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a Currier & Ives print of an 1866 ball game at Elysian Fields

A Tour of Route One Baseball

Hoboken, NJ claims to be the cradle of baseball in America.  There’s a sign at Washington Avenue and 11th Street describing the June 19, 1846 game between the Knickerbockers and the New Yorks as the first game.  Well, the devil is in the details, and if baseball historians are anything, they are detail-oriented.  The claim has been broadly and repeatedly debunked.  However, the Elysian Fields in Hoboken was an extraordinarily important venue for cricket and other leisure activities along the Hudson River.  So begins our trip, with baseball playing a minor league role in a major historical landmark.

Before you’re done, you’ll have jumbo shrimp, flying squirrels, and sea dogs to consider along with a few landmark stadiums.  BATTER UP!!!

Itinerary

Elysian Fields - where some claim the first game was played
1001 Hudson St, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA
Hadlock Field Home of the Portland Sea Dogs
271 Park Ave, Portland, ME 04102, USA
Fenway Park - Boston, MA
4 Jersey St, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Yankee Stadium
33 River Ave, Bronx, NY 10452, USA
Trenton Thunder Ballpark
Mercer County Waterfront Park, 1 Thunder Rd, Trenton, NJ 08611, USA
Connie Mack Stadium (Shibe Park) in North Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA 19132, USA
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
333 W Camden St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Nationals Park
1500 South Capitol St SE, Washington, DC 20003, USA
Richmond Flying Squirrels
3001 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA 23220, USA
Columbia Fireflies
2180 Boyce St, Columbia, SC 29207, USA
Augusta GreenJackets
187 Railroad Ave, North Augusta, SC 29841, USA
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Bragan Field
301 A Philip Randolph Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32202, USA
Daytona Tortugas a single-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds
115 E Orange Ave, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, USA
LoanDepot Park Home of the Miami Marlins
501 Marlins Way, Miami, FL 33125, USA

Elysian Fields - where some claim the first game was played

1001 Hudson St, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA

Colonel John Stevens purchased the land at auction after it had been confiscated from a British owner during the Revolution.  Stevens slowly developed it in the 1820's as a recreational destination for Manhattanites.  In 1846, the Knickerbockers played their first game at Elysian Fields, and this is what Hoboken falsely claimed was the first baseball game played.  The development of baseball was more of a process, so I guess it all depends on where you draw the line.

Hadlock Field Home of the Portland Sea Dogs

271 Park Ave, Portland, ME 04102, USA

Who's got a lighthouse on their stadium that's lit every time the home team hits a home run?  The AA affiliate of the Boston Red Sox - Portland Sea Dogs.  These lucky dogs also got a replica Green Monster out in left field to imitate the one Fenway Park. The Field opened in 1994 and seats 7.368.

Fenway Park - Boston, MA

4 Jersey St, Boston, MA 02215, USA

Fenway Park is a baseball stadium in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the home field of the Boston Red Sox, one of the oldest teams in Major League Baseball. Fenway Park was opened in 1912 and is the oldest baseball stadium still in use in the United States.  The stadium has...

Yankee Stadium

33 River Ave, Bronx, NY 10452, USA

Trenton Thunder Ballpark

Mercer County Waterfront Park, 1 Thunder Rd, Trenton, NJ 08611, USA

Connie Mack Stadium (Shibe Park) in North Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA 19132, USA

At the corner of 21st Street and Lehigh Avenue in North Philadelphia once stood a stadium that attained a stature on par with Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium. Shibe Park, which opened in April of 1909 was renamed Connie Mack Stadium in 1950 to honor the fifty-year Manager and eventual...

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

333 W Camden St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA

Nationals Park

1500 South Capitol St SE, Washington, DC 20003, USA

Richmond Flying Squirrels

3001 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA 23220, USA

Columbia Fireflies

2180 Boyce St, Columbia, SC 29207, USA

Augusta GreenJackets

187 Railroad Ave, North Augusta, SC 29841, USA

Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Bragan Field

301 A Philip Randolph Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32202, USA

It's a team name and a concession food!  The Shrimp are the AA affiliate of the Miami Marlins.

Daytona Tortugas a single-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds

115 E Orange Ave, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, USA

The Tortugas play in Jackie Robinson Stadium, which was built in 1914.  The Fenway Park of Florida!  Robinson played there during Spring Training in 1946.  The YouTube video is a home movie taken at Spring Training that year, showing Robinson wearing #9.  He would later play in Montreal and then ascend to the major leagues to play with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

LoanDepot Park Home of the Miami Marlins

501 Marlins Way, Miami, FL 33125, USA

Peter Evans Oct 25, 2022 Hoboken NJ

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