Fayetteville's century of baseball history
The tale of Babe Ruth’s first professional home run is the most famous chapter of Fayetteville’s baseball history. But the link between the city and professional baseball didn’t begin or end with Ruth’s historic blast on March 7, 1914, at the old Cape Fear Fair Grounds.Jim Thorpe, who was voted the greatest athlete of the 20th Century, spent time playing minor league baseball in Fayetteville in 1909. Calvin Koonce, the 1969 World Series champion, was born in Fayetteville and raised in […]
