Still Waiting
C-Town has a hundred-odd year history of Minor League Baseball. Golden Park is one of the nicest minor league ballparks around (and was also home of the 1996 Olympic Softball Competition), and some truly great players have passed through Golden Park on their way to the big time (Think Hank Aaron, who I met last summer).
A little over a year ago, the RedStixx announced that they'd be leaving C-Town to pursue a better life in Cleveland (They're an Indians affiliate... now known as the Lake County Captains). Now, not many people went to the RedStixx games. Folks here in C-Town have a reputation for not giving two shits about much of anything. But when they moved at the end of last season, it was like the city lost a little piece of it's history.
Two weeks ago, I went to Golden Park. It looked horrible. The field was weedy, the pitcher's mound was flat, and the paint was peeling off the walls. Then, New Life! Albany's South Georgia Waves had to make an emergency move, and just a week before the start of the season, they moved into Golden Park. You could practically feel the city breathe a sigh of relief.
The home opener was supposed to be tonight, but it poured all night Sunday and all day Monday, and four inches of rain isn't very condusive to playing ball. So we wait another day for the return of baseball to C-Town.
C-Town has a hundred-odd year history of Minor League Baseball. Golden Park is one of the nicest minor league ballparks around (and was also home of the 1996 Olympic Softball Competition), and some truly great players have passed through Golden Park on their way to the big time (Think Hank Aaron, who I met last summer).
A little over a year ago, the RedStixx announced that they'd be leaving C-Town to pursue a better life in Cleveland (They're an Indians affiliate... now known as the Lake County Captains). Now, not many people went to the RedStixx games. Folks here in C-Town have a reputation for not giving two shits about much of anything. But when they moved at the end of last season, it was like the city lost a little piece of it's history.
Two weeks ago, I went to Golden Park. It looked horrible. The field was weedy, the pitcher's mound was flat, and the paint was peeling off the walls. Then, New Life! Albany's South Georgia Waves had to make an emergency move, and just a week before the start of the season, they moved into Golden Park. You could practically feel the city breathe a sigh of relief.
The home opener was supposed to be tonight, but it poured all night Sunday and all day Monday, and four inches of rain isn't very condusive to playing ball. So we wait another day for the return of baseball to C-Town.
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