Donnie Wise
Ballparks
Grainger Stadium - Down East Wood Ducks
Rhonda & I wanted to attend a game here before the Wood Ducks relocated to Spartanburg, SC. The game was a birthday party for the mascot, DEWD and the team was playing as the Malmo Oat Milkers. The game against Myrtle Beach was cut short after 2 innings due to a storm.
400 East Grainger Avenue, Kinston, NC, USA
Date of first visit: 08/13/2024
Buck Hardee Field - Wilmington Sharks (CPL)
CPL Championship Game 3 vs Lexington County Blowfish. Sharks win the 2024 Petitt Cup Championship 9-2.
2149 Carolina Beach Road, Wilmington, NC, USA
Date of first visit: 08/02/2024
Flour Field - Greenville Drive
Attended Party Animals vs Firefighters with friends Clark and Becki Berry.
945 South Main Street, Greenville, SC, USA
Date of first visit: 07/28/2024
Carolina Bank Field - Florence Flamingos (CPL)
First visit for Me & Rhonda to see the Flamingos at their new stadium.
1200 Jennie O'Bryan Avenue, Florence, SC, USA
Date of first visit: 06/24/2024
AT&T Field - Chatanooga Lookouts
Hottest Game Ever! no shade at this stadium, glad they are moving to new Stadium in 2026. Rhonda and I attended the game with Michael Holsinger and it was Negro League Appreciation Weekend. Met up with Russell "Crazy Legs" Patterson from SC and enjoyed meeting the other former players from the Negro Leagues.
201 Power Alley, Chattanooga, TN, USA
Date of first visit: 06/15/2024
First Horizon Park - Nashville Sounds
Savannah Bananas vs Firefighters game. Rhonda and I attended the game with Mike Sellers and Michael Holsinger. Second year in a row seeing Jessica Meuse perform the National Anthem at a Bananas game.
19 Jr Gilliam Wy, Nashville, TN, USA
Date of first visit: 06/14/2024
First National Bank Field - Greensboro Grasshoppers
This was the last game of the CBM Weekend in NC for 2024. Rhonda and I attended with my uncle Steve and aunt Suzette along with Ed Rivera, Patrick Larson, Eric Proffitt, Kelly & Christina Robinson and Lynn Smith. Grasshoppers won the game and then within 15 minutes the rain came down in buckets.
408 Bellemeade Street, Greensboro, NC, USA
Date of first visit: 05/27/2024
Durham Bulls Athletic Park
CBM Weekend / Game two of the weekend with Ed Rivera & Family, Virgil Brooks, Zack Beeson and SO, Kelly and Christina Robinson, Paul Caputo, Amy Burnett, Phil Rabon & brother, Eric Proffitt, Patrick Larson & Lynn Smith.
409 Blackwell Street, Durham, NC, USA
Date of first visit: 05/25/2024
Ting Stadium - Holly Springs Salamanders (CPL)
First game of the CBM Weekend in 2024. Rhonda and I attended with Ed Rivera & Family, Paul Caputo, Amy Burnett, Virgil Brooks, Kelly & Christina Robinson, Zack Beeson & SO, Patrick Larson and Lynn Smith. Saw Ripken the Bat Dog, our group did Tug-of-War on field with Me, Patrick, Kelly and Amy as the winning team over Paul, Virgil, Zack and Christina.
101 Tennis Court, Holly Springs, NC, USA
Date of first visit: 05/24/2024
Progressive Filed - Cleveland Guardians
Attended game with Jason Jennings and Daniel Hecht while working in northern Ohio.
2401 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH, USA
Date of first visit: 05/06/2024
Joe Riley Park - Charleston Riverdogs
Attended Opening Day 2024 along with Mike Sellers and met up with longtime friends Kevin and Kristie Sammons. Charleston won 2-0 over Kannapolis Cannonballers
360 Fishburne Street, Charleston, SC, USA
Date of first visit: 04/05/2024
Atrium Health Ballpark - Kannapois Cannonballers
Attended Savannah Bananas game with friends Bart, Anna & Kaitlyn Berger and my son Ryan.
1 Cannon Baller Way, Kannapolis, NC, USA
Date of first visit: 07/13/2023
Rickwood Field - America's Oldest Ballpark
Savannah Bananas game with Johnny & Melinda Bowlin, Anna DiTommaso, Paul Caputo, Amy Burnett, Dan Simon.
1137 2nd Ave W, Birmingham, AL, USA
Date of first visit: 06/25/2023
Toyota Field _ Rocket City Trash Pandas
First Trash Pandas game for me and Rhonda. Gifted tickets from Virgil Brooks.
500 Trash Panda Way, Madison, AL, USA
Date of first visit: 06/22/2023
Coolray Field - Gwinnett Stripers
Attended game with friends Shannon and Will York, Patrick Larson. Met Kevin Penley at the game. This was second game with Patrick Larson, he attended the Columbia Fireflies game the day before.
2500 Buford Drive, Lawrenceville, GA, USA
Date of first visit: 05/27/2023
Werner Park - Omaha Storm Chasers
Meet up for the Lets Get 2 Season 5 Launch Party with Jim Christopher, Ed Rivera, Paul Caputo, Amy Burnett, Andrew Nelson and others. Had Runza for lunch with the group
12356 Ballpark Way, Papillion, NE, USA
Date of first visit: 05/06/2023
Legends Field - Kansas City Monarchs
The Monarchs of the American Association played a Challenger game against the Savannah Bananas. Took longtime friend Christine Arnette and family with VIB tickets. Met up with Lynn Smith and Brett Kell at the game.
1800 Village West Parkway, Kansas City, KS, USA
Date of first visit: 05/05/2023
Grayson Stadium - Savannah Bananas
First Savannah Bananas game with friends Scot & Kelly Branham. Met Vince (the Dancing Umpire) and Matt Graifer (The Young Professor) for the first time at our hotel before the game.
1401 East Victory Drive, Savannah, GA, USA
Date of first visit: 03/11/2023
Truist Field - Charlotte Knights
Rhonda and I attended the game with Kelly & Christina Robinson for what was supposed to be Kelly's 1000th game (ended up his 1001st game due to rainout on his trip that added a game) I was able to go on the field to film Kelly's first pitch for him.
324 South Mint Street, Charlotte, NC, USA
Date of first visit: 09/03/2022
Regions Field - Birmingham Barons
Camping Trip to visit my uncle Bill in Birmingham. Camped at Noccalula Falls in Gadsden, AL. Saw the Barons vs. Mississippi Braves (L) 6-8
1401 1st Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, USA
Date of first visit: 08/28/2022
Truist Park - Atlanta Braves
Clemson Alumni Day vs Houston Astros. Tickets in the Hank Aaron suite and met new Clemson Baseball head coach Eric Backich. Attended game with college roommate Clark Berry, HS friends Scot and Kelly Branham & Zach Branham.
755 Battery Avenue Southeast, Atlanta, GA, USA
Date of first visit: 08/21/2022
Five County Stadium - Carolina Mudcats
Attended this game ahead of working a night job in Raleigh. Met Virgil Brooks in person for the first time randomly while he was on a baseball trip of his own.
1501 NC-39, Zebulon, NC, USA
Date of first visit: 08/03/2022
McCormick Field - Asheville Tourists
Rhonda and I enjoyed two games this weekend to see the Tourists vs. Hickory Crawdads. The Sunday game was a COPA game (Yacummamas vs Llamas)
30 Buchanan Place, Asheville, NC, USA
Date of first visit: 06/04/2022
TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark
Rhonda and I made our first trip to see the Pelicans vs. Augusta Greenjackets. Hawaiian Shirt giveaway night and met Austin Scher, GM of the Danville Otterbots, but did not realize at that time who he was.
1251 21st Avenue North, Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Date of first visit: 04/16/2022
SRP Park Augusta Green Jackets
187 Railroad Avenue, North Augusta, SC, USA
Date of first visit: 09/11/2021
Segra Park - Columbia Fireflies
Attended game solo while Rhonda was at a play with her aunt. We purchased a 14 game package and started attending games regularly and eventually became 1/2 Season Ticket Members.
1640 Freed Street, Columbia, SC, USA
Date of first visit: 04/04/2019
AT&T Ballpark San Francisco Giants
Giants vs Arizona Diamondbacks. Part of 25th Anniversary trip to Hawaii. My brother Edwin was working for the Giants In-Stadium Entertainment and helped me get a Happy 25th Anniversary message on the scoreboard!
24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco, CA, USA
Date of first visit: 06/12/2015
Ballpark at Arlington
Rangers vs. Seattle Mariners. Fourth of July at a Ballgame with my family. Had the largest "Texas Size" pretzel ever.
1000 Ballpark Way, Arlington, TX, USA
Date of first visit: 07/04/2013
Oakland Coliseum - Oakland Athletics
A's vs New York Yankees. Trip to Bay Area for my Sisters Wedding. Only game that my Dad, brothers Adrian & Edwin, my boys Ryan & Jordan and I attended together.
7000 Joe Morgan Way, Oakland, CA, USA
Date of first visit: 07/05/2010
Comisky Park 2
White Sox vs New York Yankees.
333 West 35th Street, Chicago, IL, USA
Date of first visit: 05/23/2000
Wrigley Field - Chicago Cubs
Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds / Had seats on second row behind visitors dugout on business trip. Ken Griffey Jr. was playing for the Reds.
1060 West Addison Street, Chicago, IL, USA
Date of first visit: 05/19/2000
Coors Field - Colorado Rockies
Rockies vs New York Mets. Second ever game at Coors Field, the season started late due to Players Strike. Business trip to Denver.
2001 Blake Street, Denver, CO, USA
Date of first visit: 04/27/1995
Old Yankee Stadium - New York Yankees
2008 weekend with with my brother Adrian. Yankees/Reds Yankees lost both. Seats behind home plate Friday night, Right Field bleachers Sat.
East 161 Street, Bronx, NY, USA
Lexington County Baseball Stadium - Blowfish (CPL)
Home of the Coastal Plains League Lexington County Blowfish
474 Ball Park Road, Lexington, SC, USA
Kaughman Stadium - Kansas City Royals
Attended first game sometime in the 1990's on a business trip to see Royals vs. Detroit Tigers. Cecil Fielder played first base for the Tigers at the time. Attended second game May 7th, 2023 with the Curved Brim Media crew (Ed Rivera, Paul Caputo, Amy Burnett, Eric Proffitt & Joe Proffitt. My friend Christine took us with tickets in the Diamond Club suites.
1 Royal Wy, Kansas City, MO, USA