Built in 1912, this American League park is Major League Baseball's oldest & smallest in capacity
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List of Major League Baseball stadiums - Wikipedia  The following is a list of Major League Baseball stadiums, sorted by capacity, their locations, their first year of usage and home teams. The newest MLB stadium is Marlins Park in Miami, home of the Miami .... In addition to the current National (NL) and American (AL) leagues, Major League Baseball recognizes four...
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15 Oldest Baseball Stadiums - Celebrity Net Worth and Lifestyle ...  Aug 6, 2016 ... Baseball is a sport with a rich tradition, a tradition which is ingrained in the ... from the current stadiums, only 6 of them have been built before 1988, ... and the second-oldest in all the U.S. Wrigley Field is a baseball park on ... It is the home of Los Angeles Dodgers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise.
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Fenway Park - Wikipedia  Fenway Park is a baseball park located in Boston, Massachusetts, at 4 Yawkey Way near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the location for the Boston Red Sox, the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise. It is the oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball. ... It is the fourth smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second...
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Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox's ballpark - Ballparks of Baseball  ... Sox dates to 1901 when they became a charter member of the American League. ... It took only one year for the ballpark to be built and on April 20, 1912 the Red Sox ... The Red Sox have stated that the seating capacity of Fenway Park will not ... Although Fenway Park is the oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball, it is...
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Fenway Park (Boston) | Society for American Baseball Research  Fenway had already become the oldest park in major-league baseball, and coming ... Grounds was the first park built for Boston's American League baseball team ... Sox and also owners of the land on which they built the new facility in 1912. .... Fenway Park has the smallest amount of foul territory of any park in the majors.
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National League - Wikipedia  The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League ... Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of ... it is sometimes called the Senior Circuit, in contrast to MLB's other league, the ... The NL encountered its first strong rival organization when the American...
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Major League Ballparks, Oldest to Newest | The On Deck Circle  Jan 20, 2013 ... I've been to four MLB parks in my life, only one of which, Fenway Park, still ... Also, the Tigers have been to two World Series since 2000, but lost them both. ..... 27) Yankee Stadium, (Bronx) New York  1 game (vs Red Sox) .... I realize it no longer stands, but it was originally built in 1912 (as Navin Field) and...
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Wrigley Field - Wikipedia  Wrigley Field /rli/ is a baseball park located on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home of the Chicago Cubs, one of the city's two Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises. It opened 102 years ago in 1914 as Weeghman Park for Charles Weeghman's ... Chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. acquired complete control of the...
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Oriole Park at Camden Yards Information | Baltimore Orioles  Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the beautiful baseball-only facility in downtown Baltimore, became the official home of the Orioles on April 6, 1992. The one-time...
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Spring training with the Cubs on Catalina Island | South Bay History  Jun 24, 2009 ... Spring training baseball action at the Chicago Cubs' Wrigley Field facility on Catalina Island in the 1920s. ... This Wrigley Field predates the Los Angeles minor league baseball facility of the same name, which didn't open until 1925. ... again in Mesa in 1979, where their spring training is held to this day.
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Candlestick Park - Wikipedia  The stadium was originally built as the home of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants, who played there from 1960 until moving into Pacific Bell Park (since renamed AT&T Park) in 2000. It was also the home field of the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League from 1971 to 2013.
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Major League Baseball: Oldest Current Team Names | SPORTS ...  Jul 8, 2011 ... Here's a list of the oldest current baseball team names in continuous use. ... The "Philadelphia Phillies" is the Oldest MLB Franchise Name in ... the title of Oldest Current Team Name to the Philadelphia Phillies, who have been...
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Oriole Park at Camden Yards - Wikipedia  Oriole Park at Camden Yards, often referred to simply as Camden Yards or Oriole Park, is a ... It was completed in 1992 to replace Memorial Stadium. ... One, located at Section 96, Row 7, Seat 23 in the right-center field bleachers ..... Camden Yards is just a short walk from Babe Ruth's birthplace, which is now a museum.
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J! Archive - Show #4574, aired 2004-06-24  A young dog, or a brash, inexperienced young man ... The big ballpark this man built in Brooklyn opened in 1913...
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articles Remembering the First Opening Day at Four Iconic Ballparks  Mar 31, 2014 ... Brooklyn was scheduled to start the 1913 season on the road, ... Charlie Ebbets, who can spot a holiday in the distance quicker than any man living, must have ... as the "Chifeds" leased land to build a ballpark at Clark and Addison streets. The one-year-old minor league had Major League aspirations for...
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Baseball park - Wikipedia  A baseball park, also known as a ballpark or diamond, is a venue where baseball is played. ... The infield is a rigidly structured diamond of dirt containing the three bases, .... For example, the center field stands and the left field stands at Fenway Park meet ..... This was evident in the movable seating sections in RFK Stadium.
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Sunset for a Baseball Tradition - They're Lighting Wrigley Field ...  Feb 26, 1988 ... Wrigley Field has been the only major league ballpark without lights and the ... Sharon Lenihan, who lives near the stadium, said she was angered by the decision. ... The Chicago-based Tribune Company has been seeking to install lights at the ... groups opposed to night games and the Tribune Company.
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Washington Senators - BR Bullpen - Baseball-Reference.com  Jun 4, 2016 ... For the team in the 19th Century American Association, click here and for ... They were moderately competitive from 1912, when Clark Griffith ... The Senators moved to Minnesota for the 1961 season and became the Minnesota Twins. ... In 2005, major league baseball returned to Washington, DC, when the...
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How Kansas City made an old stadium work - The Buffalo News  Aug 24, 2014 ... Kansas City Chiefs fans have been filling the stands of Arrowhead Stadium and ... And for another, Arrowhead isn't really a 42-year-old stadium anymore. ... the similarly renovated home of the Kansas City Royals baseball team. ... Arrowhead is part of the sprawling Harry S. Truman Sports Complex, at the...
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History of Shea Stadium | New York Mets  Shea Stadium was the first major league stadium in America to utilize two moveable ... For baseball seating, the seats are behind first and home and third base and ... The crowd rocks Queens, 59,083 fans are in attendance including Nancy and .... Only the baseball teams were able to post winning records that season: the...
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Cubs Play First Official MLB Night Game at Wrigley Field in 1988 ...  Aug 9, 2015 ... On August 9, 1988, the first ever official night game at Wrigley Field takes place. It was on this night that the Chicago Cubs hosted the New York Mets in a ... Wrigley Field became the last ballpark to get lights after the Cubs had .... the rains came down and the first scheduled night game was postponed by...