Home Run Derby

A while back, Home Run Derby brought you videos of some baseball stadiums being blown up and such. 

That was cool, wasn’t it?

Well, now that a new baseball season is upon us … it’s time to do the opposite and show some well constructed Baseball Stadiums and Ballparks.  But instead of ballparks which are made of bricks or steel - let’s look at some venues which were built with some of my favorite bricks. 

Lego Bricks.  I used to build a lot with Lego … but never quite like this.

Why did the police car in the foreground drive past the three drunkards passed out on the grass?  And where’s the pitcher’s mound?

Let’s check out a Ballpark with a little more action.

All right.  Nice details, right down to the on-deck circles and dugouts.  There’s even a game going on.  But it does seem a little odd that they replaced the outfield grass with concrete.

For a while, ballparks were built to reach the sky.  This one accomplishes that feel.

I think I just got vertigo.  The steep pitch of those upper deck seats rivals the cheap seats at US Cellular Field in Chicago.

But now it’s time to up the ante … with some replica of real stadia.

Here’s a Lego version of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minnesota.  I bet it can be converted into a football stadium too.

Yeah, yeah … he forgot the roof.  But then it’d just be a big grey box made out of Lego.  Wait a minute Lego … Minnnesota Twins?   I Miss Bat-Girl. 

But that Metrodome is just kid stuff.  Check out the truly incredible replicas of MLB Stadia that Lego Artist Jason Burik has put together.

PNC Park – Pittsburgh Pirates

Camden Yards – Baltimore Orioles 

Citizens Bank Park – Philadelphia Phillies

Yankee Stadium – New York Yankees

Those are just fabulous pieces of art.  Burik has also made some NFL Stadiums out of Lego.

But the Crown Jewel of Lego Baseball Stadia is a fully functional model of Miller Park in Milwaukee.   Its creator, Tim Kaebisch, is a student at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, and Home Run Derby had the opportunity to talk to him about his creation. 

Click on the pic to see the Lego Miller Park and our interview with Tim.

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