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American Legion Field (Florence)
American Legion Field is a baseball venue in Florence, South Carolina, United States. The venue was built in 1968 and has a capacity of 3,500. The field's dimensions are 305 ft. down the foul lines, 335 ft. to the gaps, and 385 ft. to dead center field. Former tenants Between 1981 and 1986, the park was home to the Florence Blue Jays of the South Atlantic League. The park hosted the Florence Flame of the now defunct Atlantic Coast League for one season in 1995. It was the home of the Florence RedWolves of the Coastal Plain League, a collegiate summer baseball league. The RedWolves played at the field from 1998 to 2012, before moving to nearby Francis Marion University's Sparrow Stadium during the 2012 season. This was also home to the Florence–Darlington Tech (JUCO) Stingers baseball team from 2004–2012 before they moved to Francis Marion University, splitting home games between old Cormell Field and Sparrow Stadium Clifford S. Cormell Field at Sparrow St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Blue Jays
The Florence Blue Jays Baseball Club was a minor league baseball team based in Florence, South Carolina. They began play in the South Atlantic League in 1981 where they eventually captured the league title in 1985. After the 1986 season the team relocated and became the Myrtle Beach Blue Jays (now the Hagerstown Suns). They were a minor league club of the Toronto Blue Jays and played at American Legion Stadium. Notable alumni * Geronimo Berroa (1985) * Pat Borders (1983-1984, 1986) 1992 World Series Most Valuable Player * Tony Castillo (1984) * Rob Ducey (1985) * Cecil Fielder (1983) 3 x MLB All-Star * Glenallen Hill (1984) * Jimmy Key (1982) 5 x MLB All-Star; 1987 AL ERA Title * Nelson Liriano (1983) * Fred McGriff (1983) 5 x MLB All-Star * José Mesa (1983-1984) 2 x MLB All-Star * Greg Myers (1985) * Mike Sharperson (1982) MLB All-Star * David Wells (1986) 3 x MLB All-Star; 239 MLB Wins Year-by-Year Record South Atlantic League All-Stars *First Bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Flame
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico anno 2013, datISTAT/ref> Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy (established in 1861). The Florentine dialect forms the base of Standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
