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Sodality Park
On March 8, 1908, the Sodality Athletic Association of St. Joseph's Parish was called to maintain the local ballpark in San Jose....

David Hegler
Apr 82 min read


Pitt Stadium
"Someday the Cathedral of Learning will rise majestically over Oakland, be wonder whether it will be quite as soul-stirring as the...

David Hegler
Apr 73 min read


Santa Clara Baseball: The Taormina Years
Sal Taormina guided the Santa Clara University Broncos to unprecedented heights for 15 years. In that stretch, his teams won the...

David Hegler
Apr 46 min read


Forbes Field
Behind the University of Pittsburgh's Wesley W. Posvar Hall stands an old brick wall from a glorious era, an era when America truly...

David Hegler
Apr 26 min read


Marv Owen
Marv Owen was a baseball lifer. While he did very little statistically, he contributed in some very memorable ways in two World Series....

David Hegler
Apr 16 min read


The Palace of the Fans
Cincinnati Reds owner John T. Brush was in a bind. After a second League Park had succumbed to a fire in 1900, he needed a new ballpark...

David Hegler
Mar 303 min read


Crosley Field
Cincinnati is home to the oldest professional baseball team, the Reds and from 1912 through half of 1970, the Reds played at Crosley...

David Hegler
Mar 296 min read


Duane Kuiper
Every summer, Giants fans from all over swoon of the popular radio broadcast show Kruk & Kuip . But while many are fascinated with their...

David Hegler
Mar 275 min read


San Francisco's Forgotten Mascots
There was a time in the 1950's when San Francisco was home to two mascots who have long been forgotten in society: a mule named...

David Hegler
Mar 262 min read


Veterans Stadium
Visiting teams were loath to come there but isn't that the entire point of having a home-field advantage? For 33 years, Philadelphia's...

David Hegler
Mar 257 min read


South Side Park
Before the Chicago White Sox ever played in the beloved Comiskey Park, they played in the a tiny wooden box of a ballpark called South...

David Hegler
Mar 222 min read


Comiskey Park
On the South Side of Chicago once stood a fortress filled with memories of baseball's past. Often regarded as the "Baseball Palace of the...

David Hegler
Mar 226 min read


Howie Dallmar
Despite originating all the way in Philadelphia, the Golden State Warriors have had a connection to San Francisco since their very first...

David Hegler
Mar 204 min read


Oriole Parks I-V
Before Baltimore's Memorial Stadium pulled at America's heartstrings and even before Baltimore Municipal Stadium was built, the Charm...

David Hegler
Mar 197 min read


Gene Clines
Barry Bonds was nothing short of a beast. From 1997 through 2002, he lit the baseball world on fire by bashing 279 home runs. As his body...

David Hegler
Mar 136 min read


Memorial Stadium
The city of Baltimore, Maryland has been a part of the Major League Baseball landscape since the very beginning. However, by the 1920's,...

David Hegler
Mar 117 min read


Milwaukee County Stadium
There once was a ballpark that housed many teams but no matter how hard the city tried none would commit to calling it home. Not the...

David Hegler
Mar 96 min read


Mickey Cochrane
"I didn't want to be a catcher. It was thrust upon me, as they say in the classics." - Mickey Cochrane Wherever Mickey Cochrane went, he...

David Hegler
Mar 76 min read


Tiger Stadium
There was a period of time when both Detroit's Tigers and Lions were the standard for winning. From 1935 to 1984, the Tigers and Lions...

David Hegler
Mar 55 min read


Joe Louis Arena
Although it opened to little fanfare and with even fewer accommodations, Detroit's Joe Louis Arena became much more than simply "another...

David Hegler
Mar 16 min read
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