Even though it was anything BUT a normal season in 2020, we’re still bringing you our annual look at ballparks that made news during the year.
From the Blue Jays making do with a Minor League park to the first game when fans were allowed to attend, it was a fascinating year. Check out our photographic look at 2020!
Any baseball fan would love our Touring The Majors® poster. It shows a graphic representation of every MLB park that will be used in 2021 (well, assuming the Blue Jays don’t take up residence in Buffalo again!). It also shows the locations of famous baseball events like the Little League World Series and the National Ballpark Museum.
Just $19.95 plus shipping. It’s in stock and ready to ship!
Major League Baseball receives its fair share of criticism, but it often doesn’t receive the praise it deserves when it backs an initiative that truly does a lot of good — especially for young kids and teens.
Its network of 11 Urban Youth Academies does indeed do a lot of good for young people in inner cities.
By focusing on the newest such academy in Kansas City, we look at who helped fund it, what services it provides (that go beyond playing the sport) and why its exact location “links the past with the future.” Check it out!
Every year since 2003, we’ve provided a lighthearted comparison of the two ballparks in that year’s World Series. We’d do that this year, too, except for the fact that only one ballpark is being used … and it’s not the home park of either of this year’s WS contestants.
One more reason 2020 is a whacked-out year!
So check out our look at the neutral-site home for this year’s Fall Classic: Globe Life Field in Arlington!
MLB’s playoffs look a lot different in 2020 than in previous years. We interviewed officials at MLB to get the “why” and “how” behind the “what.” Why did so many teams make the playoffs this year? How were seedings determined? Why were the four “bubble” cities chosen? What will life be like for the players in the “bubbles”? Will fans be allowed at games? How do the umpires feel?
These questions and more are answered in our piece called “Here Comes Bubble Baseball.”
I was all set to cover the “MLB at Field of Dreams Game” in Dyersville, Iowa when MLB headquarters pulled the plug on the event.
Since I’d already put together an article for USA TODAY previewing the game and the ballpark created in the middle of a cornfield, I am posting it here. You can learn about how the site was determined and what went into its design with “corn, corn and more corn.”