Snappers Baseball

If I went back in a time to an 80’s mid-​A minor league baseball game, it suspect it would look like this. We arrived an hour early and could have walked into the park without notice. Both the left field and home plate gates were wide open without a person in sight. We paid for tickets.
The field itself sits in a neighborhood. Kinda cool, kinda odd too. I felt like I was at a glorified high school game. The park itself has some construction going on in back of the left field seats. I’m guessing that might house player functions, like the home team hitting cage, which is currently held in a netted enclosure under left field (high school style). The small players clubhouse sits on the fan concourse so players and coaching staff alike walk through the concourse to get to the dugout & field. Another unusual site.
The field here seems huge but that might be due to the small size of the seating area. They offer three different seating options. two of which have you parked on a bleacher seat (one with back rest, one without). The high rollers pay to sit in a half plastic seat that’s screwed to the bleacher seat. Pretty odd. you have to see it for yourself.
We ate prior to the game so we only noshed on a pretzel once we arrived. The food options seemed limited.
On field amenities are vintage 1955. No big screen, no video whatsoever. Just one, small center field score board. The outfield walls are littered with advertisements. I’m surprised they have lights.
Aside from watching baseball, which is exactly why we came here, there isn’t one redeeming feature inside or outside this park. We enjoyed the baseball but the park is devoid of culture and modernization.

Our experience at the Beloit Snappers game featured all of the things that make minor-​league baseball great. We were close to the action (second row!), surrounded by families, old people and amiably rivalrous partisans of both teams. There were contests, catcalls. This is baseball the way it should be (except that the players should be payed MORE).
The quality of play (the Snappers are the A ball affiliate of the Oakland A’s major league club) was good. Concessions were OK (pizza, hot dogs, popcorn, peanuts, LOTS of beers). There is a ramp for people who need it. There are three kinds of seats: bleachers, amply-​wide seats behind home and halfway up the first and third base lines (screened and protected from foul balls) and field-​level seats for those who wants to get as close to the game as possible).
If you are a fan of the minor-​league game and in the area, you owe yourself a trip to this park springing out of an otherwise ordinary residential neighborhood.

This was my first time to a Beloit Snappers game and it came when my oldest son wanted to go to his first baseball game. I thought heading out to a local minor league game would be better than unloading a small fortune to attend a MLB game.
Getting to the stadium was really easy. Upon getting off the Interstate there are signs that point you right to the field. Parking is free which is a major A+ in my book. Ticket prices weren’t bad for the seats we were in (third row right behind home plate). I believe tickets are cheaper if you buy them a head of time but this was a last minute decision for us so you will want to check it out.
As for the game it was good solid game. It was not a high scoring game with good defense and pitching going on. However, since it wasn’t high scoring my son started to get bored but that doesn’t diminish the product on the field. The stadium itself is nice for a low A class ball field. Usually the in between inning activities are what make minor league baseball great and there was not what I would call great in between innings activities. The crowd just didn’t get into it and some of the time you couldn’t hear what was being said because the mic would cut out. It is because of this that I only give Snappers Baseball three stars. To improve it would be great to get more fan involvement and try to get more fans in the seats. This place could be a hidden gem with just a little more work.
With all that being said. If you are in the area and are a baseball fan (and the Snappers are home), give them a try. It really was a good game and a good time.

I have cheered, been thrown out, borderline raped (by a woman), and taken the field (legally) at this diamond in the rough.
First of all, you need to give Snappy, Beloit’s team mascot, as much crap as you can for not pumping up the crowd every time you see him. Kind of like the character Spanish in the movie Old School. You do this so the crowd actually does start to get vocal and the games become more lively.
This is low class single A ball. Not even regular single A, this is no lie. Like the guy previous stated, they are affiliated with the Minnesota twins which completely blows, but hey, its still baseball I guess.
As for the specials… oh dear christ their amazing. Mondays have $ 20 all you can drink and eat on the beer deck. Space gets limited so call ahead. Also, this special is going to be featured more often as the beloit daily times has reported. The other great special is for the college kiddies, Tuesdays, $ 1 entry, & $ 1 beers.
Miller Mondays that include beer for a buck still exist two mondays out of the month.
Overall, anyone that is a fan of baseball, drinking, shouting at umps, or enjoying a nice summer evening out will enjoy a trip to pohlman field. I will venture back a least a few times this summer.

Besides watching Napoleon-​like professors grope loose undergrads at Club Impulse, paying seven dollars for your own private shower at the Pilot station, or catching a live show in the backroom of Denali’s, there are few things one can do in Beloit as fun as a Snappers game.
In the summer of 2003, when Tony Gwynn Jr., Prince Fielder, and Callix Crabbe played for the Snappers, there were days that the only food I ate was won in crowd competitions at Pohlman Field. Oh, Seth P. and I also won a gift certificate to Suds O’Hanahans in a water balloon toss. Jealous much?
Even if you’re not as skilled at winning games of guile, you will be blown away like Kurt Russell in Backdraft by the fun to be had here. If they still have the Miller Mondays deal in which Miller beers were a buck or two then you’re in luck. Over the summer they have fireworks shows, too, but if you go on one of those nights then be prepared for a packed stadium. On other nights, however, you won’t have any problems finding a seat.
If you’re a baseball fan then you’ll really enjoy the intimacy of the game. I was lucky enough to get Joe Mauer’s autograph when he rolled through town, and the players were lucky enough to hear us yelling like foolz on many a summer night. Good times, brah.
Pohlman Field itself is no gem. Sure you can go hang at Snappy’s Pad for refreshments, see the Beloit College jazz band on occasion, or find a typing buddy amongst the employees, but the field just isn’t too pretty. Rumor has it they’re trying to build a new stadium. If so then that’s great. If not then that’s bunkum.
If you’re trying to win the lottery that is bedding a ballplayer then allegedly the players hang out at Jersey’s, which is a sports bar attached to a gas station/​Subway/​butcher. You know you’re in a bustling metropole when you can fill up your gas, get some sides of beef, down a footlong sub, AND hit a sports bar all in the same gas station complex.
Note: When I last went to a Snappers’ game they were an affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers while they are now in the Minnesota Twins organization. Terry Ryan and current Twins GM Bill Smith very well could’ve run this once proud organization into the ground but I doubt it.