Critiquing the Weirdest Baseball Fields in America

Baseball fields do not have standard outfield dimensions. In some cases, baseball fields end up in a "run what you brung" situation - where the weirdest things can happen. This video has them all.
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[@S1apShoes]

6:25 That's Ralph Earnhardt, father of Dale Earnhardt Sr, sending a guy named Dick Plemmons into the dugout. Lee Petty, father of Richard Petty also found himself in that same dugout during practice for the 1958 race, but repaired his car and finished 4th for the main event. Jim Paschal won the race. The track measured just a quarter mile in length. Absolutely insane little short track.

[@FivePointsVids]

I wonder if he went in the locker room, took a piss and then came back out and got in his car

[@randomcub922]

@@FivePointsVids that would hilarious 😂

[@Pedicrap]

This part of the video made me laugh so hard on how ridiculous it looked. 🤣

[@godnmaste]

R.I.P

[@vladdydaddy5197]

Hey, I know ALL those guys. I also was raised in the same place as Ralph.

[@rileykazama3145]

The one near the bridge is actually pretty cool imagine being a high school baseball player in New York seeing the Brooklyn Bridge when you're at bat that would actually be pretty damn cool

[@TheHeston83]

I think it was briefly seen infinity war

[@this51man]

That's the Manhattan Bridge lol

[@cityhawk]

I played there once when I played baseball in my freshman year of high school. It’s located in the Two Bridges section of Chinatown. Even though I found it interesting to play next to the Manhattan Bridge (drew a walk, stole two bases, and scored a run), it wasn’t the weirdest ballpark I ever played in. Once when I was in little league, I played under the 59th Street Bridge on an all-clay field (you read that right) with a CF that was at least 450. It was the most unusual, but most fun ballpark I ever played in. It’s now an indoor tennis center.

[@robertcurtis-hardy387]

I frequently played there in high school, i kinda liked it. Theres this urban legend that Manny Ramirez once hit a ball up onto the bridge as a high school senior.

[@AEMoreira81]

The surprise is 3 of them being in NYC limits.

[@Kyle_etc]

A spiked fence on a baseball field?! What a great idea!!

[@DCLocal84]

I thought the same thing.

[@finnian_omeara]

It's so close too. Defiantly plenty of HR robbing opportunities ruined with those spikes.

[@krism8050]

I came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed lol

[@davej3781]

assuming you're talking about the last one, calvary chapel, they don't actually play games there, that's just for practice. I don't even see dugouts. I'm an umpire and have worked a number of calvary home games and have never seen that field... last season I think I worked 4 of their home games, never at the same field twice either (some pretty nice fields though)

[@Kyle_etc]

@@davej3781 interesting insight, thanks! I was talking about the last field yeah. It makes sense that they wouldn’t play games there but it’s a dumb design nonetheless. They probably aren’t legally allowed to play games there if I had to guess

[@xRestart]

I love that in Baseball, as long as you got the right diamond dimensions, you can do the most nastiest, insane and out of proportion outfield with very little in the way of restrictions

[@CJSleme]

I like it too! I think the crazy dimensions in this video would be fun to play and watch a game at! I wish MLB parks had more unique shapes!

[@LuckyBird551]

No joke, even the pros have it that way. The MLB fields are so irregular, that they have a separate sets of rules for each one to define if a ball is a foul or a homerun depending where the ball landed or what it hit before it landed.

[@keeeeez23]

Haha, bell actually made it!!! My coach used to call the light pole the pole of wisdom and made us run to it and come back then we had to tell him what we did wrong. He even made us run to it before finals! Thanks five point vids

[@FivePointsVids]

That is awesome!

[@DocUrb12]

There used to be a fence that went front the the center field light post to the bungalows and There was a fence backstop in front of the light pole. I remember our right fielders hated playing just past the track. They would have to avoid the concrete ring that separated the track from the field or else they could sprain an ankle. But I loved playing there all 4 yrs I was there.

[@keeeeez23]

@@DocUrb12 we used to put up a fence during season but it was too much of a hassle and the principal was a bitch who only cared about football even tho football would never win a game

[@infernofireboy6861]

​@FivePoints Vids love the league of nations wwe refrence

[@stachanator]

Anyone who’s ever played MLB the show knows about polo grounds. You could smash a 500+ ft pop up to center.

[@michaelstein7510]

So many cheap home runs to the poles, as well. It was always a fun challenge to try and hit a homer out to deep center in the Polo Grounds.

[@Rutherford12]

I used to work right next to Cardines Field. Happy to see it here. It's the oldest continuously used baseball field in America. It opened in 1908, 4 years before Fenway

[@johndecarmo1237]

I just played at Cardines this summer with my Legion team. It is a pretty dope field, it’s cool to see it on here haha. I think it’s a pretty cool field

[@jonstefanik9400]

I always wanted to go to check out a game and go to the pub behind right field.

[@bannaissalty7853]

I’ve played at cardines for a while now Nothing like the rock hard dirt The pads in the outfield covering grates But I love playing at the field and it just has so much charm Even tho we’ve almost started many fights with the two dugouts being next to eachother 😂😂😂

[@Amused_brain]

Of course S1apSh0es knew of one that hosted a race back in the day. Thanks for letting him narrate that one. Good video.

[@jeremymurphy7320]

I submitted the Des Moines East field and after seeing some of the previous disasters, I felt honored just to receive an honorable mention.

[@xxxYYZxxx]

I went to Calvary Chapel school as a youth, apparently decades before it had a baseball field. The field isn't even on the campus, but next door. Imagine my surprise it was the winning field.

[@brodyca1898]

It’s not the best but it’s not at all as bad as some of these

[@masonvogel1083]

I played there

[@blccwrld237]

As someone who currently plays there, it's not fun losing to a short homer cuz a lefty barely hit it

[@MrCubFan415]

Hey, a fellow Iowan! 😊

[@erok7007]

I’ve played as a centerfielder at Limeport before. It’s just as bad as it looks, plus there’s random holes all over the place to trip and fall over. It was a terrible stadium, but the view into the cornfields always made it memorable like Shoeless Joe was going to walk out of there Field of Dreams style

[@sampride9107]

I played there is year, my brother got hit above the eye by a foul ball because of no fence in front of the dugouts. Terrible field

[@adamant3316]

Night games look crazy cool though

[@squirrelguy2195]

You know your ballpark is weird when it makes the Polo Grounds look normal by comparison.

[@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641]

0:03 I love how the dude sees the kid get hit, and instead of being concerned, just backs up like he doesn't want the kid to fall on him.

[@dkbb12]

Hey, thanks for including my alma mater, John Marshall High in L.A. (4:28). Played three seasons on that crazy field 1970-72, and back then the hill didn't have any grass on it, it was just raw nasty dirt. The softball diamond wasn't there, the whole field was pretty primitive. For awhile they had this 12" high line of boards across the hill to mark the home run line. Crazy. And yeah, I did hit that guy's house behind the right field fence - my only high school home run, a 3-run shot against Eagle Rock High. Fond memories. BTW, Marshall had a killer team in 2022...

[@RetroBaseball]

I don’t think I’ve ever clicked on a notification faster.

[@Itsme-wp8yc]

Yes you have. I’m in your walls.

[@nathanjm000]

Same Just didn’t finish the video for a while so I could comment

[@theyoshman3159]

The fastest would be trying to click on something else but the notification pops up right as u click

[@dc7993]

@@Itsme-wp8yc this reply made me chuckle, but you probably already knew that

[@paulcypher3779]

@@Itsme-wp8yc only when you’re not looking

[@ThatGuy1001000]

Visited Cardines Field as a member of the opposition about a week ago. Not only are the dugouts on the same side, but the two teams also have to share a bullpen. The Newport team has been around for 20+ years, but apparently the setup hasn't caused any problems.

[@Kylebuschsestrogen]

I played there against the gulls in 2019. Still one of my favorite fields. The shared bullpens made chirping between pitchers pretty intense haha. Everything there is so weird but it was a great time

[@Temptazer]

Its funny how theres a couple of stadiums that you can hit it over the fence and have it land right back in play

[@frenchfrey65]

Limeport Stadium looks like one of the Spring Training stadiums from MVP Baseball 2005 for PS2. So easy to hit HR's in Spring Training stadiums.

[@justinclifford5486]

No cornfield in RF though

[@wellhellothere6865]

You should do the NTU (National Taiwan University) college baseball field. 260 to right, 440 to center, and 370 to left. It has a section in left field where their track juts into the field. Located at 25°01'14"N 121°32'06"E

[@SACSportsAdventures]

I’ve been waiting for part 2 and this didn’t disappoint. Weird baseball fields like these are so beautifully charming. I recently stopped by Satchel Paige Park while in KC and did some filming - hoping to put together a video of the park and its history.

[@FivePointsVids]

the grand stands do look amazing. I hope they reno it.

[@stevemadden3642]

Worst part of playing baseball in Swope Park growing up is having to worry about getting shot or finding bodies

[@fl9vin686]

i’ve been waiting for this forever

[@JoeyB-2001]

For your next iteration of this video, please do center township ballfield in Monaca (mon-ACK-uh), PA. It's home to Penn State Beaver baseball, and it features a 5 foot wide ditch with two open catch basins in play in front of a 25' tall hill in right field that stretches to dead center. Roughly 305' to right, 390' to center, and 340' to left.

[@CreightonRabs]

That might literally be the most Beaver County Thing ever...

[@JoeyB-2001]

@@CreightonRabs facts there's no flat land in western PA

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

"What should we do with this extra space?" "Add more parking" "Add tennis courts" *"Yes"* ...to who?" "1:05"

[@UnchainedAmerica]

The tennis courts doubles as a parking lot had me laughing.

[@lunarumbreon7699]

I thought that was pretty common, my high school did that

[@michaelstein7510]

Maybe they couldn’t get funding unless they agreed the tennis courts could also be a parking lot. 😂 Must be awkward to schedule tennis activities around parking. And what if somebody parks on the middle of the court just to be a dick?

[@KFox210]

MORE WEIRD BASEBALL FIELDS! MY FAVORITE!

[@st4m673]

I just had the opportunity to play high school baseball at limeport stadium in the outfield about 10 minutes ago. It was pretty cool to know the backstory of it and get to play on it. Definitely felt weird running up a hill to catch a ball.

[@FivePointsVids]

that's awesome!!!

[@m.a.mehalick0910]

Nice to see the Lebanon Cedars made the list. The next time you're looking for weird ballparks, look up Newport High School in Newport, PA. Left center is DEEEEEEP with the football scoreboard in play.

[@stephenroot6067]

I played football there once, thought the exact same thing. The drive to get there is honestly kind of scary too. You have to go through a bunch of very tight roads that a bus can barely fit on. Overall not a bad football field though.

[@poseym316]

@@stephenroot6067 The football field is just there practice field which is located at the high school. Alumni Stadium where they play there home football games is behind the middle school.

[@Ravensfan-qx5pc]

I looked that one up. Wow! I hope the left fielder has a good 40 yd dash time lol I imagine if your the play by play announcer! "And that hit! Deep to left field! And it doinks off the goal post!" lol

[@bronzite_]

There’s a complex of baseball fields in Branson, Missouri that are all based on current or historic MLB parks. It’s very similar to the two examples given here.

[@consularewe919]

Same in Milwaukee, called “The Rock”

[@poindextertunes]

is that Ballparks of America?

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

They really looked at cookie-cutter stadiums and said "It's free real estate"...it's clear the common sense of these boards of education isn't their strong suit

[@FivePointsVids]

There are NO weird baseball fields in North Korea!

[@stevecooksley]

@@FivePointsVids Katie Melua's less successful second single there.

[@jasonwhigham335]

I'll never forget how my high schools funky baseball field made it into one of these videos. The school recently got a new softball field also, not sure if it's got weird dimensions or not. Also mentioning, crashing your car into a dugout during a race would suck a lot and is probably hella dangerous too

[@mrterp04]

Slapshoes could also contribute to a Weird Football Fields vid with Bowman Gray Stadium, home of the Winston Salem State Rams, which doubles as a FREAKING RACE TRACK!!!

[@mudman619]

haha, I didn't even know they played baseball there - I thought it was only a race track & I've lived here in the Triad for almost 20 years, lol. Fives was just here - he could've visited it.

[@zachrack__4]

5:47 I played at the one in Pigeon Forge about a month ago and it was a great experience but those fields were replicas of minor league fields (and Camden yards). One of the best parts about it is the view of the Smoky mountains while we were playing

[@mclaughlinja1995]

The kid running directly to second base in the opening is awesome. 😂

[@mikeheadless]

Slapshoes and Fivepoints...the crossover I never knew I wanted

[@joshtheduck6120]

I am from Illinois and my travel team did the Cal Ripken jr tournament and the fields are beautiful and the rest of the South Carolina experience was great the worst thing was the 15 hour drive home.

[@joshtheduck6120]

@CCTheBadger I am 11 currently

[@a-dawg8711]

I love the stadium videos, dam they always interest me and the humor is lovely too. 5 point vids just hits the spot 🤙

[@user-sl5fb8np7b]

1:07 That's my school, and its actually a elementary and middle school. Love that you included it! Lots of fun kickball games played there over the years.

[@PendragonDaGreat]

Related to the "Cal Ripken Experience" there's also "Ball Parks of America" in Branson, MO which has several fields at Little League Intermediate Size (70 foot basepaths) Specifically St. Louis, Kansas City, Boston, NY (Yankees), and Chicago (Wrigley).

[@tomhutchison4909]

I've been to the field in Ashville many times and never knew they raced there! it's such a small, weird park but a part of my childhood!

[@ConnorDoubleYou]

11:21, damn! I think you gotta go with 3 centerfielders in this situation 😂

[@danielbeverage2639]

Played outfield on the Ed Walsh field in Meriden Ct. Plenty of “inside the park” home runs in left field. We’d also have home run derby’s in the mini field right next to it.

[@Progmeister-tb3sn]

I love videos like this. Jeez, I thought the Polo Grounds was weird. Thank you so much for giving us these fields of screams.

[@s-w4530]

Love how Five Points says “right after this” even without a sponsor

[@fruitbythefoote]

Well, he's never lying. No matter how you interpret it; even without a sponsor, the video comes right after he makes that statement.

[@menzel17]

The field most of my smolboi games were played didnt even have a fence or wall or anything that can determin a homerun A homerun was basically if you can run all 4 bases before the outfielders got to the ball

[@theknickfan881]

2:34. I am from New York City and used to attend a middle school right down the street from here. I have never seen a baseball game being played here (and I have passed many times) but have instead seen it is used for football and soccer. Thank you for including this in your video, I have always been astonished by the dimensions 😭

[@knowprosports]

Got to love the surprise crossover appearance of my boy SlapShoes!!! That was an awesome treat!!! Great and fun video to watch

[@philburkin9651]

In the 1930's, a lot of semi-pro baseball teams in the UK played at greyhound racetracks. VERY short right field lines! Talking about light poles in the field of play, I've heard of an ice hockey game continuing around a broken down Zamboni machine 😂

[@andypaps818]

From Brooklyn NY I've played games at that field next to the sewage plant it's Soooooo bad it's extremely hard to breathe, My highschool hated playing the team who played there

[@KFB4LIFE8]

I love these videos. Thanks for making another one

[@krisgordon3116]

This is the 3rd or 4th one of these videos that 5 Points has done and they always make me laugh!!!

[@xvrvlzqz]

More weird baseball fields, please!!!

[@_naZKar]

I love these type of videos, I finally played on my first terrible field. Bay Village High School freshman field, in Ohio

[@dhrus5671]

I've played there before. It's pretty cruddy.

[@_naZKar]

@@dhrus5671 what city you live in?

[@dhrus5671]

@@_naZKar Cleveland

[@_naZKar]

@@dhrus5671 like downtown? Or in a close by city

[@dhrus5671]

@@_naZKar I'm not gonna go too far into specifics lol

[@WilkenWilkins]

These are some of my favorite videos of all time i have no idea why i find it so interesting

[@bigk8210]

The reason for some of these weird designs is so that when a game goes on seemingly forever with extra innings and the fans get bored they can have a football game in the outfield to keep the people entertained. 😁

[@fatpowerful]

I want to get so rich and powerful that I can make major league teams play at these parks.

[@dollartwentychickentendies]

"You think the three-true-outcomes-ball is bad now? Wait til you see them play at Staten Island Technical!"

[@ShaunRajewski]

Somewhat weird city-fit field is UPMC Park in Erie, PA (formerly to be Jerry Uht Field), home of the Erie Seawolves (MiLB AA Eastern League NE). Left: 317ft , Center: 400ft, Right: 328ft Center varies between 390ft and 415ft because of a weird angled wall. Neighboring Erie Insurance Arena (home of Connor McDavid when he played for the Erie Otters in the OHL) was renovated in 2013 and it's southfacing wall was pushed out to become the left field wall. Raised left field home run line in 2022 from 17 feet to 36 feet (to above the large banner ads), just a foot shy of the Green Monster, essentially becoming Erie's "Ad Monster".

[@nationalist818]

I hope you do these every year I was stoked to see another one.

[@this51man]

I used to live near Murray Bergtraum. That entire area near the bridge is loud because 4 separate subway lines (2 on both sides) run across the bridge, and under the bridge is wide open

[@hunterjessup]

Wasn't expecting the S1apSh0es feature. That was awesome👍

[@nicholascurto2263]

This is one of the funniest videos I’ve seen in a long while 😂

[@arcticphoenix2789]

Love your stadium vids Fivepoints

[@sonofsanto]

these stadium videos are what keep me sane

[@ericcontreras8489]

Omg my submission actually made it to the video!? Seeing that field brings back memories. I was never on the team, I tried out twice but never got in, but this field was something different to play on, Left field was the most normal pet of it. Anyway Go Barristers!

[@Edward_Nebiolo]

11:25 the center fielder better bring a bike for that field

[@tvLAND3458]

I never thought I’d ever see a 5Point/SlapShoes collab. Sweet

[@chazllear]

saw you on mariners game live pregame! great video and you seem like a humble guy subscribed!

[@FivePointsVids]

Thanks!!!

[@mcj88]

This video's a good way to get some wild ideas for custom ballparks in MLB The Show 22

[@johnthomas7517]

Love the co-lab with Slapshoes, well done!

[@NorthWestPvPlolrektnoob]

i love your channel and videos bro keep up the stadium videos

[@theyoshman3159]

A banger series, this is

[@filanfyretracker]

2:35 how close is the freeway to that field? I wonder if anyone has scored a dinger into someone's car.

[@btaffet5083]

Love the video!!!!! Andrus field is located at Wesleyan University in Connecticut and is a multi use field that hosts football and various ceremonies and events as well. The field is in the center of campus which makes the sports events available to watch for all of the students. During the spring, there is a temporary fence to make the outfield more "regular" so it doesn't look exactly like you showed in the video.

[@johndavis4233]

yea I noticed that too

[@chrisjackson641]

More of these please and thank you

[@Dk___________]

I like to believe that on the last one they don’t even have a left or right fielder since it’s basically pointless. Instead they have shallow center, deep center, and to deep center

[@spandantdm2655]

I love these!!!

[@matthewdoyle6236]

The last field, Calvary Chapel, is their practice field only. They play games at T’Winkle Park on the other side of the city…

[@TecMatt]

I loved the faint "Entertainer" in the background during the honorable mentions it reminded me of your old videos

[@GoBlues767]

I remember when I was in little league one of the stadiums was so bad it had cow crap in left field. It also happened to be the only game I played in left field.

[@josephkummerer7259]

Long tossing at limeport stadium makes you feel like Trevor Bauer because of the elevation in center, as long as your not the one stuck on the line

[@zacorre]

My parents were my tball coaches and we once had our whole team practice in our front yard. We had a decent size driveway and a big yard. I specifically remember that being the most cars I'd ever seen line our driveway. And plenty of folks drove side by sides or something there. Geez that was about 17 years ago 😅

[@Isack4]

Snapshoes is a really solid channel, I'm already a subscriber so that shoutout was solid.

[@FivePointsVids]

he's also a really cool guy in real life, got to go to a race with him and hang out in Daytona. Just good people.

[@Isack4]

@@FivePointsVids that's so wicked! Definitely seems like a great dude to have a beer with haha. Enjoyed the video man thanks!

[@pbcash7788]

I’m actually a SoCal realtor and I looked it up and wow your guess was spot on. That guys house is worth ~2.08M 😂

[@skidawg79]

Ok, just started your video and the very first one (Limeport Stadium...i knew it before you even said the name) I've played in many times. I've Pitched a few shut outs there in highschool and Legion baseball. now I have to watch the rest...haha

[@Wildcat_Media]

North Summit’s whole campus is just funky, with the mountains right up against it and highway running between the school grounds and the slope. First time I had a track meet there, everything looked so narrow and weird. The parking lot is just an extension of the highway and I wonder why no one gets hit by crazy drivers. Great video, as always!

[@shemhenrichsen32]

Where did you go to school???

[@summons8059]

Sam Lynn Ballpark in Bakersfield California deserves a shout. It's one of only 2 baseball stadiums in the country which has the batters facing the setting sun. We don't start games here in the summer until 830 pm because the batters can't see the pitches. The story I heard was that the field used to be a horse racetrack and they saved money by keeping the existing grandstand even though it faces the worst direction possible.

[@asdasf8817]

A weird field I played on was Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco. It was one of those rectangular multi-use fields, with the right field fence being only ~260 with a high wall. The 1st base line was also the football end zone, and the football field cut across the red infield and made playing on it really trippy.

[@MetricJester]

This reminded me of all the fields I grew up playing baseball on. Torosian Park, Maywood School, St. Patrick's Park, Alex MacKenzie Park. All in the same neighbourhood basically. Then we would drive across town and watch the St. Catharines Blue Jays play at George Taylor Field. I once watched my best friend loose his final Little League game there, and we used to play at the Community Park behind the hockey rinks there.

[@crawford323]

Research the original ball field at the university of Texas at Austin, Texas. There was a rock mound cliff in centerfield in fair territory. It is gone now but did exist less than 50 years ago. I can remember being told of players scrambling up the protrusion to catch the ball for the out.

[@MatthiaGryffine]

I was hoping for an encore! Also, for someone who gushes about Minute Maid Park's hill that used to be there, I'm surprised Five is taking a piss on fields with hills in them.

[@UnchainedAmerica]

Your jokes had me rollin start to finish. I couldn't eat my lunch!

[@NWLAEDITS]

Love the stadium videos!

[@seanconnell3414]

Grew up just outside of Myrtle Beach, we used to play AAU tournaments at the Cal Ripken facility whenever we had a chance. It's a awesome place, made you feel like a big leaguer playing there at 11-12 yrs old.

[@siriusblack7714]

Love the baseball feilds videos

[@Mrceltic2455]

Thank you again for another great video. I live in nyc and the reason that Murray Bergtraum field is so noisy is because you have the FDR highway behind center field which in that area gets backed up by everyone trying to get on the Brooklyn Bridge and it's horn heaven from the cars also the Manhattan Bridge next to the field has 4 subway train lines running across the bridge. I went to high school in Staten Island and the Staten island Tech share the field with another high school McKee vocational because the 2 school's are small so it takes both to fill one team because S I T has the space and McKee has none because it's in a very high housing area not to mention it's all hills in that part of the Island.

[@RailsandStadiums]

I like these ballparks and fields. A nice change up from the dull boring regular fields

[@brendan9868]

I actually played a tournament at the Ripken experience when I was a kid. It was actually pretty awesome, really made you feel like you were playing in the big leagues, probably helped looking over at the crowd and seeing Cal himself watching tho.

[@LILHUDEditz]

I’ve watched this video so many times every time is still cool to me

[@gardcorelegend]

I played at Cardines Field for an Amateur League team for 2 years, very interesting setup and dimensions.

[@davidhrusovskysports9777]

Great video and thanks for the shoutout!

[@TCSports23]

I went to Watterson and yes the field was an absolute nightmare the football team practices in left field and it destroyed the grass but now they put in turf so it’s much better

[@tinyboi_]

I actually still play in Comer Field for my 14U Summer League team. I gotta say that it is so hard playing there as so many balls ricochet off the fence. It also stinks like absolute shit during night games.

[@woodalldoesgames1774]

Never expected to hear S1apSh0es in a video about Baseball fields 😂