Baseball team to play first game in new stadium Friday ...
The first eight feet of the Jim Patterson Stadium roof supports are built with green brick from the left field wall at historic Parkway Field. Infield dirt from Parkway Field was placed in the batter''s box as a tribute to the facility that hosted such baseball legends as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Honus Wagner, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Satchel Paige, Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson.