Posts Tagged ‘Florida ballparks’
Sarasota’s Ed Smith Stadium Redux
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…
Read MoreWickers Stadium In Key West, Florida
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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