Gabe Kapler: Fayetteville 'was a turning point in my playing career'
Gabe Kapler knew from the sound that he’d made solid contact with the baseball when playing in Fayetteville’s J.P. Riddle Stadium in 1996.It wasn’t the crack of the bat for the 20-year-old outfielder wearing the Fayetteville Generals jersey. Rather, it was the resounding “thump’’ when the ball hit the plywood sponsorship signs that ringed the outfield fence at Riddle.“I remember the wooden wall … it was two levels of signs, […]
