Posts by Byron Bennett
Nicollet Park – Home Of the Minneapolis Millers
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…
Read MoreMinneapolis Metrodome – Soon To Be A Lost Ballpark
The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome is a multi-purpose stadium located at 900 South 5th Street, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Named in honor of former Vice President and Minnesota United States Senator Hubert Humphrey, the Metrodome from 1982 through the 2009 season was the home of the Minnesota Twins. The National Football League Minnesota Vikings have played their…
Read MoreD.C. Stadium – RFK Stadium
RFK Stadium is located at 2400 East Capitol Street in southeast Washington, D.C. The stadium was home to the American League Washington Senators starting in 1962. Known then as D.C. Stadium, in 1969 the ballpark was renamed in memory of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Senators played at RFK through the 1971 season, when the franchise…
Read MoreGriffith Stadium And The Site Of D.C.’s First Nationals Park
Baseball was played in Washington, D.C., at the intersection of Georgia and Florida Avenues for 70 years, beginning in 1891, up through the end of the 1961 season. The original ballpark, called Boundary Field because it was located on Boundary Road (now Florida Avenue) at the District of Columbia’s former city limits, was home in 1891…
Read MoreBugle Field – Home of the Baltimore Elite Giants
Bugle Field was located in East Baltimore at the intersection of Federal Street and Edison Highway, just a few blocks south of Baltimore Cemetery and approximately one and a half miles off I-895. In 1912, Edward C. Lastner of the Simpson and Doeller Company (a company that printed can labels), with seed money provided by…
Read MoreRickwood Field – Baseball’s Time Capsule
Rickwood Field, located at 1137 2nd St W, in Birmingham, Alabama, is a century-old time capsule of America’s National Pastime. It is recognized by the Historic American Building Survey as the country’s oldest surviving baseball park. Constructed by Birmingham Barons owner Rick Woodward (hence the name), the first professional game played there was a contest…
Read MoreJ.P. Small Memorial Park – Jacksonville’s Oldest Ballfield
Baseball has been played at 1701 Myrtle Avenue in Jacksonville, Florida, since 1912. Currently known as J.P. Small Memorial Park, the ball field has been the site of major league spring training, minor league games, Negro League games, and countless high school and college contests, as well as high school and college football. From 1912…
Read MoreDurham Athletic Park – A Real Life Major Motion Picture Site
Durham Athletic Park (often referred to with the acronym DAP) is located at the intersection of Washington Street and W. Corporation Street in Durham, North Carolina. Home to minor league baseball beginning in 1926, for the first seven years of its existence the ballpark was known as El Toro Park. The ballpark was renamed Durham…
Read MoreWar Memorial Stadium – Greensboro, North Carolina
War Memorial Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina, was opened in 1926. From 1930 until 2004, the ballpark was the home to a Greensboro’s minor league baseball teams. The ballpark’s first minor league tenants were the Greensboro Patriots, an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. Over the years, the major league affiliated teams that made War…
Read MoreCharleston’s College Park – A Lost Ballpark In The Making
College Park in Charleston, South Carolina, still stands, but just barely. From 1939 to 1996 it was the home of several Charleston, South Carolina, minor league teams including the Rebels, the White Sox, the Pirates, and the River Dogs. Beginning in 1997, the River Dogs have played their home games at Joesph P. Riley, Jr.,…
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