The minor league teams in the late 1960s in York weren't very good. And minor league baseball had run its course until revived this weekend.
But a large crowd one day came to York's Memorial Stadium to see a game played on an artificial turf infield. It would become the first outdoor game to be played on Astroturf. The turf, installed free for experimental reasons, remained in place for about 10 years before softball cleats tore it up.
Here is a York Daily Record story from a few years ago telling the story of the pioneering turf:
Continue reading Grass vs. artificial: National turf wars escalated in York.
