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Yokohama Stadium (by INZM)

Hostelley Field: Home of Nor-Gwyn Baseball

North Wales, Pennsylvania

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‘Baseball-oriented development’ hits a home run in DC

The neighborhood near Nationals Park, the baseball stadium in southeastern Washington, DC, is undergoing an amazing transformation.  A decade ago, the federal Department of Transportation had made a hopeful commitment to the area with plans for a new headquarters, but by and large this part of town remained a sketchy no-man’s-land of outmoded and abandoned warehouses, industrial facilities and military properties.  There were a small number of well-tended, older row houses but much of the area wouldn’t have looked out of place in a nighttime scene from The Wire or The Sopranos. 

When the baseball stadium was being discussed as a proposal, the argument made by proponents was that it could be a catalytic boost to positive urban development in the neighborhood, much as the downtown basketball/hockey/entertainment arena Verizon Center has been.  Opposition was fierce, of course, but eventually baseball was given its home in southeast Washington. Full Article

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AL East

Bill Mazeroski statue at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Photo by Dave Reid

If These Walls Could Talk by Nick Loyless

Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts

Americana by Justin Shearer

Turner Field: Home of the Atlanta Braves

Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona.

by Dave R.

HRs by Michael Cuddyer

The Conoco Home Run Pump, located on a perch above the centerfield wall at Minute Maid Park, tracks the number of home runs hit by Astro players since the ballpark opened in 2000.

Former major league baseball player Frank Robinson watches the unveiling of his bronze sculpture before a baseball game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on April 28, 2012.

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images

Baseball Stadium Prints by City Map Art

$28 gets you a 12x12 inch seating chart style print perfect for baseball lovers.

Personally, I want to buy all of them.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game by Eugene B.

Wrigley Field: Home of the Chicago Cubs

Philly Phaithful by Bryan Sargent

Citizens Bank Park: Home of the Philadelphia Phillies

Cleveland Rocks! by Patrick Shanks

Progressive Field: Home of the Cleveland Indians

Cornerstone by Wade Hiner

Coors Field: Home of the Colorado Rockies