
Photos: Ballparks find seam between carnival, amusement park

The Houston Astros stadium features a huge, working locomotive atop its left field wall.
Jaclyn Borowski/Houston Astros
| June 16, 2012

San Francisco Giants' AT&T Park put a retired cable car near the outfield stands.
Associated Press
| June 16, 2012

Inside the Kansas City Royals Kauffman Stadium there is a Little K stadium for kids.
Chris Vleisides/ KC Royals
| June 16, 2012

The Miami Marlins take bobbleheads to the next level in their new ballpark. The team’s Bobblehead Museum houses almost 700 bobbleheads from different MLB teams.
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| June 16, 2012

A view of the Taco Mac Family Zone at Turner Field in Atlanta.
Pouya Dianat/Atlanta Braves/Gett
| June 16, 2012

Fenway Park hasn’t got the amusement park features found in some new ballparks, but it still delivers when it comes to kids. With a little help kids can try to decipher the Morse code running down the white lines on the Green Monster scoreboard.
Bill Greene/Globe Staff
| June 16, 2012

Kids can run the bases after selected Washington Nationals home games.
Washington Nationals
| June 16, 2012

Kids have a ball on the Ferris wheel Comerica Park in Detroit, where tigers populate the carousel.
Detroit Tigers
| June 16, 2012

The Milwaukee Brewers Miller Park has plenty of kid-friendly things to do.
Milwaukee Brewers
| June 16, 2012

The Baltimore Orioles have a dedicated kids play area at Camden Yards.
Todd Olszewski/Baltimore Oriole
| June 16, 2012