The Great Baseball Signs, Statues, Plaques, And Memorials I Experienced in 2025

I stopped into a snowy Joseph “Ducky” Medwick Recreation Park in Carteret, NJ. No ball games played that day but it was still cool to stop in and check out this NJ landmark spot.

This row of famous head coaches at the University of Texas (Austin) sits right there in the front entrance aera of Disch-Falk Field, home of the Texas Longhorns Baseball team.

Outside Whataburger Field, home of the Corpus Christi Hooks is this amazing statue of Ken Schrom marking the location of Ken Schrom Plaza. The location is important because according to the plaque, Schrom frequently and enthusiastically greeted fans as they entered the Hooks ballpark.

Pendleton Park in Harlingen, Texas was not only home to the South Texas Little League organization, but also had this amazing military garden of tributes.

I could have spent an entire day photographing stuff at Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana. I spent some time at the baseball field and around the famous football field and bookstore. Here is a statue of Coach Frank Leahy, whom I am guessing is just one of hundreds of legendary Irish to have coached at the famous Notre Dame University.

Shepherd Stadium in Colonial Heights, VA was on my radar for most of the Summer of 2025. Didn’t make it for a Chili Peppers game but did make it in October to tour the stadium. And will make every effort to be back in 2026 for some awesome Coastal Plain League baseball.

West Warwick, RI has one of the most amazing baseball fields that I can say I play on as a kid, coached on as a adult, and covered as a RI baseball writer. West Warwick is the hometown of former MLB player and coach Mike Roarke, who enjoyed a nearly 33 year career in baseball.

My first Vintage Baseball game took place this past August in Hobart, Indiana. The Deep River Grinders faced the Vermillion Voles and I will never be the same. It was my favorite baseball experience of 2025 and I will continue to pursue more Vintage Base Ball knowledge in 2026 and beyond. Huzzah.

This was a really cool find. Valparaiso, Indiana is home to many things, including Samardzija Field. The field’s namesake is a Valpo product, who went to nearby Notre Dame University, starred on the football field and baseball diamond, and later played professional baseball in the Major Leagues. Jeff Samardzija, you done good big guy!

I asked and was told that the tribute in the stands and on the field was for former Windy City Thunderbolts Coach Bobby Jenks, who had recently passed. RIP Bobby Jenks, a former Red Sox and WS Champ with the White Sox.

Rachel and I got to attend an Edenton Steamers game at Historic Hicks Field, Edenton, North Carolina. The Steamers play in a beautiful, classic American baseball park with wooden bleachers, hot dogs served fresh off the grill, and tons of great community flare throughout the park. What an awesome experience in NC.

After striking out a few times to get into the Missions’ ballpark legally, I found a way in on this beautiful May morning. A friendly bartender let me in and showed me around the stadium. Awesome.

The Worcester 6 is one of the most historic, tragic, and heroic stories in the history of not only Worcester Fire Departments, but all of Massachusetts and New England stations as well. I love that the Worcester Red Sox put this jersey and plaque up at the exit/entry doors of Polar Park for all coming in and out to read their story.

I don’t know how I pulled this off, but…I found a ticket to the Houston Astros vs. California Angels game while I was in town (Houston) for work. I found parking, I found my way into Daikin Park, and found a spot to catch not only RIHS star Jeremy Pena, but also all-timer Mike Trout. And I didn’t get a ticket and left the game and downtown Houston laughing my a%% off to think I pulled it all off.

Here was another example of becoming smarter about life after reading a plaque. Grover William “Deacon” Jones was instrumental in getting baseball on everyone’s minds in Sugarland, Texas. His plaque out in main gate area of Constellation Field, home of the Sugarland Space Cowboys is a wonderful tribute to a wonderful Sugarland community member.

This mailbox of programs at William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA will never get old. Simple, convenient, purposeful – don’t get much better than that.

Far too many to post here, but the Diamond, Richmond, VA will be missed. I hope they keep some, heck all of the painted murals and transfer them to the CarMax Stadium they are building next door.

I’m not sure if I confirmed that who this was, but I can confirm it was in the front gate section of Dallas Baptist University’s baseball stadium.

This statue was at the closed front gate entrance of RoughRider Stadium, home of the Frisco RoughRider baseball team. I was able to tour the perimeter of the field, which had a swimming pool in right field that stretched nearly all the way to left field. Very cool park, from the outside.

See I told you I had taken a few Nolan Ryan statue photos. The above is in front of Globe Life Field, the new home of the Texas Rangers. I saw it years ago when it was in front of Globe Life Park, which was across the street and is now called Choctaw Stadium. Not sure who Tom Vandergriff is, but his statue reads “the father of baseball in Arlington.”

I had stopped in to see the University of Tampa’s baseball field. And along the way, on the campus grounds, near the running track, was this two sided sign about Plant Field and its amazing sports history. Wow, the things you find out when you stop and read!

You have to admit, those Steinbrenner Yankee teams were filled with players you just loved to hate. The player’s arrogance never quite matched the NYY owner, the late, great George Steinbrenner who hired, fired, signed, and released more players and managers than any other owner of his time. His place in Tampa sports history is unquestioned.