Wayback Wednesday: NC’s Home-Run Derby of 1961
If you wanted to see major league baseball players hit home runs in 1961, you didn’t have to leave Winston-Salem; you just had to travel to Ernie Shore Field. Following a exciting home run...
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Watching Baseball…on Liberty Street
The crowd of onlookers consisted mostly of men, some in suits and hats, others dressed more casually. But all of their attention was focused on a structure situated atop the scaffolding that was attached to...
Vintage Baseball Photo
These men are instantly recognizable to baseball fans just by their last names: Shore, Leonard, Foster, and Ruth. For those whose baseball knowledge does not go back to 1916, the men are Ernest Grady “Ernie” Shore,...
Forsyth Woman Magazine – August 2016
Be sure to pick up the August 2016 issue of Forsyth Woman Magazine. The Winston-Salem Time Traveler feature for August (page 76) is “Take Me Out to the Ballgame!” Read all about some of...
August 30,1950: Victorious Winston-Salem Cardinals
On this day in 1950, the Winston-Salem Cardinals baseball team won the Carolina League Pennant. This win was the first pennant win for the team in 22 years. The players in the photo are:...
August 29: Happy Birthday! Edward Vernon Ferrell
Edward Vernon Ferrell was born on this day in 1888, in Durham, to William L. and Mary Walker Ferrell. He moved to Winston-Salem with his parents at a young age, and attended the local...
May 23,1956: Ernie Shore Field is Dedicated
Southside Park was the home of minor-league baseball in Winston-Salem from 1905 until the park burned in 1955. After the fire, plans began for a new baseball park. Ernie Shore, former baseball pitcher and...
March 24: Happy Birthday! Ernest Grady Shore
Ernest Grady Shore, or “Ernie, was born at Shore in Yadkin County in 1891. His ancestors in Yadkin County were farmers. Ernie attended school in Yadkin County, then went to Guildford College where he...
February 11, 1956: Ernie Shore Field Named
The new baseball field on the corner of Shorefair Drive and Thirtieth Street was named in honor of Ernie Shore, former Forsyth County Sheriff and Boston Red Sox pitcher. The first baseball game was...