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Restored League Park Officially Opens Saturday

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A newly renovated League Park in Cleveland will reopen on Saturday afternoon. The city has spent 6.3 million to restore the field that was once the home of the Indians and the Buckeyes of the Negro League. The ticket house will become the home of Cleveland's Baseball Heritage Museum. The only other piece of the original park that remains is a long brick wall. Cy Young threw the first pitch at League Park in 1891 for the Cleveland Spiders, and Babe Ruth hit his 500th career home run there.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.