Ballparks that no longer stand - Which have you been too?

[bn2cardz]

I kept skimming past this thread thinking I didn't have any. Of course when I thought about it for a split second I realized I was wrong.

Yankee Stadium 1 - Visited at the end of 2008 Season as a gift from my father
Jack Murphy Stadium - Born in SanDiego, my parents said my first games were the Padres, but I don't recall them at all.
Busch Memorial Stadium - Live in the St. Louis Area so I was a regular visitor

[GoldenAge50s]

Am I the only one that can put Ebbets Field on the list?

Saw my 1st ML game there in 1953, Dodgers against Phillies & Robin Roberts on the mound. Still have my ticket stub!

Here's Ebbets Field today.

[almostdone]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

Am I the only one that can put Ebbets Field on the list?

Saw my 1st ML game there in 1953, Dodgers against Phillies & Robin Roberts on the mound. Still have my ticket stub!

Here's Ebbets Field today.

Very cool Fred. I was scanning the lists looking for Ebetts field.

For me
Yankee stadium
Shae stadium
Busch stadium
Atlanta -Fulton County

Drew

[Nashvol]

Nashville's Sulphur Dell
Knoxville's Bill Meyer Stadium
Memphis' Blues/Tim McCarver Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Riverfront Stadium
Veterans Stadium
Memorial Stadium
Columbus' Cooper Stadium
Astrodome
Atlanta-Fulton County
Sportsmans Park
Busch Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Charleston's Watt Powell Park
LaGrave Field

[vansaad]

Fulton County
Riverfront
Astrodome
Yankee Stadium

And an awesome venue that still stands but seldomly used for professional baseball - Rickwood Field in Birmingham. Former home of the minor league Barons. Built in 1910. Oldest surviving professional ballpark.

[Nashvol]

Originally Posted by vansaad

And an awesome venue that still stands but seldomly used for professional baseball - Rickwood Field in Birmingham. Former home of the minor league Barons. Built in 1910. Oldest surviving professional ballpark.

Well said. Great ballpark.

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by vansaad

Fulton County
Riverfront
Astrodome
Yankee Stadium

And an awesome venue that still stands but seldomly used for professional baseball - Rickwood Field in Birmingham. Former home of the minor league Barons. Built in 1910. Oldest surviving professional ballpark.

I had no idea, just Googled it, that looks great, not sure if I'll ever be back in Alabama, but would love to visit that place, that outside facade looks awesome!!

And the names of the players who played there, no park still standing can boast these names:

Cobb, Ruth, Josh Gibson, Williams, Mays, Musial, Jackie Robinson....INCREDIBLE!!! Thanks for posting that.



completely unrelated, but fits.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab7eVVG3I8s

like Samuel Jackson says, "I'm going"

[mets41]

Shea Stadium, original yankee stadium, connie mack stadium, veterans stadium, Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)

[steve B]

More than I'd thought.

Shea
Old Comiskey
Atlanta fulton county - But for Olympic baseball
Veterans - But for Army-Navy. Got to go on the field briefly after the game.

Soon the new Atlanta stadium, but it can only count as half since I was there for Olympic track and field and was in the half they kept to make it a baseball stadium.

Oddly all the minor league parks I've been to are still there, at least for now.
Wahconah park in Pittsfield Last wooden grandstand around, built in 1919
Municipal stadium in Waterbury - now reconfigured but still used for baseball just not minor league.
Lelacheur park Lowell - Newish and really a pretty park.
McCoy stadium in Pawtuckett
Holman stadium in Nashua.


Steve B

[Nashvol]

The Birmingham Barons play one Turn Back the Clock game there each season. This year's game is scheduled for Wednesday, May 27 and will feature Darryl Strawberry as guest. I recommend adding it to one's travel schedule...

[Nashvol]

I'm probably off topic with these posts, so I'll stop after this one. When one visits the Rickwood Classic full access to the inside of the scoreboard is included. The entire ballpark is a step back in time...

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Nashvol

I'm probably off topic with these posts, so I'll stop after this one. When one visits the Rickwood Classic full access to the inside of the scoreboard is included. The entire ballpark is a step back in time...

Awesome!!

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Awesome!!

Agreed about that Nashville park: it looks extremely awesome.

I saw tons of games at Forbes, Comiskey, and 3 Rivers, and I saw a couple at Exhibition Park (Toronto), Yankee Stadium and Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Of all the ones I seen, standing or not, I have the fondest memories of my first one, Forbes Field.

[stlcardsfan]

Busch Stadium II
Yankee Stadium
Comiskey Park
County Stadium
Riverfront Stadium
Fulton County Stadium

Dang, I must be getting old!

[Frank A]

Polo Grounds
Ebbets Field
Yankee Stadium

[dclarkraiders]

Tiger Stadium
Milwaukee County Stadium
The Vet
Memorial Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium

[sago]

Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Veterans Stadium
Jarry Park

[MartyFromCANADA]

Exhibition Stadium - Toronto Blue Jays

[RTK]

Originally Posted by Frank A

Polo Grounds
Ebbets Field
Yankee Stadium

Jealous, I wish I had a first hand sense of what those three parks and baseball was like in NY. I'm currently reading this book



It's very good and not sympathetic to Robert Moses. It's almost made out that he was indifferent to the Dodgers and Giants possibly moving. If they stayed it was going to be on his terms.

[GDoggy]

Comiskey Park
Riverfront Stadium
Yankee Stadium