Memphis Redbirds Enter New Era

Published July 14, 2009 at 7:24 p.m.

A minor league baseball "Field of Dreams...But, in 1997, itwasn't a mythical Iowa cornfield...but the dilapidated buildingsand alleys at the corner of Second and Union that was chosen as thesite for the construction of a first-class Triple-A stadium...andmost in the city collectively…snickered…at the "folly"of it's downtown location...as chosen by prospective team ownersDean and Christie Jernigan.

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