“It’s a terrible loss for our community,” Bell said.
“Everyone here either played or had relatives or kids who played on that field over the years.
In its 87 years of existence, a lot of people played on that field.”
Tom Hanks and Geena Davis in ‘A League of Their Own’.Columbia Pictures
“When units arrived, they saw fully engulfed grandstands of the ballpark,” Bell said.
So the end result is, unfortunately, a total loss of the grandstand structure."
The field itself is intact, but any observation area for a game is destroyed."
Lori Petty, Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, and Rosie O’Donnell in ‘A League of Their Own’.Everett Collection
The fire’s cause is still under investigation, the fire department said in the release.
“It just had that look and feel of a historic ballpark,” Bell said.
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