IOWA on a Baseball Field?

[TouchdownMyPants]

Has IOWA ever played on a professional baseball field?

Have they ever played on a field that was dual-purpose (I.e. Oakland)?

Can’t think of one time this has happened during my fandom (~85-Present). Thanks for any info or memories people have.

 

[Row55]

Offhand, the Holiday Bowl games in San Diego were in the staduim the Chargers and Padres shared.

 

[Johnsoda123]

Has IOWA ever played on a professional baseball field?

Have they ever played on a field that was dual-purpose (I.e. Oakland)?

Can’t think of one time this has happened during my fandom (~85-Present). Thanks for any info or memories people have.

I'll use your juvenile language. We have a football game tomorrow, not a baseball a baseball game, dicklick. Idiot.

 

[TouchdownMyPants]

I'll use your juvenile language. We have a football game tomorrow, not a baseball a baseball game, dicklick. Idiot.

Makes total sense. Great point.

 

[TouchdownMyPants]

Offhand, the Holiday Bowl games in San Diego were in the staduim the Chargers and Padres shared.

I looked it up & you are correct. Jack Murphy was home to the Holiday Bowl from 79-present and IOWA played there in ‘86, ‘87, & ‘91. As Jack Murphy, Qualcomm Stadium, and San Diego County Credit Union Stadium, it hosted the Chargers, Padres, & Aztecs along with the Poinsettia & Holiday bowls. Holiday bowl and Aztec football are the only remaining games in town.

 

[PinkLockerRoom]

Has IOWA ever played on a professional baseball field?

Have they ever played on a field that was dual-purpose (I.e. Oakland)?

Can’t think of one time this has happened during my fandom (~85-Present). Thanks for any info or memories people have.

I'll use your juvenile language. We have a football game tomorrow, not a baseball a baseball game, dicklick. Idiot.

Put down the bottle and go to bed I'd say you're being the jerk off.

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

Peachbowls at Fulton County stadium and Atlanta Braves. Freedom Bowl At Anaheim/Angels stadium, I think. Florida Marlins were playing baseball in The Orange Bowls but that's the other way around.

 

[TouchdownMyPants]

Peachbowls at Fulton County stadium and Atlanta Braves. Freedom Bowl At Anaheim/Angels stadium, I think. Florida Marlins were playing baseball in The Orange Bowls but that's the other way around.

Dude, great memory. That Freedom Bowl was a big step for our program. Great Bowl logo as well.

 

[TouchdownMyPants]

Dude, great memory. That Freedom Bowl was a big step for our program. Great Bowl logo as well.

 

[jaxhawk06]

Metrodome

 

[HawkIDrummer]

Multipurpose stadiums are (or rather were, as it's virtually disappeared in modern stadium design because is sucked so bad) designed to hold both baseball and football. Metrodump, Jack Murphy, Fulton County, Toronto Skydome etc..name your favorite P.O.S. stadium which has been torn down.

Today's Baseball stadiums are not! Yankee stadium, Wrigley field, etc are for BASEBALL. Squeezing a square peg into a round hole (or a rectangular "peg" into a triangular shaped hole) is folly.

 

[anon_i8nzeu2gbf0ba]

Well, the Chicago Bears played at Wrigley for several years...and the corner of one end zone was only about six yards deep because it ran directly into the first base dugout. Somehow, the Bears and the NFL made it work, FWIW.

 

[MeetTheFerentz]

I think all of the examples were covered here. Bottom line is that although Iowa has played numerous games in multi-purposed stadiums, this seems to be the first game played in a baseball-exclusive stadium, set up for a football game as a novelty.

 

[anon_i8nzeu2gbf0ba]

I think all of the examples were covered here. Bottom line is that although Iowa has played numerous games in multi-purposed stadiums, this seems to be the first game played in a baseball-exclusive stadium, set up for a football game as a novelty.

It's the first one since the aforementioned Freedom Bowl in 1984 that was played in the baseball-only stadium of the Anaheim Angels. The Hawkeyes did OK that day, beating a Texas team that had been ranked #1 around midseason, 55-17, with Chuck Long tossing for 461 yards and 6 touchdowns in the driving rain.

 

[hknation]

There were 2 teams that played home games in Yankee Stadium, NY football Giants & the NY Yanks.

What is believed to be the greatest/best NFL championship game ever was played in Yankee Stadium, 1958 Giants v Colts sudden death win when "the horse" ran it in.

 

[markfromj]

Today's Baseball stadiums...Wrigley field...

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[ichawk24]

The Chicago Bears of the National Football League played at Wrigley Field from 1921 to 1970 before relocating to Soldier Field. The team had transferred from Decatur, and retained the name "Staleys" for the 1921 season. They renamed themselves the "Bears" in order to identify with the baseball team, a common practice in the NFL in those days. Wrigley Field once held the record for the most NFL games played in a single stadium with 365 regular season NFL games, but this record was surpassed in September 2003 by Giants Stadium in New Jersey, thanks to its dual-occupancy by the New York Giants and New York Jets.

 

[MeetTheFerentz]

It's the first one since the aforementioned Freedom Bowl in 1984 that was played in the baseball-only stadium of the Anaheim Angels.

That stadium was built for the Angels, but was converted to a multi-purpose stadium, where the Rams had been playing home games for several years by the time the Freedom Bowl was played. So, I would not call it a "baseball-only stadium" at that time, and stand by my original statement that this is the first game in a baseball-only stadium for the Hawks.

 

[leiserom]

The Skydome is still where the baseball team but the CFL team no longer plays there as the economics didnt work anymore. They moved to BMO field

 

[turtlehawk]

Starting with Camden Yards most baseball since the early 1990s have capacities around 35,000 to 40,000-- That was intentional. Marketing research revealed baseball teams would sell more tickets if their stadiums were a little too small than if they were too big.

 

[Row55]

The Cardinals reduced their total seating by around 10,000 when they moved to Busch III from Busch II, plus they are tearing out more seats over this off-season.

 

[iahawks10]

Metrodome

Hey!!!

You mean Kinnick North.

Good call though.