Demolished Ballparks (updated version)

[therealjoebloggs]

Old White Sox Park, as it was called when I was growing up, was a stadium ahead of its time when built because it eschewed the "nooks and crannies" approach which ruins so many of the Faux-Retro's being built today. A park with baseball sightlines symmetrical and hence fair to all hitters need not have been "soulless," and Sox Park proved that fact. Of the newer ones, I miss the Busch because at least they made an attempt to incorporate the "Arch" design element to "stand out" as "St Louis."

[douglaswbrendel]

Great Job!  You must of taken a lot of time finding the images.

[TRJ22487ISDEAD]

:( I hate watching any kind of sports arena demolishion.....same goes for malls and stuff like that....I hate to see the eras die...all the memories be squashed flat....the people who lived and died watching their team there, people who went to their graves before the stadiums were leveled, never dreaming that place would no longer exist...this is more than baseball too...places like the Kingdome, the Seahawks used to play there, and the NBA SuperSonics won their only championship there....

[manfulify]

Anyone ever notice the striking resemblance Milwaukee County Stadium bears compared to Shea Stadium? They look eerily similar...

[1fifaworldcuplover2]

I don't like the Mets but it was sad to shea stadium go (go Yankees and beatles)

[slowdream101]

the music sreally sucks

[buytheredcar]

I noticed that some of the older ballparks dont have the blacked out area in center field. wonder when that changed?

[mhz313]

RIP ERNIE HARWELL SPARKY & TIGERS STADIUM

[PGOLDEN88]

They should have left Memorial and Veterans Stadiums up as tributes to all who have died in defense of our country.

[jordomac24]

No love for Exhibition Stadium in Toronto?

[ChevyRoll48]

Its like a statium gets soo old it dies

[BSmotorsports1]

u kno what pisses me off is the fact that the miller park is too small for the packers to come and play in if they knew that would happen, they should have never demolished county stadium

[lurch76peter]

@BSmotorsports1

Are you really that stupid?

[dgroncki]

Memorial Stadium was a good home for the Orioles, at least now they have a good home in Camden Yards now.

[kittykitty616]

I will always remember my fallen brother, Shea Stadium, that was also my second home. My father sat in the Mets dugout when the stadium was being built, and we watched it fall. I will also consider Citi Field Shea Stadium.

[viperdk28]

You forgot about Met Stadium, in Bloomington, MN

[Joeandyou11897]

it felt wierd when i first went to citi field cause i was like wheres shea. i havent been there for a year and i miss it so much!!

[nymetsfan9121]

god i miss shea stadium 2nd home for me

[Creepingdeathx81]

so do i chipper and the braves used to dominate the mets there :o)