LaGrave Field in Baseball America's 2008 Calendar
LaGrave Field, home of the Fort Worth Cats, is featured in Baseball America's 2008 Great Parks Calendar. It's the second time that LaGrave Field has been honored in the calendar, the first coming in 2003.
LaGrave Field is featured in the month of August with a photo of the historic Knothole Gang in right field with the Fort Worth skyline in the distance. The photo also showcases the four retired jerseys on the façade of the Knothole Gang: Bobby Bragan's No. 10 (2003), Duke Snider's No. 4 (2004), Maury Wills' No. 6 (2005) and Sparky Anderson's No. 1 (2006).
LaGrave Field has been home to the Fort Worth Cats during two different baseball eras, 1926-1964 and 2002-present. Home plate is exactly where it was in 1926 when the old facility opened. The Cats' history can be seen throughout the ballpark, including photos in the two dugout suites honoring players and coaches from the 1920s through the '40s and '50s, when the Cats were a farm club of the Brooklyn Dodgers after World War II.
In September, the Cats became the first team in modern independent baseball history to win three consecutive titles, capturing the Central League title in 2005, followed by back-to-back championship trophies in the American Association, one of the premier minor leagues in all of baseball.
The 2008 season marks the 120th anniversary of the beginning of professional baseball in Fort Worth.