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Fields of history
Date: 4/9/2012 Album ID: 1448103
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Pro baseball and the Richmond area have been playing ball for generations
A rainbow arches over The Diamond as fans wait out a short rain delay.Photographers' notes: Waiting out a rain delay at The Diamond, the sun broke through and provided a spectacular view. It's unusual to see both ends of a rainbow, especially framed so nicely. I had to run out to the Batmobile in the parking lot to retrieve a wide angle lens as I carried only long lenses for game action.
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New York Giants and Cleveland play at Mooers Field, Norfolk and Roseneath Streets, in Richmond. April 11, 1946. Eddie Mooers bought the Colts in 1932. He sold the property on Mayo Island and moved the team in 1942 to Mooers Field at Norfolk and Roseneath streets. Richmond was a member of the Class B Piedmont League from 1933 through 1953. At that time, Baltimore moved out of the International League and joined the American League. Mooers was offered a chance to have an IL team in Richmond, but an agreement on the use of his ballpark was never reached. Mooers gave up his baseball territorial rights and turned Mooers Field into an auto racing track. It was torn down in 1958.
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An old poster advertising the first game played at the old Parker Field in Richmond between the N.Y. Yankees and the Richmond Virginians on April 8, 1954. Admission price : 10 cents. Read it and weep.
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Parker Field echoes with four decades of baseball memories, from the early Vee teams of the 1950's to the championship Braves of recent years. While these memories may lkast forever, the stadium is showing its age. The stands are dangerously deteriorated, The seats are old and uncomfortable . Portions of the outfield have to be roped off to accommodate overflow crowds. 7/4/1984
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An aerial view of the site of the city's proposed sports center as it takes shape at Parker Field, where Greater Richmond Civic Recreation, Inc., is handling construction of a multi-purpose outdoor facility and home for Richmond's International League baseball entry. At upper right on the Old Fair Grounds property is the city garage, which the Citizens' Committee hopes to convert to a multiuse indoor arena. 3/7/1954
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Mayor W. Stirling King prepares officially to launch the local Piedmont League season by throwing out the first ball. He is flanked by Ray Schalk, left, Newport News manager, and Colt manager Vinnie Smith, who also is modeling the Colts' new home uniform. 4/25/1949.
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Labor Day, 9/5/1967. Last regular season game of the year at Parker Field.
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Tate Field photo from 1/31/1931.
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Eddie Mooers at Mooers Field 1/6/1946.
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Lifelong baseball aficionado Walter Tucker, photographed in his Richmond home on Friday, March 23, 2012, shows off a baseball trivia game, Obsessed with Baseball, that his son gave him for Christmas a few years ago.
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Lifelong baseball aficionado Walter Tucker talks about his passion in his Richmond home on Friday, March 23, 2012.
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Lifelong baseball aficionado Walter Tucker shows off some of his memorabilia, including an autograph from Monte Irvin in his copy of Daguerreotypes, The Complete Major and Minor League Records of Baseball's Immortals, in his Richmond home on Friday, March 23, 2012.
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Lifelong baseball aficionado Walter Tucker shows off some of his memorabilia, including an autograph from one of his all-time favorite players Stan Musial in his copy of Daguerreotypes, The Complete Major and Minor League Records of Baseball's Immortals, in his Richmond home on Friday, March 23, 2012.
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Lifelong baseball aficionado Walter Tucker at his Richmond home on Friday, March 23, 2012.
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