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The Dayton Dragons played their first baseball game at Fifth Third Field on April 27, 2000. In attendance was Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Johnny Bench , who caught the ceremonial first pitch. In their inaugural season, the Dragons managed to sell-out every home game of the 2000 season before the season even started.
The team's home park is Day Air Ballpark in Dayton, formerly (until 2020) known as Fifth Third Field. [5] During its first season, the Dragons set a Minor League Baseball Class-A single-season attendance record of 581,853. The Dragons broke that record in 2003 and again in 2004. [6]
Geographically, Cincinnati's closest domestic affiliate is the High-A Dayton Dragons of the Midwest League, which are approximately 49 miles (79 km) away. Cincinnati's furthest domestic affiliate is the Arizona Complex League Reds of the Rookie Arizona Complex League , which are some 1,595 miles (2,567 km) away.
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Location: Joe B. Rushing Road (north, left field), beyond which is Rolling Hills Park; C.A. Roberson Boulevard (west, third base), across which is Tarrant County College South Campus; athletic facilities and the football stadium, and then Interstate Highway 20 (south, first base); and soccer fields and Wichita Street (east, right field)
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Dayton was without minor league baseball until the 1928 Dayton Aviators resumed play. The Aviators were a member of the reformed Central League from 1928 to 1930. [70] Today, Dayton still hosts minor league baseball. The Dayton Dragons, play as a member of the Class A level Midwest League. [71] The franchise began Midwest League play in 2000. [72]
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