Wrigley Field
The first park on Chicago’s North Side, Wrigley Field cost $250,000 when it was built in 1914. Charlie Weeghman built the park to house his baseball team, the Chicago Federals (a.k.a. the Chi-Feds and, later, as the Whales) of the brand-new Federal League, which was challenging the established major leagues. The Federal League folded […]
League Park
League Park was a baseball park located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was situated at the northeast corner of E. 66th Street and Lexington Avenue in the Hough neighborhood. It was built in 1891 as a wood structure and rebuilt using concrete and steel in 1910. The park was home to a number […]
Ebbets Field
Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball stadium in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York. It is known mainly for having been the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team of the National League (1913– 1957), but was also home to five professional football teams, including three NFL teams (1921–1948). Ebbets Field […]
Shibe Park
Built in 1909 and baptized with the name of Shibe Park, the Athletics constructed one of the two ground breaking ballparks of it’s era (Forbes Field being the other) by leading the change from wooden ballparks, vulnerable to just the smallest spark of fire, to a concrete and steel venues that would stand […]
Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city’s National Football League (NFL) franchise. The stadium also served as the home […]
Crosley Field
Crosley Field was a Major League Baseball park in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was the home field of the National League’s Cincinnati Reds from 1912 through June 24, 1970, and the original Cincinnati Bengals football team, members of the second (1937) and third American Football League (1940–41).Crosley Field was on an asymmetrical block bounded by Findlay […]
Sportsman’s Park
Sportsman’s Park was the name of several former Major League Baseball ballpark structures in St. Louis, Missouri. All but one of these were located on the same piece of land, at the northwest corner of Grand Boulevard and Dodier Street, on the north side of the city. Sportsman’s Park was the home field of […]
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a baseball stadium located in Boston, Massachusetts near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home of the Boston Red Sox, the city’s American League baseball team, and since 1953, its only MLB franchise. While the stadium was built in 1912, it was substantially rebuilt in 1934, and underwent major […]
Raelee Frazier (Museum Manager)
I am no stranger to long hours of difficult and detail oriented hard work. Not only do I work at the museum as the Museum Manager, but I have been serving the Denver area Arts and Museum community as an artist and mold making specialist for over twenty years. The lease was up on my […]
Joe Adona (Web Designer)
I was born and raised in NJ and have lived there all my life until a few months back when I retired and moved to the wonderful state of Colorado. I’ve loved baseball for as long as I can remember, but my first real vivid memories of it are of the 1969 Miracle Mets. The […]
