Asheville has a baseball past, but does it have a future?
Volume
29
/ Issue 25
Cover Design Credit:
Olivia UrbanCover Photography Credit:
Alyssa Quirk/ Asheville Tourists; Buncombe County Special Collections
Asheville’s McCormick Field has been home to a minor league baseball team every season since 1959, but the city has come close to losing baseball several times during that span. As the Tourists seek $30 million in improvements to the antiquated ballpark, the future of the national pastime in Asheville is once again in doubt.
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