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San Diego’s Lane Field – The Ballpark By The Bay
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…
Read MoreErie’s Ainsworth Field – Baseball Archaeology In A Minor League Time Capsule
Ainsworth Field is located at the intersection of Washington Place and West 24th Street in Erie, Pennsylvania. The ballpark was constructed in 1923 and given the direct and to the point name, “Athletic Field.” In 1947 the ballpark was rechristened Ainsworth Athletic Field. According to the dedication plaque, the ballpark was named in honor of J.C.…
Read MorePlant City Stadium – Nine Years Of Spring Training And A 30 Year Construction Loan
Plant City Stadium is located at 1900 S Park Road in Plant City, Florida. Constructed in 1987, the ballpark was the spring training home of the Cincinnati Reds from 1988 to 1996. Plant City Stadium hosted no other professional baseball other than the Reds spring training. Other tenants have included the United States Australian Football…
Read MoreCity of Pompano Beach Municipal Baseball Park
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…
Read MoreChain Of Lakes Park in Winter Haven, Florida
Chain Of Lakes Park (also known as Chain O’ Lakes Park) is located at 500 Cletus Allen Drive in Winter Haven, Florida. The ballpark opened in 1966 as the spring training home of the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox previously had trained in Payne Park in Sarasota, Florida, from 1933 until 1958, with the exception of the war…
Read MoreCity of Palms Park – The Red Sox First Spring Training Home In Fort Myers
City of Palms Park is located at 2201 Edison Avenue in Fort Myers, Florida. Constructed in 1992, it is the newest Grapefruit League venue already abandoned as a major league spring training home. Only Tucson Electric Park in Tucson, Arizona, built in 1998 and abandoned by major league baseball in 2010, is newer. City of Palms Park was…
Read MoreHenley Field – A Walk Back In Time
Henley Field is located at 1125 North Florida Avenue in Lakeland Florida. In 1923, the ballpark was known as Adair Field, built on land purchased from Dr. Pike Adair by the City of Lakeland. At the urging of Clare Henley, President of the Lakeland Baseball Club, the Cleveland Indians began training at Adair Field in 1923. In…
Read MoreClearwater Athletic Field – The Phillies First Clearwater Home
Clearwater Athletic Field was located near the northeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Seminole Street in Clearwater, Florida. It hosted major league spring training for over 30 years, from 1923 to 1954. The Brooklyn Dodgers first occupied the ballpark from 1923 to 1932, having previously trained at J.P. Small Memorial Park in Jacksonville, Florida. The Dodgers departed Clearwater…
Read MoreJack Russell Stadium – The Phillies’ Second Clearwater Home
Jack Russell Stadium is located at 800 Phillies Drive in Clearwater, Florida. For almost 50 years it was the spring training home of the Philadelphia Phillies. Constructed in 1954, the ballpark opened in 1955 when the Phillies moved their spring training home two blocks west from Clearwater Athletic Field. The Phillies had held their spring training…
Read MoreFort Myer’s Terry Park – Over 100 Years of Baseball History
Terry Park is located at 3410 Palm Beach Boulevard in Fort Myers, Florida. The ballpark hosted major league spring training for over 50 years, from the early 1920s to the late 1980s. The earliest professional baseball activity at the site was in 1914 when the American Association Louisville Colonels held spring training on the grounds of the…
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