Savannah’s Historic Grayson Stadium and the Extermination of the Sand Gnats
By Byron Bennett |
Grayson Stadium is located at 1401 East Victory Drive in Savannah, Georgia. Opened in 1926, the ballpark originally was known ...
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Atlanta’s Other Lost Ballpark – Ponce De Leon Park
By Byron Bennett |
Long before Turner Field, before Fulton County Stadium, there was a wonderful minor league ballpark in Atlanta known as Ponce De ...
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Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes To Savannah
By Byron Bennett |
Shoeless Joe Jackson was born in South Carolina in 1887. He began his professional baseball career in 1908, playing first ...
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Ballpark Found – Fort Pulaski And The First Known Photo Of Baseball
By Byron Bennett |
This post concerns not a lost ballpark, but a ballpark found. Well, not actually a ballpark, but a place where ...
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Fulton County Stadium Redux
By Byron Bennett |
The Georgia Historical Society and Georgia Public Broadcasting honor the memory of Fulton County Stadium on April 15th as part ...
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Welcome to Royston, Home of Baseball’s Immortal Ty Cobb
By Byron Bennett |
Born in 1886 in Narrows, Georgia, Tyrus Raymond “Ty” Cobb moved with his family at an early age to Royston, ...
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Fulton County Stadium Makes A Great Parking Lot – For Now
By Byron Bennett |
Atlanta/Fulton County Stadium was the fourth home of the National League Braves and the first in Atlanta. The Braves two previous ...
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