Despite its less-than-tropical Aprils, turn-of-the-century Charlotte provided spring training for at least two National League baseball teams. After the Philadelphia Phillies trained there in 1899, Sporting Life magazine noted that “the place offers so many natural advantages for such work and there is such an absence of temptation in that inland city that Manager [William] […]
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Charlotte’s appeal to teams: ‘absence of temptation’
Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged brooklyn dodgers, carolina-virginia inter-state league, latta park, nc spring training, wee willie keeler on August 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »