Sarasota’s Ed Smith Stadium Redux

By Byron Bennett | February 9, 2015
The front façade of the Ed Smith Stadium

Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Florida, is not a lost ballpark. However, the stadium as it existed in when it first opened in 1989 is long gone, replaced with a strikingly different ballpark that calls out for a deadballbaseball then and now comparison. Ed Smith Stadium as it exists today is modern, yet seemingly from…

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Wickers Stadium In Key West, Florida

By Byron Bennett | December 10, 2010

Professional baseball was once played in the southernmost point of the United States at a place known as Wickers Stadium (also known as Wickers Field) in Key West, Florida. In 1952, the Key West Conchs played a portion of their Florida International League games there. In 1969, it was the Key West Padres (managed by…

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