Florida Baseball Archives

The Tampa Rays Ballpark Future 2.0

On Friday I wrote about the Tampa Bay Rays Ballpark Future and questioned the viability of Major League Baseball in Florida. I shared these opinions in the Effectively Wild Facebook group and received the following feedback: [Read more…]

Citi Field

April 17, 2009: Queens, New York Since becoming a Mets fan in 1988, I’ve followed them through the highs and lows of the past 28 years. Unfortunately, the highs have not been as high as the lows have been low. This was on display during the Mets’ … [Read More...]

Great American Ball Park

September 16, 2004: Cincinnati, Ohio I have been following the Cincinnati Reds since I dominated the PlayStation 2 world in 2002 with EA Sports’ Triple Play Baseball. Adam Dunn and Austin Kearns were young star outfielders coming into their own, … [Read More...]

Yankee Stadium

September 28, 2001: Bronx, New York For some reason, I waited until my junior year at Fordham to attend my first Yankees game. I will admit to having rooted for the Yankees during my high school years, even joining classmates at the 1996 and 1998 … [Read More...]

Petco Park

September 1, 2006: San Diego, California “Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which of course in German means a whale’s vagina.” – Ron Burgundy Self-proclaimed as “America’s Finest City,” San Diego has grown from a Naval … [Read More...]

Comerica Park

May 28, 2004: Detroit, Michigan September 28, 2003, the final day of the 2003 Major League Baseball regular season: ESPN cut away from regularly scheduled programming to bring its audience the final inning of the Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins … [Read More...]