Pictures of your favorite minor league ballparks

[curb my enthusiasm]

There happens to be a lot of talk on this forum about the major league stadiums, but there's almost nothing about the minor league ballparks, some of which are absolutely incredible.

The one minor league park that I want to go to is the one in Camden, New Jersey. (Campbell's Field). I've seen pictures of it on digitalballparks.com, and that place is absolutely amazing.

I don't have any pictures myself, but I would love to see some of yours. The minor league ballpark that I most frequently visit is New Britain Stadium (Home of the AA New Britain Rock Cats). It's all right, but there are much better parks out there. I've also been to the Connecticut Defenders ballpark in Norwich, and Legends Field in Tampa. And I've been on the Metro North Train by the home of the independent Bridgeport Bluefish, which is actually a very nice park.

[MNAFETSC]

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/north_america/united_states/virginia/norfolk_harbor1.jpg

Harbor Park

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/north_america/united_states/indiana/indianapolis_victory1.jpg

Victory Field

The only ones I've ever been to

I was thinking about going on a summer road trip next year and see games in MLB cities from Milwaukee to Baltimore but I think I might just hit up games in the Carolina, Southern, and Appalachian leagues. Probably end up being alot cheaper and just as fun.

[Bazookadale]

Clipper Magazine Stadium, Lancaster PA

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, AL.

(photo taken from Flickr, made by Sunsurfr)

[Williamsburg2599]

McCoy Stadium, picture from Flickr by saraolive:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/51/139517646_b1ab2b5276.jpg?v=0

[alpineinc]

Never been there, but just had to put up a pic of Campbell's Field that curb's talking about - one of the best views around.

http://www.minorleagueballparks.com/camden01.jpg

[alpineinc]

Gotta love Brooklyn's Keyspan Park - ocean and boardwalk right there, Astroland in view, always a fun atmosphere (pics from various sources)!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/63/207740149_a3d6f6af33_b.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/161285102_ad79d86a01_b.jpg
http://www.ballparkdigest.com/images/brooklyn/parachute1.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2215/2284070401_1eb1b230db_b.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/59/159714144_040c6c1501_b.jpg

[Gehrig27]

I think Louisville Slugger Field has to be one of, if not my top minor league park.

[curb my enthusiasm]

Great pictures! I love the entrance to Keyspan Park.

[alpineinc]

Great pictures! I love the entrance to Keyspan Park.

Added another good entrance shot above from the inaugural year.

[Yoda]

Gotta love Brooklyn's Keyspan Park - ocean and boardwalk right there, Astroland in view, always a fun atmosphere (pics from various sources)!
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/59/159714144_040c6c1501_b.jpg



Looks like the outfield gets a little dark

[Williamsburg2599]

What's up with the rings around the lights?

[Kentucky Bomber]

My home park in Louisville has already been covered. A couple more...

Autozone Park in Memphis:

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/images/2006/01/04/3SJSavF9.jpg

Ballpark at St george, underrated home of the Staten Island Yankees. Great view of NY Harbor.

http://siyanks.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/thumbcache/511ba5785a6d9e2d2ea167828f9232e7.300.jpg

Elfstrom stadium, Kane County Cougars. Minor League ball just an hour west of Chicago.

http://www.kccougars.com/artstadium/1stbaseview.jpg

Damaschke Field, Oneonta, NY. Rolling Hills and silos beyond the outfield, the Hall of Fame minutes away.

http://www.ballparkdigest.com/images/oneonta/DSCF0009.JPG

[Yoda]

Bosse Field in Evansville, Indiana
http://www.minorleagueballparks.com/Bosse98.jpg

I've never been there but it looks great.

I might make a road trip there.

[curb my enthusiasm]

Added another good entrance shot above from the inaugural year.

John Franco night!:highfive:

[mets16]

heres some shots i took at campbells field..

http://flickr.com/photos/jjway2006/sets/72157603395372805/

[whoisonit]

Damaschke Field, Oneonta, NY. Rolling Hills and silos beyond the outfield, the Hall of Fame minutes away.

http://www.ballparkdigest.com/images/oneonta/DSCF0009.JPG

That's beautiful. Is this where the Oneonta Tigers play ?

[Kentucky Bomber]

That's beautiful. Is this where the Oneonta Tigers play ?

Yup. Oneonta Yankees for years before that.

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

West End Field in Greenville SC is a great place to watch a game, and features a Fenway type wall in LF.

Large Photo (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1026/892354765_d33e041f4f_o.jpg)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1026/892354765_1efb92b241_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/80/210219436_a1214bac00_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1099/700795443_45b5f1b8c7_b.jpg

In the southern part of the state, Riley Park in Charleston is situated near the river (thus their name the Riverdogs)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1386/945617081_d8a36ca9c9_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/50372425_1c864eaf6a_b.jpg

[MarcianoNY]

For sentimental reasons, Murnane Park, Utica, New York; and MacArthur Stadium, Syracuse, New York, respectively. There's something about these old minor-league parks that's like stepping into a time-warp back to the old days of baseball: the single-tiered, rickety grandstands, the wooden fences with ads all over, the fact that usually they are surrounded by old, residential urban neighborhoods instead of acres of parking lots. You gotta love it.

[icee82]

You have to include the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in any thread about beautiful minor league parks. This photo was taken last summer. Jason Hammel is facing Joey Votto.

[icee82]

No thread would be complete with a pic from beautiful New Bridge Bank Park in Greensboro, NC. However for some reason, I am unable to upload that right now!

[whoisonit]

The Ballpark At Harbor Yards, is the home of the Bridgeport Bluefish (Connecticut) of the Atlantic League. The gritty industrial feel is neat. The train runs just yards outside the RF fence, which I love.
The park is within walking distance of the Port Jefferson Ferry Pier, and it's always a great atmosephere on the ferry & at the game when hundreds of LI Duck fanatics take the trip over to see the game against the Ducks arch rival.
Love the name too.

(from various web-sites)

[alpineinc]

What's up with the rings around the lights?

Regarding Keyspan Park, it's in keeping with the amusement park theme, along with an actual boardwalk connecting the main concourse to the outfield, free standing concessions, etc.

[stlfan]

The Ballpark At Harbor Yards, is the home of the Bridgeport Bluefish (Connecticut) of the Atlantic League. The gritty industrial feel is neat. The train runs just yards outside the RF fence, which I love.
The park is within walking distance of the Port Jefferson Ferry Pier, and it's always a great atmosephere on the ferry & at the game when hundreds of LI Duck fanatics take the trip over to see the game against the Ducks arch rival.
Love the name too.

(from various web-sites)
Makes me think of the minor league ballpark from the Richard Pryor remake of Brewster's Millions where the train tracks actually went through the outfield and they had to stop play when a train came.

[stlfan]

My girlfriend was down in Memphis last summer and took some good shots of AutoZone Park. She seems to do a good job of putting up with my ballpark obsession. I can't wait to go see a couple of games down there in June.

[stlfan]

More photos from AutoZone Park last summer. I love how it's just nestled in downtown Memphis.

[Yoda]

http://homerderby.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/welcome-to-wrigley-field.jpg

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2523/emotlaughup0.gif

[Pelt]

Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. It's America's oldest baseball stadium - built in 1910.

http://www.jamesspann.com/blogpix/chitlins2_550.jpg

http://www.minorleagueballparks.com/ricklite.jpg

http://www.minorleagueballparks.com/rickrf.jpg

http://www.geocities.jp/muguken1975/picture_ballpark_na/lost_ballpark_main.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/randy4au/image/74600197/original.jpg

[Yoda]

Those light standards are insane

[Chevy114]

Watt Powell Park Former minor league park in Charleston West Vriginia. It was built in 1948. My grandfather worked there, my dad and his brother worked there, and when I was 12 I got to go back and watch a game. Great view too!

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/Chevy114/wpp9.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/Chevy114/wpp7.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/Chevy114/wpp6.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/Chevy114/wpp13.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/Chevy114/wpp14.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/Chevy114/wpp15.jpg


http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/Chevy114/wpp12.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/Chevy114/wpp16.jpg

[Chevy114]

Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. It's America's oldest baseball stadium - built in 1910.

http://www.jamesspann.com/blogpix/chitlins2_550.jpg

http://www.minorleagueballparks.com/ricklite.jpg

http://www.minorleagueballparks.com/rickrf.jpg

http://www.geocities.jp/muguken1975/picture_ballpark_na/lost_ballpark_main.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/randy4au/image/74600197/original.jpg

I would love to go to Rickwood, but don't they only play like a tourney a year?

[JeepingBaseball]

Lee County Stadium, Ft Myers FL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/LINYJeepCraze/IMGP1114.jpg

Electric Park, Tucson, AZ

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/LINYJeepCraze/tep.jpg

Citibank Park, Central Islip, NY

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/LINYJeepCraze/citibank0560.jpg

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

I would love to go to Rickwood, but don't they only play like a tourney a year?

They play one game every year, called the Rickwood Classic. This game is to raise money to maintain this beautiful stadium. I am not sure, but I think that this game is a part of the regular season in the Southern League.

[Transplanted Fan]

Perhaps the most anachronistic facility in all of baseball: PGE Park in Portland. It's an 80-year-old relic of a stadium that was never intended to be a baseball venue, yet has been the home of Portland Beavers baseball for over half a century. It has a stately-looking roofed grandstand that's far too massive to be considered quaint; the stadium probably holds about 10,000 more seats than the Beavers could ever hope to fill. For such a grand old park, it inexplicably has an artificial turf surface, and a towering wall of luxury suites just emerge behind home plate. The park is oriented away from the downtown skyline; the hulking edifice that houses the Multnomah Athletic Club (which originally built the stadium in the 1920s) dominates the outfield panorama. For everything great that the park has going for it, there's some flaw that detracts from it. For better or for worse, though, PGE Park is undoubtedly among the most unique venues in the minors.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/PGEParkpano.jpg/800px-PGEParkpano.jpg

http://www.ballparkwatch.com/images/portland/pge_park_4.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/63737768_70659d7e68_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/17114285_e6c94f1e01_o.jpg

[Pelt]

I was fortunate enough to attend many games at Owen Bush Stadium in Indianapolis, which was built in 1931, before the Indians moved downtown to Victory field. It’s the stadium where Eight Men Out was filmed. It was an absolutely wonderful place to watch a game.

http://www.ballparkreviews.com/indy/bush.jpg

http://www.minorleagueballparks.com/Bush98.jpg

http://www.baseballtrips.net/bush6.jpg

When the Indians moved to Victory field, a promoter tried to have dirt track races in Bush.

http://www.minorleagueballparks.com/16th.jpg

It didn’t last long and now the stadium just sits empty and overgrown

[whoisonit]

It didn’t last long and now the stadium just sits empty and overgrown

Can you get any pictures of that ?

[RichardK]

The Ballpark At Harbor Yards, is the home of the Bridgeport Bluefish (Connecticut) of the Atlantic League. The gritty industrial feel is neat. The train runs just yards outside the RF fence, which I love.
The park is within walking distance of the Port Jefferson Ferry Pier, and it's always a great atmosephere on the ferry & at the game when hundreds of LI Duck fanatics take the trip over to see the game against the Ducks arch rival.
Love the name too.

(from various web-sites)

Yikes! Is one of the attactions cancer? lol.

[RichardK]

Watt Powell Park Former minor league park in Charleston West Vriginia. It was built in 1948. My grandfather worked there, my dad and his brother worked there, and when I was 12 I got to go back and watch a game. Great view too!

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/Chevy114/wpp13.jpg

Wow! Great View! I like it!

[BlueCrew08]

a classic advertisement and ballpark fan I am definitely digging photos of Rickwood Field right now.

There are more here http://gay2.gotfamiliesonline.com/gallery/2006-05-14-1/page1

[Yoda]

It didn’t last long and now the stadium just sits empty and overgrown


Wow!

Thanks!

That movie makes me tear up at the end


"well is that him....?"

"nawww. That's not him."

"Is that who?"

"Shoeless Joe, one of them bums from Chicago that threw the world series....one of the Black Sox."

:sorry:

[Pelt]

Can you get any pictures of that ?

Sure. These are from last year.

http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/ph/indbush1.jpg

http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/ph/indbush2.jpg

http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/ph/indbush3.jpg

[BradC34]

Have to rep the brick, home of the Big 12 championship tourny. Really neat ballpark in downtown OKC.

http://graphics.fansonly.com/confs/big12/graphics/m-basebl-sbc-bricktown.jpg

Great seats are usually available for cheap prices, but hot summer day games can get rough.

[Chevy114]

Wow! Great View! I like it!

Yeah it was a great view! Now they have one of those downtown urban ballparks everyone else is doing:

http://www.ballparkreviews.com/charlwv/app.htm

http://www.baseballparks.com/WestVa.asp

http://brandononthebus.mlblogs.com/archives/2007/07/pictures_of_app.html

Still a good view, espically when your seats face the captial, but man is it hard to replace a classic! On the plus side if you go to the last link, you can see/read about the gold seats in the outfield they took from the old watt powell park to help people remember the old stadium. I wish more teams would do that!

[stejay]

Dr Pepper Ballpark, Frisco Texas
http://www.baseballpilgrimages.com/AA/frisco1.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/ph/frisco2.jpg
http://www.ballparkreviews.com/frisco/frisco2.jpg
http://www.baseballpilgrimages.com/AA/frisco2.jpg

[PeteU]

Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville:

http://www.digitalballparks.com/Southern/Baseball_Grounds_-_From_Behind_the_NetV2T.jpg


http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/ph/bbjax1.jpg

http://www.baseballpilgrimages.com/AA/jax1.jpg

http://jacksonville.suns.milb.com/images/2006/12/21/tgF5ZOou.jpg

http://www.ballparkdigest.com/images/jax/DSCF0006.JPG

[six4three]

Perhaps the most anachronistic facility in all of baseball: PGE Park in Portland. It's an 80-year-old relic of a stadium that was never intended to be a baseball venue, yet has been the home of Portland Beavers baseball for over half a century. It has a stately-looking roofed grandstand that's far too massive to be considered quaint; the stadium probably holds about 10,000 more seats than the Beavers could ever hope to fill. For such a grand old park, it inexplicably has an artificial turf surface, and a towering wall of luxury suites just emerge behind home plate. The park is oriented away from the downtown skyline; the hulking edifice that houses the Multnomah Athletic Club (which originally built the stadium in the 1920s) dominates the outfield panorama. For everything great that the park has going for it, there's some flaw that detracts from it. For better or for worse, though, PGE Park is undoubtedly among the most unique venues in the minors.


Yeah, it's an odd little park. The MAC building looks like it needs a scoreboard on it. But I do love that street-level view of the field.

Miss the diving girl, though. They used to have this 3-dimensional Jantzen swimwear girl statue, but it got taken down in the 2000 renovations. :(

[Pelt]

I would have loved to have attended a game in War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo. The movie The Natural was filmed there and was also the home of the AAA Bisons for some time before they finally moved downtown. Trying to fit a ballfield in a football stadium like that made for some quirkiness in this park. I love it.

http://www.stadiumsofnfl.com/past/warmain.jpg

http://www.stadiumsofnfl.com/past/warmem801.jpg

http://www.frontiernet.net/~rochballparks/buffalo/87_3rdbaseside.jpg

http://www.frontiernet.net/~rochballparks/buffalo/87_rightfieldstands.jpg

http://www.frontiernet.net/~rochballparks/buffalo/87_1stbaseboxes.jpg

http://www.frontiernet.net/~rochballparks/buffalo/87_diamondfromwayup.jpg

[lollar]

Here are ballparks from the New York Penn League:

The first three are of LeLacheur Park (Red Sox) in Lowell, Mass...the final two are in Oneonta, NY

[lollar]

A final pic from Oneonta...the next four are of Keyspan Park in Brooklyn

[six4three]

I love going to a Cyclones game. Very nice park.

[lollar]

More pics of Keyspan park...including Coney Island behind left field...the boardwalk and Atlantic Ocean beyond right field...the famous Coney Island swing from the '30's that still stands in RF.....the final pic is of the late Buck O'Neill on the field

[Chevy114]

Do people still go to coney island? I can't tell if its outdated or classic. Also do people still use the beach there? Im on the gulf in Tampa so being in water that cold would kill me!

[Philtration]

Slugger Field in Louisville Ky.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/phil62/baseball%20site/pic_louisvilleBats.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/phil62/baseball%20site/slugger-field-louisville.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/phil62/baseball%20site/louisville0403.jpg

[six4three]

Do people still go to coney island? I can't tell if its outdated or classic. Also do people still use the beach there? Im on the gulf in Tampa so being in water that cold would kill me!

Still go?

The ballpark is only a couple years old.

And yes, people still use the beach there. In droves. In summertime, the water's fairly warm. The only reason I don't go is because it's too crowded - I like it in the spring and fall.

[marlins739]

Fairly warm for the Northeast is put one toe in and jump out temperature for us down here. I feel your pain, Chevy114

Here's Franklin Covey Field in Salt Lake City, home of the Angels' AAA Salt Lake Bees. One of the best views in the game, in my opinion. Also note the shape of the infield dirt, never seen that anywhere else

http://www.novasio.com/images/first_pitch.jpg
http://www.saltlakechamber.org/visit-relocate/visitor/recreation/600_FranklinCoveyField.jpg

[spark240]

I would love to go to Rickwood, but don't they only play like a tourney a year?

There is only one official professional game per year (the Rickwood Classic, coming up later this month, is a regular season Southern League game)... but, there are local amateur leagues using the place, and a handful of other events.

[six4three]

http://www.saltlakechamber.org/visit-relocate/visitor/recreation/600_FranklinCoveyField.jpg

That is a beautiful park. I love the minors.

[Chevy114]

Still go?

The ballpark is only a couple years old.

And yes, people still use the beach there. In droves. In summertime, the water's fairly warm. The only reason I don't go is because it's too crowded - I like it in the spring and fall.

No i mean the theme park.

[six4three]

It's actually two amusement parks, side by side (for the moment).

But yes, they're still very popular.

[cmmott]

Tucson Electric Park

[lollar]

The park is still popular..but I thought it was very dirty and run down.

Here are some more pics: They are from Richmond County Bank Ballpark in Staten Island, NY

[lollar]

Here are more pics from Staten Island

[lollar]

The first three pictures are of Russell Diethrick Park in Jamestown, NY (opened 1941)...the last one is of Dwyer Stadium in Batavia, NY

[six4three]

The park is still popular..but I thought it was very dirty and run down.

Almost deliberately so; Coney Island revels in being the last remaining New York icon untouched by Disney, not scrubbed and corporatized within an inch of its life.

The ballpark is new, the area is incredibly quirky.

[soberdennis]

When I was a little kid, I was living in Henrico county, VA and went to a lot of Richmond Virginian and then Richmond Brave games before we moved to New York in 1967. They played at a place called Parker Field. Does anyone have any pictures of this old park?

[Dougman59]

Bosse Field in Evansville, Indiana
http://www.minorleagueballparks.com/Bosse98.jpg

I've never been there but it looks great.

I might make a road trip there.

I went there 7-8 times in the last two AAA years which were 1983-84. It has a nice park outside of the park but it is in industrial area. I got there so early that I could walk in without giving my ticket. It was a time you could talks with the players that were more "Hi how you doing?". Those were the days.

The two things that struck me most was the closeness of the field and industrial warehouse that was past the right field wall. It reminded me of the old stadium pictures showing the close proximity to the community to stadium that was common in the early part of the century. I wonder if the surivial of Bosse field was the inspiration of the Baltimore's new stadium and other since then.

Doug

[califangels72]

former spring training home of the pcl san francisco seals, seattle raniers, l.a/california angels.....single a palm springs angels were here for a time as well....

now home to the palm springs power...

[califangels72]

a few more from the desert....

[Chevy114]

St. George has one of the best views to me, if you like water over mountains or downtowns.

[six4three]

former spring training home of the pcl san francisco seals, seattle raniers, l.a/california angels.....single a palm springs angels were here for a time as well....

now home to the palm springs power...

Great looking stadium. Shame about the team name.

[the_Bored]

Frontier Field in Rochester NY, home of the AAA Rochester Red Wings.

[Milwaukee T]

Thanks for the great ideas. Now I need to find a way out to Portland to check that place out.

If any team ever goes back to Dubois County, IN; you need to check that stadium out.

Old Favorite: The prior stadium in Chattanooga. That was like walking into 1940. You could almost see the Negro Leaguers running around the field.

Bridgeport is a must see. Photos will never do it justice. Walking up the place starts the feeling as it is built low to the ground, but elivated. A great enterance. Then there are the ships and train and the smoke stack. Often the train stops in RF and the drivers will hang out the window to watch. You really can not beat that place.

Salt Lake City is a need to see place for anyone that has not yet.

Every upsate New York field is wort seeing They all have great views and great feels to them. Hudson Valley might be the least with that, but they even have a uniqueness to them as you drive through the Prison facility.

How about Joliet? That's a great one to see as well.

[lollar]

I don't know if anyone mentioned it...but Bosse Field was used in the film "A League of Their Own"

[Pelt]

I've always enjoyed Fifth Third Field in Dayton, OH. The Dragons are either single, or double-A these days.

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2068/fifththird1rr2.jpg

http://www.ballparkdigest.com/images/dayton/dayton_8.jpg

[Ohplayer]

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o174/Ohplayer/5th3rdfield.jpg

[Ohplayer]

[QUOTE=Pelt;1194705]I've always enjoyed Fifth Third Field in Dayton, OH. The Dragons are either single, or double-A these days.

The Dragons are the Reds low Single A club. It's one of the best places to watch a ballgame. SI lists it as one of the 10 toughest tickets to get in all of sports since they are always sold out. However, tickets are easily had.

[Chevy114]

I work at a high school where the mascot is a dragon and I always thought we should steal their dragon, its so feirce looking!

[Pelt]

I would have loved to have seen Toledo's Swayne Field. It kind of reminds me a bit of the early League Park.

http://www.digitalballparks.com/AmerAssoc/Swayne_-_1st_Pitch_640T.jpg

http://www.digitalballparks.com/AmerAssoc/Swayne_-_Left_Side_From_CF_640T.jpg

http://www.digitalballparks.com/AmerAssoc/Swayne_-_CF_From_1928_640T.jpg

http://www.digitalballparks.com/AmerAssoc/Swayne_-_Aerial_From_CF_-_Bruce_Orser_640T.jpg

[six4three]

Beautiful park.

Unusual, too, a minor league park with multiple decks....

[Pelt]

This rendering of Huntington Park, which is currently being built in downtown Columbus, OH, reminds me of this Baker Bowl pic at the bottom.

http://www.ballparkdigest.com/images/new_columbus/000-to-left.jpg

http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/national/bakerb01.jpg

[Pelt]

Found an older pic of PGE in Portland in the upper half of this postcard.

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/4716/portbw2iw2.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/PGEParkpano.jpg/800px-PGEParkpano.jpg

[Doug Miller]

Here are some PGE in season (from last year):

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i83/millerdna/DSC02097.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i83/millerdna/DSC02111.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i83/millerdna/DSC02118.jpg

I really like this park a lot. I have Safeco and Cheney Stadium (Tacoma) a stones throw away. I'm hitting Everett and Yakima this summer and hope to do Portland again the week after next.

Here's a few from Spokane, WA (home of the Indians, Rangers affiliate) I thought the heritage wall for the tribe was interesting. I bought one of the team pins in the native script which was is unique and sharp looking:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i83/millerdna/DSC02150.jpg

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Doug

[FMTwinsFan]

Here is Newman Outdoor Field, home of the Northern League's FM Redhawks..

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[stlfan]

Ok, I am back from my trip to Memphis and I have tons of photos from Autozone Park. My girlfriend and I went to 2 games. One was a day game, the other a night game. I didn't take my camera for the night game. By then I was tired of lugging it around on the trip, but I got great photos of the day game thanks to my dad's great camera with telephoto lenses. The park is absolutely beautiful and nessled nicely in downtown Memphis.

The first 2 shots are from outside the park showing the area that it is situated in. The last 2 shots are looking down the 3rd baseline and the 1st baseline.

[stlfan]

Here are more photos from Autozone Park in Memphis. The first one is of the concourse down the 1st baseline. The second photo is of one of the light towers on the 1st base side. The third pic is of one of the light towers on the 3rd base side. The fourth photo is using a zoom lens from my seat. We had row D for both games. This was taken not zoomed in as far as it could go.

[stlfan]

More Autozone Park photos. The first pic is a view from center field. The last three photos are of Cardinals prospect Colby Rasmus.

[stlfan]

Yup, you guessed it. More photos. The first three are of game action shots. The last one is an overall shot of the grandstand.

[stlfan]

Ok, next round of photos.

The first pic is of Redbird 1st baseman Josh Phelps waiting for the pitch. The second photo is looking down the left field wall towards center. The third is looking down the 3rd baseline from the concourse walkway that is on top of the left field wall and in front of the grassy hill seating in left field. The fourth is of Redbird Nick Stavinoha (who made is MLB debut yesterday against the BOSOX and got his first MLB hit) hitting a homerun over my head.

[stlfan]

More, more, more and more......

The first is a shot from my seats looking out at the scoreboard. The second pic is of Redbirds pitcher P.J. Walters (whom I got to autograph a baseball along with Joe Mather and Jarrett Hoffpauir). The third photo is looking up towards the press box from my seat. The fourth is of the Redbirds' bullpen out in left center field.

[stlfan]

Here are more.

[stlfan]

More photos. All four of them are taken from my seat.

[stlfan]

Here are the last of them. The first two are looking out towards the skyline of downtown Memphis. The last is looking out towards left while Walters and Anderson walk towards the dugout before the game started.

[Hank 755]

Some of those parks could pass as major league parks if they were built in the early part of the 20th century. I mean when you look at Fenway and Wrigley, they are considered major league parks because that's what they looked like back then but in today's world parks like these wouldn't even be considered as a possible new park.

Bet half the people on this board wish some of these parks replaced some of the more modern parks. Though for people in Minnesota, Tampa, and Miami I can't blame you.

[Pelt]

Great shots, stlfan.

[Pelt]

Roosevelt Stadium, Union City, NJ. It was primarily a high school football and baseball stadium, but also housed semi-pro ball. This would have been a cool place to have played high school baseball.

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/RooseveltStadium1.jpg

"Roosevelt Stadium This sporting arena (not to be confused with Jersey City, New Jersey's Roosevelt Stadium) opened November 25, 1937 as part of the New Deal's federally-funded Works Progress Administration Project. Originally the site of the Hudson County Consumers Brewery Company, the art deco[19] stadium was bounded on the east by Summit Avenue and on the west by Kerrigan Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard between 24th and 26th Streets. Roosevelt Stadium stood 15 rows deep, seated 18,000 people, and housed events in football, soccer, track, boxing, and semi-pro baseball, as well as numerous special events, from carnivals and Fourth of July fireworks shows to an exhibition baseball game featuring Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. The stadium's most noteworthy annual event was the Thanksgiving football "Turkey Game," held since 1919 between rivals Emerson High School's Bulldogs and Union Hill High School's Hillers. Its last Turkey Game took place on November 25, 2004, with Emerson victorious 21-0. It was demolished in the fall of 2005 to make way for the new Union City High School and Athletic Complex, which is scheduled for completion in September 2008."

[gman5431]

Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Florida. Probably my favorite of the minor league ballparks i have been to, which number close to a hundred. Visited in 2004 and then returned a month ago. They have made many upgrades/renovations to the park since my first visit. It is set in a beautiful location, on a city island just off the Atlantic Ocean. The park itself is quaint and has a old school, throwback feel but you dont feel cramped at all. Of course the awesome weather and picturesque setting definately do not hurt.

G Man

[Chevy114]

I was just at the jack last week! Everytime they would have a stupid promotion between innings my mom and I would look at each other and say "minor league baseball" then roll our eyes lol. Great park though!

[ri95171]

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Not that this is germane to the whole ballparks discussion, but HOLY BATS! Portland Timbers vs AC Milan???

[Astros]

Here is Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, TX- home of the Hooks (AA affiliate of the Houston Astros). Great ballpark, good sightlines. It was built in a older warehouse district right along the bay. Some of the older warehouse structures was retained as part of the ballpark in left field where the scoreboard sits. Nolan Ryan owns this franchise and his sons run the team.

[gman5431]

I was just at the jack last week! Everytime they would have a stupid promotion between innings my mom and I would look at each other and say "minor league baseball" then roll our eyes lol. Great park though!

Haha, when i was down there, my friend was in the Moe's burritto eating contest....haha

G Man

[Chevy114]

Haha, when i was down there, my friend was in the Moe's burritto eating contest....haha

G Man

Lol I always say I would take my time and enjoy my burritto, the prize isn't worth heartburn and wasting a good buritto!

[Pelt]

Recent flickr pic that I found of Victory Field in downtown Indy with Lucas Oil Stadium dominating the skyline in the backround.

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[Pelt]

My jaw dropped when I saw this pic of old Washington Park in Indianapolis. I've never seen it, but always heard about it. The Negro League Indianapolis ABC's (Owned by American Brewing Co. - ABC) and Clowns played there, until Bush Stadium was built in the 1930's.

I finally found this pic in the Indiana Historical Society website:

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[Pelt]

Huntington Park in Columbus, OH.

[Pelt]

Bumping in light of the other minor league stadium threads that have been popping up.

[BigOneBitey]

Alliance Bank Stadium in Syracuse is pretty nice. Does anyone know what those wooden things in the first few rows of seats down the baselines are for, though?

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[BigOneBitey]

Ottawa Baseball Stadium (formerly Lynx Stadium) is ok for what it is. Kind of a shame it's just sitting empty right now.

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[Pelt]

A couple more from Swayne Field, Toledo, OH. This is probably my all time favorite looking minor league stadium.

[KingmanIII]

All Sports Stadium, Oklahoma City -- saw my first minor-league game here.

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[KingmanIII]

Ok, I am back from my trip to Memphis and I have tons of photos from Autozone Park. My girlfriend and I went to 2 games. One was a day game, the other a night game. I didn't take my camera for the night game. By then I was tired of lugging it around on the trip, but I got great photos of the day game thanks to my dad's great camera with telephoto lenses. The park is absolutely beautiful and nessled nicely in downtown Memphis.

The first 2 shots are from outside the park showing the area that it is situated in. The last 2 shots are looking down the 3rd baseline and the 1st baseline.
Kinda makes you wonder -- were the Cards' plans for Busch somewhat inspired by their AAA affiliate?

[Seven Deep]

The name is silly, but I really enjoyed the Corpus Christi Hooks park, Whataburger Field. I've been told that the layout is very similar to the Round Rock Express' Dell Field, but here you have a nice view of the Bay bridge in right, and you can watch gigantic tanker ships leave port directly behind left. The entire concourse is open, and unlike some other places with the same feature, you can actually continue to watch the game if you need to leave your seat.

Tickets and food/drinks are exceptionally affordable, and you can bring your own picnic to the outfield berms. Only problem is that the nearby offsite parking lots are not paved, and you can get nasty dust swarms when the wind kicks up (which is often in Corpus)

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[icee82]

Check out my pano that I made this weekend. It looks great if I have to say so myself. That is Andy Sonnanstine on the mound.

[Bobby_Ayala]

Anyone attend a game at Lawrence Dumont Stadium? Artificial turf infield and grass outfield. The infield has astroturf.

[Anubis2051]

Anyone attend a game at Lawrence Dumont Stadium? Artificial turf infield and grass outfield. The infield has astroturf.

The Rutgers baseball stadium is like that too, makes for some interesting play thats for sure.

[Chevy114]

Anyone attend a game at Lawrence Dumont Stadium? Artificial turf infield and grass outfield. The infield has astroturf.

Is that the blue jay's AAA place, I always heard they did to get the infielders ready for astroturf?

[minorfan]

Although much maligned (and for the moment abandoned awaiting a renovation and a new team - AA Southern League by all reports), I always liked The Diamond in Richmond:

http://www.ballparkreviews.com/richmond/richmond.htm

Municipal Stadium in Hagerstown, MD

http://www.ballparkreviews.com/hagers/hagers.htm

Commerce Bank Park, Harrisburg, PA

http://www.ballparkreviews.com/hburg/hburg.htm

(thanks to Ballpark Reviews - http://www.ballparkreviews.com/ - for the pics)

[minorfan]

Correction to my last - make that AA Eastern League for Richmond (they're trying to get the current Connecticut Defenders to re-locate).

[CandlestickBum]

Well, it's not as pretty as most of these posted here, but it's mine, and my favorite. I used to go here back when it was the Independent San Jose B's. It's now home of the Giant's Class A minor league team.

We loved our B's, the owner was a bit of a Charley Finley type as far as marketing goes and would do whackey stuff, but it was the 70's too.
http://www.minorleagueballparks.com/muni_ca.html

San Jose Municipal Stadium
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[PeteU]

Although much maligned (and for the moment abandoned awaiting a renovation and a new team - AA Southern League by all reports), I always liked The Diamond in Richmond:

http://www.ballparkreviews.com/richmond/richmond.htm




Count me as a fan of The Diamond as well. I always liked driving by on I-95 as a kid and being impressed by the size of it....it looked like a major league park.

When I got old enough to drive, every summer my friends and I would take the drive from Southern Maryland down to Richmond to catch a game. It was just a fun atmosphere in general--glad to know that a new team is moving in. I'd much rather see it renovated than bulldozed for another ballpark.

[minorfan]

Me too. Unfortunately the renovation plans seem to include removing the upper deck and roof - which are, in my opinion, the cool features of the park.

[icee82]

Here is a pic from the grand "reopening" of the old Durham Athletic Park.

[Chevy114]

Here is a pic from the grand "reopening" of the old Durham Athletic Park.

Whats the plan for the old stadium?

[icee82]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Minor League Baseball will hold a free, public Grand Opening at the renovated Durham Athletic Park (DAP), in Durham, N.C., this Saturday, August 15, from noon until 5pm. The event will feature a softball game with Durham politicians, area baseball coaches and former Minor League Baseball and Major League Baseball players; several Minor League Baseball, city and local college mascots; free food and drinks; the Durham Divas cheerleaders; and a child's play area, among other activities.
Minor League Baseball is operating the DAP, the former home of the Durham Bulls which was made famous by the 1980s movie, "Bull Durham." The governing body of the sport is setting up an academy at the facility and will use it as a training center for business and facility operations in the baseball industry. DAP will also host games for North Carolina Central University, as well as other Durham city events.

"We are pleased to be able to reopen Durham Athletic Park with this public celebration," said Minor League Baseball President Pat O'Conner. "The vision of the citizens and community leaders to make this possible speaks well of their affection for the DAP. Minor League Baseball is honored to be a part of such a landmark's restoration and feels privileged to be entrusted with the operation of such an important part of professional baseball's history."

"The grand opening our beloved Durham Athletic Park is an exciting day for our community since this historic landmark holds a special place in the hearts of Durham residents," said City of Durham Mayor William V. "Bill" Bell. "The Durham Athletic Park has been an integral part of this community since the early 1900s. This long-awaited renovation will allow it to once again serve as a vital recreational site for Durham.

"A big 'thank you' goes out to our citizens who overwhelmingly voted to support this endeavor and bring our beloved Durham Athletic Park back to its former glory with all the added amenities of today. A Durham icon, one we are known for throughout the country, is now restored and can proudly stand as another Durham historic landmark that says so much about the wonderful community we are and will continue to be," added Bell.

[Chevy114]

thats so cool that they are using it again! I know some people may feel different because it's not that historical, but bull durhma is such a great movie, I can't imagine it not being there.

[Bravesfan1984]

West End park is a pretty park. I would love to live in an apartment behind the home run fence. You could just sit out on your back patio and watch the game.

[burroughsmvp]

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[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

This is TD Bank Park in Bridgewater NJ, home of the Somerset Patriots (about 20 miles west of NYC). The team is managed by former major league reliever Sparky Lyle.

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[BigMac1212]

I went to Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock this year. Man, it is a beautiful ballpark.
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[mets16]

TD Bank park is pretty, but the location is another story. It is in a shopping mall right next to Target. People park there for free but it is funny going shopping with a ballpark in the distance.

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

TD Bank park is pretty, but the location is another story. It is in a shopping mall right next to Target. People park there for free but it is funny going shopping with a ballpark in the distance.

I agree. We parked in the Target lot as well. The park itself is beautiful, and is within walking distance of the NJ Transit rail station, so it's not necessary to drive there. The only thing I didn't like was the double level, ad covered outfield walls, which blocked the view beyond the walls from the lower seats. The view from there is a bit sterile, IMO. Otherwise, a great experience. The fans were really into it.