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Marc Okkonen, in his book Minor League Baseball Towns of Michigan (Dickinson Press, 1997) also places the ballpark at the southwest corner of Waterman and Vernor. One source described the location as "near the stockyards in Springwells Township, just past the Detroit city line."
Baseball is unique among North American sports in that a team's non-playing staff (including managers, coaches, bullpen catchers, batboys, and ball boys) wear the same uniforms as their players with their own assigned uniform numbers; this is an vestigial remnant of when players on a team often held a dual role of being a player-manager.
Normally the individual clubs are responsible for retiring numbers. On April 15, 1997, Major League Baseball took the unusual move of retiring a number for all teams. On the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the baseball color line, his number 42 was retired throughout the majors, at the order of Commissioner Bud Selig.
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The uniforms worn by Major League Baseball teams have changed significantly since professional baseball was first played in the 19th century. Over time they have adapted from improvised, wool uniforms to mass-produced team brands made from polyester. The official supplier for Major League Baseball uniforms is Nike, who has held the contract ...
The Detroit Tigers' City Connect uniforms are finally plugged in. The alternate uniforms, part of the fourth round of Nike's series of MLB gear that began in 2021, were revealed Monday morning at ...
Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century: The Official Major League Baseball Guide, by Marc Okkonen, 1991, Sterling Publishing, Co. Referenced as (Okkonen) in this article. These books about baseball parks also contain a lot of information about the minor league teams: Green Cathedrals, Philip J. Lowry, 1986, SABR, with revised editions in later ...