Posts Tagged ‘Eastern League’
Ocala’s Gerig Field – A Former Spring Training Minor League Gem
Gerig Field was located in what is now the Martin Luther King, Jr., Recreation Complex, located at 1510 NW 4th Street in Ocala, Florida. The ballpark was constructed in 1936 at a cost of approximately $100,000 with funds from the Works Progress Administration. Gerig Field was named in honor of John Jacob Gerig, the then-mayor of Ocala who…
Read MoreRock Cats Celebrate 20th Anniversary at New Britain Stadium By Leaving
New Britain Stadium is located in Willow Brook Park at 230 John Karbonic Way in New Britain, Connecticut. The City of New Britain constructed the ballpark in 1995 as a replacement for Beehive Field, which the city had built only 12 years earlier in 1982 to entice a professional minor league team (the Bristol Red Sox) to…
Read MoreBeehive Field – Still Abuzz With Baseball In New Britain
Beehive Field is located in Willow Brook Park on John Karbonic Way in New Britain, Connecticut. The ballpark was constructed in 1982 by the City of New Britain in hopes of bringing a professional baseball franchise to the city. Joe Buzas, the legendary minor league baseball owner moved his team, the Bristol Red Sox, to New Britain…
Read MoreThe Rockpile – Buffalo’s War Memorial Stadium
War Memorial Stadium was a multi-use sports facility located at 285 Dodge Street in Buffalo, New York. The name of the venue changed over time, from Roesch Memorial Stadium (named after former Buffalo Mayor Charles Roesch) in 1937, to Grover Cleveland Stadium (in honor of the former President, Chief Justice, and Buffalo Mayor) from 1937-38, to…
Read MoreHartford’s Bulkeley Stadium – Now A Nursing Home With A Home Plate
Morgan M. Bulkeley Stadium was located on the southeast corner of Hanmer Street and George Street in Hartford, Connecticut. The ballpark originated in 1921 as Clarkin Field, named in honor of its builder, Jim Clarkin, the owner of the Eastern League Hartford Senators. After a fire in 1927, the ballpark was rebuilt. Clarkin sold the team…
Read MoreThe Six Different Ballparks Known As Oriole Park
Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, is considered by some to be one of the most beautiful ballparks in the country. Now over 20 years old, it helped usher in the era of “retro ballparks” that swept both major league and minor league ballparks over the past two decades. Oriole Park at Camden…
Read MoreBaltimore’s First American League Park – Original Home of the Future New York Yankees
The southwest corner of East 29th Street and Greenmount Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, is the site of two former major league baseball fields. From 1890-1891, the site held Oriole Park (II) (the second Oriole Park according to Phillip Lowry and his excellent book Green Cathedrals) and was home to the American Association Baltimore Orioles. A…
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