They are called the Gateway Grizzlies because St Louis is known as the “gateway to the west”

I live 10 minutes from Bosse Field. It is the third oldest surviving ball park in America, only after Fenway and Wrigley. Countless legendary players played here including Hank Greenburg, Warren Spahn, Eddie Roush, Mark Fidrych, Alan Trammell, Lou Whitaker, Kirk Gibson, just to name a very few. Negro League games were played here in the 1920's. Jim Leyland managed our AAA team, the Triplets, to The American Association Championship in 1979. The film "A League of their Own" was largely filmed at Bosse Field, as the home of the Racine Belles. To dismiss this beautiful, charming, much-loved, historic ball park as merely outdated is a great injustice to our city and the history of this landmark.

Some people call raccoons “trash pandas”. That’s where the name comes from.

Bosse Field was where “League of their own” was filmed

The name Florence Y'alls comes from the watertower along Interstate 75 in front of the Florence Mall that says "FLORENCE Y'ALL"

@tylerturnpaugh7021

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, I live a few miles from there (presumably you do too judging by the pfp) and it was hilarious all of the national coverage we got

@KirigayaKazutoThugutoRNthe2nd

3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Florence. This is unfortunately true.

@KirigayaKazutoThugutoRNthe2nd

3 жыл бұрын

Used to be the Florence Freedom

@tylerturnpaugh7021

3 жыл бұрын

@@KirigayaKazutoThugutoRNthe2nd yep, such a good name too (not as good as the y’alls and i will die on this hill)

@drawkiain

3 жыл бұрын

For those wondering, the water tower used to say "FLORENCE MALL", but due to some local ordinance they had to remove the mall reference. It was too much of a local staple to remove though, so they changed it to "Y'ALL", which is arguably way more iconic. The stadium is within sight distance of said water tower, so the team name makes even more sense because of it

Hey I Requested this one thanks for doing it Fun Fact Bosse Field is the 3rd oldest Ballpark in America still in use for professional baseball behind Fenway and Wrigley

@brianb1440

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@michaelwoodard6728

3 жыл бұрын

Was also used for the filming of “A League of Their Own”. Not owned by the ball club or the city, but is the property of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation. The back wall used to be the home run wall, before they moved it in.

@legacymercer-henderson6833

3 жыл бұрын

Cool! Check out Labatt Park -it’s currently the record holder for oldest operating baseball stadium, and it is in London, Ontario!

@liamh.864

3 жыл бұрын

@@legacymercer-henderson6833yep live only about a hour away hopeing to get there soon

@MercuryXV

2 жыл бұрын

and pronounced Boss-E

Bosse Field was one of the ballparks used to film A League of their Own. There's still a Racine Belles sign there.

@brianb1440

3 жыл бұрын

I should read all the comments before I repeat others comments. :)

I played in this league. I have fond memories in many of the ballparks. I was actually there for the Man vs Food episode with Baseball's Best Burger.

I requested Independent league stadiums a little while ago, im mad HYPE for this, hoping to see Atlantic league 🙏🙏🙏

The gateway grizzlies stadium is also on a epa Superfund site due to Monsanto's production of agent orange here during Vietnam. The creek nearby actually glows at night.

Joliet used to be called the Jackhammers. When that team folded the new owners decided to call it the Slammers. Joliet was the home of Joliet prison

@rylandspencer

3 жыл бұрын

Names like that make small town baseball truly great

@kenkunz1428

3 жыл бұрын

That's a nice ballpark.

@BobMocarski

3 жыл бұрын

It has been a few years since I was last there. It was Silver Cross field then.

@MrTakaMOSHi

3 жыл бұрын

I always think of the Blues Brothers when they talk about Joliet

I'm a fan of the Grizzlies. The only other Frontier League stadiums I've been to are River City Rascals (yes, they went out on top) & Southern IL Miners. Thank you for this video tour of all the current (2021) Frontier League stadiums!

The Wide World of Stadiums... The Bob Ross of the sporting world!

Was just at a Y’alls game yesterday lol. Honestly I wish frontier league got more love. The games are always a blast!

Great job, as always. My home stadium is Duck's Stadium on Long Island. Personally, I like the Rockland Boulder's stadium. On a side note, Aye Boo Boo!

@SillyRock4

2 жыл бұрын

That’s bethpage ballpark?

@ZENN-LA74

2 жыл бұрын

@@SillyRock4 yeah, yeah

@SillyRock4

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to go there I have like a 3D stadium replica of bethpage ballpark from 2011!

Oh wow this is cool! The Valleycats are my home team and I've been to Joe Bruno Stadium numerous times since I was young. Very nice stadium with some nice views and a great atmosphere! This actually is the 'Cats first year in the Frontier League as they were a part of the now disbanded New York-Penn League which was a Single A Short Season league. As such, since 2002 when the Valleycats were formed, they have been affiliated with Houston Astros (yes, I know, trash can jokes lol). Glad that they're still playing baseball especially for a league such as this!

@LogicHatesMe

9 ай бұрын

Same! Vamos Gatos!!

For Wintrust Field he forgot to mention the municipal airport nearby. So it is possible to see a small airplane fly over the stadium on its way to land at the airport.

The Schaumburg Boomers used to be the Flyers and the Ball park was originally named Alexian Field. The owner of the Flyers had to sell the team cause he could not afford to pay the bill for it.

I have seen the River City Rascals play. Also I took a train from STL to Chicago and the train went right by the Jolliet Slammer ballpark.

I've been to many a Sussex County Miners game, and it is legit in the middle of nowhere in Northern NJ. Another highlight is the large metal globe outside the main entrance, such has wood placed into it and then set on fire after night games. If you can find pictures of it, it's quite a cool sight. Keep Diggin'!

The Joliet Slammers stadium is actually pretty nice. I grew up around the area and have been numerous times since i was a kid. Love going there

HOLY SHIT YOU ACTUALLY MADE IT! THANKS BRO GO SLAMMERS :)

I never thought I would ever see some of these small ballparks get some love from an international lens. FYI at the Thunderbolts they have $1 beer nights and pro wrestling acts after some games!

I've been to Bosse Field a few times when i lived near there. I believe Bosse is the 2nd oldest baseball stadium in the country. It wasn't flashy but it was functional and we had a good time.

@evansvilleupdates5448

3 жыл бұрын

It’s the 3rd behind Wrigley and Fenway but definitely a great historic ballpark!

Its pronounced "boss-ee" field in Evansville.

I drove by the Flornace Y’all’s ballpark yesterday lol

The Joliet Slammers stadium actually resembles a jail. The Joliet area has the old Illinois State penitentiary made infamous in the Blues Brothers movie. Statesville Prison (mostly for Illinois governors), and a youth correctional center.

Grew up in Joliet. The most fun thing to do as a kid at a Jackhammers/Slammers game was to get tickets on the lawn and run around with your friends on the lawn. Maybe roll down the hill too.

New York is 1 hour from NYC. Sussex County is 1.5 hours from NYC. New Jersey is 1 hour from NYC.

My brother had his high school graduation in the Boulders stadium and it is amazing, really cozy yet modern feel to it

I've been going to see the Wild Things play for years now. At one time, Consol Energy Park had a hot tub down the right field line, and yeah, it was open during the game.

Actually have been to a Frontier League Park but it was only in it for one year, 2003. It was Price Cutter Park where the Springfield-Ozark Ducks played in Ozark, Missouri. Before that it had a team with very much the same name since 1999 but they were in the Texas-Louisiana League. After that the ballpark was basically abandoned until the local Metro League which was Springfield's little league, decided to move in but the ballpark clearly wasn't fixed up yet. It was only after the past three or four years that the park got a makeover when U.S. Baseball moved in with their Show-Me League which also drew in college teams such as Drury and Evangel and is also hosting High School State Tournaments as of this year.

@adawg2015

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been to many of the Springfield Ozark Mountain Duck games before the Springfield Cardinals came to town. Those games were fun. And the Springfield Cardinals games are fun too.

Epic content!

Requested this one, thanks for doing it

I remember the old Springfield capitals in the frontier League it's an awesome League now

I attend 3-5 Sussex County Miners games a year. I live 30 mins from the Stadium. I love going there! Grew up going to NJ Cardinals games (Low A club to the St Louis Cardinals) and Sussex Skyhawks (1st independent team)!

The New Jersey Jackals have moved the an old-new ballpark in Paterson known as Hinchliffe Stadium, which is one of the few stadiums still standing that hosted a team from the Jim Crow era Negro League, which the stadium hosted the league’s Black Yankees.

@williamgallucci9913

10 ай бұрын

How is the stadium

@noahnorman6877

10 ай бұрын

Never been there before.

There’s also a former frontier league team called the Dubois County Dragons. They played at League Stadium in Huntingburg, Indiana, which was built in 1894 and is still in use today. It was the home stadium of the Rockford Peaches in the movie A League of Their Own. It’s a unique stadium from a time long passed.

Very cool Ballparks

Ayyy!! This was my suggestion!

These are great and the announcer is hilarious!

The Boulders are 1/2 hour away from the Bronx, and is not far away from Manhattan

@francissager3133

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe in ideal traffic.

@chucktanner3826

3 жыл бұрын

@@francissager3133 I live over there and commute to the Bronx every day. The worst times are the morning and Friday evening but it’s not as far as the video makes it.

Go Y'alls! I'm interning with them for the summer!

Quebec city and Trois-Rivieres are the same stadiums and they were built in the same years after the Great Depression to boost economy that is why they very look alike. As for the teams names Quebec Capitales is because the city is the provincial capital and for the Aigles it means eagles in french.

My little brother pitches collegiate ball at Ozinga. It’s actually a pretty cool little stadium these days.

Palisades Credit Union Park is 20 miles from the George Washington Bridge. The Boulders were originally the Rockland Boulders as they are in Rockland county, but everyone knows New York by name better. The fans at Stade Canac are probably the most passionate. Les Capitales do a really quality job producing the game, as of this moment, they have my favorite mascot, Capi, when I visit them. Sussex features a cigar bar on the first base line. I like Yogi Berra, but the stadium that's names after him is a dump. Trois-Rivierés is ok, but I enjoy watching games from my private skybox in right field when I visit. Ottawa sadly is a boring stadium. 10000 seats for a paying crowd of 2000, and concessions that remind me of my old high school lunch line. I hope the new ownership group replacing the Ottawa Champions do a better job than the prior owners in drawing people to the park.

The Y'all's are named after a legal necessity painted on a water tower. They built the Florence Mall in the 1970s, right next to I-75, just south of Cincinnati. A huge water tower for the mall was almost hanging over the interstate. It had "Florence Mall" painted on it, a kind of sign for the mall. There was a legal dispute as to whether they could use that name, so for a while they changed "Mall" to Y'all, because Kentucky was the first southern state that I-75 passed through coming South. After some years, the mall was allowed to keep the name, but the Florence Y'all on the water tower was a beloved symbol of the city by then. When the Florence Freedom's owner died in 2019, the team was sold and renamed after the sign on the water tower.

Since I was a student at the university where yogi Berra stadium is, I can say it has a nice atmosphere for both college baseball and great atmosphere for jackals baseball. The jackals fan base is loyal

Do Prospect League next! EDIT: The airport by the Gateway Grizzlies park is the Sauget Airport, Not St Louis

@christophermusso

3 жыл бұрын

I believe the airport's 3-letter identifier, CPS, comes from when it was known as Curtiss-Parks Airport. In my lifetime, it's been either Bi-State Parks Airport, St Louis Downtown-Parks Airport or the current official name St Louis Downtown Airport.

You should do the stadiums of the Pioneer League!! Very cool stadiums in that league

Aigles is French for Eagles. The Ottawa ballpark was originally home to the Ottawa Lynx a triple-A farm team of Montreal Expos (and International league champs in 1995)and Philadelphia Phillies till they moved to of all places Allentown.

Québec and Trois-Rivieres stadium were built on the same plan as public works by the provincial governement to make men work during the tough economic times of the 30’s. Quebec stadium now has a full artificial turf (which is bad for the atmosphere the stadium had before, but in Canada, it’s the best since the field condition of a grass field have important restrictions in time of use by summer. Now the stadium can be used any hour and by any kind of baseball. Ottawa stadium has been a AAA park in the past (Ottawa Lynx) which was Montreal Expos farm team and after the Orioles

@DJOmnimaga

Ай бұрын

Yeah I remember back when Quebec had to postpone between 5 and 10 games per season back when they had a grass surface. Now they can play at almost any time although some fans are not aware of that yet, so during bad weather games attendance is usually lower. The team is also able to keep their prices low as well because they no longer only make money solely from ticket sales.

Might be a tall order, but I think doing every NCAA Division I basketball arenas would give you truly MONTHS of “stadium” content

Bosse field is one of the oldest professional ballparks in the country and has even hosted NFL games for the old Evansville Crimson Giants back in the 1920s. As well, "A League of Their Own " was filmed there. Great old place with a "down home" feel! Loved watching the Otters there. (BTW, the Otters were at one time in the old American Association.)

@TheChoochooboy99

Жыл бұрын

They were called the Triplets at the time. AAA affiliate of the Detroit Tigers at the time.

@marksnyder8022

9 ай бұрын

He mentions the grass behind the wall. That wall is a new adjustment to the park. It shrinks the outfield to a normal size. The original wall is visible behind it.

I love baseball!!!

We like to call Ozinga Field, the Concrete Jungle up in Section DD. And yes, the view is a lot better in the upper deck, our voices carry better when heckling the opposing team’s shortstop.

Fun fact about the race track- it is the host of a fia world rallycross event

I’ve been to Boulders and Jackals several times.

Ozinga Stadium is built in half due to the power lines being so close to the stadium.

This league has beautiful ballparks

The New York (formerly rockland) Boulders used to draw very well, but over last 4 years or so attendance has plummeted. with luck the Frontier league absorbing the Boulders brings some people back as they are still not affiliated, they can claim MLB partnership

If you get around to it, look at the stadiums in another independent league, Anerican Association of Independent Baseball. I've been to one stadium in that league, that one being Shaw Park, home of the Winnipeg Goldeyes.

I live in Schaumburg and have been to a few Boomers game. For an Indy league team they have a great craft beer selection of local breweries. Being a Cubs fan I do wish they had moved there in either the mid 80s or early 2010s as was rumored but never came to fruition.

When I went to GCS Ballpark, I wanted to try “baseballs best burger” but I ate right before I went to the game but I’ll most likely go again and I’ll definitely have to try it then

That Ottawa team should of kept the name of the IBL team that played in Ottawa from 2010-11. The Ottawa Fatcats.

You should do the West Coast League. Go Elks!

The N.J. State Fair is right behind the Sussex stadium in Augusta NJ

R.I.P Traverse City Beach Bums 2006-2018 my hometown team You should do a video of the Northwoods League if you haven’t already

Joliet also known for its prison so the steel is even more tied in

At Mercy Health Stadium (Lake Erie Crushers), the ENTIRE FIELD is field turf. The infield, warning track, batters boxes, and mounds are ALL field turf. On a hot summer day the whole place smells like used tires due to the ground up rubber in the turf.

How about a video about the Pecos League stadiums? They have one of my favorite team names : Roswell Invaders, New Mexico!

Looks at thumbnail. "That's Rockland." Clicks.

could you do the Future's Collegiate Baseball League? they have some unique stadiums

I’ve been to RentOne, Wintrust and the Grizzlies park

You should do the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, an MLB Partner League

Labatt Park in London Ontario Canada is the "oldest continually operating baseball grounds in the world", with a history dating back to 1877. I bet most or all Americans are shocked to hear this when it's "their game".

Thanks for reminding me that the Trash Pandas exist. Gotta send that to my raccoon furry friend

I'm hoping to see an MLB Draft League video someday!

Fun fact about Yogi Berra Stadium: All the dimensions end in the number 8. (308 in the corners and 398 in center)

You should do the Atlantic league ballparks! It's another independent league

Bosse field is the 3rd oldest ballpark in the US. Also is where they filmed a league of their own

You should do the prospect league ball backs like Loeb stadium is Lafayette, IN

Maybe the next baseball-themed video could be on the Atlantic League?

Several of the Frontier league teams were old short A teams in MiLB.

Can you do the Northwoods league?

Would you mind doing the 8 Atlantic League teams as well?

Since you have covered the baseball stadiums, I think it would be fair if you covered the spring training baseball stadiums as well

I have been to Trois Rivereres for the Grand Prix around the stadium. The area is the exhibition grounds and the horse track is across the street /race track from the Stadium. I am guessing their was money spent before they joined the Frontier League, it was a little shabby in the 90's

The Florence Y'alls comes from the water tower that says "Florence Y'all" . It said Florence Mall but there is a city ordinance that says a business cannot have an advertisement over 75 ft high so the city only painted over the M so it looked like a Y.

You need to do a video on the Stadium they are playing the College world Series in Omaha Ne.

Do the pioneer league AAPB Atlantic league but don’t do the other random tiny leagues because they have stadiums with like 5 seats lol

Could you do a Stadium overview of the MLB Draft League? Its only 6 teams.

Please do the Atlantic league soon!! It has my home team the West Virginia Power!

@SillyRock4

2 жыл бұрын

My home team is Gastonia. Yuck 🤢

About the only reason I could see Ozinga Field having the 2nd deck on one side is if they also played football or soccer there, but I don't even think a field would fit when you consider the shape of the outfield.

Do Mexican Baseball Stadiums (include LMB (summer league) and LMP (winter league) because they all have incredible stadiums) 🙌

Bosse (pronounced Bossy) was also where they filmed A league of their own.

Wish we had leagues like this jn california

I've been to a few of these parks, from experience the Slammers have the best one.

We love this video! However, another team used in this video is no longer a part of our organizations as well as a few name changes for stadiums!! Speaking of changes, we also have a new look.

Cool