Oestrike Stadium

Oestrike Stadium on the Eastern Michigan University campus, Jul-2009.

The seating bowl, from down the left-field line.

A look from behind home plate.

• Location: Eastern Michigan University, Huron River Road, Ypsilanti, Mich.
• Opened: 1971
• Home team: Midwest Sliders of Ypsilanti, Frontier League (2009); Eastern Michigan University Eagles, Mid-America Conference
• Capacity: 2,000

Chronological Tour: Stop 343

Rating: 2 baseballs

This park is very simply appointed, with metal bleachers under a roof. The infield received artificial turf in 2007, but the turf did not quite reach out as far as room was cut out for it, leaving a dirt track between the end of the turf and the beginning of the outfield grass. An EMU source said that the condition was slated to be remedied after the 2009 season.

Meanwhile, as of July 2009, the Sliders, who promise to become the Oakland County Cruisers for 2010, had not yet broken ground on their new park in Waterford. They planned to play no more than the first half of the 2010 season in Ypsilanti, although they did adopt a logo with a prominent Y in it in honor of their temporary location.