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The practice field looking toward home plate from left field
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta Black Crackers Practice Field

One of the only remaining vestiges of baseball's Negro Leagues in Atlanta.
Rube Waddell's grave
San Antonio, Texas

Rube Waddell's Grave

The final resting place of a baseball legend who was better known for his behavior off the field.
Schrader's Little Cooperstown Entrance
St. Petersburg, Florida

Schrader's Little Cooperstown

The world's largest collection of autographed baseballs can be found at the St. Petersburg Museum of History.
Statue
Bloomington, Illinois

Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn's Grave

A giant wooden statue of one of the greatest pitchers in 19th-century baseball.
Spiller Field Magnolias
Atlanta, Georgia

Spiller Field Magnolia Trees

This pair of centuries-old magnolia trees was once struck by a Babe Ruth home run.
McClure Field with today's sporting sailors
List

25 Places to Catch a Bit of Baseball History

Pick up some peanuts and Cracker Jack for a trip through stadiums, museums, and other sites celebrating the old ball game.
Jonathan Carey July 22, 2022
Bosse Field
Evansville, Indiana

Bosse Field

The fourth-oldest baseball stadium in the United States is in a league of its own.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Exposition Park Marker

A piece of baseball history is preserved in a Pittsburgh parking lot.
Nazi World War II Enigma machines can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction—even those uncovered from the seafloor.
nazis

6 Unexpected Treasures Found in Curious Places

From a Nazi code machine found at the bottom of a bay to a vintage Babe Ruth card hidden in a piano.
Sarah Durn May 20, 2022
Family members and fans often leave flowers and wreaths at the grave
Brooklyn, New York

Gil Hodges' Grave

The final resting place of a former Dodgers and Mets player can be found in central Brooklyn, in the first diocesan cemetery for Catholics in the borough.
Henry Chadwick's grave
Brooklyn, New York

Henry Chadwick's Grave

The real "father of baseball" rests in Brooklyn.
The Pierotti's Clowns mural
Los Alamos, New Mexico

Pierotti’s Clowns Monument

A monument dedicated to a local softball team full of clowns.
Dyckman Oval in 1937 as seen from the intersection of Nagle Avenue and Academy Street.
sports

Revisiting Dyckman Oval, A Lost Landmark From the Heyday of Black Baseball

At the northern tip of Manhattan, the ballpark was a magnet for families, entrepreneurs, and celebrities.
Jonathan Goldman October 1, 2021
Abner Doubleday's Grave
Arlington, Virginia

Abner Doubleday Gravesite

Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.
Infield at the Zoo
Omaha, Nebraska

Infield at the Zoo

A miniature baseball stadium honoring Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series from 1950-2010.
Green chile everything is the calling card of Albuquerque. That also occasionally extends to their minor league baseball team.
food

How Minor League Baseball Teams Hype Hyper-Local Food

Root, root root for the...Hartford Steamed Cheeseburgers?
Anne Ewbank August 9, 2021
Dr. Farber and Jimmy
Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. Sidney Farber and "Jimmy" Statue

Commemorating the 1948 creation of the Jimmy Fund, a Boston-based cancer charity.
The Doubleday House
Ballston Spa, New York

The Doubleday House

The birthplace of the alleged inventor of baseball.