The Lost Ball Parks

There was Shibe Park in Philadelphia. I went with my late father & late Uncle on Father's Day to watch the Philadelphia Phillies play the Chicago Cubs.

Ballparks are hallowed grounds. The greatest game ever.

I can't find where to watch this entire series anywhere
Baseball's Golden Age. Not streaming anywhere. Not even for purchase. Hell I can't even find the DVD set.

As in many cases newer ain't better!! The 1970's MLB, NBA & especially the NFL, were ALL far, far superior to any of the garbage today!!!

"They see it as some kind of hallowed ground."

It is.

Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

The aroma of stale cigar smoke and beer embedded into concrete can never be replicated in modern stadiums--something unique that made a ballpark a ballpark. R.I.P. Yankee Stadium.

You look at old stadiums,it makes me dislike what baseball has become.

Its all about the dollar 💵 🤑 these days/ i love ❤ ole school ball parks 😊

Miss those old parks.

When Connie Mack was a kid, the Cincinnati Red Stockings were touring America.

When was this originally produced? Thanks. Appreciate you.

Does anyone remember the name of the program that this clip aired on??

I sometimes wonder what it would be like if those classic ballparks were actually recreated?

"Theres something beautiful about being lost". There isn't a better description of nostalgia

Sitting behind third base at Forbes Field, we spent most of a game talking to Pete Reiser, who was coaching for the Cubs

Steve Blass = class class class

Good lord, I love baseball!

What was matter with this people

The world is going backwards

They should have just left them alone something needs fix it and still play there ❤

Great post, but no mention of Braves Field?

Tiger stadium was magical. The hot dogs were sublime. The peanut shells on the floor. I even saw a Lions game there one freezing winters day when I was a kid.

HEY what about Comiskey Park!?! This post is incomplete!

Great documentary on the classic parks! Alec Baldwin sucks!

Wish we didn’t destroy our cities and America’s baseball culture with them.

Part of the charm of the old parks is that they all existed PRIOR to the greed of the modern ERA... all of them were made useless because the owners and players got more greedy and needed the bigger cathedrals to the sport for more fans and more concession and anything else you can spend money on. That and they no longer tried to fit the park in the hole in the neighborhood.. the leveled the neighborhood and built them in their stead... I'm sad to say that the best parks all existed before my time... all that's left now, Wrigley and Fenway... and even they have been remodeled to the point that some of their charm is gone. (again.. GREED). Cities should make the teams own their own stadiums.. because lets face it.. if the Dodgers had still owned Ebbits , they would not have moved.. if the Giants owned the Polo Grounds.. they'd still be in NY. Same goes for other Pro-Teams in other pro-leagues..

The ticket office, 1st base grandstand, and outer wall are still standing from Braves field in Boston

So glad we still have Wrigley Field!!! Nothing like getting a sunburn while sitting in the bleacher seats with a breeze coming off the lake!

I'm not even a baseball fan, but I love the history of long gone ball parks

Those old ball parks had amazing character and where magical looking.

R.I.P.: To all the Ball Parks below:
The Polo Grounds
Ebbets Field
Yankee Stadium(The House that Ruth Built)
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Milwaukee County Stadium
Metropolitan Stadium
Veterans Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Riverfront Stadium
Atlanta Fulton County Stadium
Shea Stadium
Candlestick Park
Jack Murphy Stadium
The Kingdome in Seattle
Tiger Stadium
Busch Stadium
Arlington Stadium
Memorial Stadium in Baltimore
Exhibition Stadium in Toronto

I grew up watching Orioles Spring Training at Miami Stadium. Shittystadium in a dangerous neighborhood but the concessionaires would sell me beer at 12 years old.

It was a multiple purpose stadium.

Yet for me it was the site of my first MLB game in person.

The lights were so bright, the baseballs were all new and not recycled one's of Little Leagues of the 70's. The Big Red Machine was right there in September of 1976.

Rest in peace San Diego Stadium.

Tiger stadium was my second home. I lived about 2 miles west of there. 4 generations of my family has been at that park including my son.

Some of these ballparks should have been perserved as museums instead of being torn down.

Thank you very much for sharing this it’s a great review!

I would love to go back in time and watch a game at Met Stadium.

Or to have one more chance to go back to the Metrodome and see one more game from the left-field seats.

Today’s modern ballparks cater to the wealthy and charge inflated prices for the stands for the rest of us. WTF??

Should have included Comiskey Park which I visited in 1990. Before the Detroit Tigers had Tiger stadium, they played at a very quaint small venue called Navin Field.

Love baseball history

My Dad grew up in Brooklyn and saw many games at Ebbets Field. I think he also saw some games at the Polo Grounds as well, even though he was strictly a Dodgers fan. I remember seeing some of these old ballparks on TV when my Mets played at them in the early 1970s, before the "Stadiums R Us" cookie-cutter design craze took over. (When Citi Field was built to replace Shea Stadium, it was supposed to be reminiscent of Ebbets Field. When my Dad and I went there for the first time, my Dad said to the ticket taker--whom he could tell was about his age--"This doesn't look like Ebbets Field at all!" To which the guy replied, "Ya got that right!" 🙂

I saw hundreds of games at the Old Comiskey Park as a kid growing up. There were even a couple of times when it was called White Sox Park; at the very beginning and then in the early 60's. Parking back then was $1 when I started going with my father, with reserved grandstand seats were $1.50. By the 1980's I was going much more often with friends as well as with my father. It was just a great old ball part and unfortunately I can't afford to go anymore. I've hear parking alone runs as much as $25 at the new park. My last season of regular attendance was 1991 when I purchased two seats for all weekend home games plus opening day, a total of 28 games. It became ridiculously expensive and I didn't renew in 1992.

I went to Griffith stadium with my uncle, dad,cousin and brother . Saw Harmon Killebrew when he first came to majors. Calvin Griffith moved the team just when they were getting great players. The Minnesota twins of the 60's and 70's will always be the Washington Senators to me.

Is that Alec Baldwin narrating?

yep , missed a few of the classic ballparks ........even still ...really cool

so sad to watch ......but yet it made me smile .........cleveland municipal stadium ......loved that old " dungeon "

PNC Park in Pittsburgh is a great intimate park , its probably the nicest ballpark around now......just needs a few more fans!!

I wish to go back in time and see a game at clevel and municipal, Polo Grounds, Shibe Park, Fulton County Stadium of the Braves, Sportsman’s Park. Now we have like Jacobs Field in Cleveland. (Or Progressive Field!) I wish to see Metropolitian Stadium and more! Or Griffith Stadium. Or Comiskey Park and more. I also wish to see a game at the astrodome in Houston. The first indoor arena! For the Astros. Man, I do also miss Candlestick Park on the Giants.