The start of the Major League Baseball season is -- for some -- a sign that spring is finally here and a time for new beginnings.

But, in this edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson takes some time to remember ballparks that are no longer in use.

Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard "Pete" Peterson, co-author, with his son Stephen, of The Slide: Leyland, Bonds and the Star-Crossed Pittsburgh Pirates and editor of The St. Louis Baseball Reader.