Rounding Third

Here at Rounding Third, our goal is to highlight the baseball cathedrals around the country. For your next baseball roadtrip, checkout our baseball trip planning app roundingthird.herokuapp.com

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The Season’s Best Baseball Books

via the Daily Beast

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Vintage train heads to Yankee Stadium for Opening Day

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Opening Days Around The World

Of all the unusual features highlighted for each league, The KBO League (South Korea) takes home the cake with the Hanwha Eagles cheering robots.

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when it was a game

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Still a great documentary the second time around. Baseball could use another Bing Russell.

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baseball cards from the 1970s

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summer vibes at Citifield

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Last Stop: Okinawa

Okinawa Cellular Stadium in Naha, Japan

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Sapporo Dome

Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan Home field for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

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when it was a game

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Saturday afternoon late May. Tanaka on the mound vs the Twins. Jeter 2 for 4 in a 9 inning, rain extended Yankees win.

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Three Days in Tokyo

MLB All Stars travel from Osaka to Tokyo for the middle stretch of the All Star Series. The Tokyo Dome, aka 'The Big Egg', is the home field of the Yomiuri Giants and the location of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.

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baseball cards from the 1970s

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Up Next: Kyocera Dome

   The MLB All-Stars, fresh off their 9-8 victory over the Hanshin-Yomiuri squad in an exhibition matchup Tuesday, head to nearby Kyocera Dome in Osaka Wednesday for the first official game of the Japan All Star Series. The MLB stars will be leaving behind the best baseball experience Japanese baseball has to offer for arguably the worst.

Known more for its resemblance to a silver spaceship in the middle of the city than an actual functioning ballpark, Kyocera opened in 1997 and is the official home of the Orix Buffaloes and their disgruntled fans. Following the merger of the Kintetsu Buffaloes and Orix Blue Wave in 2006 to form the Orix Buffaloes, many of the Blue Wave fans complain about the commute from Kobe to Osaka and often stay at home. Leaving the games played their less livelier than those played elsewhere in the league.

A bizarre design might be the highlight of the Osaka Dome, because once you are inside, you will not see this as much different than the Rogers Centre in Toronto, sans the stadium seating layout in the dugouts.

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Koshien Stadium, Japan's most hallowed ballpark and site of Game 1 of the Japan All Star Series. The design of the stadium was heavily influenced by the Polo Grounds in New York City.