GoGetEmTigers DTF1 MODERATOR Detroit Tiger


   Age : 49 Joined : 05 Oct 2007 Posts : 21896 Location : Eastern Ohio, near Wheeling WV Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Maggs, Curtis, Inge, Gala, Matt, Clete, Marcus (really all of em!)
 | Subject: BOSSE FIELD IN EVANSVILLE INDIANA! Tigers played here Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:34 pm | |
| BOSSE FIELD IN EVANSVILLE INDIANA! Home of the Home of the Evansville Otters of the Frontier League and is a treasure built in 1915.
This ballpark's classification has been as high as Triple - A when Bosse Field served as a home for the Evansville Triplets from 1970 to 1984 in the American Association. The ballpark's biggest claim to fame was, as a home to the famed "Triple-I League"... (Indiana, Illinois, Iowa) on and off from 1919 to 1957.
Many hall of fame players have called Bosse Field home over the last 90 or so years. These include Hank Greenburg, Warren Spahn and Chuck Klein. Mark "The Byrd" Fydrich, Kirk Gibson, and Lance Parrish.
The last professional minor league "crown" was won here in 1979 when then, Evansville Manager Jim Leyland (later World Series winning manager for the Florida Marlins) led the Evansville Triplets to the American Association Triple-A championship.
In addition to World Series Winner Jim Leyland, White Sox Manager Jerry Manuel and Pittsburgh Pirates Manager Gene Lamont have spent summers in the dugouts of Bosse Field.
Bosse Field was also one of the primary facilities used in the taping of "A League of Their Own" the Penny Marshall film about professional women's baseball in the 1940s. At the back of the seating area on both sides are large signs that say "Support the Racine Belles" (from the movie). Besides being home to the Otters today, Bosse Field was also home to the Evansville Triplets, a Triple A team of the Detroit Tigers in the 1970s and 1980s.
Read about it and see the excellent pictures at:
http://www.digitalballparks.com/Southern/Bosse.html
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tigersaint Detroit Tiger


   Age : 47 Joined : 05 Oct 2007 Posts : 8969 Location : Other, but I LIKE it here!! Favorite Current Tiger(s) : All of 'em, except the BAD ones!!
 | Subject: Re: BOSSE FIELD IN EVANSVILLE INDIANA! Tigers played here Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:51 am | |
| | Never been there..... |
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catbox_9 DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger


   Age : 21 Joined : 04 Oct 2007 Posts : 19449 Location : Paso Robles, California Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Curtis Granderson
 | Subject: Re: BOSSE FIELD IN EVANSVILLE INDIANA! Tigers played here Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:17 am | |
| Neither have I. I've been to Indiana though - briefly. _________________ Coming soon: A better signature! |
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tigersaint Detroit Tiger


   Age : 47 Joined : 05 Oct 2007 Posts : 8969 Location : Other, but I LIKE it here!! Favorite Current Tiger(s) : All of 'em, except the BAD ones!!
 | Subject: Re: BOSSE FIELD IN EVANSVILLE INDIANA! Tigers played here Wed Nov 21, 2007 3:54 pm | |
| | I wandered Indiana a few times. My sis lives there!! |
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GoGetEmTigers DTF1 MODERATOR Detroit Tiger


   Age : 49 Joined : 05 Oct 2007 Posts : 21896 Location : Eastern Ohio, near Wheeling WV Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Maggs, Curtis, Inge, Gala, Matt, Clete, Marcus (really all of em!)
 | Subject: Re: BOSSE FIELD IN EVANSVILLE INDIANA! Tigers played here Wed May 07, 2008 10:28 am | |
|  Evansville Otters of Frontier League
 Home plate Gate
 Seating Chart
 Night View
 Game in progress
 Outside third base side |
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gdennis59 Toledo Mud Hen


   Age : 15 Joined : 25 Mar 2008 Posts : 4744 Location : Akron, Ohio Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Todd Jones, Miguel Cabrera, Freddi Dolsi, Alexis Gomez
 | Subject: Re: BOSSE FIELD IN EVANSVILLE INDIANA! Tigers played here Wed May 07, 2008 12:37 pm | |
| Its a nice field. I wanna play on it. _________________ "We only work three hours a day, so the least we can do is give 100 percent."
Todd Jones |
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