Review 253 fields?

I have been a longtime Minnesota townball fan.  Townball has been played in Minnesota since the 1920s.  Townball enjoyed its peak popularity in the 1940s and 1950s, with as many as 799 teams participating in the 1950 season.  

Minnesota's first town baseball team is believed to have been Nininger's in 1857. The city of Nininger was located just west of Hastings, MN, but it no longer exists. John Nininger, brother-in-law of Governor Alexander Ramsey, founded and incorporated Nininger.

Throughout Minnesota, townball teams have played continuously since the 1880s.  In 1924, a State Tournament, masterminded by the Saint Paul Pioneer Press and Saint Paul Dispatch writers Roy Dunlap and Lou McKenna, was created.  This was followed by a townball governing body for Minnesota.  As of 2024, the Minnesota Baseball Association.  In 1986, the system was revamped to create a three-tier system (A, B, and C).  In 1986, there were 230 teams in the three classes.  Townball reached its peak at the end of World War II.  Thousands of players who played for the love of the game participated.

I retired early in 2024. Therefore, I decided to attend and review as many ballfields as I could while I had the opportunity. After reviewing the Minnesota Amateur Baseball site for several hours, I found that there are currently 274 teams playing (excluding over 35 and over 50 teams) on 253 ballfields. With 253 fields, this may take more than a decade, and I hope I will live long enough to attend a game at all of them.

A blog post would typically include background information from the field or internet search, a discussion on parking and spectator options, concessions, and a summary.

The teams and fields as of the July 2024 research are:

Team	Field	Reviewed
St. Patrick Irish	Bonin Field	1 Reviewed
Dundas Dukes	Dundas Memorial Park	2  Reviewed
Faribault Lakers	Bell Field	3 Reviewed
Hampton Cardinals	Harold Doffing Memorial Park	4 Reviewed
Prior Lake Jays Prior Lake Mudcats	Veterans Field at Memorial Park	5 Reviewed
Northfield Knights	Sechler Park	6 Reviewed
Webster Sox	Webster Community Park	7 Reviewed
St. Benedict Saints	The Ben	8 Reviewed
Hastings Hawks	Veterans Park	9 Reviewed
La Center Braves	Ray Plut Field	10 Reviewed
Fort Ripley Rebels	Fort Ripley Park	11 Reviewed
Shakopee Coyotes Shakopee Indians	Joe Schleper Stadium	12 Reviewed
Delano Athletics	Delano Municipal Ballpark	13 Reviewed
Cannon Falls Bears	John Burch Field	14 Reviewed
Jordan Brewers	The Mini Met	15 Reviewed
Union Hill Bulldogs	Don Giesen Field at Union Hill Parkl	16 Reviewed
Young America Cardinals	Wilkommen Park	17 Reviewed
Lakeville Loonitics	Belzer Stadium	18 Reviewed
Arlington A's	Arlington Baseball Park	19 Reviewed
Belle Plaine Tigers	Tiger Park	20 Reviewed
Burnsville Bobcats	Alimagnet Park
Eagan Bandits	Goat Hill Park
Minneapolis North Stars	Red Haddox Field
Air Freight Unlimited	Barns Field (Concordia)
Highland Park Beavers North End Biscuits Rosetown A's St. Paul Capitals St. Paul Hops St. Paul Mudhens Twin City Saints	Tori Stone / Dunning Field
Stockmen's Irish	McGuire Field - 300-346 8th St S, South St Paul, MN 55075
Elko Express	Fredrickson Field
New Market Muskies	Hillside Park
Baseball 365	Round Lake Stadium - Eden Prairie
Crystal Cowboys Lyon's Pub Warriors Metro Merchants Minneapolis Angels Minneapolis Blue Sox Minneapolis Cobras Minneapolis Mudcats Minneapolis River Rats	Parade Stadium
Hopkins Berries	Big Willow
Macstrength Grizzlies	Derrick Keller Field
St. Anthony Hogs	Palm Field
Chaska Cubs	Athletic Park
St. Louis Park Pirates	Keller Field at Dakota Park
Carver Black Sox	Carver Community Park
Chanhassen Red Birds	Storm/Redbirds Stadium
Minnetonka Monarchs	Veterans Field
Veseli Warriors	Veseli Ball Park
Lonsdale Aces	Trenda Memorial Park
Miesville Mudhens	Jack Ruhr Field
Plymouth Hitdawg	Lighted Field
Metro Knights	Polar Lakes Park
New Prague Orioles	New Prague Memorial Baseball Park
Shoreview Stump Grinders	Reynolds Field (UNW)
White Bear Township Baseball Club	Polar Lakes Park
Champlin Park LoGators	Jerry Ruppelius Complex
Cologne Hollanders	Robert G Fritz Memorial Field
Victoria Vics	Poppitz Field
Hamel Hawks	Paul Fortin Memorial Field
Stillwater Loggers	SAHS Varsity
Centennial Cougars	Baldwin Park
North West Orioles	Memorial Field
St. Boni Saints	Missle Park
Maple Plain Diamond Devils	Don Timpe Field
Anoka Bucs	Castle Field
Coon Rapids Redbirds	Wintercrest Park
Loretto Larks	Arnold Klaers Baseball Field
Westonka Waves	Fritz-Soule Field
Montgomery Mallards	Memorial Field
Norwood Indians	Zellmann Field
Andover Aces	Historic Andover High Field
Forest Lake Brewers	Schumacher Field
Ham Lake Hornets	Soderville Park
Red Wing Aces	Red Wing Athletic Field
Rockford Crows	Rockford High School
Morristown Morries	Babe Nordmeier Field
Wanamingo Jacks	Veterans Memorial Field
Watertown Red Devils	Highland Park
Albertville Anglers	Lions Field
Mayer Blazers	Ozzie Hoese Field Mayor Lutheran HS
Plato Blue Jays	Bluejay Stadium
St. Michael Saints	St Michaels Rec Center #1
Le Sueur Braves	Bruce Frank Field
New Germany Dutchman	Dutchman Field
Hamburg Hawks	Hawk Field
Owatonna Aces	Dratt’s Park
Buffalo Bulldogs	Bentfield Mills Park
Elk River Lumberjacks	P&T Complex
Green Isle Irish	Irish Yard
Montrose-Waverly Stingers	Hornets Nest
Nowthen Knights	Nowthen Memorial Park
Pine Island Pioneers	Pine Island Varsity Field
East Bethel Bandits St. Francis Silverbacks	St Francis High School Varsity Field
Waterville Indians	William J Grose Park
Chisago Lakes Bulldogs	Chisago Lakes High School
Cleveland Spiders	Cleveland Baseball Park
North Branch Nighthawks	North Branch High School
Winsted Wildcats	Denis M Campbell Field
Howard Lake Orphans	Memorial Park
Isanti Redbirds	Redbird Field
Monticello Polecats	Monticello Baseball Park
Ramsey Renegades	Enloe Park
St. Peter Saints	Veterans Memorial Field
Waseca Braves	Tink Larson Community Field
Brownton Bruins	Barney Tadsen Field
Maple Lake Lakers	Irish Stadium
Dodge County Diamondbacks	The Snake Pit (High School)
Gaylord Islanders	Walsh Field
Becker Bandits	High School Varsity Field
Cokato Kernels	Veterans Field at Brooks Lake Park
Hutchinson Huskies	Dave Moonet Merial Complex - Tartan Park
Stark Longhorns	Stark Ballpark
Dassel-Cokato Saints	Saints Field
Princeton Panthers	Solheim Veterans Field
Clear Lake Lakers	Goenner Park
Eagle Lake Expos	Eagle Lake People’s Municipal Ballpark
Clearwater River Cats	Sportsman’s Park
St. Clair Wood Ducks	Duck Slough
North Mankato Gators	City of North Mankato
Braham Snappers	Braham High School
Gibbon Reds	McGowen Field
Rochester Barons  Rochester Roadrunners	Hudson Field
Rochester Royals	Mayo Field
Glencoe Brewers	Vollmer Field
Litchfield Blues	Optimist Park
Courtland Cubs	Courtland Recreation Ball Park
Lake Crystal Lakers	Collis Field
St. Augusta Gussies	Centennial Parl
Stewartville-Racine Sharks	Shark Park
Foley Lumberjacks	Foley High School
Luxemburg Brewers	Luxemburg Legion Baseball Park
New Ulm Brewers	Johnson Park
Fairfax Cardinals	Memorial Park
Austin Blue Jays	Riverland Community College
Austin Greyhounds	Lafayette Park
Bird Island Bullfrogs	Lions Memorial Park
Kimball Express	Kimball Veteran’s Memorial Field
Minnesota Lake Royals	Bud Kroenke Field
Mora Blue Devils	Mora High School Field
Pearl Lake Lakers	Martin Schmidt Memorial Park
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Bucks	Eckstein Field
Sauk Rapids Cyclones	Bob Cross Park
Searles Grizzlies	Searles Ballpark
St. Joseph Joes	Schneider Field at Memorial Park
Essig Bluejays	Essig Ballpark
Quamba Cubs	Peterson Field
Sartell Muskies  Sartell Stone Poneys	St Cloud Orthopedics Field
Ogilvie Orioles	Ogilvie High School Field
Watkins Clippers	Clipper Field
Cold Spring Rockies  Cold Spring Springers	Cold Spring Baseball Park
St. Nicholas Nicks	Fr. Nicholas Donney Park
Avon Lakers	Blattner Field
Atwater Chuckers	Kingery Field
Hanska Lakers	Hanlin Field
Hinkley Knights	Brennan Field
Sleepy Eye Indians	Sleepy Eye Ballpark
St. Wendel Saints	St. Wendel Ballpark
Eden Valley Hawks	Eden Valley Baseball Park
Richmond Royals	Royal Park
Wells Wildcats	Pat Frank Field at Thompson Park
St. Stephan Steves	Joseph A. Trobec Memorial Park
Royalton Riverdogs	Royalton High School
Winona Chiefs	Gabrych Park
Buckman Billygoats	Beer Cap Stadium
Opole Bears	Opole Bears Park
Roscoe Rangers	Roscoe Baseball Field
Lavenworth Orioles	Lavenworth Ballpark
Farming Flames	Schleper Brothers Field
St. James Athletics	Veterans Field
Freeport Black Sox	Black Sox Park
St. Martin Martins	Roy Weber Field
Springfield Tigers	Riverside park
Willmar Rails	Baker Diamond at Bill Taunton Stadium
Blue Earth Pirates	Veterans Memorial Field
Paynesville Pirates	Paynesville Baseball Stadium
New Munich Silverstreaks	Silverstreak Field
Fox Lake Foxes	Truman High School
Lake Henry Lakers	Laker Park
Sacred Heart Saints	Sacred Heart Ballpark
Raymond Rockets	Lilleberg Field
Regal Eagles	Beier Fields
Upsala Blue Jays	Varsity Field
Pierz Brewers Pierz Bulldogs Pierz Lakers	Legion Ball Park - Hellie Field
Meire Grove Grovers	Meire Grove Field
Waconia Lakers	Waconia Lions Field
Wabasso Jaxx	City Field
Spring Hill Chargers	Charger Field
Fairmont Martins	Herb Wolf Field
Greenwald Cubs	Cubby Field (Greenwald Baseball Field)
Elrosa Saints	Saints Field
Sauk Centre Titans	Sauk Center High School
Sobieski Skis	Sobieski Ballpark
Randall Cubs	Dr. Knight Field
Granite Falls Kilowatts	Richter Field
Swanville Swans	Swanville School
Flensburg Falcons	Legion Ball Park - Hellie Field
New London-Spicer Twins	Green Lake Diamond
Lamberton Long Sox	Lamberton Baseball Field
Milroy Irish	The Irish Yard
Milroy Yankees	Milroy Yankee Field
Cottonwood Cardinals	Lakeview Baseball Field
St. Mathias Devils	Devils Park
Aitkin Steam	Woock Field
Norway Lake-Sunburg Lakers	Willie Reigstad Park
Benson Plowboys	Chief’s Fields
Jackson Bulls	Wacker Field
Marshall A's	Legion Field
Windom Pirates	Island Park
Alexandria Black Sox	Knute Nelson Memorial Field
Lakefield Horned Frogs	Stan King Field
Minneota Mudhens	K. P. Kompelien Field
Carlos Cougars	Fireman’s Field
Clarissa Flyers	Clarissa
Staples Lumberbats	Pine Grove Park
Appleton A's	Appleton Municipal Baseball Field
Dawson Drakes	Nelson Field
Starbuck Stars	Marthaler Stadium
Nisswa Lightning	Nisswa City Park
Heron Lake Lakers	Laker Field
Madison Mallards	Madison Memorial Field
Twin Ports Timbers	Wade Stadium
Kensington Norsemen	Hegg Memorial Field
Worthington Cubs	Trojan Baseball Field
Urbank-Parkers Prairie Bombers	Wendelin Koep Sr. Stadium
Wadena-Deer Creek Shockers	Elmer Becker Field
Morris Eagles	Chizek Field
Hancock Orphans	Hancock Field
Hadley Buttermakers	Laurie Mahon Memorial Field
Ashby A's	Ashby High
Bluffton Braves	Blufton City Field
Nimrod Gnats	Stigman Field
Rosen Express	Rosen Field
Henning North Stars	Tony Kawlewski Field
Ortonville Rox	Ortonville Athletic Field
New York Mills Millers	Russ Jacobson Field
Sebeka Stingers	Sebeka Field
Chokio Coyotes	Neal Hofland Field
Pipestone A's	A’s Field
Fergus Falls Hurricanes	American Legion Field
Luverne Redbirds	Redbird Field
Perham Pirates	Al Krueger Field
Dumont Saints	Wheaton Baseball Field
Hibbing Miners	Al Nyberg Field
Wolf Lake Wolf Pack	Wolf Lake Park
Midway Snurdbirds	Matt Leritz Field
Frazee-Vergas Loons	Vergas City Park
Clinton Cards	Clinton Park
Dent Diamond Hawks	Jake Wolford Field
Detroit Lakes Ligers	Washington Ballpark
Breckenridge Bucks	Cowboy Field (High School)
Bemidji Blue Ox	Security Insurance Field at BSU
Bemidji Bucks	Bemidji State Field
Hawley Hawks	Hawley Rodeo Grounds
Sabin Mets	Sabin Field
Dilworth Raildogs	Bob Marshall Field
Moorhead Brewers	Matson Field
Moorhead Mudcats	Bucky Burgau Field Concordia College
Ada Athletics	Tony Sipe Field (Dekko Park)
Foston Trash Panda’s	Thompson Field
Rainy Lake North Stars	Scheela Field
Roseau Royals	Gilbertson Field
Warroad Muskies	Tony Stukel Field