Baseball In Asheville

Baseball Has Served As The Pastime Of Preference In Asheville, North Carolina, For More Than A Century. Nearly Anywhere A Flat Lot Can Be Found In The Rolling Hills Of The Blue Ridge Mountains, Baseball Has Been Played By Locals And Visitors Alike, With Many Of The Citys Greatest Thrills Created By The Hometown Tourists, Who Have Been Mainstays In The Professional Ranks For Most Of The Past 80 Years. Oates Park, Where Author Thomas Wolfe Toiled As A Batboy Prior To Attending The University Of North Carolina, Served As The Home Of The Mountaineers, Tourists, And The Semi-pro Asheville Royal Giants During The First Three Decades Of The 20th Century Until Mccormick Field Was Built In The Mid-1920s.