ballparks from space

(Updated on March 26, 2008.)

The new Google Maps service is really great, especially the satellite imagery option. So I decided to put it to the test and try to find as many present and former MLB ballparks as possible.

Are you ready?

(Note: I used SNURL.com to truncate long URLs. Also, some of the ballpark names are not the current names for these places.)

• Qualcomm Stadium (former home of the San Diego Padres)
• PETCO Park (current home of the Padres, under construction at the time this photo was taken)
• Dodger Stadium
• L.A. Coliseum (first California home of the Dodgers)
• Edison Field (home of the Anaheim Angels)
• AT&T Park (home of the San Francisco Giants)
• Monster (Candlestick) Park (former home of the Giants)
• Macafee Coliseum (home of the A’s)
• Safeco Field (home of the Seattle Mariners – Seahawks Stadium is next door, where the Kingdome once stood)
• Coors Field (home of the Colorado Rockies)
• Mile High Stadium (the new-school, post-Rockies version, immediately south/southeast of the original, which was destroyed in a terrorism drill)
• Chase Field (home of the Arizona Diamondbacks)
• Rangers Ballpark in Arlington (home of the Texas Rangers – the old Arlington Stadium was immediately northwest of this park, across the river)
• Minute Maid Park (home of the Houston Astros)
• Reliant Astrodome (former home of the Astros, with Reliant Stadium next door)
• Kaufmann Stadium (home of the Kansas City Royals, with football stadium next door)
• Busch Stadium (home of the St. Louis Cardinals – the old Busch Stadium overlapped this new park at the north end)
• Sportsman’s Park (former home of the St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Cardinals; now a Boys & Girls Club, with the field repurposed for general recreation)
• Great American Ballpark (home of the Cincinnati Reds)
• Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (home of the Minnesota Twins)
• Metropolitan Stadium (original home of the Minnesota Twins; now site of the Mall of America)
• Miller Park (home of the Milwaukee Brewers)
• US Cellular Field (a.k.a. “New” Comiskey Park – home of the Chicago White Sox. The parking structure to the north is park of the old Comiskey Park.)
• Wrigley Field (home of the Chicago Cubs)
• Jacobs Field (home of the Cleveland Indians)
• League Park (former home of the Indians – the clubhouse and some of the right-field stands are still intact, and the place is being rebuilt soon as a community ballpark)
• Comerica Park (current home of the Detroit Tigers, with Ford Field – home of the Detroit Lions – next door)
• Tiger Stadium (former home of the Detroit Tigers – still standing, unused, though now scheduled for demolition in 2008 or 2009)
• PNC Park (home of the Pittsburgh Pirates)
• Citizens Bank Park (home of the Philadelphia Phillies)
• Shibe Park (former home of the Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia Athletics; now the location of a church)
• Baker Bowl (former home of the Philadelphia Phillies; now the location of a convenience store and industrial space)
• Fenway Park (home of the Boston Red Sox)
• Braves Field (the original home of the Boston Braves, who later moved to Atlanta; now Nickerson Stadium at Boston University – link corrected)
• Shea Stadium (home of the New York Mets, scheduled to close in October 2008; CitiField is being built immediately east of Shea)
• Yankee Stadium (slated to close in October 2008; “New” Yankee Stadium is being built immediately north/northwest of the current park)
• Polo Grounds (former home of the Yankees, Giants and Mets – now a housing project)
• Ebbets Field (former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers before they went west – now a housing project)
• Camden Yards (home of the Baltimore Orioles – click here to see the site of the old Memorial Stadium)
• RFK Stadium (former home of the Washington Nationals; click here to see the location of Nationals Park, which opens on March 29, 2008)
• Griffith Stadium (home of the Washington Senators; now home of Howard University Hospital)
• Turner Field (home of the Atlanta Braves – with old Fulton Co. Stadium diamond “footprint” in the north parking lot)
• Tropicana Field (home of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays – link corrected)
• Dolphins Stadium (home of the Florida Marlins – this photo shows the place set up for a bowl game)
• Rogers Stadium (home of the Toronto Blue Jays)
• Olympic Stadium (former home of the Montreal Expos)

Enjoy! And if you find any other parks, post the links in the comments!