Posts Tagged ‘Cleveland’
Cleveland’s League Park Reborn – If You Renovate It They Will Come
There is good news in Cleveland. The former site of League Park – once home to the National League Cleveland Spiders, the American League Indians, the National Football League Cleveland Rams, and the Negro American League Cleveland Buckeyes – has been preserved and the historical portions of the ballpark that remain have been restored or renovated. League…
Read MoreCleveland’s Municipal Stadium On The Banks of Lake Erie
Municipal Stadium was located at 1085 West Third Street in Cleveland, Ohio. Also known as Lakefront Stadium, the ballpark was situated on the banks Lake Erie just north of downtown. Built in 1931 and designed by the same engineering firm (Osborn Engineering) that designed such ballparks as Fenway Park, Tiger Stadium, Forbes Field, and old…
Read MoreCleveland’s League Park – The Oldest Former MLB Park Still Standing (Somewhat)
Located at the corner of Lexington and East 66th Street, just three miles east of the Cleveland Indian’s current home, Progressive Field, is a historical baseball structure unmatched anywhere else in the United States. For at that corner stands League Park, or what’s left of it. Once home to both Cleveland’s National League and American League…
Read MoreSteps To The Past
They lead nowhere now, but these steps at League Park once took Cleveland players from the dugout, underneath the first base grandstands, to clubhouse, and back again. And it is here, at League Park, that I will begin recounting the steps I have taken over the years to find the past hidden within this country’s…
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