Show us your favorite park you've called a game in.

[Umpire in Chief]

Lets use Google maps to show the favorite parks you have worked in.

 

Here's a quick tutorial on how to do it.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBxSeK7gm8M

 

[Umpire in Chief]

Here's my favorite War Memorial Stadium in Hampton, VA

 

 

It's the only real Stadium I've called in, but it is also rich in history. 

 

Here's a little about it...

http://www.peninsulapilots.com/warmemorialstadium/history/

[mstaylor]

I was supposed to do a plate at Camden Yards but some knucklehead had a heart attack and had a quad bypass so they made me stay home. I could have made it on three days post op.

So the next best is their A affiliate, the Shorebirds. 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_W._Perdue_Stadium

[guyinaredhat]

Klein Family Field in Stockton , Ca

 

Home of the UOP Tigers

 

 

 

I also enjoyed umpiring here. 

[th3]

Riverfront Stadium, Newark NJ - home of the Newark Bears

 

[sdix00]

As the SoCal guys know, there are a series of parks Called Big League Dreams.   They have manicured fields, an indoor soccer field and, the biggest design flaw, a bar.   On top of the fees that teams pay for tourneys, parents pay an admission fee to watch their kids play. 

 

Most of the kids who play in these parks are 12U, but they do handle 16U and adult softball. 

 

Each field is modeled on an MLB or MiLB ballpark.   The spectators sit in fold down seats with arm rests.   The outfield walls have painted crowds. 

 

 

 

 

 

[carolinablue]

Warren, that brings back memories. I grew up there. Used to watch the Pilots play when they were in the Phillies organization. Still a Phillies fan to this day because of it. Then when I played HS. The Bethel HS. team used it for their home field, so when we played them on the road, that's where we played. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world.

[renegadewolf]

rub it in Chris... rub it in....lol

[Thunderheads]

Looking forward to doing a few more tournaments here this summer!

 

 

[JaxRolo]

The Baseball Grounds - Jacksonville Suns



Edit: just got a call that I get to umpire here again tomorrow. Varsity game

[MidAmUmp]

I just worked here for the second time.  They did it right.

 

[JaxRolo]

I just worked here for the second time.  They did it right.

 

Where you working the concession stands?

[NovaScotiaBlue]

I wanted to show Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Ontario (The original home of the Toronto Blue Jays, BUT it has been torn down and is no longer available. So my other choice is, Labatt Park, London, Ontario Canada.

It's the oldest continually used baseball park in the North America

[bam]

Dodd Stadium Norwich CT

[gnhbua93]

Dodd Stadium Norwich CT

 

Bam, Yale Field in New Haven, CT and Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, CT are better that Dodd.

[Thunderheads]

Dodd Stadium Norwich CT

 

Bam, Yale Field in New Haven, CT and Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, CT are better that Dodd.

In reading the title of this thread, ...Bam's response is based on the question at hand, not the opinion of which stadium is better....

[MidAmUmp]

I just worked here for the second time.  They did it right.

 

Where you working the concession stands?

Ummmmmm......I'm going to go with no.

[yawetag]

The field overlooks the Thames River and beyond that, you get a great view of the skyline of downtown London.

 

Wait. Palin first says you can see Russia from Alaska. Now you're telling me you can see England from Canada? What are you all smoking up north?

[MidAmUmp]

Bosse Field - Evansville, IN

This place was pretty cool, too, because it was in A League of Their Own.  Kind of rundown, but the history was cool.  They had the old signage from the movie.

[Jocko]

Walking out of the tunnel and taking the stick at Rickwood. I love calling here
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickwood_Field#section_3

The oldest ball park in America. Not the best facility or field I've ever called on, but the history is so thick you can almost hear the sounds from the early games. I enjoy walking around by the turnstyles and imagining a guy like me taking his son to see games here in the 20s. Rickwood plays a starring role in the movie 42. Jackie hits a HR and 3BC is waving him around. I watched that scene being shot. Another chapter in Rickwood's historic presence.

 

[gnhbua93]

 

Dodd Stadium Norwich CT

 

Bam, Yale Field in New Haven, CT and Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, CT are better that Dodd.

In reading the title of this thread, ...Bam's response is based on the question at hand, not the opinion of which stadium is better....

I was talking to him, meaning a two person conversation.  Three is a multitude.

[th3]

i want to change my answer...while Riverfront Stadium is big and new and fancy, I was awestruck when i worked Cameron Field in South Orange NJ and read the plaque that said that Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig had played on a team barnstorming here and Gehrig hot one over the tracks:

 

[Maineac]

Mahaney Diamond, University of Maine, Orono, Maine.

[Thunderheads]

 

 

Dodd Stadium Norwich CT

 

Bam, Yale Field in New Haven, CT and Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, CT are better that Dodd.

In reading the title of this thread, ...Bam's response is based on the question at hand, not the opinion of which stadium is better....

I was talking to him, meaning a two person conversation.  Three is a multitude.

Last time I checked, this wasn't a private message to Bam from you

[okump96]

Where it all started for me....Mike Patrick Park, Tulsa, Ok. Not the greatest, but we always had fun.