Baseball at Parker Field - 1960s

Baseball returns to Richmond tonight with the Flying Squirrels home opener at The Diamond.

To celebrate, let's take a trip back to the early 1960s for a glimpse of baseball at Parker Field with a player from the Richmond Virginians...

Photo courtesy of The Library of Virginia's Adolph B. Rice Studio collection

NY Giants & Cleveland Indians at Mooers Field - 1946

The Richmond Times-Dispatch has a great article in today's paper about the history of baseball in Richmond.

There used to be an amazing photo below of the New York Giants and Cleveland Indians playing at Mooers Field in Scott's Addition on April 11th, 1946, but the Times-Dispatch told me I had to pay them $250, or remove it. How nice of them.

BANG at Parker Field, opening for Steppenwolf - 1971

Here's video footage of the band BANG opening for Steppenwolf at Parker Field in 1971. There's no sound on the original video, just some BANG studio recordings. They definitely had sort of a Sabbath/Zeppelin vibe. BANG went on to release their debut album in 1972 on Capitol Records. They followed that up with two more albums on Capitol before breaking up in 1973. They reformed in the late 90s and released a few more albums in the early 2000s. More info here for those that are curious. Love the WLEE banner on the stage in this video. Watch the whole video below to get the history of the band!



Here's a song from their debut album:

Parker Field - 1960s

As we look back on a great season and playoff run from the Richmond Flying Squirrels, let's take a look back to Parker Field and the Richmond Braves in the 60s.

Image from the 1969 Richmond Progress Report by the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce

Boulevard & Parker Field - 1960

As the debate continues on whether to build a new baseball stadium in Richmond, and where, let's take a trip back to March of 1960. We were still 6 years away from the Richmond Braves, and Parker Field was home to the Richmond Virginians. The Virginians were a AAA team affiliated with the New York Yankees at the time. They finished the 1960 season with 82 wins and 70 losses, their best record of the 11 seasons they played in Richmond (1954 to 1964).

Photo courtesy of The Library of Virginia's Adolph B. Rice Studio collection