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LEAGUERS HAVE SHARED THE SAME
FIELD FOR MORE THAN A HUNDRED
YEARS. THE PARKHURST FIELD IN
FULTON
COUNTY IS THE OLDEST LITTLE
LEAGUE GROUNDS IN THE COUNTRY
THAT HAS CONTINOUSLY BEEN USED
FOR BASEBALL.
AND AS Y-N-N'S MARIA VALVANIS
EXPLAINS, THE RICH HISTORY OF
THIS FIELD OF DREAMS WAS ONLY
RECENTLY DISCOVERED.
IT'S BEEN A CHALLEHISTORY TO TH
UNSURE HOW DEEP THAT
HISTORY WENT."
AND IT WENT MORE THAN A CENTURY
BACK.
TO A DAY IN 1906 WHEN THE
PARKHURST FIELD, THEN CALLED THE
A.J. & G PARK, HELD IT'S FIRST
GAME.
"COME TO FIND OUT IT IS THE
OLDEST CONTINOUS
BASEBALL GROUNDS IN LITTLE
LEAGUE IN NORTH AMERICA."
GLOVERSVILLE LITTLE LEAGUE
PRESIDENT DAVID KARPINSKI SAYS
THE HISTORY ONLY BECAME KNOWN A
COUPLE YEARS AGO.
WHEN THE BOARD STARTED LOOKING
TO REVITALIZE THE PARK.
"IN PREPARING FOR ALL THE GRANT
WORK WE STARTED TO DOING
RESEARCH."
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU VISITING
THE FIELD THAT WANT TO LEARN
ABOUT
IT'S RICH HISTORY, THERE'S A
SMALL MUSEUM THAT'S ALWAYS OPEN
DURING GAME TIME.
THAT'S OUR TEAM UP THERE.
"IT'S A WHOSE WHO OF BASEBALL.
IN JULY 1907 SY YOUNG AND THE
BOSTON AMERICANS. THEY CAME BY
TRAIN STOPPED HERE
PLAYED AND EXHIBITION GAME AND
MOVED ON, TWO WEEKS LATER
HUNOS WAGNER AND THE PITTSBURGH
NATIONALS CAME
TO TOWN."
AND NOW, SIX DAYS A WEEK, SOME
IMPORTANT PLAYERS ARE
HERE. THESE LITTLE LEAGUE
PLAYERS ARE HITTING HOME RUNS ON
WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE ONLY
FIELD
LEFT THAT MOONLIGHT GRAHAM
PLAYED ON.
NOT THAT THEY WOULD KNOW WHO HE
WAS SINCE HE DIED IN
1965, BUT THEY MAY HAVE CAUGHT
THE POPULAR MOVIE BASED ON
HIS LIFE.
"IT'S THE ORIGINAL FIELD OF
DREAMS ESSENTIALLY."
"THERE ARE CERTAINLY A LOT OF
BASEBALL LOVERS HERE.
COOPERSTOWN ISN'T THAT FAR AWAY.
SO I THINK IF PEOPLE MAKE
THE TRIP ACROSS COUNTRY TO
COOPERSTOWN THEY CAN DRIVE
ANOTHER HOUR OR SO TO
GLOVERSVILLE."
AND KARPINSKI IS HOPING THE NEW
FOUND HISTORY WILL STRIKE HOME
WITH BASEBALL LOVERS. HIS GOAL
IS TO RAISE ENOUGH
MONEY TO ADD STADIUM LIGHTING,
AND ENSURE ANOTHER CENTURY
OF PLAYING BALL.
"IF FOR NOTHING ELSE JUST FOR
THE PRIDE OF THE PEOPLE OF
GLOVERSVILLE TO CELEBRATE THE
BASEBALL HISTORY THAT WE HAVE
HERE, THAT'S TREMONDOUS TOO."
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PARK,
YOU CAN LOG ON TO OUR WEBSITE.
IN GLOVERSVILLE, MV, YNN.