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	Miles	Field	Reviewed		Hot Dog rank 1-10
St. Patrick Irish	0	Bonin Field	1 Reviewed	1	6
Dundas Dukes	0	Dundas Memorial Park	2  Reviewed	2	5
Faribault Lakers	0	Bell Field	3 Reviewed	3	4
Hampton Cardinals	0	Harold Doffing Memorial Park	4 Reviewed	4	5
Prior Lake Jays Prior Lake Mudcats	0	Veterans Field at Memorial Park	5 Reviewed	5	5
Northfield Knights	0	Sechler Park	6 Reviewed	6	4
Webster Sox	0	Webster Community Park	7 Reviewed	7	5
St. Benedict Saints	0	The Ben	8 Reviewed	8	3
Hastings Hawks	0	Veterans Park	9 Reviewed	9	6
La Center Braves	0	Ray Plut Field	10 Reviewed	10	8
Fort Ripley Rebels	0	Fort Ripley Park	11 Reviewed	11	5
Shakopee Coyotes Shakopee Indians	0	Joe Schleper Stadium	12 Reviewed	12	5
Delano Athletics	0	Delano Municipal Ballpark	13 Reviewed	13	3
Cannon Falls Bears	0	John Burch Field	14 Reviewed	14	6
Jordan Brewers	0	The Mini Met	15 Reviewed	15	7
Union Hill Bulldogs	37	Don Giesen Field at Union Hill Parkl	16 Reviewed	16	5
Young America Cardinals	42	Wilkommen Park	17 Reviewed	17	10
Lakeville Loonitics	5	Belzer Stadium	18 Reviewed	18	1
Arlington A's	54	Arlington Baseball Park	Reviewed #19	19	5
Burnsville Bobcats	6	Alimagnet Park
Eagan Bandits	9	Goat Hill Park
Minneapolis North Stars	10	Red Haddox Field
Air Freight Unlimited	16	Barns Field (Concordia)
Highland Park Beavers North End Biscuits Rosetown A's St. Paul Capitals St. Paul Hops St. Paul Mudhens Twin City Saints	18	Tori Stone / Dunning Field
Stockmen's Irish	18	McGuire Field - 300-346 8th St S, South St Paul, MN 55075
Elko Express	19	Fredrickson Field
New Market Muskies	20	Hillside Park
Baseball 365	22	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	22	Parade Stadium
Hopkins Berries	22	Big Willow
Macstrength Grizzlies	22	Derrick Keller Field
St. Anthony Hogs	22	Palm Field
Chaska Cubs	23	Athletic Park
St. Louis Park Pirates	23	Keller Field at Dakota Park
Carver Black Sox	25	Carver Community Park
Chanhassen Red Birds	25	Storm/Redbirds Stadium
Minnetonka Monarchs	26	Veterans Field
Veseli Warriors	29	Veseli Ball Park
Lonsdale Aces	30	Trenda Memorial Park
Miesville Mudhens	30	Jack Ruhr Field
Plymouth Hitdawg	30	Lighted Field
Metro Knights	32	Polar Lakes Park
New Prague Orioles	32	New Prague Memorial Baseball Park
Shoreview Stump Grinders	32	Reynolds Field (UNW)
White Bear Township Baseball Club	32	Polar Lakes Park
Champlin Park LoGators	33	Jerry Ruppelius Complex
Cologne Hollanders	33	Robert G Fritz Memorial Field
Victoria Vics	33	Poppitz Field
Hamel Hawks	34	Paul Fortin Memorial Field
Belle Plaine Tigers	35	Tiger Park
Stillwater Loggers	35	SAHS Varsity
Centennial Cougars	36	Baldwin Park
North West Orioles	37	Memorial Field
St. Boni Saints	37	Missle Park
Maple Plain Diamond Devils	38	Don Timpe Field
Anoka Bucs	41	Castle Field
Coon Rapids Redbirds	41	Wintercrest Park
Loretto Larks	41	Arnold Klaers Baseball Field
Westonka Waves	41	Fritz-Soule Field
Montgomery Mallards	42	Memorial Field
Norwood Indians	42	Zellmann Field
Andover Aces	44	Historic Andover High Field
Forest Lake Brewers	44	Schumacher Field
Ham Lake Hornets	44	Soderville Park
Red Wing Aces	44	Red Wing Athletic Field
Rockford Crows	45	Rockford High School
Morristown Morries	46	Babe Nordmeier Field
Wanamingo Jacks	46	Veterans Memorial Field
Watertown Red Devils	49	Highland Park
Albertville Anglers	50	Lions Field
Mayer Blazers	50	Ozzie Hoese Field Mayor Lutheran HS
Plato Blue Jays	50	Bluejay Stadium
St. Michael Saints	50	St Michaels Rec Center #1
Le Sueur Braves	52	Bruce Frank Field
New Germany Dutchman	52	Dutchman Field
Hamburg Hawks	53	Hawk Field
Owatonna Aces	53	Dratt’s Park
Buffalo Bulldogs	55	Bentfield Mills Park
Elk River Lumberjacks	55	P&T Complex
Green Isle Irish	55	Irish Yard
Montrose-Waverly Stingers	55	Hornets Nest
Nowthen Knights	55	Nowthen Memorial Park
Pine Island Pioneers	55	Pine Island Varsity Field
East Bethel Bandits St. Francis Silverbacks	57	St Francis High School Varsity Field
Waterville Indians	57	William J Grose Park
Chisago Lakes Bulldogs	58	Chisago Lakes High School
Cleveland Spiders	59	Cleveland Baseball Park
North Branch Nighthawks	59	North Branch High School
Winsted Wildcats	59	Denis M Campbell Field
Howard Lake Orphans	60	Memorial Park
Isanti Redbirds	60	Redbird Field
Monticello Polecats	60	Monticello Baseball Park
Ramsey Renegades	60	Enloe Park
St. Peter Saints	60	Veterans Memorial Field
Waseca Braves	60	Tink Larson Community Field
Brownton Bruins	61	Barney Tadsen Field
Maple Lake Lakers	62	Irish Stadium
Dodge County Diamondbacks	65	The Snake Pit (High School)
Gaylord Islanders	65	Walsh Field
Becker Bandits	66	High School Varsity Field
Cokato Kernels	66	Veterans Field at Brooks Lake Park
Hutchinson Huskies	70	Dave Moonet Merial Complex - Tartan Park
Stark Longhorns	70	Stark Ballpark
Dassel-Cokato Saints	72	Saints Field
Princeton Panthers	72	Solheim Veterans Field
Clear Lake Lakers	73	Goenner Park
Eagle Lake Expos	73	Eagle Lake People’s Municipal Ballpark
Clearwater River Cats	74	Sportsman’s Park
St. Clair Wood Ducks	74	Duck Slough
North Mankato Gators	76	City of North Mankato
Braham Snappers	80	Braham High School
Gibbon Reds	80	McGowen Field
Rochester Barons  Rochester Roadrunners	81	Hudson Field
Rochester Royals	81	Mayo Field
Glencoe Brewers	82	Vollmer Field
Litchfield Blues	83	Optimist Park
Courtland Cubs	85	Courtland Recreation Ball Park
Lake Crystal Lakers	85	Collis Field
St. Augusta Gussies	85	Centennial Parl
Stewartville-Racine Sharks	85	Shark Park
Foley Lumberjacks	88	Foley High School
Luxemburg Brewers	88	Luxemburg Legion Baseball Park
New Ulm Brewers	88	Johnson Park
Fairfax Cardinals	89	Memorial Park
Austin Blue Jays	90	Riverland Community College
Austin Greyhounds	90	Lafayette Park
Bird Island Bullfrogs	90	Lions Memorial Park
Kimball Express	90	Kimball Veteran’s Memorial Field
Minnesota Lake Royals	90	Bud Kroenke Field
Mora Blue Devils	90	Mora High School Field
Pearl Lake Lakers	90	Martin Schmidt Memorial Park
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Bucks	90	Eckstein Field
Sauk Rapids Cyclones	90	Bob Cross Park
Searles Grizzlies	92	Searles Ballpark
St. Joseph Joes	94	Schneider Field at Memorial Park
Essig Bluejays	95	Essig Ballpark
Quamba Cubs	95	Peterson Field
Sartell Muskies  Sartell Stone Poneys	95	St Cloud Orthopedics Field
Ogilvie Orioles	96	Ogilvie High School Field
Watkins Clippers	96	Clipper Field
Cold Spring Rockies  Cold Spring Springers	97	Cold Spring Baseball Park
St. Nicholas Nicks	98	Fr. Nicholas Donney Park
Avon Lakers	99	Blattner Field
Atwater Chuckers	100	Kingery Field
Hanska Lakers	100	Hanlin Field
Hinkley Knights	100	Brennan Field
Sleepy Eye Indians	100	Sleepy Eye Ballpark
St. Wendel Saints	100	St. Wendel Ballpark
Eden Valley Hawks	101	Eden Valley Baseball Park
Richmond Royals	102	Royal Park
Wells Wildcats	102	Pat Frank Field at Thompson Park
St. Stephan Steves	103	Joseph A. Trobec Memorial Park
Royalton Riverdogs	104	Royalton High School
Winona Chiefs	106	Gabrych Park
Buckman Billygoats	108	Beer Cap Stadium
Opole Bears	108	Opole Bears Park
Roscoe Rangers	108	Roscoe Baseball Field
Lavenworth Orioles	109	Lavenworth Ballpark
Farming Flames	110	Schleper Brothers Field
St. James Athletics	110	Veterans Field
Freeport Black Sox	111	Black Sox Park
St. Martin Martins	112	Roy Weber Field
Springfield Tigers	114	Riverside park
Willmar Rails	114	Baker Diamond at Bill Taunton Stadium
Blue Earth Pirates	115	Veterans Memorial Field
Paynesville Pirates	115	Paynesville Baseball Stadium
New Munich Silverstreaks	116	Silverstreak Field
Fox Lake Foxes	117	Truman High School
Lake Henry Lakers	118	Laker Park
Sacred Heart Saints	118	Sacred Heart Ballpark
Raymond Rockets	120	Lilleberg Field
Regal Eagles	120	Beier Fields
Upsala Blue Jays	120	Varsity Field
Pierz Brewers Pierz Bulldogs Pierz Lakers	121	Legion Ball Park - Hellie Field
Meire Grove Grovers	122	Meire Grove Field
Waconia Lakers	122	Waconia Lions Field
Wabasso Jaxx	123	City Field
Spring Hill Chargers	123	Charger Field
Fairmont Martins	124	Herb Wolf Field
Greenwald Cubs	125	Cubby Field (Greenwald Baseball Field)
Elrosa Saints	126	Saints Field
Sauk Centre Titans	126	Sauk Center High School
Sobieski Skis	127	Sobieski Ballpark
Randall Cubs	128	Dr. Knight Field
Granite Falls Kilowatts	130	Richter Field
Swanville Swans	130	Swanville School
Flensburg Falcons	131	Legion Ball Park - Hellie Field
New London-Spicer Twins	131	Green Lake Diamond
Lamberton Long Sox	132	Lamberton Baseball Field
Milroy Irish	136	The Irish Yard
Milroy Yankees	136	Milroy Yankee Field
Cottonwood Cardinals	137	Lakeview Baseball Field
St. Mathias Devils	140	Devils Park
Aitkin Steam	145	Woock Field
Norway Lake-Sunburg Lakers	145	Willie Reigstad Park
Benson Plowboys	150	Chief’s Fields
Jackson Bulls	150	Wacker Field
Marshall A's	150	Legion Field
Windom Pirates	150	Island Park
Alexandria Black Sox	151	Knute Nelson Memorial Field
Lakefield Horned Frogs	152	Stan King Field
Minneota Mudhens	154	K. P. Kompelien Field
Carlos Cougars	155	Fireman’s Field
Clarissa Flyers	155	Clarissa
Staples Lumberbats	155	Pine Grove Park
Appleton A's	156	Appleton Municipal Baseball Field
Dawson Drakes	156	Nelson Field
Starbuck Stars	157	Marthaler Stadium
Nisswa Lightning	159	Nisswa City Park
Heron Lake Lakers	160	Laker Field
Madison Mallards	164	Madison Memorial Field
Twin Ports Timbers	165	Wade Stadium
Kensington Norsemen	168	Hegg Memorial Field
Worthington Cubs	170	Trojan Baseball Field
Urbank-Parkers Prairie Bombers	172	Wendelin Koep Sr. Stadium
Wadena-Deer Creek Shockers	173	Elmer Becker Field
Morris Eagles	176	Chizek Field
Hancock Orphans	177	Hancock Field
Hadley Buttermakers	178	Laurie Mahon Memorial Field
Ashby A's	180	Ashby High
Bluffton Braves	180	Blufton City Field
Nimrod Gnats	180	Stigman Field
Rosen Express	183	Rosen Field
Henning North Stars	185	Tony Kawlewski Field
Ortonville Rox	185	Ortonville Athletic Field
New York Mills Millers	186	Russ Jacobson Field
Sebeka Stingers	186	Sebeka Field
Chokio Coyotes	190	Neal Hofland Field
Pipestone A's	195	A’s Field
Fergus Falls Hurricanes	196	American Legion Field
Luverne Redbirds	200	Redbird Field
Perham Pirates	200	Al Krueger Field
Dumont Saints	206	Wheaton Baseball Field
Hibbing Miners	207	Al Nyberg Field
Wolf Lake Wolf Pack	207	Wolf Lake Park
Midway Snurdbirds	208	Matt Leritz Field
Frazee-Vergas Loons	209	Vergas City Park
Clinton Cards	210	Clinton Park
Dent Diamond Hawks	211	Jake Wolford Field
Detroit Lakes Ligers	220	Washington Ballpark
Breckenridge Bucks	222	Cowboy Field (High School)
Bemidji Blue Ox	235	Security Insurance Field at BSU
Bemidji Bucks	235	Bemidji State Field
Hawley Hawks	242	Hawley Rodeo Grounds
Sabin Mets	243	Sabin Field
Dilworth Raildogs	250	Bob Marshall Field
Moorhead Brewers	253	Matson Field
Moorhead Mudcats	253	Bucky Burgau Field Concordia College
Ada Athletics	274	Tony Sipe Field (Dekko Park)
Foston Trash Panda’s	278	Thompson Field
Rainy Lake North Stars	310	Scheela Field
Roseau Royals	366	Gilbertson Field
Warroad Muskies	370	Tony Stukel Field