Two years ago, Matt Burns and his son visited all Major League and Minor League ballparks in their home state California. The planing was to visit sixteen ballparks in eighteen days in the Carolinas in 2020 but the corona virus threw a spanner in the works. But now, Matt and his dad are making up …
New Ballpark Looming At The Horizon For Tennessee Smokies
After the Knoxville Smokies left Knoxville in 2000 to move into their current Smokies Ballpark, the city of Knoxville is now looking to get the team back with a brand new ballpark. The new ballpark is part of a Old Town Knoxville upgrade that is expected to cost $142 million. The new ballpark is projected …
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Today in Baseball: Ebbets Field sold
Today in 1956, Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley sold the home of the Dodgers, Ebbets Field, to real estate developer Marvin Kratter. Looking back, this was the omen of the Dodgers' move after the 1957 season. The sale to Kratter included a three-year lease, with an additional two years to be added in January, to …
Baseball Shorts: Duffy’s Cliff
In today's episode of Baseball Shorts, we pay attention to a phenomenon that Red Sox fans will surely know. It is a phenomenon that could be found in Fenway Park. Duffy’s Cliff was a ten-foot-high mound that formed an incline in front of the left-field wall from the day the park opened in 1912 until …
Baseball related songs: “The cheap seats” by Alabama
In this episode of Baseball related songs, we pay attention to the song "The cheap seats" of the American country music group Alabama. The song is the third track of their album Cheap Seats. The song "The cheap seats" is completely about minor league baseball. It is about a town not big enough for MLB …
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Ballparks around the world: Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
In this episode of Ballparks around the world, we pay attention to the home of the Regensburg Legionäre (with 700 members, the biggest baseball club in Germany), the Armin-Wolf-Arena. The ballpark was constructed from September 1997 through July 1998. On September 8, 1996, the members of the Bavarian Baseball Federation held a special meeting in …
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Ballparks around the World: Montpellier Recreation Field
In this episode of Ballparks around the World, we pay attention to one of those little gems you hardly can find nowadays. Montpellier in the state of Vermont is home to such a little gem: Recreation Field. Constructed in 1940 and currently the home of the Montpellier Mountaineers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. …
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Ballparks around the world: Petco Park
In Ballparks around the world, it is time to pay attention to the final venue of the 2017 World Baseball Classic: Petco Park in San Diego, home of the San Diego Padres. This modern ballpark is situated right next to the famous Gaslamp Quarter. The construction of the ballpark started in 2000 and the ballpark …
Ballparks Around the World: Estadio Charros de Jalisco
In Ballparks Around the World, the Dutch Baseball Hangout pays attention to one of the venues of the upcoming World Baseball Classic: Estadio Charros de Jalisco, home of the Charros de Jalisco from the Mexican Pacific League. Estadio de Béisbol Charros de Jalisco is located in Zapopan, near Guadelajara in Mexico. The stadium was created …
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Ballparks around the World: Dodger Stadium
During my vacation in the US, earlier this year, my good friend Javier took me to Dodger Stadium for a tour. It is hard to believe that Dodger Stadium, erected in 1962, is the third oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball. It is a ballpark without the modern bells and whistles in which baseball fans …
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Durham Athletic Park
Many of us will know Durham Athletic Park from the movie Bull Durham. Before the Durham Bulls moved into DAP or El Toro in those days, they played their home games at Hanes Field of Trinity College from 1912-1926. On July 7 1926 the Bulls moved into El Toro, then a wooden ballpark. Seven years …
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