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"Ballparks should be happy places." -- Bill Veeck

Recent Visits

NYSEG Stadium, Binghamton Mets
NYSEG Stadium, the home of the Binghamton Mets (Class AA; Eastern League), may not be the flashiest facility in the minors, but may be the most family-friendly facility we've run across in a long time. It's a ballpark where kids can run the bases in the middle of the fifth and it's a ballpark where dollar hot dogs are available every night of the week. With a host of attractions geared toward kids, NYSEG Stadium is a place where families of all sorts can go out and have a safe, affordable time.

Arvest Ballpark, Northwest Arkansas Naturals
There's still an unfinished feel to Arvest Ballpark, the new home of the Northwest Arkansas Naturals (Class AA; Texas League), but it's not that the Naturals were behind in making sure things worked -- they did, perhaps a little smoother than the average ballpark opening -- as there's an unsettled quality to the area, and we're guessing the ultimate feel of the ballpark will be shaped by what happens in the area. While Arvest Ballpark is certainly worth a visit today -- it's a sleek, modern facility currently somewhat at odds with the surrounding farms -- we're excited to watch how the facility evolves with the rest of the Springdale community.

Tempe Diablo Stadium, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
The best ballparks in Arizona for Cactus League baseball are by and large the old ones -- like Scottsdale Stadium, Phoenix Municipal Stadium and Hi Corbett Field. All have been significantly updated through the years, but they still retain a historic charm. Chief among these older ballparks is Tempe Diablo Stadium, currently the spring home of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. It opened in 1968 and was the spring home of the Seattle Mariners between 1977 and 1993; it was then renovated and then became the spring home of the Angels. When it opened, one of the best things about the ballpark was its scenic location next to the buttes of Tempe; that's still true today despite some dramatic renovations to the ballpark.

Features

2008 Ballparks
Billings
Forest City, N.C.
Grand Prairie
Lehigh Valley
Springdale, Ark.
Southern Maryland
Washington, D.C.

2009 Ballparks
Avon, Ohio
Charlotte, N.C.
Charlotte County, Fla.
Columbus, Ohio
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Glendale, Az.
Goodyear, Az.
Gwinnett County
Kansas City
(renovations)
LSU
Madison, Wis.
(renovations)
New York Mets
New York Yankees
Pensacola, Fla.
Reno
University of North
Carolina
University of South
Carolina
Winston-Salem

2010 Ballparks
Minnesota Twins

2012 Ballparks
Oakland Athletics
Tampa Bay Rays

Ballparks of the Past
Colt Stadium
Crosley Field
Durham Athletic
Park
Ebbets Field
Griffith Stadium
Huntington Avenue
Grounds
Jack Russell
Jarry Park
L.A. Coliseum
Metropolitan
Stadium
Muehlebach Field
Municipal Stadium
(Kansas City)
Sicks' Stadium
Tinker Field
War Memorial
(Greensboro)

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Book Excerpts
The Last Good Season

2007 Attendance
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2006 Attendance
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2005 Attendance
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2004 Attendance
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2003 Attendance
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2002 Attendance
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Archives

2008
April 21-27
April 14-20
April 7-13
March 31-April 6
March 24-30
March 17-23
March 10-16
March 3-9
Feb. 25-March 2
Feb. 18-24
Feb. 11-17
Feb. 4-10
Jan. 22-28
Jan. 15-21
Jan. 8-14
Jan. 1-7

2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002

League Histories

American League (1901-present)

National League (1883-present)

International League (1885-present)

Pacific Coast League (1903-present)

Eastern League (1923-present)

Southern League (1904-1917; 1919-1930; 1936-1942; 1946-present)

Texas League (1888-1890; 1902-1942; 1946-present)

California League (1941-1942, 1946-present)

Carolina League (1945-present)

Florida State League (1919-1928; 1936-1941; 1946-present)

South Atlantic (Sally) League (1960-present)

Midwest League (1956-present)

New York-Pennsylvania League (1939-present)

Northwest League (1918-1922; 1937-1942; 1946-present)

Pioneer League (1939-1942; 1946-present)

Appalachian League (1911-1914; 1921-1925; 1937-1955; 1957-present)

Northern League (1902; 1903-1905; 1908; 1913-1917; 1933-1942; 1946-1971; 1993-present)

Northwoods League (1994-present)

Defunct Leagues

Alabama-Florida League (1933-1939; 1951-1962)

Alabama State League (1940-1941; 1946-1950)

Alabama-Tennessee League (1921)

American Association (1883-1891)

American Association (1902-1962; 1969-1997)

Arizona State League (1928-1930)

Arizona-Mexico League (1955-1958)

Arizona-Texas League (1931-1932; 1937-1941; 1947-1950; 1952-1954)

Arkansas State League (1908-1909)

Arkansas State League (1934-1935)

Arkansas-Missouri League (1936-1940)

Arkansas-Texas League (1908)

Atlantic Association (1889-1890)

Atlantic Association (1908)

Atlantic League (1896-1900)

Atlantic League (1914)

Bi-State League (1915)

Bi-State League (1934-1942)

Big State League (1947-1957)

Blue Grass League (1908-1912; 1922-1924)

Blue Ridge League (1915-1918; 1920-1930)

Blue Ridge League (1946-1950)

Border League (1912-1913)

Border League (1946-1951)

Buckeye League (1915)

California League (1887-1889; 1891; 1893; 1899-1902; 1907-1909)

California State League (1910; 1913-1915; 1929)

Canadian League (1899-1900; 1905; 1911; 1912-1913; 1914-1915)

Canadian-American League (1936-1942; 1946-1951)

Cape Breton Colliery League (1937-1939)

Carolina Association (1908-1912)

Central Association / Iowa State League (1904-1917; 1947-1949)

Central League (1888)

Central League (1900)

Central League (1903-1917; 1920-1922; 1926; 1928-1930; 1934; 1948-1951)

Central California League (1910-1911)

Central International League (1912)

Central Interstate League (1888-1889)

Central Kansas League (1908-1912)

Central Pennsylvania League (1887)

Central Texas League (1914-1917)

Coastal Plain League (1937-1941, 1946-1952)

Colonial League (1914-1915)

Colonial League (1947-1950)

Connecticut Association (1910)

Connecticut State League (1899-1912)

Copper Country Soo League (1905)

Cotton States League (1902-1908; 1910-1913; 1922-1932; 1936-1941; 1947-1955)

Dakota League (1921-1922)

Delta League (1904)

Dixie League (1916-1917)

Dixie League (1933)

East Dixie League (1934-1935)

East Texas League (1916; 1923-1926; 1931; 1936-1940; 1946; 1949-1950)

Eastern Association (1913-1914)

Eastern League (1883-1886)

Eastern League (1916-1918; 1919-1932)

Eastern Canada League (1922-1923)

Eastern Carolina League (1908-1910; 1928-1929)

Eastern Illinois League (1907-1908)

Eastern Kansas League (1910)

Eastern Shore League (1922-1928; 1937-1941; 1946-1949)

Empire State League (1913)

Evangeline League (1934-1942; 1946-1957)

Far West League (1948-1951)

Federal League (1913-1915)

Florida-Alabama-Georgia (FLAG) League (1915)

Florida East Coast League (1940-1942)

Florida International League (1946-1954)

Georgia State League (1906; 1914)

Georgia State League (1948-1956)

Georgia State League (1920-1921)

Georgia-Alabama League (1913-1917; 1928-1930; 1946-1951)

Georgia-Florida League (1935-1942; 1946-1958; 1962-1963)

Gulf Coast League (1907-1908; 1926; 1950; 1950-1953)

Gulf States League (1976)

Hudson River League (1903-1907)

Illinois State League (1947-1948)

Illinois-Indiana League (1892)

Illinois-Missouri League (1908-1914)

Indiana-Michigan League (1910)

Indiana-Ohio League (1908)

Inland Empire League (1908)

Inter-Mountain League (1901)

Inter-Mountain League (1909)

International League (1908)

Interstate Association (1883)

Interstate Association (1906)

Interstate League (1896-1901)

Interstate League (1905-1908; 1914-1916)

Interstate League (1913)

Interstate League (1932)

Interstate League (1939-1952)

Iowa State League (1904-1907)

Iowa-South Dakota League (1902-1903)

Iron & Oil Association (1884)

Kansas State League (1905-1906; 1909-1911)

Kansas State League (1913-1914)

Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri (KOM) League (1946-1952)

Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee (Kitty) League (1903-1906; 1910-1914; 1916; 1922-1924; 1935-1942; 1946-1955)

Keystone Association (1884)

Lone Star League (1927-1929; 1947-1948)

Lone Star League (1977)

Longhorn League (1947-1955)

Louisiana State League (1920)

Maine State League (1907)

Michigan State League (1889-1890; 1895; 1902; 1910-1914; 1926; 1940-1941)

Michigan-Ontario League (1919-1926)

Middle Atlantic League (1925-1942; 1946-1951)

Middle Texas League (1914-1915)

Minnesota-Wisconsin League (1909-1912)

Mississippi State League (1921)

Mississippi Valley League (1922-1933)

Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (1949-1955)

Missouri State League (1911)

Missouri Valley League (1902-1904)

Missouri-Iowa-Nebraska-Kansas (MINK) League (1910-1913)

Montana State League (1900)

Mountain State League (1937-1942)

Mountain States League (1911-1912)

Mountain States League (1948-1952)

Nebraska State League (1910-1915; 1922-1923; 1928-1941, 1956-1959)

New Brunswick-Maine League (1913)

New England Association (1895)

New England League (1886-1888; 1891-1899; 1901; 1902-1915; 1919; 1926-1930; 1933; 1934; 1946-1949)

New Pacific League (1896)

New York State League (1889)

New York State League (1899-1917)

New York-New Jersey League (1913)

New York-Pennsylvania League (1891)

New York-Pennsylvania League (1923-1937)

North Atlantic League (1946-1950)

North Carolina League (1902)

North Carolina State League (1913-1917; 1937-1942; 1945-1952)

North Dakota League (1923)

North Texas League (1905, 1907)

Northeast Arkansas League (1909-1911; 1936-1941)

Northeastern League (1934)

Northern Association (1910)

Northern Copper League (1906-1907)

Northern State of Indiana League (1909-1911)

Northwest International League (1919)

Northwestern League (1905-1917)

Ohio State League (1887)

Ohio State League (1908-1916; 1936-1941; 1944-1947)

Ohio-Indiana League (1948-1951)

Ohio-Pennsylvania League (1905-1912)

Oklahoma State League (1912, 1922-1924)

Oklahoma-Arkansas-Kansas League (1907)

Oklahoma-Kansas League (1908)

Ontario League (1930)

Oregon State League (1904)

Pacific Coast International League (1918, 1920-1921)

Pacific National League (1903-1904)

Pacific Northwest League (1892, 1896, 1901-1902)

Palmetto League (1931)

Panhandle-Pecos Valley League (1923)

Pennsylvania State Association (1934-1942)

Pennsylvania State League (1892-1895)

Pennsylvania-Ohio-Maryland League (1906-1907)

Pennsylvania-West Virginia League (1908-1909)

Piedmont League (1920-1955)

Player's League (1890)

Potomac League (1916)

Provincial League (1948-1955)

Quebec Provincial League (1940)

Quebec-Ontario-Vermont League (1924)

Rio Grande Association (1915)

Rio Grande Valley League (1931; 1949-1950)

Rocky Mountain League (1912)

San Joaquin Valley League (1910-1911)

Sooner State League (1947-1957)

Sophomore League (1958-1961)

South Carolina League (1907-1908)

South Central League (1906, 1912)

South Dakota League (1920, 1923)

South Texas League (1903-1906)

Southeastern League (1910-1912; 1926-1930; 1932; 1937-1942; 1946-1950)

Southern Association (1885-1886; 1892-1896; 1901-1961)

Southern California League (1913)

Southern California Trolley League (1910)

Southern Illinois League (1910)

Southern Michigan Association (1910-1915)

Southern Michigan League (1906-1909)

Southwest International League (1951-1952)

Southwest Iowa League (1903)

Southwest Texas League (1910-1911)

Southwest Washington League (1903-1906)

Southwestern League (1904, 1921-1926)

Southwestern League (1956-1957)

Sunset League (1947-1950)

Tar Heel League (1953-1954)

Texas Association (1923-1926)

Texas Valley League (1927-1928; 1938)

Texas-Oklahoma League (1911-1914, 1921-1922)

Texas-Southern League (1895-1896)

Three-I League (1901-1917; 1919-1932; 1935; 1937-1942; 1946-1961)

Tobacco State League (1946-1950)

Tri-State League (1887-1890)

Tri-State League (1904-1914)

Tri-State League (1924)

Tri-State League (1925-1926)

Tri-State League (1946-1955)

Twin Ports League (1943)

Twin States League (1911)

Two-I League (1892)

Union Association (1884)

Union Association (1911-1914)

United States League (1912)

Utah-Idaho League (1926-1928)

Virginia League (1894-1896; 1900; 1906-1928; 1939-1942; 1948-1951)

Virginia Mountain League (1914)

Virginia Valley League (1910)

Virginia-North Carolina League (1901, 1905)

Washington State League (1910-1912)

West Dixie League (1934-1935)

West Michigan League (1910)

West Texas League (1920-1922; 1928-1929)

West Texas-New Mexico League (1937-1942; 1946-1955)

West Virginia League (1910)

Western Association (1894-1897, 1899)

Western Association (1901)

Western Association (1905-1911, 1914-1917, 1920-1932, 1934-1942, 1946-1954)

Western League (American League predecessor) (1888-1899)

Western League (1888)

Western League (1900-1937; 1947-1958)

Western League (Class D) (1939-1941)

Western Canada League (1907; 1909-1914; 1919; 1920-1921)

Western Carolina League (1948-1952)

Western Carolina League (1960-1962)

Western Carolinas League (1963-1979)

Western International League (1922)

Western Pennsylvania League (1907)

Western Tri-State League (1912-1914)

Wisconsin Association (1905-1906)

Wisconsin State League (1905-1914, 1940-1942, 1946-1953)

Wisconsin-Illinois League (1908-1914)

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