Written by Brendan H. Located in Jackson Park on the south side of Chicago, at the site of 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, stands a neoclassical ballfield with a white façade and an elaborate presentation. Home of the Chicago Doves, World Fair Field, with its Beaux-Arts design, stands as a gleaming pearl of American Exceptionalism and…
Category: League History
Team Introduction: The Richmond Rifles
The LBL’s only current “southern” ballclub, the Richmond Rifles represent a remnant of the once-prestigious “Cotton Belt” clubs, long-since scattered into disarray following the collapse of the National League. A visionary project of the prominent Virginia tobacco magnate Michael J. Monroe, the Rifles of Richmond are a proud and aging ballclub of former greats among…