Note that it is ranking best VALUE, instead of best ball park.  I did a ranking once with some baseball friends scattered throughout the country and we considered the following:  History, getting there and out, ballpark concessions (with subpart of beer served), atmosphere outside the park (what there is to do around the park), stadium architecture and the wild card round where you recived three sentences to speak to your park nominee.  On these grounds, it broke down to a Wrigley vs Fenway discussion, with a  close third for Safeco Field.  We made a conscience decission NOT to include product on the field as a category.  

Looking at this list, and just the two parks I reviewed: Miller and Busch, I cannot believe that Busch lost the battle of the beer barons.  The abundance of cheap seats at Miller takes down the average ticket price by far.  Sixteen bucks to sit in the fourth ring at Busch is quite high, but then again supply and demand factors huge here.  The food I find to be a even split in terms of price with the CLEAR advantage to Busch in terms of selection (drooling on the keyboard right now for some Super Smokers Bar-B-Que), and have never ever priced souveniers except for the program and the scorecard.  (Moment aside, the best scorebard value is the Cubs scorecard which is 2 bucks and gets you the scouts look at the next four teams coming into Wrigely, pretty cool read.)  

What I find funny in the Miller review is the East coast mentality when it comes to parking.  SI lists 12 bucks at Miller as cheap.  Busch is ten, which granted is only two bucks cheaper, but if you are willing to walk three blocks you can get six dollar parking.  Also, if you are going alone or with just one other person, the Metro Link is a good option.  

I'm disagreeing with SI's ranking of Miller number one and of it beating Busch on the battle of best value.  The place where Miller does trump Busch is average ticket price, and for that matter access to good tickets.  There is a reason that so many fans from middle of Illinois and throughout the Mid-West come to Miller rather than going down to Busch to see the Cards.  Frankly, they can get close to the field at Busch.  

I don't much care for the forced acitivities between innings which SI seems to rank high in their rating.  So what if a park gives away more free, corporate sponsored crap between innnings.  I think its an excuse to cover up the fact that the product on the field is weak.