Holman Stadium is a baseballstadium in Vero Beach, Florida, built in 1953 to accommodate spring training for the Dodgers as part of a complex called "Dodgertown". In addition to the Dodgers' spring games, it is also the home of the Vero Beach Dodgers of the Florida State League. Official seating capacity is 6,500. A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... The Athens Olympic Stadium Typical stadium seating consists of terraces, such as shown here at Sarajevos Stadium Kosevo. ... Vero Beach has been the Spring training home of the Los Angeles Dodgers since 1948 Vero Beach is a city located in Indian River County, Florida. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... A Grapefruit League game at the LA Dodgers camp in Vero Beach, Florida In Major League Baseball, spring training is a series of exhibition games which precedes the regular season. ... Los Angeles Dodgers National League AAA Las Vegas 51s AA Jacksonville Suns A Columbus Catfish Vero Beach Dodgers R Ogden Raptors Gulf Coast Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers redirects here. ... Los Angeles Dodgers Categories: Baseball stubs | Minor league baseball teams ... The Florida State League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the state of Florida. ...
Holman is unique for its open-air dugouts that are literally dug out along the sides of the field. These may have been the inspiration for the dugouts in Johnny Hart's B.C.comic strip. Cincinnati Reds dugout, 1991 In baseball, the dugout is where a teams bench is located. ... Johnny Hart (born February 18, 1931) is an American cartoonist noted for having created and drawn the comic strip B.C. which has appeared daily in newspapers since February 17, 1958. ... B.C. is an American comic strip written and drawn by Johnny Hart. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ...
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Ballpark Digest visit to Holman Stadium (http://www.ballparkwatch.com/visits/vero_beach.htm)
DodgerStadium, their homegame venue with a seating capacity of 56,000, is widely considered one of the ballparks on the West Coast.
At the time it was recognized as one of the most beautiful stadiums for a minor league team.
The stadium, Arrowhead Credit Union Park, as it is now named, seats 5,000 with grass seating that can accommodate several thousand more fans in comfort.
Scores were being announced over the PA system at HolmanStadium all night and the Villanova/BC game that went into overtime was a huge hit in the clubhouse.
We now have just a little over a week left in VeroBeach before we head west, which means that the process of getting our roster down to the 25 players we will have for Opening Day is in full throttle.
It was a quiet morning in VeroBeach in the Major League clubhouse because the Dodgers play host to the New York Mets in a night game at HolmanStadium in VeroBeach.
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