1. Wrigley Field — Chicago Cubs

I spent nights tossing and turning over which park would be the best ballpark in the MLB.

I researched and crunched the numbers, and it came down to two legendary ballparks — Fenway Park and Wrigley Field. I wished there was a way I could have tied the two, because not only are there my two favorite ballparks, but they both carry the history of the league itself.

In all, Wrigley Field slightly edged out Fenway for the crown.

Sitting on the North Side, Wrigley Field opened in 1914 and was named after William Wrigley Jr., the man behind the Wrigley Company. Like its counterpart in Boston, Wrigley Field is largely void of the conveniences that fans enjoy in the league’s more modern ballparks, though Wrigley has gotten more of a tech upgrade than Fenway Park. Those upgrades, though, have not diminished the charm of what it is commonly referred to as “The Friendly Confines.”

While Fenway Park has the “Green Monster,” Wrigley Field has “The Ivy,” a place where baseballs can become lost in a sea of ivy that grows in the outfields. There isn’t one bad seat in this hallowed shrine to baseball, and another cool factor that scored major points was the bleachers installed on the buildings across the street, allowing fans to catch the Chicago Cubs try and lay waste to the rest of the MLB.

Wrigley Field has history, it has the fans, it finally has a competitive team, and most of all, it has the crown of being the best baseball park in the MLB.