Note: Spring Mobile Ballpark was renamed Smith’s Ballpark in 2014. The visit was originally filed in 2013. Among the Salt Lake Bees’ ballpark “Facts and Figures” on the team website, there is the unique detail of “VIEW: Sensational.” This is the honest-to-goodness truth: Spring Mobile Ballpark, home of the Triple-A Bees, sits at the feet […]
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Remembering the Salt Lake Trappers
It’s been 25 years since the Salt Lake Trappers (rookie; Pioneer League) set a pro-sports record for consecutive wins — and also served as a blueprint for what would become a lively independent-baseball industry. A team in an affiliated league may seem like an unlikely precursor to independent baseball, but the Trappers were an independent […]