Bowen Field at Peters Park - Bluefield, Virgina | August 16, 2018
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays Wild and wonderful! This was a nice, windy road through the hills. The border with Virginia.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays Great view of the surrounding hills and the town of Bluefield below.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays Plenty of parking. A place for your team bus.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays And a place for your tank.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays The Blue Jays
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays Built in 1939, Bowen Field was a WPA project.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays The high home shot.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays A really great backdrop, and batter's eye!
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays The finest plastic patio furniture for the box seats!
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays I really enjoyed the game I saw here, in no small part due to the setting.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays Two grammatical erros on this sign.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays More patio furniture.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays And yet even more patio furniture!
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays Ramp up.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays The ballpark burned and was reconstructed in 1975. The Blue Jays used to be the Orioles, and were affilated with Baltimore. They should've fired the kid with the paint brush. Why not clean it up?
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays Oh so very important people.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays A bit o' rust on the roof.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays Low bridge!
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays Cinder block backstop.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays Box seats and party area.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays Yet another party!
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays The playground leaves a bit to be desired.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays Hot game action from my seat!
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays Good thing it's general admission! No rhyme nor reason to seat numbering. These seats are from what was then known as Anaheim Stadium. If it fits, it sits!
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays Peters Park is in both Bluefield, Virgina and Bluefield, West Virginia. Bowen Field is completely in Virgina, although I was told when I was there that the state line ran through right field. See the map in the last frame.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays Peeking over the center field wall.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays Behind the scenes.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays More cinderblock.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays MiLB thinks the ballpark is in West Virginia. A Molina is catching!
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays A 3-hit shutout for the home team.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays An addition to my pennant collection. They didn't sell pennants at the souvenir stand, but the kid working there thought they might have a promo version from a few years back. He dug around the office for a while, and finally cam up with one. Better that nothin'!
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays An addition to my pocket schedule collection.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays I went back the next morning for the money shot. The Sun was behind me the evening of the game, which made it tough to get a good pic.
Bowen Field at Peters Park - Home of the Bluefield Blue Jays Road Trip!
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