Hello. My name is Mike Castro. Welcome to Fields of Dreams. This web site is dedicated to baseball stadiums, large and small. Contained on these pages are photos and reviews of every major and minor league ballpark in which I have seen a game. The list grows a little every year, so keep checking in for new arrivals.

Each ballpark is represented with photographs and rememberances from my visit. I have decided to forgo the usual list of technical details such as address and dimensions. This information is usually available on the home team's web site, a link to which is always provided where possible. Instead, I provide my impressions of the place, because a ballpark is more than just seats and scoreboards and outfield dimensions. It is the atmosphere, created by the building, the environment, and the crowd, that turn a grandstand into a ballpark. A lousy building can be a great place to see a game while the most beautiful structure in the world can leave you wanting. Each park is rated on the good old hot dog scale (1 hot dog being the pits and 5 hot dogs representing baseball nirvana), with the understanding that these ratings are entirely subjective and completely open to dispute and re-evaluation should a subsequent visit prove better or worse.

If anyone has a comment about a particular ballpark that either adds information or disputes some fact or rebuts an opinion I have put forth, send it in. Well written commentary will be added to the bottom of the review as a "Reader Comment". I do, however, retain full editorial control on the content of these pages.

All of the photos on this site are presented for your enjoyment, free of charge and free of advertising. However, if you should have a desire to own any of the photographs, several can be purchased as 8x12 prints. Click on the Buy button below for more information about purchasing photographs.

As for me, I live in the northern suburbs of New York City and I was born in 1964 (you can do the math yourself). As a baseball fan, my loyalties lie with the New York Mets. I first discovered my love for the team in that wonderful year of 1977 and went on to watch them finish last or next to last for the next six years. You can read this as a sign of devotion or a sign of stupidity. I will leave that call to you.

My devotion paid off in 1986 with not only a World Series championship, but one of the most thrilling (if not the best played) post-seasons in the history of baseball.

Most of the parks you find here are in the Northeast, but there are a few from locales about the country. There are others on the web who have travelled far more extensively than I to catch ballgames and you can find them in the Links section, along with shortcuts to the stadium pages (if you're too lazy to go through the menus).

Feel free to e-mail me with comments, questions, and tales of your own baseball adventures.

Thanks for stopping by,
Mike

Credits
All photographs on this website (c)copyright 1999-2001, Michael Castro, all rights reserved, except where noted
Site designed by Michael Castro and Diane Castro