San Diego’s Lane Field – The Ballpark By The Bay

By Byron Bennett | March 10, 2015
An old image of San Diego's Lane Field

Lane Field was located near the northern end of the San Diego Bay, in San Diego, California, at the northeast corner of North Harbor Drive and West Broadway California just across from the West Broadway Pier. The ballpark was constructed on land originally used by the City of San Diego and United States Navy as an…

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City of Pompano Beach Municipal Baseball Park

By Byron Bennett | March 2, 2015

Municipal Stadium was located on Northeast 8th Street near the intersection of Northeast 18 Avenue in Pompano Beach, Florida. The stadium was constructed in 1957 and dedicated that same year as City of Pompano Municipal Baseball Park, although it was more commonly referred to as Municipal Stadium. In 1961 the ballpark became the spring training home of…

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Nicollet Park – Home Of the Minneapolis Millers

By Byron Bennett | October 16, 2013
The entrance to the Nicollet Park

Nicollet Park was a minor league ballpark in Minneapolis, Minnesota, located approximately two and one half miles south of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The distinctive Tutor building that was the main entrance to Nicollet Park (shown in the photograph above) was located behind the former right field corner at the intersection of 31st Street and…

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Albert Spalding and Point Loma Nazarene University

By Byron Bennett | January 25, 2013

Baseball pioneer and Hall of Famer Albert Spalding played for two early major league teams in the 1870s, the Boston Red Stockings (who later became the Braves) and the Chicago White Stockings (later known as the White Sox). Towards the end of his playing days he helped form the National League and, with an eye…

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