Fields Of Yesterday

Did you know that if you wanted to play ball at Tiger Stadium, you can? Well, the stadium is gone but the field is still there. Detroit, being Detroit, demolished old Tiger Stadium but didn't have anything to put in its place. So the field remains and people go there and play ball on the now beat up diamond. Some people try to care for the open lot by moving the grass and removing any debris.
You can also play on the spot that League Park stood in Cleveland. It's in a rough neighborhood but while the stadium is gone there is an open field still there.
There is a football field where Sportsman's Park stood in St. Louis.
A football/soccer stadium sits where Braves Field in Boston was.
If you are a parking lot guy, you can play on pavement where Comiskey Park in Chicago was, where Shea Stadium in New York stood or where Mile High Stadium was in Denver, the first home of the Colorado Rockies.
I remember taking a trip to Philadelphia and visiting the site of old Shibe Park, later named Connie Mack Stadium, in 1982. The park was gone and a vacant square city block, overgrown with weeds was left remaining. It was hard to believe that a stadium could fit in that area. A few years later a huge church was built on that spot.