Stadium Minor League History:
NY-Penn League 1977-present
Current Status:
Home of the Utica Blue Sox of the NY-Penn
League (short season-A)
What's Good: It's small and cozy, and the people seemed friendly. The restrooms were newer, and were housed in a little building under the main stands. Concession, beer, and souvenir stands were haphazardly jumbled around, giving the place a loose, quirky feel to it that was not altogether unpleasant. Plus, upstate New York (like the midwest) somehow seems particularly suited for minor league baseball.
What's Not So Good: The place is kind of dumpy -- there's no unified physical structure, as the grandstand, the bleachers, the restrooms, the dugouts, and just about everything else are separate from one another. Fans sitting in the small, square grandstand behind home have a roof over their heads, but have to look through the backstop netting, which extends to the far ends of the dugouts in front of the bleachers. Donovan feels and looks more like a really nice high school field than a professional ballpark.
This Photo:
July 30, 1995 Utica Blue Sox vs. Watertown Indians