Baseball Images of The Past

The Ballpark Prints website will begin blogging rare baseball original 35mm, 4x5 photography, and Type-One images I have accumulated. Many are also from my family archive.

Al Lang Field Spring Training March 1958 New York Yankee Dugout

Al Lang Field Spring Training March 1956 Washinton Senators Visitors Dugout

The New York Yankees and the St Louis Cardinals shared Al Lang Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, for spring training from 1947 until 1961. In 1962 the Yankees opened their new spring training home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The St Louis Cardinals moved after1997 to Jupiter, Florida, for spring training. 

Al Lang Stadium today is a 7,227-seat sports stadium reconfigured to host soccer. and is the current home field of the  Tampa Bay Rowdies of the USL Championship.