Craig N. Oren
1/26/2014 02:47:27 am
So that must be the Yankees' camp. I believe the Yankees stayed there for only a few more years, then moved to Fort Lauderdale. I've heard that black players more more welcome in Fort Lauderdale. Remember the old motto: in Florida, if you want to go north, go south.
George Vecsey
1/26/2014 04:57:21 am
Correct. Yanks moved in 1962, bought into a motel on A1A in Fort Laud..The Yankee Clipper. I used to hang out with my friends Bill Robinson and Ruben Amaro there. Black Cardinals were living in private homes until Bill White and Gibson shamed Busch to buy a motel near the Skyway The Mets had their players in the Colonial Inn out in St. Pete Beach. GV
Ed Martin
1/26/2014 07:54:53 am
My baseball-loving friends here love McKechnie Field in Bradenton, home of the Pirates and a minor league offspring. It was first built in 1923 (renovation 1993- I think) and has that old steel pillars look. Sarasota has the Reds in a nice layout. VHS, a perennial power is already swinging bats.
George Vecsey
1/26/2014 09:49:45 am
Ed, thanks for remembering. I really did predict -- more accurately, I called in -- a blizzard for this Sunday. Right now it looks like a mix of rain and snow.
Ed
1/26/2014 10:08:31 am
E1-- Reds gone from Sarasota Ed Smith Field. Now home of Orioles from Balmer.
George Vecsey
1/27/2014 12:48:40 am
Now that I think about it, it was one of the visiting KC Royals in deep LF. Comments are closed.
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