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Hackensack was the exonym given by the Dutch colonists to a band of the Lenape, or Lenni-Lenape ("original men"), a Native American tribe. The name is a Dutch derivation of the Lenape word for what is now the region of northeastern New Jersey along the Hudson and Hackensack rivers. While the Lenape people occupied much of the mid-Atlantic area ...
Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park is a stadium in Springfield, Illinois. [1] It is primarily used for baseball.It originally opened in 1928 as Reservoir Stadium (name references to water reservoir located on what is now Lanphier High School [2]) [3] and was renovated in 1977.
Chicago Maroons - Western Association (1888 Sunday games) Chicago White Stockings – NL (mid-1893–1915) Location: Polk Street (north, third base); Lincoln (now Wolcott) Street (west, first base); Wood Street (east, left field); flats and Taylor Street (south, right field) Currently: University of Illinois College of Medicine
He finished with 16 home runs, 71 RBIs, 27 steals in 33 attempts, 51 walks and 32 strikeouts. The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), Baseball America, and Collegiate Baseball named Kipnis the Pac-10 Conference Player of the Year, a Pac-10 Conference All-Star outfielder, and a First Team College All-American outfielder.
Illinois Field; Location: Urbana, Illinois: Owner: University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign: Operator: University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign: Capacity: 17,000: Opened: 1884: Closed: 1987: Tenants; Illinois Fighting Illini baseball (1884–1987) Illinois Fighting Illini football (1890–1922) Big Ten baseball tournament (1982)
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The field layout was reported in the Inter Ocean on April 16, 1893: "The diamond is 90 feet (27 m) from the grand stand, and the right and left field fences are 340 feet (100 m) from the home plate, 130 feet (40 m) further than the old west side fence. The distance from the home plate to the extreme center field is 560 feet (170 m).
Rockford Forest Citys (officially the Forest City Club), from Rockford, Illinois, was one of the first professional baseball clubs. Rockford played for one season during the National Association inaugural year of 1871. They are not to be confused with the Cleveland Forest Citys, who played in the same league. "Forest City" is a nickname used by ...