Cleveland league park history

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Brian Powers. Kevin Barry. No, not at all. I have intricate design on my side-an art nouveau rendering of a bat, ball and glove that makes me very unique indeed. I was an aisle seat. I was in the lower general admission area 3 rows up from the field. Man, did I give my customers a great view. The cheers, the conversations, I got to be a part of a lot over that time.

Oh the things I witnessed over the years. I had to become a Cleveland Indians fan-as they were my home team for all of those years. What a thrill that was!! In addition to that, I managed to be close by for the 8 stolen bases the Washington Senators had in the first inning of their game with the Indians on July 19, Oh-and the Babe!!

Ruth hit his th home run on August 11, The artificial turf baseball field will host Cleveland youth baseball and softball games, and Senate League high school games. Cleveland schools athletic director Leonard Jackson said every Cleveland high school will have a game scheduled there next spring.

Other teams and leagues can use the field with a permit from the city. League Park is enclosed, but adjacent Fannie M. Lewis Community Park is unfenced and has a youth baseball and softball field, a walking path and a splash basin, which kids took advantage of on a warm, sunny afternoon Saturday. Many who attended Saturday recalled League Park nearly in rubble in recent years.

Construction workers who began work on the ticket house last year had to evict several homeless people. Members of the Cleveland Blues vintage baseball team have been playing at League Park since , and at one point had to bring their own mowers to cut the grass.

That won't be an issue with the wall-to-wall artificial turf. This place will be closed in a few months. Winter is coming, and they'll keep it closed 'till spring. The Indians brought out of retirement former first baseman Travis Hafner for the day. Hafner, wearing a replica uniform, swung at batting practice balls from the left-handers batter's box where Ruth once stood.

Hafner wowed the crowd with nine home runs onto Lexington Avenue, seven of which cleared the foot-tall right field fence. It's pretty special to be out here today,'' he said.