Saturday, May 5, 2012

Pohlman Field, Beloit, Wisconsin

What can I say that hasnt been said about this ballpark before, well here it goes. It is home to the Midwest Leagues, Beloit Snappers who are affiliated with the Minnesota Twins.

The park is in a community park area in a residental neighborhood. There is a hockey rink, a youth ball diamond and a skate park all in the area. There isnt anything to do directly near the ballpark, but on the road off the highway has just about every kind of restraunt known to mankind.
The park itself was built in 1982 for the then expansion Beloit Brewers of the Midwest League. It is a community owned team and is how baseball used to be. The park is steel and concrete. With metal stands throughout the place. The box seats are just metal bleachers with blue plastic seats over them.


The stadium itself is a throwback to 80s stadiums with a few little upgrades. It is among the only stadiums still around that the players walk through the crowd to get to the field. There is a seperate building that houses the administrative offices and the lockerooms.

The dugouts are rebuilt and there are fences in front of them. The field was upgraded about five or so years ago. Pohlmans centerfield fence is only 385 feet, which is smaller than a lot of other fields.

There is a beer deck out in both left and right field lines. The scoreboard is in left centerfield. The got a new scoreboard that works very well. The part that still doesnt work is the clock above the scoreboard. I dont remember thar ever worked. The fences have ads all around the outfield.

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