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Episode 8: The Park

Connecticut Public Radio | By Jonathan McNicol
Published September 27, 2017 at 2:50 PM EDT
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Dunkin' Donuts Park after the season ended, on September 5, 2017.
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Dunkin' Donuts Park after the season ended, on September 5, 2017.
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Dunkin' Donuts Park on opening day, April 13, 2017.
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Dunkin' Donuts Park on opening day, April 13, 2017.
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Dunkin' Donuts Park at the corner of Main and Trumbull Streets in Hartford.
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Note: This episode contains strong language.

There are 203 ballparks currently being used by affiliated, professional baseball teams in the United States: 30 in the Major Leagues, 23 spring training facilities used by the big league clubs and their Rookie League affiliates, and 150 Minor League stadiums spread over six levels of baseball.

The last three of those 203 parks opened this season: The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, the new spring training facility for the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals; SunTrust Park in Atlanta, where the Braves play.

And the newest stadium in all of baseball: Dunkin' Donuts Park, at the corner of Main and Trumbull Streets in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Jonathan McNicol
Jonathan is a producer for ‘The Colin McEnroe Show.’ His work has been heard nationally on NPR and locally on Connecticut Public’s talk shows and news magazines. He’s as likely to host a podcast on minor league baseball as he is to cover a presidential debate almost by accident. Jonathan can be reached at jmcnicol@ctpublic.org.
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