Off-Topic Forum

I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with the website Atlas Obscure but I've found several interesting baseball locations using it.

Some examples:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-doubleday-house

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/1946-nashua-dodgers-mural

Since I'm always on the lookout for cool baseball related places I'm curious where you'd all recommend near where ever you are.

Side note - Atlas Obscure is similar to this site in that if there are cool places not listed, you can add them as an entry.

My family and I enjoyed visiting the field of dreams in Iowa a few years back.  You’re able to play on the field and vanish into the corn.  It was well worth the trip.  Of course enjoyment will vary depending on how much you enjoyed the movie.  For us-it was awesomo 😀 

That's on my bucket list to someday go there.

Not too many in Ontario really, but there is the site of Babe Ruth's only Minor League, and therefore first professional homerun.

https://www.readtheplaque.com/plaque/babe-ruth-at-hanlan-s-point#:~:text=Near%20this%20site%2C%20in%20Maple,hit%20in%20the%20minor%20leagues.

I have not yet visited, but this place near me gets a lot of positive press.

https://mascothalloffame.com/

30 minutes outside of Chicago and the little town has a card shop that has been there a long time.

There are a WHOLE BUNCH of neat Baseball Places here in Our Beloved Sunshine State.  Last month, I REALLY enjoyed playing a couple of Baseball Games (Roy Hobbs World Series) at JetBlue Park (Fenway South).  All Our Games were played on some really nice Baseball Fields that the Boston Red Sox & Minnesota Twins utilize often, especially between February - April.  There were several young Twins Players (Minor Leaguers) going through through strength & conditioning (baseball skill related) in the Bullpen Area, next to Our Dugout.  Love playing Baseball and it makes collecting baseball cards, that MORE enjoyable.  One of my favorite expressions to my Space Coast AMERICANS Team Mates is, "Stay Hard and DON'T Go Soft." 

Yours in The Greatest Game - Felix

Not sport related but check out Red Carpet Tours in New Zealand who do Lord of the Rings tours

Been working on some Google Map lists projects of where former arenas and stadiums stood.

Some have some neat tributes on site, like Sportsmen’s Park in St. Louis, Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Mile High Stadium in Denver.

The parking lot of whatever Turner Field in Atlanta is today still has the landing marker for Hank Aaron’s 715th home run at where Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium stood.

I went to a meet and greet with an author who wrote a book about New Hampshire baseball teams who had a very good listing of where stadiums used to be over the years.  The book they were discuss was this one...
https://www.amazon.com/When-Baseball-Met-Bill-Haywood/dp/147666546X

The author had a lot of information they had researched that wasn't included in the book.  Back in the day it was cheaper for a company to build a stadium and give employees free tickets then it was to give raises so a lot of larger companies would do things like that.

The Angels may not have been a winning franchise the past few years, but I really enjoy their ballpark. Call me biased because I’m an Angel fan, but it’s a good experience. Clean, good food, just an all around great place to watch some baseball.

Also if your area doesn’t have a baseball team, not even a minor league team, there’s still fun experiences to be had. One time I was in a small town called Spearfish, SD and they had a small local team called the Sasquatch. Wasn’t expecting much, but had the time of my life. Funny sound effects after almost every at bat, a designated “beer batter” where if said batter strikes out, everyone can claim a free beer if they want, and they even have their own merch! If you know of any small-town teams in your area I’d definitely recommend going to a game.