sam lynn ballpark

Great small single A baseball park with free parking and old time look and feel! Easy to find and lots of fun!

Lots of parking. Seating is adequate. The park is well cared for. The announcer even welcomed me! And they have some very engaged fans and the ball club is doing quite well. It's a pleasant way to spend the evening.

Sam Lynn Ballpark, which is the home of the Cincinnati Reds' single A team, the Bakersfield Blaze, was built in the early 1940's. This was before night games, so home plate faces directly into the sun. As a result, they can't start night games until 8 pm- ouch. And the dugouts are way down the base lines. As a result, instead of an on-deck batter, the next three batters come down and congregate near home plate. That was pretty funny to watch. You can't help but be close to the action, which was great. And they have wait staff who bring the food to you (you can only order special items at the grills behind home and down the 3rd base line. All in all, a pretty strange set up, but fun.

I went with a group from our church Daybreak Baptist church. Our seniors sang the National Anthem. I liked the whole experience. It could have used a shade cover and water fountains. The staff was very polite. We had a older member collapse. The staff helped in every way possible, they got a A+ for that alone.