Posts Tagged ‘St. Louis Browns’
Fort Myer’s Terry Park – Over 100 Years of Baseball History
Terry Park is located at 3410 Palm Beach Boulevard in Fort Myers, Florida. The ballpark hosted major league spring training for over 50 years, from the early 1920s to the late 1980s. The earliest professional baseball activity at the site was in 1914 when the American Association Louisville Colonels held spring training on the grounds of the…
Read MoreWaterfront Park/Al Lang Field in St. Petersburg, Florida
Professional baseball first came to St. Petersburg, Florida, as early as 1908 when the then- independent St. Paul Saints played an exhibition game against the National League Cincinnati Reds. In 1914, businessman and future mayor Al Lang convinced the St. Louis Browns to come to St. Petersburg and train at Sunshine Park – also known…
Read MoreSportsman Park and Herbert Hoover
Baseball was first played at the intersection of Grand Boulevard and Dodier Street in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1867. Originally was called Grand Avenue Ball Grounds, the ballpark name was changed to Sportsman Park in 1876. Several different variants of Sportsman Park existed over the years. Originally the home of the National League St. Louis…
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