There have been a few moves by teams during the 100 plus years that the MLB has been around . . . here’s a few of them, I want original stadiums, not the ones they had moved from previously, I want the ones they started out in:
Cinncinnati Reds
Pittsburgh Pirates
Brooklyn Dodgers (Now Los Angeles)
Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Athletics (Now Oakland)
Philadelphia Phillies
Boston Braves (Now Atlanta)
Milwaukee Brewers
Chicago Cubs (that’s right, folks, Wrigley Field was not the original home for the Cubs)
New York Giants
New York Mets (Shea was not the original home for the Mets, contrary to popular belief)
Colorado Rockies
and finally
Seattle Mariners
Let’s add one more to the fray, shall we, and let’s see if you can guess what sits where the old park used to be:
Minnesota Twins.
Actually, with the Reds, Pirates, Phillies, and A’s, they didn’t change stadiums, just stadium names.
Yes, the Cubs did start in the Union Base-Ball Grounds, but the name would later be changed, that’s the name I’m looking for.
Correct . . . the Mariners DID NOT start in the Kingdome, they started first in an open air stadium, and yes, this is a trick question, because the Milwaukee Brewers started their existance in this park, under the name the Seattle Pilots.
Let’s add another trick question here, the New York Yankees didn’t start their existance with this name, they originally the New York Highlanders, what was the name of the stadium they played in during that time?
Mistake made . . . I said Mariners, meant the toronto Blue Jays, Exhibition Field . . . anyone know why the Jays moved from there, and into Skydome?
NO . . . the Yankees were NOT originally the Baltimore Orioles . . . the Baltimore Orioles were originally the St. Louis Browns, and they played their home games in the same stadium that the Cardinals played in, which is another team that has moved homes since their original stadium . . . anyone know the name to the original field that the Cardinals called home?
It is true that when the Brewers first moved to Milwaukee, they played in the same stadium that the Braves abandoned when they left for Atlanta, but I’m talking before they arrived in Milwaukee . . . back then, they were called the Seattle Pilots, bud.
Okay, before people start baying for my blood, I admit that the Yankees were once in Baltimore, however, it was BEFORE the formation of the Amarican League, I am going from the start of the certain leagues, for the National League, it would be 1876, for the American league, it would be 1903.