Baseball Stadium Tour 2017: Pohlman Field

Our last stop on our Labor Day baseball stadium tour took us back to Wisconsin and to the small community of Beloit -- the home of the Beloit Snappers. It is typical small town baseball -- old school, minor league baseball and the hubby loved it. It reminded him of Goodland Field in Appleton.

There was signs for parking but I'm not quite sure where the parking lot was. We just parked on the street next to the stadium. Pohlman Field is right in the middle of a residential neighborhood.

Since it was the last game of the season, the usual Monday deal wasn't available and the people in front of us were not happy. They drove "all the way from Milwaukee" to take advantage of the Monday Deal. Instead the Snappers decided to offer the Tuesday special so all beers were like $2. I think they ended up with the better deal.

Pohlman Field is an old school baseball field. The locker rooms are outside of the field itself. The players have to walk from the lockers through the crowd to the dugouts... and so do the umpires. Water coolers were filled by a spigot at attached to the side of the dug out walls. I think there was one concession stand that was offering specials as well. The beer was a cart in the "concourse". The concourse was opened air so if it rained, you ran back to the car.

Our seats weren't too bad. I honestly didn't think the hubby was going to get a ball because we were behind the netting and there wasn't many seats that weren't behind the netting. Besides the ball vultures were out in force.. chasing anything that was hit over the netting. He did get lucky and snagged one that was hit over the seating area and into concourse while I went to the bathroom.

I don't know if it was because it was the last game of the season but the the mascot was so not into the game. I felt he was there because he had to be but really didn't interact with the crowd. Towards the end of the game he tried to sit on the steps of the bleachers.

There may have had games and gimmicks between innings but nothing stands out. Cedar Rapid players did play "hot ball" before the game. It reminded me of any other baseball tournament where the players did this.

Despite the age of the stadium and the record of the Snappers, it was a great afternoon of baseball. The hubby was in seventh heaven because to him this was his childhood -- watching the Appleton Foxes at Goodland Field.

I would highly recommend to try to get to Pohlman Field before this relic is gone. Beloit will need a new stadium or a major upgrade in the coming years if they want to keep baseball in Beloit. It is an old school stadium that just doesn't exist any more in the US. I'm glad we were able to get here before it was too late and the hubby got to relive his childhood even if only for one day.