Posts Tagged ‘Atlanta Braves’
Milwaukee County Stadium – Home Field To Three Different MLB Franchises
Milwaukee County Stadium was located at 201 South 46th Street, nine miles southwest of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Built entirely with public funds, County Stadium initially was conceived as a new ballpark for the American Association Milwaukee Brewers. However, that minor league team never had the chance to play at the new stadium because of the…
Read MoreAtlanta’s Other Lost Ballpark – Ponce De Leon Park
Long before Turner Field, before Fulton County Stadium, there was a wonderful minor league ballpark in Atlanta known as Ponce De Leon Park. Ponce De Leon was the home to the Atlanta Crackers and Atlanta Black Crackers. The Atlanta Crackers played in the Southern Association from 1901 until 1965, and played at Ponce De Leon in…
Read MoreFulton County Stadium Redux
The Georgia Historical Society and Georgia Public Broadcasting honor the memory of Fulton County Stadium on April 15th as part of their joint collaboration Today in Georgia History. The one minute video includes some pictures from my 2010 blog about Fulton County Stadium on Deadballbaseball.com Fulton County Stadium Makes A Great Parking Lot. Atlanta broke ground on Fulton…
Read MoreFulton County Stadium Makes A Great Parking Lot – For Now
Atlanta/Fulton County Stadium was the fourth home of the National League Braves and the first in Atlanta. The Braves two previous homes were Braves Field in Boston and County Stadium in Milwaukee. Once nestled at the confluence of Interstates 75, 85, and 20, Fulton County Stadium is now a parking lot. Unlike other lost ballparks, however, Fulton County Stadium…
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