Beer has been closely associated with professional baseball since the game’s earliest days, but it was not initially a marriage welcomed by owners. In fact, the National League once expelled teams for selling beer at the ballpark. But over the years that relationship changed, and over time baseball became a prime marketing tool for breweries. […]
A happy Opening Day to you and yours! Every team is tied for first, a full schedule lies ahead, and crowds pack into ballparks with best-case scenarios buzzing about their heads. (more…)
By a narrow six-vote margin, fans selected Ebbets Field, former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, over the Polo Grounds as their favorite former Major League Baseball ballpark in our Best of the Ballparks competition. (more…)
It’s hard to argue against either of the two finalists chosen by fans in our Best of the Ballparks voting for former MLB park, as the matchup features Ebbets Field versus the Polo Grounds. (more…)
It’s a lineup of classic ballparks in the Final Four voting in the Best of the Ballparks competition, with voters choosing four iconic turn-of-the-century facilities to move on in the next round of polling. (more…)
We have the Elite Eight for voting on former MLB facilities in the Best of the Ballparks competitions, as sentimental favorites like Ebbets Field, Forbes Field, Polo Grounds and Braves Field move on to the next round. (more…)
Interesting way to develop a youth-baseball complex: the new 90-foot baseball diamond for the 2014 season at The Ripken Experience – Myrtle Beach complex will be a replica of Crosley Field. Crosley Field, of course, was the long-time home of the Cincinnati Reds. “As The Ripken Experience continues to host the top young talent from […]
The premise behind our newest offering is simple: one picture of an old ballpark, posted daily. Check it out. We set it up on Facebook. You can see it here. Today’s photo is from Ebbets Field in 1913, with the New York Yankees’ Ray Caldwell warming up before an exhibition game. —- Share your news […]
MiLB history, affiliation shifts, Ebbets Field plans and the return of the Albuquerque Dukes for one night. Here are the most popular stories of the past week on Ballpark Digest, as measured by page views. Pete Rose, hot girlfriend to hit reality TV this fall Webb makes MiLB history: first female league president Could Blue […]
Rare blueprints of Ebbets Field, the former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, were uncovered by a researcher in the Brooklyn Buildings Department and will be displayed at the city’s Municipal Archives Visitors Center. The blueprints have gone through quite the odyssey after being filed with the city in 1912 or so. They were basically forgotten, but […]
As it ends up, 1912 was a pretty good year for Major League Ballparks: Besides Fenway Park, fans also were treated to two other new diamond palaces: Crosley Field and Tiger Stadium. Crosley Field, shown above, was actually the first of the three to open; on April 11, 1912, the Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs, 10-6, […]
Bill Mardo, the crusading Daily Worker sports editor who helped force Major League Baseball to integrate with Negro Leagues players, has passed away. He was 88. Mardo died of complications from Parkinson’s disease. From his position as sports editor and columnist with The Daily Worker, Mardo led the call to bring African-Americans to Major League […]
