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Created by:
Jeff LeCrone

Ned Skeldon Stadium 
Toledo, Ohio
Team: None (formerly 
          Toledo Mud Hens)
Affiliation: None
Capacity:  10,197
Completed: 1965

If you're a M*A*S*H fan, then chances are you've heard about this place, or at least the team that used to play in it.  Corporal Max Klinger on that show was a Toledo native and a big Mud Hens fan.  The interesting thing, however, is that actor Jamie Farr, who portrayed Klinger, is actually from Toledo himself and is an avid fan of the team.  As a result, Farr was able to make plenty of off-screen

references about the team.  And, at one point, the team actually sent him a vintage jersey, which he wore on the show!  

As for the stadium itself, I found it strangely interesting.  It actually used to be a racing track on a fairgrounds, but was converted for baseball in 1965.  The first base side and the press box, were added to the pre-existing race track grandstand. 

In fact, I would say that the design of the place, haphazard as it is, is the most interesting aspect of it.  The foul territory is somewhat large, the view is unremarkable, and the lines of sight aren't the best.  But, the place has kind of a county fair atmosphere (not surprisingly) which is kind of fun. 

I would actually recommend the place for ballpark enthusiasts, if it weren't for the fact that it saw its last Mud Hens game in 2001.  I wonder if Jamie Farr was there?  

 

 

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