Hot Home News: Play Ball! Major League Homes For Sale

Online, April 4, 2013 (Newswire.com) - This week at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com we take you to the best penthouse seats in Major League Baseball where you can watch the San Diego Padres play ball from your living room, bedroom, kitchen, dining room, office or family room. Think of all the benefits of the location. No expensive tickets to buy. No traffic or fighting for a parking place then forgetting where you left the car. No crowds to push and step on your feet or scream in your ear. No need to dress up, or down, or at all if you're so moved. This San Diego luxury penthouse has unobstructed views of the baseball stadium in essentially every room. Priced at $2,499,000.

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Barry Larkin grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio where he played high school baseball for Archbishop Moeller High School (also Ken Griffey Jr's high school), and where he played shortstop from 1986 to 2004 for the Cincinnati Reds. He was the 1995 National League Most Valuable Player, 12-time National League All Star, and won three Gold Glove and nine Silver Slugger awards. He played his entire career for the Reds, retired in 2004 and was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012. Barry's former Cincinnati area penthouse is also an all-star and for sale at $3.5 million.

In today's world of mega-million dollar player contracts and commercial endorsement deals, baseball agents are frequently celebrities themselves. One of the very best agents was Jeff Moorad who went on to become chief executive of the San Diego Padres and minority owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Jeff's 16,153 square foot estate on 5 acres in the heart of Phoenix's Paradise Valley was $28 million - now $15 million.

Love him or hate him, Barry Bonds is one of the best players in baseball history from his early days of a few home runs and lots of stolen bases with the Pittsburgh Pirates to his Sultan of Swat home run barrage with the San Francisco Giants. In his 22-year career, Barry won seven most valuable player honors, eight Gold Gloves, was a 14-time All Star, and holds the major league record with 73 home runs in 2001 and 762 career dingers. In addition to hitting home runs and going to court, Barry has put his fully furnished, 17,100 square foot California estate on the market asking $25 million.

Barry Zito made a huge comeback last year improving from a 3-4 win/loss season in 2011 to 15-8 in 2012, and played a large role in the 2012 San Francisco Giants World Series Championship with a 2-0 record and 1.69 ERA in three postseason starts. The former Cy Young Award winner with movie star looks is selling his 7,116 square foot Villa Della Pace estate with infinity pool, guest house and lake views in Marin County, California for $10,495,000.

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