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List Of Baseball Parks In Louisville, Kentucky
This is a list of venues used for professional and college baseball in Louisville, Kentucky. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed. ;Louisville Baseball Park :Home of: Louisville Grays NL 1876–1877 :Location: 4th Street (east, first base); Hill Street (south, third base); 6th Street (west, left field); Magnolia Avenue (north, right field) – across Magnolia to the south from Central Park :Currently: St. James Court ;Eclipse Park (I) :Home of: ::semi-pro teams starting about 1874 ::Louisville Eclipse AA (1882–1892), NL (1992–early 1893) :Location: 28th Street (east); Elliott Street (south); 29th Street (west); Magazine Street (north) :Currently: Elliott Park, a public park ;Eclipse Park (II) :Home of: ::Louisville Colonels – NL (early 1893-1899) ::Louisville Colonels – Western Association (1901 - partial season) :Location: 28th Street (east); Broadway (north) – just south of Eclipse Park (I) :Currently: Commercial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisville Slugger Field, Kentucky
Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. Named after King Louis XVI of France, Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark, making it one of the oldest cities west of the Appalachians. With nearby Falls of the Ohio as the only major obstruction to river traffic between the upper Ohio River and the Gulf of Mexico, the settlement first grew as a portage site. It was the founding city of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which grew into a system across 13 states. Today, the city is known as the home of boxer Muhammad Ali, the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Fried Chicken, the University of Louisville and its Cardinals, Louisville Slugger baseball bats, and three of Kentucky's six ''Fortune'' 500 companies: Humana, Kindred Healthcare, and Yum! Brands. Muhammad Ali In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
