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 the 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	Hot Dog rank 1-10
St. Patrick Irish	Bonin Field	1 Reviewed	6
Dundas Dukes	Dundas Memorial Park	2  Reviewed	5
Faribault Lakers	Bell Field	3 Reviewed	4
Hampton Cardinals	Harold Doffing Memorial Park	4 Reviewed	5
Prior Lake Jays Prior Lake Mudcats	Veterans Field at Memorial Park	5 Reviewed	5
Northfield Knights	Sechler Park	6 Reviewed	4
Webster Sox	Webster Community Park	7 Reviewed	5
St. Benedict Saints	The Ben	8 Reviewed	3
Hastings Hawks	Veterans Park	9 Reviewed	6
La Center Braves	Ray Plut Field	10 Reviewed	8
Fort Ripley Rebels	Fort Ripley Park	11 Reviewed	5
Shakopee Coyotes Shakopee Indians	Joe Schleper Stadium	12 Reviewed	5
Delano Athletics	Delano Municipal Ballpark	13 Reviewed	3
Cannon Falls Bears	John Burch Field	14 Reviewed	6
Jordan Brewers	The Mini Met	15 Reviewed	7
Union Hill Bulldogs	Don Giesen Field at Union Hill Park	16 Reviewed	5
Young America Cardinals	Wilkommen Park	17 Reviewed	10
Lakeville Loonitics	Belzer Stadium	18 Reviewed	1
Arlington A's	Arlington Baseball Park	19 Reviewed	5
Belle Plaine Tigers	Tiger Park	20 Reviewed	8
Winsted Wildcats	Denis M Campbell Field	21 reviewed	6
Carver Black Sox	Carver Community Park	22 Reviewed	5
Chaska Cubs	Athletic Park	23 Reviewed	4
Ada Athletics	Tony Sipe Field (Dekko Park)
Air Freight Unlimited	Barns Field (Concordia)
Aitkin Steam	Woock Field
Albertville Anglers	Lions Field
Alexandria Black Sox	Knute Nelson Memorial Field
Andover Aces	Historic Andover High Field
Anoka Bucs	Castle Field
Appleton A's	Appleton Municipal Baseball Field
Ashby A's	Ashby High
Atwater Chuckers	Kingery Field
Austin Blue Jays	Riverland Community College
Austin Greyhounds	Lafayette Park
Avon Lakers	Blattner Field
Baseball 365	Round Lake Stadium - Eden Prairie
Becker Bandits	High School Varsity Field
Bemidji Blue Ox	Security Insurance Field at BSU
Bemidji Bucks	Bemidji State Field
Benson Plowboys	Chief’s Fields
Bird Island Bullfrogs	Lions Memorial Park
Blue Earth Pirates	Veterans Memorial Field
Bluffton Braves	Blufton City Field
Braham Snappers	Braham High School
Breckenridge Bucks	Cowboy Field (High School)
Brownton Bruins	Barney Tadsen Field
Buckman Billygoats	Beer Cap Stadium
Buffalo Bulldogs	Bentfield Mills Park
Burnsville Bobcats	Alimagnet Park
Carlos Cougars	Fireman’s Field
Centennial Cougars	Baldwin Park
Champlin Park LoGators	Jerry Ruppelius Complex
Chanhassen Red Birds	Storm/Redbirds Stadium
Chisago Lakes Bulldogs	Chisago Lakes High School
Chokio Coyotes	Neal Hofland Field
Clarissa Flyers	Clarissa
Clear Lake Lakers	Goenner Park
Clearwater River Cats	Sportsman’s Park
Cleveland Spiders	Cleveland Baseball Park
Clinton Cards	Clinton Park
Cokato Kernels	Veterans Field at Brooks Lake Park
Cold Spring Rockies  Cold Spring Springers	Cold Spring Baseball Park
Cologne Hollanders	Robert G Fritz Memorial Field
Coon Rapids Redbirds	Wintercrest Park
Cottonwood Cardinals	Lakeview Baseball Field
Courtland Cubs	Courtland Recreation Ball Park
Crystal Cowboys Lyon's Pub Warriors Metro Merchants Minneapolis Angels Minneapolis Blue Sox Minneapolis Cobras Minneapolis Mudcats Minneapolis River Rats	Parade Stadium
Dassel-Cokato Saints	Saints Field
Dawson Drakes	Nelson Field
Dent Diamond Hawks	Jake Wolford Field
Detroit Lakes Ligers	Washington Ballpark
Dilworth Raildogs	Bob Marshall Field
Dodge County Diamondbacks	The Snake Pit (High School)
Dumont Saints	Wheaton Baseball Field
Eagan Bandits	Goat Hill Park
Eagle Lake Expos	Eagle Lake People’s Municipal Ballpark
East Bethel Bandits St. Francis Silverbacks	St Francis High School Varsity Field
Eden Valley Hawks	Eden Valley Baseball Park
Elk River Lumberjacks	P&T Complex
Elko Express	Fredrickson Field
Elrosa Saints	Saints Field
Essig Bluejays	Essig Ballpark
Fairfax Cardinals	Memorial Park
Fairmont Martins	Herb Wolf Field
Farming Flames	Schleper Brothers Field
Fergus Falls Hurricanes	American Legion Field
Flensburg Falcons	Legion Ball Park - Hellie Field
Foley Lumberjacks	Foley High School
Forest Lake Brewers	Schumacher Field
Foston Trash Panda’s	Thompson Field
Fox Lake Foxes	Truman High School
Frazee-Vergas Loons	Vergas City Park
Freeport Black Sox	Black Sox Park
Gaylord Islanders	Walsh Field
Gibbon Reds	McGowen Field
Glencoe Brewers	Vollmer Field
Granite Falls Kilowatts	Richter Field
Green Isle Irish	Irish Yard
Greenwald Cubs	Cubby Field (Greenwald Baseball Field)
Hadley Buttermakers	Laurie Mahon Memorial Field
Ham Lake Hornets	Soderville Park
Hamburg Hawks	Hawk Field
Hamel Hawks	Paul Fortin Memorial Field
Hancock Orphans	Hancock Field
Hanska Lakers	Hanlin Field
Hawley Hawks	Hawley Rodeo Grounds
Henning North Stars	Tony Kawlewski Field
Heron Lake Lakers	Laker Field
Hibbing Miners	Al Nyberg Field
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
Hinkley Knights	Brennan Field
Hopkins Berries	Big Willow
Howard Lake Orphans	Memorial Park
Hutchinson Huskies	Dave Moonet Merial Complex - Tartan Park
Isanti Redbirds	Redbird Field
Jackson Bulls	Wacker Field
Kensington Norsemen	Hegg Memorial Field
Kimball Express	Kimball Veteran’s Memorial Field
Lake Crystal Lakers	Collis Field
Lake Henry Lakers	Laker Park
Lakefield Horned Frogs	Stan King Field
Lamberton Long Sox	Lamberton Baseball Field
Lavenworth Orioles	Lavenworth Ballpark
Le Sueur Braves	Bruce Frank Field
Litchfield Blues	Optimist Park
Lonsdale Aces	Trenda Memorial Park
Loretto Larks	Arnold Klaers Baseball Field
Luverne Redbirds	Redbird Field
Luxemburg Brewers	Luxemburg Legion Baseball Park
Macstrength Grizzlies	Derrick Keller Field
Madison Mallards	Madison Memorial Field
Maple Lake Lakers	Irish Stadium
Maple Plain Diamond Devils	Don Timpe Field
Marshall A's	Legion Field
Mayer Blazers	Ozzie Hoese Field Mayor Lutheran HS
Meire Grove Grovers	Meire Grove Field
Metro Knights	Polar Lakes Park
Midway Snurdbirds	Matt Leritz Field
Miesville Mudhens	Jack Ruhr Field
Milroy Irish	The Irish Yard
Milroy Yankees	Milroy Yankee Field
Minneapolis North Stars	Red Haddox Field
Minneota Mudhens	K. P. Kompelien Field
Minnesota Lake Royals	Bud Kroenke Field
Minnetonka Monarchs	Veterans Field
Montgomery Mallards	Memorial Field
Monticello Polecats	Monticello Baseball Park
Montrose-Waverly Stingers	Hornets Nest
Moorhead Brewers	Matson Field
Moorhead Mudcats	Bucky Burgau Field Concordia College
Mora Blue Devils	Mora High School Field
Morris Eagles	Chizek Field
Morristown Morries	Babe Nordmeier Field
New Germany Dutchman	Dutchman Field
New London-Spicer Twins	Green Lake Diamond
New Market Muskies	Hillside Park
New Munich Silverstreaks	Silverstreak Field
New Prague Orioles	New Prague Memorial Baseball Park
New Ulm Brewers	Johnson Park
New York Mills Millers	Russ Jacobson Field
Nimrod Gnats	Stigman Field
Nisswa Lightning	Nisswa City Park
North Branch Nighthawks	North Branch High School
North Mankato Gators	City of North Mankato
North West Orioles	Memorial Field
Norway Lake-Sunburg Lakers	Willie Reigstad Park
Norwood Indians	Zellmann Field
Nowthen Knights	Nowthen Memorial Park
Ogilvie Orioles	Ogilvie High School Field
Opole Bears	Opole Bears Park
Ortonville Rox	Ortonville Athletic Field
Owatonna Aces	Dratt’s Park
Paynesville Pirates	Paynesville Baseball Stadium
Pearl Lake Lakers	Martin Schmidt Memorial Park
Perham Pirates	Al Krueger Field
Pierz Brewers Pierz Bulldogs Pierz Lakers	Legion Ball Park - Hellie Field
Pine Island Pioneers	Pine Island Varsity Field
Pipestone A's	A’s Field
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Bucks	Eckstein Field
Plato Blue Jays	Bluejay Stadium
Plymouth Hitdawg	Lighted Field
Princeton Panthers	Solheim Veterans Field
Quamba Cubs	Peterson Field
Rainy Lake North Stars	Scheela Field
Ramsey Renegades	Enloe Park
Randall Cubs	Dr. Knight Field
Raymond Rockets	Lilleberg Field
Red Wing Aces	Red Wing Athletic Field
Regal Eagles	Beier Fields
Richmond Royals	Royal Park
Rochester Barons  Rochester Roadrunners	Hudson Field
Rochester Royals	Mayo Field
Rockford Crows	Rockford High School
Roscoe Rangers	Roscoe Baseball Field
Roseau Royals	Gilbertson Field
Rosen Express	Rosen Field
Royalton Riverdogs	Royalton High School
Sabin Mets	Sabin Field
Sacred Heart Saints	Sacred Heart Ballpark
Sartell Muskies  Sartell Stone Poneys	St Cloud Orthopedics Field
Sauk Centre Titans	Sauk Center High School
Sauk Rapids Cyclones	Bob Cross Park
Searles Grizzlies	Searles Ballpark
Sebeka Stingers	Sebeka Field
Shoreview Stump Grinders	Reynolds Field (UNW)
Sleepy Eye Indians	Sleepy Eye Ballpark
Sobieski Skis	Sobieski Ballpark
Spring Hill Chargers	Charger Field
Springfield Tigers	Riverside park
St. Anthony Hogs	Palm Field
St. Augusta Gussies	Centennial Parl
St. Boni Saints	Missle Park
St. Clair Wood Ducks	Duck Slough
St. James Athletics	Veterans Field
St. Joseph Joes	Schneider Field at Memorial Park
St. Louis Park Pirates	Keller Field at Dakota Park
St. Martin Martins	Roy Weber Field
St. Mathias Devils	Devils Park
St. Michael Saints	St Michaels Rec Center #1
St. Nicholas Nicks	Fr. Nicholas Donney Park
St. Peter Saints	Veterans Memorial Field
St. Stephan Steves	Joseph A. Trobec Memorial Park
St. Wendel Saints	St. Wendel Ballpark
Staples Lumberbats	Pine Grove Park
Starbuck Stars	Marthaler Stadium
Stark Longhorns	Stark Ballpark
Stewartville-Racine Sharks	Shark Park
Stillwater Loggers	SAHS Varsity
Stockmen's Irish	McGuire Field - 300-346 8th St S, South St Paul, MN 55075
Swanville Swans	Swanville School
Twin Ports Timbers	Wade Stadium
Upsala Blue Jays	Varsity Field
Urbank-Parkers Prairie Bombers	Wendelin Koep Sr. Stadium
Veseli Warriors	Veseli Ball Park
Victoria Vics	Poppitz Field
Wabasso Jaxx	City Field
Waconia Lakers	Waconia Lions Field
Wadena-Deer Creek Shockers	Elmer Becker Field
Wanamingo Jacks	Veterans Memorial Field
Warroad Muskies	Tony Stukel Field
Waseca Braves	Tink Larson Community Field
Watertown Red Devils	Highland Park
Waterville Indians	William J Grose Park
Watkins Clippers	Clipper Field
Wells Wildcats	Pat Frank Field at Thompson Park
Westonka Waves	Fritz-Soule Field
White Bear Township Baseball Club	Polar Lakes Park
Willmar Rails	Baker Diamond at Bill Taunton Stadium
Windom Pirates	Island Park
Winona Chiefs	Gabrych Park
Wolf Lake Wolf Pack	Wolf Lake Park
Worthington Cubs	Trojan Baseball Field