Winter Home of the Blue Jays

Main entrance to what was known in 2011 as Florida Auto Exchange Stadium, Aug-2011.

The seating area as seen from down the first-base line.

The view from behind the plate during a sparsely attended Florida State League game.

• Location: Douglas Avenue at Beltrees Street, Dunedin, Fla.
• Opened: 1930 as Grant Field (1977 for professional baseball; stadium built 1990)
• Additional names: Dunedin Stadium (1990), Knology Park (2004-08), Florida Auto Exchange Stadium (2011)
• Home team: Dunedin Blue Jays, Florida State League (1978-79, 1987-present); spring training, Toronto Blue Jays (1977-present)
• Capacity: 5,509 (2011)

Chronological Tour: Stop 40

Rating: 2 baseballs

Distances are given in meters, same as at SkyDome.

In fact, I was actually trying to make a game in Clearwater the night I was in the Tampa Bay area in 1993. However, I missed a turn and wound up here when I followed the light stanchions. I wasn’t disappointed, as the Dunedin Blue Jays beat the Fort Myers Miracle, 14-6.

In the spring, the field hosts the Toronto Blue Jays training camp; this means ads for Canadian businesses are on the wall here, and also that Canadian beer is served. How can you go wrong?

During spring training 2004, the park wound up with a corporate name, Knology Park. I returned in 2004 to attempt to photograph the park’s interior, but the D-Jays were on the road and I had no access. The park has since acquired a new naming sponsor.