins ballpark case

• Tiger Stadium view from above was priceless
• Ballpark allows you to feel at home
• Tastiest ballpark franks found outside Safeco Field

• Minneapolis City Council could step up, but it won't

Tiger Stadium Outta Here by 2008
Old Tiger Stadium has moved one step closer to its final date with the wrecking ball. A plan approved by city economic development officials on calls for the famous but moldering ballpark at Michigan and Trumbull to be razed by September 2008, with most of the historic baseball diamond preserved. Seats and other stadium memorabilia will be sold off. The plan gives a nonprofit group called The Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy until late July to find a feasible approach to preserve part of the stadium.
• Safeco bleachers no longer a heckler's paradise
• Tastiest ballpark franks found outside Safeco Field
• Ballpark allows you to feel at home
• Enjoying national gastime at ballpark
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New York Mets Fans Detour to Shea as New Stadium Takes Parking
• New stadiums hit property rights
• Premium Nationals Tickets to Rise at Ballpark
• Twins schedule stadium groundbreaking event
• Astros announcer calls game in 54th stadium

Yankees New Home Wont be a House
The image “http://ballparksofbaseball.com/future/yankee902.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.Say the words: Yankee Stadium. Say them slowly. Let the syllables linger, in the distinguished manner of Bob Sheppard, the public address announcer there since 1951. The words drip with tradition, with excellence, with history. This is the House That Ruth Built, the house in which Gehrig and DiMaggio and Mantle played. This is the cathedral of American sport. They don't tear down the Vatican, but they're about to tear down Yankee Stadium.
• New ideas for Cubs' old house
• Company aims to convert Astrodome into hotel
• Pohlads lining up land near Twins ballpark
• Nationals' stadium art project at a standstill
• Future home of Mets taking shape
• New York: House that I'd build
• The way it was in '43 at the old ballparks
• Bowling returns to Miller Park

• Fremont approves playbook for A's deal

Royals Detail Stadium Renovation Plans
The Royals announced further plans for the renovations to Kauffman Stadium at a press conference on Monday morning. The $250 million dollar project is scheduled to start this October and be completed by Opening Day 2010.
The new park with feature a high definition scoreboard, 39,000 seats, fountain view terraces, widened concourses on all three levels and an outfield concourse that will allow fans to walk around the stadium 360 degrees.
• In a blink, hitter's eye examined at Busch
• Oakland A's sign Fremont land deal
• Brewers won't enact clubhouse beer ban
• No D-Rays stadium in on-deck circle
• The way it was in '43 at the old ballparks
• New statue outside Wrigley? Take it to the Banks
• Someday is not today for new D-Rays ballpark
• Wrigley Field is far from a Field of Dreams
• Teams wait to see Orlando ballpark's impact

Twins Unveil Renderings of New Ballpark
The design of the new Minnesota Twins-Hennepin County ballpark -- a cosmopolitan expression of Minnesota's natural beauty -- was officially presented to the Hennepin County Board. "What a tremendous, long-awaited day this is for the Minnesota Twins and baseball fans across the Upper Midwest," said Jerry Bell, president of Twins Sports Inc. "Minnesota's new ballpark will be an inviting landmark and an intimate venue providing for a superior baseball experience for future generations of Twins fans."
• Ballparks of Baseball: Twins Ballpark
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Fenway suites are even more luxurious
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Cincy, Arizona in running for 2011 All-Star Game
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40th opener in Oakland, but how many more?
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Loria is pining for a downtown ballpark
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Northern cities too cold for April baseball
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Reinsdorf puts greenbacks to good use
• Board ruling favors Twins in park bid

Snow Causes Indians Opener