That distasteful Binghamton stadium sits on the location of the DL&W freight house. It is a nice place to see a game, and a few trains, too. If only they were still being pulled by SDP 45's!! We did have the Triplets, a Yankee farm team, here til the late 60's. Among the more notable players to grace the roster was Whitey Ford. Tom B > Many cities and towns along the Erie (quasi list relevance) here in WNY > fielded PONY league teams. Besides Hornell, Wellsville, Olean and > Jamestown, among others all had teams. Contrary to Hornell, Wellsville's > owners were of great business savvy and acumen and had their team > affiliated > with the Yankees. In the late 50's, they became somewhat feeble minded > and > irresponsible and changed it's affiliation to that with the classic > underperformers of the Red Sox (some man of questionable faculties from > the > Boston area (and previously from Binghamton, an area of distasteful Met > fans!) made a shameful plug for them in an earlier post). The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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