RAZED MINOR LEAGUE BALLPARK BAXTER STADIUM SCOREBOARD # - $40 - (New Milford, NY)
RAZED MINOR LEAGUE BALLPARK BAXTER STADIUM SCOREBOARD # Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Description: OFFERED IS AN ORIGINAL SCOREBOARD NUMBER FROM THE NOW DEFUNCT MINOR LEAGUE BALLPARK KNOWN AS BAXTER STADIUM IN MOUNTAINDALE, N.Y. BAXTER STADIUM WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1995 FOR THE SULLIVAN COUNTY MOUNTAIN LIONS AN INDEPENDENT LEAGUE BASEBALL CLUB. THE TEAM LASTED ONE SEASON AND WAS LATER REPLACED BY THE CATSKILL COUGARS ANOTHER INDEPENDENT LEAGUE CLUB. LOCATED IN A REMOTE PART OF SULLIVAN COUNTY THIS METAL AND PLASTIC STADIUM WAS DOOMED AS WERE A FEW OTHER ILL CONCEIVED BALLPARKS BUILT DURING THE PERIOD OF "THE FIELD of DREAMS" PHILOSOPHY OF "if you build it they will come". IN ITS LATER YEARS BAXTER STADIUM, BEFORE BEING RAZED BY ITS OWNER PLAYED HOST TO THE SULLIVAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE's BASEBALL TEAM. WHILE BAXTER STADIUM's SEATING RESEMBLED MORE OF A FOOTBALL STADIUM FOR ITS STEEL BLEACHERS, IT DID HAVE AN INTERESTING "THROWBACK" TO BASEBALL's EARLY DAYS. THE SCOREBOARD, LOCATED IN LEFT FIELD, WAS A MANUALLY OPERATED ONE WITH NUMBERS BEING PLACED IN POSITION BY THE SCOREBOARD ATTENDANT. WHEN BAXTER STADIUM WAS RAZED LESS THAN 5 YEARS AGO, NEARLY EVERYTHING WAS LEVELED...DUGOUTS, BLEACHERS, CONCESSION STAND, OFFICES, RESTROOMS, AND....THE SCOREBOARD ! THE ONLY ITEMS TO STILL REMAIN, BUT SOON TO BE TAKEN DOWN ARE THE 2 RANSACKED TRAILERS THAT SERVED AS THE PLAYER's CLUBHOUSES and THE EXTREMELY TALL LIGHT TOWERS. 2 YEARS AGO OCTOBER I VISITED BAXTER STADIUM FOR THE LAST TIME AND CAME AWAY WITH A SCATTERED PLASTIC SEAT AND 3 NUMBERS SCATTERED IN THE AREA FROM THE SCOREBOARD. WHAT I AM OFFERING IS 1 OF THE NUMBERS, A DURABLE CARDBOARD STYLE THAT IS IN EXCELLENT + CONDITION. SLIGHT CORNER BENDS, BUT IN MUCH BETTER CONDITION THAN THE OTHER 2 I SAVED ! THIS NUMBER, #14, HAS THE #17 ON THE BACKSIDE (or visa versa). IT MEASURES 16" x 13". INCLUDED IN THE AUCTION WILL BE 2 PHOTOS OF BAXTER STADIUM I HAVE TAKEN OVER THE YEARS. ONE IS THE STILL STANDING "BAXTER STADIUM" WELCO…
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