Albert Park

Main entrance to Albert Park, Aug-2023.

Peering in at the seating bowl from down the left-field line..

• Location: Andersen Drive between Lindaro Street and A Street, San Rafael, Calif. (map it using Google Maps)
• Opened: 1951
• Home team: San Rafael Pacifics, North American League (2012), Pacific Association (2013-19), Pecos League (2021-present)
• Capacity: 900

Despite the somewhat impressive structure, this remained a community ball field until 2012, when the Pacifics, an independent team, was formed and joined the North American League, a successor to Golden League Baseball. That league folded after the 2012 season, but the Pacifics encouraged the formation of the Pacific Association, which uniquely had a couple of teams in Hawaii during its first season. With that league on shaky ground, the Pacifics agreed to join the Pecos League, which had begun a California division a couple seasons earlier with teams from Bakersfield to Monterey. A Pecos League team in Martinez was established at the same time; both began league play in 2021 after restrictions following the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 were lifted. Clubs in Dublin and Vallejo joined for 2023; Vallejo had spent six years as a rival of the Pacifics in the Pacific Association.\

I was unable to get into Albert Park on my 2023 visit.