Sports stadium in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Bader Field
was a baseball
stadium
in
Atlantic City, New Jersey
, United States. It was located at the
Bader Field
airport and was referred to by the same name as the airfield. It was named after the former mayor of Atlantic City
Edward L. Bader
, who purchased the land for the airfield.
[1]
The
New York Yankees
held spring training at Bader Field in 1944. The
Philadelphia Athletics
considered using the ballpark for 1944 spring training. On November 17, 1943,
Connie Mack
examined Bader Field and the National Guard Armory as one possibility. But he knew the Yankees were already considering it. The A's went to McCurdy Field in
Frederick, Maryland
when the Yankees chose Atlantic City.
[2]
[3]
The Yankees made the 300-room Senator Hotel their headquarters and practiced indoors at the
Atlantic City Armory
.
[4]
They played their first exhibition game in Atlantic City on April 1, 1944, and beat the
Philadelphia Phillies
5-1, behind a home run by
Johnny Lindell
. The following day, 4,000 fans saw the Yankees beat the
Brooklyn Dodgers
, 4?3. In 1945, the
Boston Red Sox
based their spring training at Ansley Park in nearby
Pleasantville
.
[5]
The last spring exhibition played at Bader Field was a Red Sox-Yankees game on April 8, 1945.
[6]
A municipal stadium, John Boyd Stadium, with a football field and track was opened at Bader Field on October 22, 1949. It stood just north of the ballpark's left-field wall and was built at a cost of $350,000.
[7]
John Boyd Stadium was the home of
Atlantic City High School
football from 1949 until 1994, and was demolished in February 1998. In 1998,
The Sandcastle
baseball stadium was built at Bader Field, returning professional baseball to the airport site. The
Atlantic City Surf
played at the ballpark through 2008. The ballpark sits unused today amid discussions of redevelopment.
See also
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References
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- ^
"Crossing the Goal Line"
.
casinoconnectionac.com
. Archived from
the original
on 2011-07-08
. Retrieved
2010-12-28
.
- ^
"Atlantic City Armory New Camps for Yanks"
,
The Evening Independent
, November 18, 1943
, retrieved
2011-09-17
- ^
Warrington, Bob.
"Spring Training 1944"
. Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society. Archived from
the original
on 2010-11-27
. Retrieved
2009-06-10
.
- ^
Gietschier, Steve (1994-03-21).
"It happens every spring"
.
The Sporting News
. Archived from
the original
on 2005-02-11
. Retrieved
2009-06-10
.
- ^
"Atlantic City Has Plenty of Baseball"
.
The Boston Globe
. March 18, 1945. p. 18
. Retrieved
November 4,
2018
– via newspapers.com.
- ^
Wilk, Tom (2006-04-20).
"Waltz Through Time: The Old Ballgame"
. Atlantic City Weekly. Archived from
the original
on 2011-07-23
. Retrieved
2009-06-10
.
- ^
Harris-Parra, Barbara (2006-01-02).
"Bader Field: Past, Present and Future"
.
Inside the Fence
. FAA Technical Center
. Retrieved
2009-06-10
.
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