{{Short description|Former baseball park in Norfolk, Virginia}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
'''Myers Field''' was a ballpark located off of Church Street in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-24 |title=Baseball in Norfolk - The Norfolk Tars |url=http://hamptonroads.com/2010/05/baseball-norfolk-norfolk-tars |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529224218/http://hamptonroads.com/2010/05/baseball-norfolk-norfolk-tars |archive-date=2012-05-29 |website=HamptomRoads.com}}</ref> It served as the home of the Norfolk Tars, a New York Yankees minor league affiliate, from 1940 to 1955.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New York Yankees Complete Affiliations Page |url=http://www.digitalballparks.com/Yankees.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517091221/http://www.digitalballparks.com/Yankees.html |archive-date=2012-05-17 |url-status=usurped |website=digitalballparks.com}}</ref> Prior to using Myers Field, the Norfolk Tars used Bain Field, which was demolished in 1940. Originally known as '''High Rock Park''', it was renamed Myers Fields in honor of local dentist Eddie Myers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Take Me Out To The Ballgame |url=http://www.npl.lib.va.us/sgm/oldlobby/archives/baseball.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051227211228/http://www.npl.lib.va.us/sgm/oldlobby/archives/baseball.html |archive-date=2005-12-27 |website=Virginia Public Library}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Edward Myers Professorship |url=https://reflections.dentistry.vcu.edu/professorships/edward-myers-professorship |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=reflections.dentistry.vcu.edu}}</ref>
Notable major leaguers like Yogi Berra, Lew Burdette, Whitey Ford, Bob Grim, Mickey Owen, Bob Porterfield, Vic Raschi, Bobby Richardson, Spec Shea, Moose Skowron, Snuffy Stirnweiss and Gus Triandos all played for the Tars and therefore called Myers Field home.
The football team of the Norfolk Division of Virginia Union University—now known as Norfolk State University—played its home games at High Rock Park in 1947.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Norfolk Division Lists 1947 Schedule |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-journal-and-guide/195739178/ |newspaper=Journal and Guide |location=Norfolk, Virginia |date=September 27, 1947 |page=22 |access-date=April 17, 2026 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref>
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