The Chicago Dogs baseball park in Rosemont, Illinois by O’hare airport is pretty nice. Seeing the airplanes take off and how modernize the park makes it one of my favorites.
random fun fact: the Architect who built CHS Filed for the Saint Paul Saints built the exact same stadium for the Chicago Dogs. The only difference is CHS has more seating than Impact Field.
I love Impact Field. Quick ride on the Blue Line, 20 minute walk, and I get to enjoy some minor league ball while taking in the surroundings of a fantastic ballpark
Go past it all the time (cause there's no southbound entrance on Irving), but have never managed to catch a game though. Have caught many Kane County Cougars games, though (west suburbanite here), and a few Schaumburg Boomers. Cougars have a very boring park, dimensionally, but Boomers' stadium has some neat bits.
"whose dimensions are so bad, I should sue them" I see what you did there. And yeah, that one is bad. Especially with those apartments where you could potentially hit the ball accidentally
On the Bosse field, 1. It’s the second way you pronounce it. It’s kind of like saying bossy but with an E. 2. On the dimensions of the field, The outside wall of that stadium used to be the homerun wall back in the 80s when Evansville had its previous minor-league team. When the otters came to Evansville, that’s when the current wall was put in place. On the old wall it was very rare to see someone hit one out of the park. 3. Also, this field was used in the movie A League of Their Own starring Tom Hanks.
I've played at Bosse. The dugouts were terrifying, which is why I was happy to be in the bullpen. It had the absolute worst clubhouse, but I loved when I got to visit that park.
Eric Ridener My high school was roughly 35 minutes away from Evansville. So occasionally we would play one or two teams from Evansville and some of those times the games are played at Bossie Field. When we played down there, it was normally in mid to early April and about one or two weeks prior to when the otters season would open up.
As an Evansville resident, it’s nice to see someone lending information about the field! I’ve played on the field on numerous occasions and while the dugouts are a bit odd, it’s still a wonderful field :)
@@reidcraig3739 I played against the Otters there. This park is one the coolest places to play. I've commented suggesting it a few times, but I really loved the feeling of being being transported into the past when there.
2 small things. The Wingnuts belonged to the independent American Association not a AAA league and the FCBL is not professional the league is comprised of unpaid college players. Minor points that I just wanted to make.
That’s also ironic because when I was growing up in Wichita, the team was the Wichita Wranglers. They moved to Arkansas to become the Northwest Arkansas Naturals. It was just luck that the field kinda looked like a wingnut when that team took over.
While the FCBL is a collegiate summer league, Wahconah Park has been used by pro teams in the past, with the most recent being the Pittsfield Colonials of the Can-Am League just a decade ago (the current collegiate team replaced them). So, per the opening of the video, it counts as a past minor league stadium.
Our rival school had their tennis courts behind left field, so when we were playing tennis, someone would have to yell duck everytime a home run was hit
Wow! Loved the fact you included Estadio Revolución from my hometown, it's my favorite place in the world. About the sponsors, that's the way it looks in off-season and for what I know is one of the largest/biggest foul zones in America. Sadly we won't get baseball this year in El Revolución
I dont know if you're a Royals fan, but it's the exact same dimensions as Kauffman Stadium was from the mid-90s to the mid-2000s because Wichita used to be home to the Royals' AA affiliate.
Albert Park is definitely unique, having the softball infield in centerfield. But the atmosphere there is great. The Pacifics are historically good as well. The softball backstop serves at the center field fence. Which is 370 ft. It helps it play more true to professional dimensions
As a lifelong KC Royals fan, I immediately recognized the shape/dimensions of the Lawrence Dumont Stadium in Wichita, Kansas. You see, Wichita used to be home to Kansas City's AA affiliate, the Wichita Wranglers, until 2007 when they moved to NW Arkansas and became the Naturals.Anyhow, the field is actually the exact shape as the Royals field at Kauffman Stadium was from the mid-90s until the mid 2000s when they brought the outfield wall in 10 ft from power alley to power alley. And Kauffman still has the crazy rounded walls down both lines so that, despite being 330 ft down each line, once you get a mere 30 or 40 feet into fair territory it's a good 370 feet to get the ball out of the ballpark similar to the way right field is at Fenway where it's 302 ft but the wall essentially keeps going straight with the foul line so that its 380 ft just a few feet to the fair side of the Pesky Pole.
I have been to so many Midland Rockhound games in my life and never even noticed the weird dimensions of the stadium until you pointed it out in this video. Watching the games there live, it is not really noticeable.
I keep hoping Storm Stadium in Southern California shows up in these Minor League videos, but there's literally nothing interesting about that stadium, except for our mascot, who looks like the dog form of the Philly Frenetic
That's it. Time to get on NCAA Baseball 07 and create a field with short fences and each point being 250 ft. away from home plate. God I wish this feature was added to MLB the Show.
oof it only goes down to 310 ft. (it's been a while since I played it). Still MLB the Show has gotta add a create a stadium feature and then maybe the option to have 250 ft. all around.
Former Wichita resident here as well. Maybe that's how they named the team after the Wranglers moved?! Anyway now they gotta do the field dimension like some unicorn for the Windsurge
@@volcanicash31 cross our fingers minor league baseball is still around. My friend was going go to their inaugural opening game but that didn't happen sadly
I went to MSU for law school and lived like two miles from Cooley. Walked past it many times while going to concerts at The Loft. Never stopped for a game there but I wish I did
The best minor league park is Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester NH. Normal dimensions, hotel out of bricks, fun area, deck, and a water fountain. Above the seating, there are suites. There is place to shop, and the offices under it. The scoreboard is also manual, which is cool.
Bosse Field in Evansville is an interesting place. They shot “A League of their own” there and still have some of the signs from the movie still up around the stadium.
When I played soccer in middle school, one school had a joint baseball-soccer field, at least 3 players got injured in one game from the sudden change from the turf to baseball field on the sideline making them stumble and get hurt
I've performed on the football field at Wahconah Park a few times, and the strangest thing is the fans still sit in the baseball seats (not sure if this is the same for the football games though). Can't imagine it's a pleasurable experience for the fans!
You couldn’t have picked an absolute worse picture for Wahconah Park! It’s actually a really nice place to see a game, stands are close to the field, and during baseball season there is zero resemblance of a football field other than the press box behind the center field fence, before a temporary fence was added for baseball the alley to right center was about 460 feet from home plate, only saw 2 balls hit out over that mark, Rafael Palmeiro and Ken Griffey Jr!
jokes on you this time fivepoints, usually after you upload a video, i bingewatch all your other videos for about 5 hours, but today i have work muahahhahaha
Albert Park in San Rafael, Ca: In 1937, Jacob and Annie Albert conveyed nine acres of property by deed to the City of San Rafael for use as a neighborhood park. Over the years, Albert Park underwent improvements and additions including: two ball fields, a stadium, four tennis courts, two playgrounds, a picnic area, the San Rafael Community Center, a formal park entry, the Marin Bocce Complex, Parkside Children’s Center, and parking facilities. It underwent improvements and on April 29th, 2019 it had its grand reopening after three years of improvements.
The Wingnuts Actually Played in the American Association instead of Triple A. As a Wingnuts Fan Who went to many games I didn’t notice it was shaped like a Wingnut until now!
Lansing area resident here, the Lugs are a reference to our automotive past, but still the now former Oldsmobile Park and Cooley Law School stadium now Jackson Field dimensions suck, doesn’t help either that the outfield walls are basically one big green monster, I’ve went to lugnuts games my entire life but the last game I went to back on Father’s Day was the first time I actually seen a multi HR game by a team and it was the Great Lakes Loons, other than that it’s the most pitched friendly ball park in single A, still not a bad seat on the stadium if you don’t get killed my a foul ball hitting off of the suites!
The park in Lansing used to be called Oldsmobile Park. It hosted a soccer team last year that folded after one season. Lansing had a decent soccer club before that one, but they folded to make way for the higher profile team. The team also sought and received city tax funds to put the team in the park. To top it off, their logo was a recycled logo from an old indoor soccer team from Detroit. Baseball people running a soccer team with a rip off logo in a really weird baseball stadium on taxpayer money, what could possibly go wrong?
2 of my favorite things in a video, a stadium critique and a video about one of my favorite sports, Minor League Baseball. You should do another BEST minor league ballparks and include, Southwest University Park (El Paso Chihuahuas) and Hodgetown (Amarillo Sod Poodles)
Ted Williams played one game at Ponce de Leon Park during spring training. He struck out more than once and committed multiple errors, and after the last one, he hurled the ball out of the park and through a window of the Sears Roebuck building across the street.
Sorta surprised to see the Asheville (NC) Tourists field left off the list. This iconic little park sits high on a hill that has to be approached by driving up and past it to park. Left field is HS distance down the line. CF is around 395:. But RF. . .is the kicker. It has its own version of the Fenway Green Monster. Down the line is under 300' but the wall juts straight up another 20-25". The right fielder has to make a choice on how to play the ball off the wall. It's possible to throw runners out at FIRST on a strong carom if fielded correctly. This park has a long history. Babe Ruth once played there with the Yankees as they moved north from spring training. He's rumored to have eaten 12 hotdogs and became ill. The Astros and Colorado Rockies spent the most time on this field. A ball. This field is a historical gem. Love going there.
Bro now you're just making fun of me. My grandpa got tickets for 3 saints games this year, like he does every year, the first 2 were cancelled obviously, but the last one is today. I was really looking forward to it but I have to work and I really wanted to go see the Saint Paul Saints with my mom, siblings, and grandpa. Also, the fewer amount of people at the park means more chance to get baseballs, and shorter lines for things. I finally was getting over this immeasurable darkness in which a mortal being has the inability to percieve, but thanks to you I must once again drown in the tears of yesterday.
Guy from Torreón here!!! I've been following you for a while but I just watched this video and I never thought I would see estadio revolución in one of your vids!! I guess Google pictures were taken a while ago, the stadium has been taken care of under a new admin and looks way better now, but the odd dimensions are still there (partly because of a terrace bar on the right field).
I LOVE Cooley Law School Stadium because of the quirks...The 135 degree angle at the foul poles (Polo Grounds), the "Monster" walls (Fenway Park)...The Tigers took the RCF recess from this ballpark when they built Comerica Park (this ballpark started play in 1996, Comerica in 2000)...The field faces due North, and the overhead shots remind me of the pre 1973 Yankee Stadium Under the apartments are a resturant (LF side) and a brewpub (RF side) that are open air, and open to fans attending the game
Just wanted to say thanks again fivepoints, really been enjoying the latest content, after a stressful day of being a sweaty sports fan in a world of sports uncertainty, it's nice to get a fix by watching your content. Appreciate the hard work!
3:53 OMG mexican fan here, thats the park of my city! i have some curious facts about Estadio Revolucion, it has the widest foul territory of the league, that thing at right field is a bar, many homeruns landed there, you can see players throwing warmup balls to the drunk fans (when they are on good mood of course) very often, in the top part of that building you can make a bbq and get hit by a home run too, also the huge wall of billboards its a kind of green monster but yeah never filled with sponsors during the season, behind the park you can find a small sports complex, lots of homeruns land on that place too, you can get some sunburn at the right field seats trying to get a foul ball, my brother caught one on the fly last year and thats all, great video as always man! :D
Rickwood Field Located in Birmingham, Alabama, Rickwood Field is the oldest professional baseball park in the United States. Built for the Birmingham Barons in 1910, it’s now undergoing gradual restoration as a “working museum.” The Barons play one regular season game a year at Rickwood Field.
Fun facts about Cooley Law School Field: the field itself is actually below street level, and the walls are concrete w/ some padding on the lower parts. saw some wicked balls ricochet off the wall when I was there. Also the apartments are $1400/mo. w/ free access to games, concerts, and other events at Cooley.
The park in San Rafael CA. 5:24 In my opinion the reason it looks pretty bad is 2 things. 1) patchy grass because water is hard to come by in CA 2) it’s a dual field because land is hard to come by in some areas in CA. Yes I live in CA, an hour away from that town.
The FCBL is NOT a professional league. They are college players who play using wooden bats during the summer in order to get experience using these bats for future pro careers, as colleges only use aluminum (or other metal) bats now and pros only use wood. The players are not paid so they can keep their NCAA active status. As you said, however, that park WAS home to numerous pro minor leagues in the past. The reason for the curved outfield in right field at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque is because before the park went thru a major renovation and name change, there used to be a drive-in-theater-like parking terrace beyond right field so fans could watch the games from their cars, and the cars would park in a semi-circle. You mention the park in San Rafael being awful, but there were some FAR worse ballparks in the early days of the Independent Leagues, beginning in the early 90s. There were actually teams playing at ball fields that didn't even have any kind of seating for fans at all!
For once Sam Lynn Ballpark in Bakersfield, California didn't make this list. Shortest centerfield in professional baseball. It has sun delays, because the Ballpark was built the wrong way. Most games start at 7::45pm
Fun fact: The Lansing Lugnuts are the low single-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays and they tried to get the Blue Jays to play the 2020 season there in their ridiculous stadium. 30 MLB games in that park.
I didn't expected that you incluide the Estadio Revolución, the oldest park in LMB (Opened in 1932). Actually in 2023 it looks much better than the photo. Big Algodoneros fan here
Slight correction on Lawrence-Dumont, the Wingnuts played in the AAIPB, while our new team, the Wind Surge (who will play at Riverfront) play in the Pacific Coast League in AAA Tier
check out a closed minor league ballpark. More like a backyard play area. Baxter Stadium in Mountaindale, New York. It was home to the Sullivan Mountain Lions and Catskill Cougars Low A ball. Opened in 1997 and I believe closed in 2003 when both teams went bankrupt due to low attendance. The park was in the middle of nowhere and the players locker rooms were in the local firehouse.
I always considered the diamond to be the set part. Like hockey football basketball has a set size so the diamond is the set part. Since its not like the baserunners Sprint into the outfield
You didn't even mention the best part about Calfee Park. As you mentioned, the field is below ground but the road in right field is actually inclined to it so there are actually two fences in right field. The actual outfield fence is short but there is a hill behind that and then another fence above it to protect the road and the houses on the other side of the road. Left center is also pretty cavernous and I saw quite a few triples in just a small number of games.
Lawrence-Dumont Stadium was actually named after two people Charles S. Lawrence and Ray Dumont, thus the hyphenation that you overlooked. No one in Wichita called it "Dumont Stadium" either. "LDS" was a way more common nickname.
The weirdest ballpark in the one in the Mexican minors that has a railroad track running across the outfield. When a train comes, it blows the horn and outfielders have to open the gates so the train can go through. Minor league baseball is weird, but nothing anywhere is weirder than that. Not even living under a roller coaster is that weird.
Albert Park in San Rafael, CA, is much loved (great food!) and my baseball card here commemorates Leroy 'Satchel' Paige having pitched there on August 4, 1967.
Super Bowl XXVIII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Buffalo Bills to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1993 season. The Cowboys defeated the Bills for the second straight year by the score of 30-13, winning their fourth Super Bowl in team history, tying the Pittsburgh Steelers and the San Francisco 49ers for most Super Bowl wins. The game was played on January 30, 1994, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. Since the 1993 regular season was conducted over 18 weeks (two byes per team), the traditional bye week between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl was not employed; the last time this happened was before Super Bowl XXV. no nae naed
Lexington Park, St. Paul, MN. Closed 1960 when the Washington Senators became the Minnesota Twins. Located by the notoriously stingy Charlie Comiskey,, the former home of the former AAA Saints was built on a rectangular lot. Consequently, it was 365 feet down the right field line and just 315 down the left field line. Homers to left often landed on the roof of the building next door. But what really made Lexington insane was that right field went UPHILL, forcing fielder's to backpedal on sloping ground, all the way to the fence. Find me a more insane AAA park than that.
McCormick Field in Asheville NC (Asheville Tourists). Opened in 1923. Still in use today. Right field is 290 ft with a huge tin wall. Centerfield is 373ft. I was hoping it made this list.
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The Chicago Dogs baseball park in Rosemont, Illinois by O’hare airport is pretty nice. Seeing the airplanes take off and how modernize the park makes it one of my favorites.
And Butch Hobson alone is worth the price of admission
random fun fact: the Architect who built CHS Filed for the Saint Paul Saints built the exact same stadium for the Chicago Dogs. The only difference is CHS has more seating than Impact Field.
I love Impact Field. Quick ride on the Blue Line, 20 minute walk, and I get to enjoy some minor league ball while taking in the surroundings of a fantastic ballpark
Go past it all the time (cause there's no southbound entrance on Irving), but have never managed to catch a game though. Have caught many Kane County Cougars games, though (west suburbanite here), and a few Schaumburg Boomers. Cougars have a very boring park, dimensionally, but Boomers' stadium has some neat bits.
i played on that field it was sick
That last one. Yikes.
OeWf
Yeah, i live fairly close to that field and have a few people i played baseball with in high school play on that field alot, not their favorite park
It’s a football field with a baseball diamond on the sidelines... do you score a touchdown and then do a home run trot around the bases?
Touchdown you hit a Grand Slam 10 POINTS!!!!!
Steven Undisclosed I just moved away from Pittsfield,I actually went there on a class field trip once
"whose dimensions are so bad, I should sue them" I see what you did there. And yeah, that one is bad. Especially with those apartments where you could potentially hit the ball accidentally
Avery the Cuban-American I hope the windows are shatter proof... or the teams in this league suck so bad the ball never makes it that far.
The windows are infact shatter proof theyve been hit a few times
I wouldn't mind staying in those apartments. Free baseballs.
They are shatter proof
i once saw someone on of the apartments drop a beer down to one of the fans in attendance
Me: Oh it can't be that bad.
*The last one*
Me: Bartender just give me the whole damn bottle of Jack Daniels.
hahahhaha underrated comment
😂😂😂 I'm dying
On the Bosse field,
1. It’s the second way you pronounce it. It’s kind of like saying bossy but with an E.
2. On the dimensions of the field, The outside wall of that stadium used to be the homerun wall back in the 80s when Evansville had its previous minor-league team. When the otters came to Evansville, that’s when the current wall was put in place. On the old wall it was very rare to see someone hit one out of the park.
3. Also, this field was used in the movie A League of Their Own starring Tom Hanks.
I've played at Bosse. The dugouts were terrifying, which is why I was happy to be in the bullpen. It had the absolute worst clubhouse, but I loved when I got to visit that park.
Eric Ridener My high school was roughly 35 minutes away from Evansville. So occasionally we would play one or two teams from Evansville and some of those times the games are played at Bossie Field. When we played down there, it was normally in mid to early April and about one or two weeks prior to when the otters season would open up.
As an Evansville resident, it’s nice to see someone lending information about the field! I’ve played on the field on numerous occasions and while the dugouts are a bit odd, it’s still a wonderful field :)
@@reidcraig3739 I played against the Otters there. This park is one the coolest places to play. I've commented suggesting it a few times, but I really loved the feeling of being being transported into the past when there.
Eric Ridener Just curious what team did you play for in the frontier league?
Please do CFL Stadium Critiques!
Last time I was this early, 5points didn’t have manscaped ads
2 small things. The Wingnuts belonged to the independent American Association not a AAA league and the FCBL is not professional the league is comprised of unpaid college players. Minor points that I just wanted to make.
That’s also ironic because when I was growing up in Wichita, the team was the Wichita Wranglers. They moved to Arkansas to become the Northwest Arkansas Naturals. It was just luck that the field kinda looked like a wingnut when that team took over.
Settle down tough guy
it used to be a AAA stadium until 2008
Well, now we have the Wichita TaxSurge coming into AAA, so it checks out. I’m surprised he didn’t take a shot at the name.
While the FCBL is a collegiate summer league, Wahconah Park has been used by pro teams in the past, with the most recent being the Pittsfield Colonials of the Can-Am League just a decade ago (the current collegiate team replaced them). So, per the opening of the video, it counts as a past minor league stadium.
1:21 come on man he's trying his best🤣
Just hit google maps, most frequented places and HELLO, You're single
Imagine playing on that football field when a ball hits you square in the face
Our rival school had their tennis courts behind left field, so when we were playing tennis, someone would have to yell duck everytime a home run was hit
@@todor6217 imagine screwing up a serve because someone yells "duck" out of no where lol
Wow! Loved the fact you included Estadio Revolución from my hometown, it's my favorite place in the world. About the sponsors, that's the way it looks in off-season and for what I know is one of the largest/biggest foul zones in America. Sadly we won't get baseball this year in El Revolución
The irony is that Isotopes Park is really nice and has amazing views of the mountains, but right across the street is... Dreamstyle Stadium.
Bossie in Evansville is one of my favorite ballparks in the country it's a great atmosphere with some kicks ass baseball
Wahconah park opened in 1892. The grandstand was built in 1919.
Still freaking weird, man.
@@UnchainedAmerica blame the river behind the outfield wall
I went to Lawrence Dumont stadium (2:50) a number of times, never noticed it's shape or odd dimensions at the ends of the walls
I dont know if you're a Royals fan, but it's the exact same dimensions as Kauffman Stadium was from the mid-90s to the mid-2000s because Wichita used to be home to the Royals' AA affiliate.
Albuquerque, NM native here. Thanks for giving Isotopes Park a shout-out. Oddly, I have never seen an aerial image of that place.
Those billboard walls are pretty common in mexican ballparks. It's very nice to have my country featured in one of your videos. Thank you FivePoints.
You’re welcome Hablador
Yes more weird baseball fields thanks five points for entertaining my stoned ass whilst I’m on furlough
Albert Park is definitely unique, having the softball infield in centerfield. But the atmosphere there is great. The Pacifics are historically good as well. The softball backstop serves at the center field fence. Which is 370 ft. It helps it play more true to professional dimensions
Whoever designed Midland's field clearly had a drinking problem
lived there my whole life and never noticed how weird the field is prolly to busy playing basketball at the courts
I been there twice yup you ain't wrong
Cooley Law used to be Oldsmobile Park
I bet odd dimensions in stadiums feel like a.... *major* inconvenience
As a lifelong KC Royals fan, I immediately recognized the shape/dimensions of the Lawrence Dumont Stadium in Wichita, Kansas. You see, Wichita used to be home to Kansas City's AA affiliate, the Wichita Wranglers, until 2007 when they moved to NW Arkansas and became the Naturals.Anyhow, the field is actually the exact shape as the Royals field at Kauffman Stadium was from the mid-90s until the mid 2000s when they brought the outfield wall in 10 ft from power alley to power alley. And Kauffman still has the crazy rounded walls down both lines so that, despite being 330 ft down each line, once you get a mere 30 or 40 feet into fair territory it's a good 370 feet to get the ball out of the ballpark similar to the way right field is at Fenway where it's 302 ft but the wall essentially keeps going straight with the foul line so that its 380 ft just a few feet to the fair side of the Pesky Pole.
I have been to so many Midland Rockhound games in my life and never even noticed the weird dimensions of the stadium until you pointed it out in this video. Watching the games there live, it is not really noticeable.
New Mexico yes haha from there. Lets Go Isotopes
I keep hoping Storm Stadium in Southern California shows up in these Minor League videos, but there's literally nothing interesting about that stadium, except for our mascot, who looks like the dog form of the Philly Frenetic
That's it. Time to get on NCAA Baseball 07 and create a field with short fences and each point being 250 ft. away from home plate. God I wish this feature was added to MLB the Show.
oof it only goes down to 310 ft. (it's been a while since I played it). Still MLB the Show has gotta add a create a stadium feature and then maybe the option to have 250 ft. all around.
@@TheNewChevyRoll48 about that…
@@kpdotexe3649 Yeah shortest the fence can go is 295 and tallest the fence can be is 40 feet
I live in the Wichita area and went to multiple wingnuts games. I never noticed the shape of Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
Former Wichita resident here as well. Maybe that's how they named the team after the Wranglers moved?! Anyway now they gotta do the field dimension like some unicorn for the Windsurge
@@codycampbell4880 that would be epic, but they already built the field. There's still enough time to renovate before next season though, right?
@@volcanicash31 cross our fingers minor league baseball is still around. My friend was going go to their inaugural opening game but that didn't happen sadly
Same here
@@codycampbell4880 I hope they still have an area where we can go wait for foul balls
I went to MSU for law school and lived like two miles from Cooley. Walked past it many times while going to concerts at The Loft. Never stopped for a game there but I wish I did
Thanks for the Tour!
Odd Stadia makes fun playing
Yeah!
i would love to stay in those apartments so i could watch live baseball but damn at that last stadium where the outfield is more than 100 yards wide
Thank you for doing the Midland Rockhounds stadium there my home team and I love to watch the games I hope I can go back soon
Any video covering a Mexican baseball league park gets a big like
The best minor league park is Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester NH. Normal dimensions, hotel out of bricks, fun area, deck, and a water fountain. Above the seating, there are suites. There is place to shop, and the offices under it. The scoreboard is also manual, which is cool.
I’ve been to the Pulaski Yankees stadium and it’s even worse in person
That's only because it's surrounded by Pulaski.
I been there aswell. So in my sophomore year of HS we had to play the state championship round there. Those dementions are insane.
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Bosse Field in Evansville is an interesting place. They shot “A League of their own” there and still have some of the signs from the movie still up around the stadium.
Huh. Apparently that's within walking distance from me.
You should critique the best and worst college baseball stadiums
FivePoints will do a stadium documentary someday.
When I played soccer in middle school, one school had a joint baseball-soccer field, at least 3 players got injured in one game from the sudden change from the turf to baseball field on the sideline making them stumble and get hurt
I've performed on the football field at Wahconah Park a few times, and the strangest thing is the fans still sit in the baseball seats (not sure if this is the same for the football games though). Can't imagine it's a pleasurable experience for the fans!
You couldn’t have picked an absolute worse picture for Wahconah Park! It’s actually a really nice place to see a game, stands are close to the field, and during baseball season there is zero resemblance of a football field other than the press box behind the center field fence, before a temporary fence was added for baseball the alley to right center was about 460 feet from home plate, only saw 2 balls hit out over that mark, Rafael Palmeiro and Ken Griffey Jr!
I’ve been to Cooley law school stadium a few times and it’s actually a pretty place to watch a baseball game.
jokes on you this time fivepoints,
usually after you upload a video, i bingewatch all your other videos for about 5 hours, but today i have work muahahhahaha
Every time you mention my state of New Mexico it's never on a good list but at least we made the list!
Isotopes Park is on the list of nicest Minor League parks
Do the best College baseball stadiums or the worst college baseball stadiums. I don’t think you’ve done this one yet. Keep up the perfect vids
Centennial Field, built in 1906, is home to the Low Class A Vermont Lake Monsters. It is older than all three fields mentioned at 4:52
5:15 that’s probably a nightmare for pitchers with ADD.
I may sound stupid but I'm a kid
what's ADD
Albert Park in San Rafael, Ca: In 1937, Jacob and Annie Albert conveyed nine acres of property by deed to the City of San Rafael for use as a neighborhood park. Over the years, Albert Park underwent improvements and additions including: two ball fields, a stadium, four tennis courts, two playgrounds, a picnic area, the San Rafael Community Center, a formal park entry, the Marin Bocce Complex, Parkside Children’s Center, and parking facilities. It underwent improvements and on April 29th, 2019 it had its grand reopening after three years of improvements.
That alleyway at Copley is extremely deep. Hit a ball there during a diamond classic tournament. Ball just kept floating & floating.
Nice commentary on the manscaped ad:
“Too bad it doesn’t tell you where my g-spot is”
😂 LMAO 😂
The Wingnuts Actually Played in the American Association instead of Triple A. As a Wingnuts Fan Who went to many games I didn’t notice it was shaped like a Wingnut until now!
My city, Edmonton, Canada, has Telus field. Although not oddly shaped, the center field is a whopping 420’!
And a FieldTurf (formerly AstroTurf) infield
Ronan Dahlman Sure did! Won four PCL titles too (1984, 1996, 1997, and 2003 I believe).
Two parks in, how many nuts can we expect:
- Lugnuts
- Wingnuts
- Peanuts
- Wall Nuts
- ?
Lansing area resident here, the Lugs are a reference to our automotive past, but still the now former Oldsmobile Park and Cooley Law School stadium now Jackson Field dimensions suck, doesn’t help either that the outfield walls are basically one big green monster, I’ve went to lugnuts games my entire life but the last game I went to back on Father’s Day was the first time I actually seen a multi HR game by a team and it was the Great Lakes Loons, other than that it’s the most pitched friendly ball park in single A, still not a bad seat on the stadium if you don’t get killed my a foul ball hitting off of the suites!
The park in Lansing used to be called Oldsmobile Park. It hosted a soccer team last year that folded after one season. Lansing had a decent soccer club before that one, but they folded to make way for the higher profile team. The team also sought and received city tax funds to put the team in the park. To top it off, their logo was a recycled logo from an old indoor soccer team from Detroit. Baseball people running a soccer team with a rip off logo in a really weird baseball stadium on taxpayer money, what could possibly go wrong?
The Isotopes ballpark was in the MLB 2K series. Fun ballpark to play in when working the way up in MyCareer.
2 of my favorite things in a video, a stadium critique and a video about one of my favorite sports, Minor League Baseball.
You should do another BEST minor league ballparks and include, Southwest University Park (El Paso Chihuahuas) and Hodgetown (Amarillo Sod Poodles)
hey man im from pittsfield and let me tell you not only is that ballpark whack, the parking lot floods with any rain
Ted Williams played one game at Ponce de Leon Park during spring training. He struck out more than once and committed multiple errors, and after the last one, he hurled the ball out of the park and through a window of the Sears Roebuck building across the street.
3:58: My dad played with the team that played in that stadium
Sorta surprised to see the Asheville (NC) Tourists field left off the list. This iconic little park sits high on a hill that has to be approached by driving up and past it to park. Left field is HS distance down the line. CF is around 395:. But RF. . .is the kicker. It has its own version of the Fenway Green Monster. Down the line is under 300' but the wall juts straight up another 20-25". The right fielder has to make a choice on how to play the ball off the wall. It's possible to throw runners out at FIRST on a strong carom if fielded correctly. This park has a long history. Babe Ruth once played there with the Yankees as they moved north from spring training. He's rumored to have eaten 12 hotdogs and became ill. The Astros and Colorado Rockies spent the most time on this field. A ball. This field is a historical gem. Love going there.
Bro now you're just making fun of me.
My grandpa got tickets for 3 saints games this year, like he does every year, the first 2 were cancelled obviously, but the last one is today.
I was really looking forward to it but I have to work and I really wanted to go see the Saint Paul Saints with my mom, siblings, and grandpa. Also, the fewer amount of people at the park means more chance to get baseballs, and shorter lines for things.
I finally was getting over this immeasurable darkness in which a mortal being has the inability to percieve, but thanks to you I must once again drown in the tears of yesterday.
Liked for the last ¶.
Guy from Torreón here!!! I've been following you for a while but I just watched this video and I never thought I would see estadio revolución in one of your vids!! I guess Google pictures were taken a while ago, the stadium has been taken care of under a new admin and looks way better now, but the odd dimensions are still there (partly because of a terrace bar on the right field).
That’s awesome! I hope to see it one day
I LOVE Cooley Law School Stadium because of the quirks...The 135 degree angle at the foul poles (Polo Grounds), the "Monster" walls (Fenway Park)...The Tigers took the RCF recess from this ballpark when they built Comerica Park (this ballpark started play in 1996, Comerica in 2000)...The field faces due North, and the overhead shots remind me of the pre 1973 Yankee Stadium
Under the apartments are a resturant (LF side) and a brewpub (RF side) that are open air, and open to fans attending the game
Just wanted to say thanks again fivepoints, really been enjoying the latest content, after a stressful day of being a sweaty sports fan in a world of sports uncertainty, it's nice to get a fix by watching your content. Appreciate the hard work!
You making a follow up to the best Minor League Parks?
Suggestions:
Chukchansi Park
Dow Diamond
Principal Park
Whataburger Field
And Principal Park
And Dow Dimond
Add Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, TX to that ,ist
Dow Diamond is a generic baseball field with only a slight fall away of the RF wall
3:53 OMG mexican fan here, thats the park of my city! i have some curious facts about Estadio Revolucion, it has the widest foul territory of the league, that thing at right field is a bar, many homeruns landed there, you can see players throwing warmup balls to the drunk fans (when they are on good mood of course) very often, in the top part of that building you can make a bbq and get hit by a home run too, also the huge wall of billboards its a kind of green monster but yeah never filled with sponsors during the season, behind the park you can find a small sports complex, lots of homeruns land on that place too, you can get some sunburn at the right field seats trying to get a foul ball, my brother caught one on the fly last year and thats all, great video as always man! :D
Rickwood Field
Located in Birmingham, Alabama, Rickwood Field is the oldest professional baseball park in the United States. Built for the Birmingham Barons in 1910, it’s now undergoing gradual restoration as a “working museum.” The Barons play one regular season game a year at Rickwood Field.
Fun facts about Cooley Law School Field: the field itself is actually below street level, and the walls are concrete w/ some padding on the lower parts. saw some wicked balls ricochet off the wall when I was there. Also the apartments are $1400/mo. w/ free access to games, concerts, and other events at Cooley.
Wildly entertaining video loved this
You really do wonder if some designers/architects are doing this as a joke - "What? They actually BUILT my design? LOL!"
The park in San Rafael CA. 5:24 In my opinion the reason it looks pretty bad is 2 things.
1) patchy grass because water is hard to come by in CA
2) it’s a dual field because land is hard to come by in some areas in CA.
Yes I live in CA, an hour away from that town.
The FCBL is NOT a professional league. They are college players who play using wooden bats during the summer in order to get experience using these bats for future pro careers, as colleges only use aluminum (or other metal) bats now and pros only use wood. The players are not paid so they can keep their NCAA active status. As you said, however, that park WAS home to numerous pro minor leagues in the past. The reason for the curved outfield in right field at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque is because before the park went thru a major renovation and name change, there used to be a drive-in-theater-like parking terrace beyond right field so fans could watch the games from their cars, and the cars would park in a semi-circle. You mention the park in San Rafael being awful, but there were some FAR worse ballparks in the early days of the Independent Leagues, beginning in the early 90s. There were actually teams playing at ball fields that didn't even have any kind of seating for fans at all!
For once Sam Lynn Ballpark in Bakersfield, California didn't make this list. Shortest centerfield in professional baseball.
It has sun delays, because the Ballpark was built the wrong way.
Most games start at 7::45pm
5:43 Welcome to the Pecos League.
Fun fact: The Lansing Lugnuts are the low single-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays and they tried to get the Blue Jays to play the 2020 season there in their ridiculous stadium. 30 MLB games in that park.
Without odd dimensions I wouldn’t even like baseball.
thank you for reminding me to shave my nether region before the video content begins.
I didn't expected that you incluide the Estadio Revolución, the oldest park in LMB (Opened in 1932). Actually in 2023 it looks much better than the photo. Big Algodoneros fan here
The distances are 333 ft to the foul poles and 422 ft in Center Field
Slight correction on Lawrence-Dumont, the Wingnuts played in the AAIPB, while our new team, the Wind Surge (who will play at Riverfront) play in the Pacific Coast League in AAA Tier
Except that the Wind Surge wound up in the Double A Texas League in the MiLB reorganization without ever playing at Triple A.
check out a closed minor league ballpark. More like a backyard play area. Baxter Stadium in Mountaindale, New York. It was home to the Sullivan Mountain Lions and Catskill Cougars Low A ball. Opened in 1997 and I believe closed in 2003 when both teams went bankrupt due to low attendance. The park was in the middle of nowhere and the players locker rooms were in the local firehouse.
That ump pukeing at the end is priceless 😂
My cousin played for the Midland Rockhounds and passed away in 2002 during a big mid-career rise to Sacramento then Oakland. RIP Mike Frick
I always considered the diamond to be the set part. Like hockey football basketball has a set size so the diamond is the set part. Since its not like the baserunners Sprint into the outfield
You didn't even mention the best part about Calfee Park. As you mentioned, the field is below ground but the road in right field is actually inclined to it so there are actually two fences in right field. The actual outfield fence is short but there is a hill behind that and then another fence above it to protect the road and the houses on the other side of the road.
Left center is also pretty cavernous and I saw quite a few triples in just a small number of games.
Lawrence-Dumont Stadium was actually named after two people Charles S. Lawrence and Ray Dumont, thus the hyphenation that you overlooked. No one in Wichita called it "Dumont Stadium" either. "LDS" was a way more common nickname.
Really? I always just called it Lawrence Dumont
That last one isnt professional. I love Collegiate leagues but if they were professional they wouldn't work because of the NCAA
that ending with the ump tho. it looks like he got done visiting all of these parks
hey that number is vary big ha ha
Municipal stadium, Hagerstown Suns (Hagerstown, MD) was one of the weirdest dimension fields I ever played on. Surprised this one didn’t make the list
Always love these videos. After the restrooms blee up with sewage in the store i work at this has made my shitty day much better
Lol wut
@@FivePointsVids yup the toilets and sewage systems backups and poo flooded the old 1980s bathrooms in the old shopping center
The weirdest ballpark in the one in the Mexican minors that has a railroad track running across the outfield. When a train comes, it blows the horn and outfielders have to open the gates so the train can go through. Minor league baseball is weird, but nothing anywhere is weirder than that. Not even living under a roller coaster is that weird.
If you're ever looking to do a cool "Townball" ballpark list, Jack Ruhr Stadium in Miesville MN is a gem of a gem.
Albert Park in San Rafael, CA, is much loved (great food!) and my baseball card here commemorates Leroy 'Satchel' Paige having pitched there on August 4, 1967.
Super Bowl XXVIII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Buffalo Bills to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1993 season. The Cowboys defeated the Bills for the second straight year by the score of 30-13, winning their fourth Super Bowl in team history, tying the Pittsburgh Steelers and the San Francisco 49ers for most Super Bowl wins. The game was played on January 30, 1994, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. Since the 1993 regular season was conducted over 18 weeks (two byes per team), the traditional bye week between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl was not employed; the last time this happened was before Super Bowl XXV.
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You were late this time
FivePoints Vids yes you finally answered me but ill keep on going.
Lexington Park, St. Paul, MN. Closed 1960 when the Washington Senators became the Minnesota Twins. Located by the notoriously stingy Charlie Comiskey,, the former home of the former AAA Saints was built on a rectangular lot. Consequently, it was 365 feet down the right field line and just 315 down the left field line. Homers to left often landed on the roof of the building next door. But what really made Lexington insane was that right field went UPHILL, forcing fielder's to backpedal on sloping ground, all the way to the fence. Find me a more insane AAA park than that.
Calfee Park is an Appalachian League stadium. The Pulaski Yankees and Johnson City Cardinals are both in the Appalachian League.
Keep up the good work man been watching you for like a year or 2 now
thanks bro !
I have seen the Lansing Lug nuts play in Lansing that ball park is cool to see a game at
If you ever do a part two, use Toyota Field, Huntsville Alabama, Home of the Rocket City Trash Pandas
McCormick Field in Asheville NC (Asheville Tourists). Opened in 1923. Still in use today. Right field is 290 ft with a huge tin wall. Centerfield is 373ft. I was hoping it made this list.