"It's 2019 and 20 years since Tigers Stadium last hosted real games. It feels much longer for me. Most of today's massive, yet standard , template parks found today offer limited escape from the daily grind. We are hammered by…"
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of traveling down to Viera, Florida for a family wedding.
The church were the ceremony was performed was right next to Space Coast Stadium, were the Washington Nationals play in the spring, and home of the Minor League Brevard Manatees. The team was on the road, so no games were being played, but i will be back in the spring.
I have lived in Jacksonville, Florida since December of 1980.
I had never been to a minor league ball park except for a 1978 Detroit Tigers Spring Training game in Lakeland, Florida, home of Joker Marchant Stadium.
The Lakeland Flying Tigers are the current home team, and the Lower Single "A" affiliate of the Tigers.
I went to my first minor league game in 1981, in downtown Jacksonville, to old Wolfson Park, where the Jacksonville Suns played their… Continue
Comerica Park, Detroit Tigers(2004)
Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs(1972)
Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox(1989)
Camden Yards, Baltimore Orioles(1992)
Turner Field, Atlanta Braves(1998)
Tropicana Field, Tampa Bay Rays(1999)
Sun Life Stadium, Florida Marlins(1994)
Past Ballparks I've been to(year)
Tiger Stadium, Detroit Tigers(1999/next to…Continue