A profile all of the different people who come to Dodger Stadium. The Dugout Club sold all 900 seats, which range in price from $500 to $650 per game, before the season started. On the other side of the stadium is a couple who can't afford their mortgage but don't want to sell their season tickets, so they instead scour the stands and parking lots for empty bottles and cans, turning them in for cash after the game.

Sports Illustrated has produced a fan survey that ranks all 30 Major League Ballparks in 10 different categories. The Cleveland Indians and Progressive Field come out on top at #1 overall. The Marlins ranked dead last in 5/10 categories, to no surprise. Below are the highlights for the #1 and #30 picks in all 10 categories.

A really cool time-lapse video of a day at Fenway Park taken from a cameraman down the 3rd base line. According to the cameraman, "It was windy and a few times, you can see that the camera and tripod took a hit from a gust of wind in a few instances. Surprisingly, no drunk fans interfered with the time lapse during the seven plus hours of recording."

Looks like the hot story out of Pittsburgh is focusing on a bobblehead giveaway featuring pitcher Tom Gorzelanny. The bobblehead in question has many wondering: Is that bobblehead giving me the finger? Tom Gorzelanny? The guy who is 1-3 this year with an ERA of 8.46 is giving me the finger?

Very much like VH1's Behind the Music series, MLB.com has launched its own behind the scenes take on the music played during a batter's walk-up to the plate. It's officially called @-bat music (because the "@" makes it more relevant for mlb.com.) Included here are a few places where you can find your favorite player's walk-up music.

Pretty sweet front for the Apple Store under construction in Boston. You can see the rest of the gallery at the Unofficial Apple Weblog.

Ever since the San Francisco Giants told Barry Bonds not to come back this season, business hasn't been good at AT&T Park. Attendance is down 15% from last year, and the press box is much emptier now that all the 400 or so members of the press don't show up to follow Bonds every day. No one rents kayaks anymore or even buys rubber chickens to taunt opposing players...

Less than two weeks after the David Ortiz jersey was removed from the concrete of the new Yankee Stadium, the eBay auction to benefit the Jimmy Fund is now officially over. Over 280 bids were submitted during the week long auction. And the winning bid amount? $175,100. See what happens when you offer "free shipping" on your eBay auctions?

First the Yankees ban candy from the clubhouse. Now MLB has done them one better, by banning any player from drinking water in the dugout. That's right, MLB is denying their players from drinking water during the games.

So the famous video on YouTube of the Red Sox fan catching the ball, then dropping it, has been pulled off the web by the MLB. And besides upsetting the thousands of people wanting to watch a Red Sox fan humiliate himself, MLB has struck a nerve with the guy who originally posted the video. Now he is pissed, and he was sure to record a personal rant against the MLB and post it to YouTube. Watch for yourself.

According to reports from the LoHud Yankees Blog, Joe Girardi has banned candy from the diet of the Yankee players. Apparently the Yankees "called visiting clubhouse manager of every stadium where they play and asked that the candy and ice cream be removed before the team comes to town." First steroids, now candy is being banned? What is the baseball world coming to?

MLB.com released an article detailing all of the changes made to Dolphin Stadium, but average attendance at Marlins home games has actually dropped by 9.3% in 2008. The fan friendly additions to Dolphin Stadium can't help the Marlins get out of 30th place in total attendance.

Professor Harold Markman wanted to see the divorce rate between communities that had major league baseball teams and those that wanted them. "What I discovered was, you're 28 percent more likely to get a divorce if you live in a town that wants a professional baseball team," the professor explained.

The Seattle Mariners are offering a unique experience to Mariners fans who own a Nintendo DS this season at Safeco field. Fans who bring their Nintendo DS to the ballpark will be given free access to the Nintendo Fan Network, which offers access to player statistics, scores from other MLB games in progress, current team standings, chat with other fans and the ability to compete in trivia and other mini games. Additionally, fans can watch the in-stadium live broadcast video and use the Nintendo DS touch screen to order ballpark food and beverages delivered right to their seats.

Forbes Magazine claims that during 2007, revenue for MLB 's 30 teams went up 7.7%, to $5.5 billion. The Columbia Journalism Review has recently posted an article that details the past discrepancies between the Forbes numbers and the owners. They pose the question: who is lying or misreporting, Forbes or the owners and Major League Baseball?