Article on players' ballpark preferences

A quick survey on SI that asked players to rate their preferred ballparks to hit in (and, conversely, places that they'd rather not visit, as they find it hard to hit in):

Ballpark survey.

Not surprisingly, players voted overwhelmingly for newer parks for places where they love to hit, as they are all designed for hitters. In fact, Fenway Park (1912) is the only ballpark on this list that is more than 50 years old.

Interesting to see Petco Park on the list of difficult places to get a hit. I went to one game there in 2005, when the Padres were in first place in the NL West despite teetering near .500 (number of games won versus number of games lost; the higher above .500 your club is, the better the team is doing). That ballpark sucks! It is ugly. But it is in a nice neighborhood and who can argue with San Diego weather?!