Tincaps Have Best Park In Minor Leagues

After the trip to Indy, I decided it was time to check out arguably the best Minor League park in all of baseball in Fort Wayne.  I also prior to the game checked out the City of Fort Wayne and it has some cool things around it but I focused primarily on the game.  The Fort Wayne Tincaps are the Class A affiliate of the San Diego Padres.  However, the community just embraces this baseball team.  Even on a cold, at times snowy, night they drew a decent crowd of a few hundred fans.  Had it been maybe 55 instead of 35, that number rises to the thousands I would suspect.  Even then, it is cheap to be around Parkview Field, which is the home of the Tincaps.  Tickets won't run you too much and the parking is inexpensive for this team.  Inside the field you get the real feeling of the stadium.
  At first sight, you think Parkview Field is amazing.  You walk the corridor and there is a lot of room with a lot of vendors.  Given the cold night, it wasn't as occupied as it would be through the fall and summer so it was very easy to get what you want/need and go from there.  On this night they had a one dollar promo for items like small sodas and hot dogs and different things, so you best bet I took advantage of that deal.  The soda is what you expect, typically Pepsi products with Dr. Pepper as well which typically is the standard for most ballparks other than some who have Coke products.  The food is good, but of course I just took advantage of the one dollar deal on this night.  You don't go wrong with a lot of the different food in this ball park when you get the opportunity though. 

Parkview Field

  The field itself is impeccable.  Even in the cold/snow at times, they did a terrific job of doing the field so a huge props to the grounds crew on that.  The park itself has a lot of amenities.  In one area they have an indoor batting cage for the players, but they have so many concessions and bathrooms so you have a lot of choices.  One of the cooler features I see with this park is the right field area.  They have a set of seats that you can sit on there and in left field, they have a bunch of stores with apartments above that so fans there can watch the game if they want.  But there isn't a bad seat to be had at Parkview Field.  It was probably the most anticipated park I went to through this trip and it massively succeeded in impressing me.
  The game was a cold one that somehow featured a home run. I also got a foul ball from a player.  As the snow flurries fell at times, the hot chocolate and heavy jacket I had came in handy.  I was impressed though that the crowd was so dedicated to sit through everything.  I left after 7 innings after the game was in hand in favor of Lansing, their opponents.  However I do feel that the staff and the park itself was amazing to be around. 

  As I left Parkview Field, I felt an incredible sense of pride in knowing I went to one of the Minor Leagues best ball parks.  It is easily the best ball park I went to in the Midwest League, with Quad Cities being second (I guess I have to rewrite that blog a bit eh?)  But overall I really enjoyed my stay here, and I hope that all Tincaps fans appreciate how great a park they have.  As far as best minor league parks, so far of the ones I have visited I would have to put Fort Wayne #1, with Quad Cities #2, Indy #3 and Iowa #4 with the others falling after that.  Fort Wayne doesn't have as many fun zones like Quad Cities, but they more than make up for it with the picturesque ballpark, amenities and the cool sightlines they can have on different areas.  Quad Cities and Fort Wayne should both be happy that they have such great ballparks in the Midwest League.  Fort Wayne, you're doing great, just keep it going.