Blair Field

My first time here this weekend I was quite impressed by ease of access to the facility. There is free parking near and around the field. If there was paid parking, I did not see it. There is quite a bit of graffiti covering the parking area’s and grown around the stadium, so it can be a bit rough finding the outline of a parking spot in area’s but kind of fun.
Entry into the stadium is confined to one entry point near the ticket office. Both are well staffed and don’t leave you waiting long at all to enter and or purchase tickets. Once inside they have a decent variety of food to either your left or right and straight ahead to the ballparks main concession stand. I got my usual hotdog (They serve Nathan’s) and a soda combo for $ 7.75. No complaints here.
It’s really a huge park with a one of the better kept fields at a college park that I’ve seen. There is ample seating and exits from the stands and it’s built in a way that keeps you close to the action almost anywhere you sit.

My hubby and I were here for a Dirtbags game. Having never been to Blair Field before, it was a fun experience to be there rooting for my alma mater.
Decent seats, smaller stadium but overall a good time. Free parking. If you’re a CSULB alum, bring your alumni card and get a discount off your Dirtbag tickets!
The restrooms were decent but a little old school and could use a little renovation. Loved the old fashioned snacks and food, beer and other desserts that they served. Can’t complain, had a good time!

We came across a Groupon to see the Dirtbags play at Blair Field and we had to take them up on their offer. It is across the street from my alma mater Wilson High School and the last time I was here was for a Rock n Jock event in the early 1990s.
Overall, it’s a good spot to watch a game. It doesn’t get crazy crowded and it’s small and easy to get around. They have a 49er’s shop on site. But the best part is that since they are not on campus they can serve beer, which is something you can’t have at the Pyramid.

In regards to LBSU’s Baseball Team…
These dirtbags are awesome! They bring competitive games and as history has it, there are quite a few alumnis in Majors and former Major League Players groomed out of Long Beach State! Talent comes with time and time is with the skilled coaches and talented recruits!

Haven’t been there in a while, but I was there a lot during high school. We played there quite a bit. I have also seen a few of the old Barracuda games. Always enjoyed the place!

I’ve been here for many events throughout the years. Everything from High School to College baseball games to MTV Rock N Jock events.
Just some notes on things to watch out for:
1) Watch out for foulballs! Of all the baseball fields I’ve been to, the percentages for getting pegged are higher here than at most places. Not sure why. Maybe because home plate is further from the seats than other fields? Look out for ricochets off the roof, too!
2) Parking kind of sucks, too. When you arrive close to game time and you think you are lucky by seeing a good parking space, you aren’t! Especially on Park across from Wilson High. There’s a good chance that a foul ball will hit your car. Same goes for the first row of the unenclosed parking lot. And if you park in the enclosed parking lot, it’s hard to get out. The spaces are angled in one direction and you have to try and make a u-​turn in tight quarters to get out of there because there’s only one way in and out. For some reason they never open the gate at the other end. Find street parking near the tennis courts. They are safer and easier to escape traffic.
3) Walking around the outside where the food is, is also a heads up area for foul balls.
4) It gets freakin’ cold at night! Bring a jacket or a blanket!
Minus the foul ball situation, great place to watch a game.

after falling asleep four times rolling my eyeballs over steph’s comprehensive review (?) of blair field… i began to wonder if there was anything else i could possible say…
then i read chris g.‘s review. and he nailed it.
dirtbag season is almost over, dont miss a game!
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Great ballpark. Highly recommend a dirtbag game to everyone. It was a fun night.

Came here for a Dirtbags game Friday with a bunch of friends — it was our friend’s birthday, so we just piled into the grandstand behind home plate, drank beer, had hot dogs, threw confetti at our friend, and generally had a blast! The Dirtbags are a fun team to watch — and there is great entertainment between innings, sack races and such. A skunk ran across the outfield around the sixth inning — can’t beat that for the price!

#1200! :)
Baseball bats flying at small children (doh!)…
A ball player diving straight into the head of the catcher (he totally had it coming!)…
People dressed as hamburgers falling on top of each other (what?)…
12 year old looking girls in short shorts (just wrong, they looked 12???)…
Brawls on the field between a weak batter up and a persnickety umpire (we’re talkin 5 minutes of neck rolls, up in your face, reeeoooowwwrrrr action, sweet!)…
A battle ax of a broad barking at the field to stop the violence in front of the children (shut it lady, why the hell do you think I’m still sitting here watching this boring ass baseball game!!)
Women NOT catching balls to save their warm beers (my kinda girls!)…
A shmale looking Pat-​esque creature stuffing green apples into its face (I have absolutely nothing funny here as I was and still am in a state of total shock and awe over this shapeless entity, wow, just wow)…
A woman practically running over small children with her vroom vroomed motorized wheelchair as she laughed about it the whole way down the ramp (dang!)…
A row of total dipshits yelling things like, «You may be number 1 but you play like number 2!!!» (genius guys, really, your commentary has added years to my life, really.)…
A little old lady not taller than 4’10 dressed in all purple with the most adorable old lady square butt you will ever see (seriously, sooo cute!)…
And last, but certainly not least, a total stranger offering me his salty nuts…
Only in Long Beach ladies ‘n’ gents, and only at an Armada game at Blair Field!
So last night, my good friend Aunny D lured me out of the house with the promise that her hot ass brother would be pitching. Seriously folks, it may sound twisted to have a huge crush on your best friend’s brother, but take one look at that 6’7 piece of Dane De La Rosa ass and I dare you to judge me, hehe.
Anyhoo, we made the long trek out to the LBC, passing up tempting stops like Mom’s BBQ in IngleWOOOD and finally arrived around the third inning. We said our hellos to the fam and I think the score was something like 5 – 0, who knows, I was more interested in getting some beer and a tri tip sammich. Priorities people, who goes to the game for the sports?
We then got our beers and our burger and our tri tip and our nachos and our… yeah, we ate (and?!) then proceeded back to our seats. We noshed, we talked trash, I yelled sweep the leg and then well, how boring is baseball. I mean, at least seeing the live game is slightly more entertaining than sitting at home and watching it, but honk shooo, baaahhoorrriiiing.
Finally it got to be around the 8^th inning, normally the time I would leave (see my Dodger’s review:
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and Dane usually pitches in the 8^th or 9^th inning, but last night no go and what a bummer. He at least would have been entertaining to look (gawk) at.
Oh well, overall, it was a fun time and the stadium is what you would expect for a little local stadium. A little weathered, a little tired, but with a good heart. The only thing I would suggest to any of you if you go is, bring a butt pad as those seats leave something to be desired. Also if you get the tri tip, ask for it on a hamburger bun as the roll they give you is way too hard, and I don’t want anything hard near my meat.
Wait…

I’m a little biased in this review because my little brother is currently playing for the Long Beach Armada (GO LONG BEACH!) but I have been going to this field loooong before this was the case. This is what you call a «Pitchers Field» because it has one of the biggest outfields making it hard for hitters to knock-​one-​out-​of-​the-​park, if you will. Last night was fireworks night in honor of Fourth of July and all the local Long Beach families were out in full force. I think that this field is fairly impressive and the fans that come out for the games come out for one reason and one reason only, because they LOVE baseball and not for any of that corporate bullshit.