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Hawaii’s Aloha Stadium
Aloha Stadium is located at 99-500 Salt Lake Boulevard in Halawa, Hawaii (a suburb of Honolulu), just north of the Honolulu International Airport and northeast of Pearl Harbor. Aloha Stadium opened in 1976 as a multi-purpose stadium, replacing Honolulu Stadium as the island’s main outdoor sports arena. Honolulu Stadium was located 10 miles southeast of Aloha Stadium and…
Read MoreSan 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 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 MoreSarasota’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 MoreA Drive Around Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium
In February 2001, the City of Baltimore began demolition of Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium. A fight over what to do with the 10 story memorial wall dedicated to the memory of those “who so valiantly fought and served in the World Wars” delayed completion of the task until the Spring of 2002. In January 2000, a year…
Read MoreA Tiger Stadium Drive Around
Five years ago the last vestiges of Tiger Stadium met the wrecking ball. The decade-long march toward that moment, beginning with the final game on September 27, 1999, culminated with the demolition and removal of the last standing section of the stadium on September 21, 2009. The following video was taken in December 2002, over three years…
Read MoreA Pre-Renovation Wrigley Field Walk Around
Knowing that the Chicago Cubs are embarking on a $575 million renovation of historic Wrigley Field, I visited the ballpark on September 19, 2014, for a day game against the Dodgers. My purpose was to photograph and video Wrigley Field as it exists prior to its renovation. Although perhaps not quite as drastic as the Yankees…
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 MorePaterson New Jersey’s Hinchliffe Stadium – A Diamond In The Rough
Hinchliffe Stadium is located at the intersection of Liberty Street and Maple Street in Paterson, New Jersey. The ballpark is set directly behind Paterson Public School No. 5, located at 430 Totowa Avenue, just three blocks northeast of the entrance on Maple Street to Paterson Great Falls National Historic Park. Hinchliffe Stadium is named after…
Read MoreThe Stars No Longer Shine At Huntsville’s Joe W. Davis Stadium
Joe W. Davis Municipal Stadium is located at 3125 Leeman Ferry Road in Huntsville, Alabama. The ballpark is named after a former Mayor of Huntsville who spearheaded the effort to bring professional baseball to Huntsville. Constructed in 1985, it has been the home of the Southern League Huntsville Stars for the team’s entire existence. The team’s…
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