In the early days of team sports, one problem that plagued many teams was fire. In the early 20th century many baseball ballparks and hockey arenas burned to the ground, many in spectatular blazes like the one that burned Russwood Park in Memphis, Tennessee in early April of 1960. Some fires would force teams to move or to fold.
Early on Saturday evening March 16, 1985 Crockett Park in Charlotte, North Carolina fell victim to one such fire. The three alarm fire was quickly brought under control by the Charlotte Fire Department in a mere fifteen minutes. An investigation quickly called the blaze arson. A 16 year old boy was later convited of the crime. The debris was quickly cleared but, the Charlotte O's of the AA Southern League were forced to play before temporary stands for the next four years. The team then relocated to the suburbs and Fort Mill, South Carolina. The AAA International League was played there since 1993. Since the Crockett Park fire no professional basebal park has burned down in the same way.
The answer to yesterday trivia question is the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington is the furthest North any Major League Baseball Stadium has ever been located. The current top five ballparks are Safeco Field in Seattle, Target Field in Minneapolis, Rogers Centre in Toronto, Miller Park in Milwaukee and Fenway Park in Boston. One thing that I found very interesting is that Safeco Field in Longitude is between the Oakland- Alameda County Stadium in Oakland and AT&T Park in San Francisco.
Tomorrow trivia question is How many seasons in the NBA did the original Baltimore Bullets play? The answer in tomorrows daily blog about the first ever professional Baseball League.
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