Catspaw49- I was raised on baseball from an early age here in Toronto attended many a Toronto Maple Leaf game when they were part of the Int'l League. Although we now have the Blue Jays, I will always remember fondly going to Maple Leaf Stadium and soaking in the atmosphere and the scents and smells of baseball in my youth. I totally understand your affection for minor league baseball and there has never been a ballpark I've entered were from heart does not beat a little faster from the sheer exileration of seeing a ball game. The minor leagues is a place that does not cost you an arm and a leg just to sit a watch a baseball game on a warm summer night. The business of baseball has tried to tear the heart out of us loyal fans but the game remains great. I enjoy other sports as well, but there's something about baseball that has a grip on me and will never leave 'til they put me on the wrong side of the lawn. It's music and baseball that are my passions and I can't wait for next year when those men in blue yell out "Play Ball". Then the world will seem a much better place to live. Incidentally, I remember Columbus when it was a Pirate farm team and saw great players like Gene Alley, Willie Stargell among others. Boy do I suddenly feel like getting into a rocking chair.