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APPLEBEES PARK
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TEAM ::: LEXINGTON LEGENDS
LOCATION ::: LEXINGTON,
KENTUCKY
MY FIRST VISIT ::: AUGUST 20, 2008
OPPONENT ::: HICKORY CRAWDADS
LEVEL ::: SOUTH ATLANTC LEAGUE 'A'
RATINGS
BALLFIELD ::: A
SCOREBOARD ::: B
FOOD :::
B
FACILITIES ::: A
MASCOT ::: B
 
MY TAKE ON THE PARK
In 2001 the South Atlantic League made some changes and moved
north. Prior to 2001, the most northern franchise was located in Hagerstown, Maryland. After the 2000 season when the Minor
Leagues were booming, franchises were sold and moved north to new facilities and 5000 more fans per night than these teams
were seeing. Expansion franchises were also being added for the Marlins and Rockies and one of the expansion franchises became
Lexington Legends who brought baseball into thoroughbred country.
When arriving at Applebee's Park the first thing you see is the
big balloon out front, Lexington knows that this is supposed to be fun and they do not disappoint. $3 is charged to park in
a decent sized lot. Once inside you understand why Lexington won a franchise, 26 Luxury Boxes.
I found the seating area to be similar to Rome, Georgia or New
Britain, Connecticut. The concourse level does not have a view of the game; there are televisions throughout so you won't
miss a pitch. Through a tunnel for your first glimpse of the field the seating bowl.
My favorite aspect of the park is on the scoreboard, I liked
that ad with the dog holding the local newspaper. I was also as a fan of how the horse theme was prevalent throughout the
park. Oh, aside from the 26 luxury boxes there are also 2 party suites and 2 picnic areas. One of them called the Stable complete
with horse next to it.
Applebee's Park seems to me will be remembered by me as a park
built during the Minor League boom period. A revenue generating park when there was a lot of revenue to go around. They draw
pretty good crowds here, finishing in the top 25% of the SAL attendance annually, making a trip the Lexington one that will
be spent with a lot of other fans. Aside from the scoreboard and the guy at the hand operated board yelling the whole game,
little will be remember about this park.
The Line Ups
Hickory Crawdads Manager :::
# 18 Gary
Green
Lexington Legends Manager :::
# Gregg Langbehn
HICKORY CRAWDADS
12 Keanon Simon cf
31 Austin McClune rf
28
Matt Hague 3b
27 Eric Huber dh
26 Tom Hagen 1b
7 Greg Picart 2b
29 Joe Munoz lf
13 Silvio Pena ss
46 Aeden
McQueary c
15 Michael Felix p
33 Victor Igsema LP
LEXINGTON LEGENDS
2 Craig Corrado 2b
7 Chris Jackson 3b
33 Eric
Taylor dh
45 Brian Pellegrini lf
15 Kyle Miller 1b
18 Brandon Barnes cf
41 Russell Dixon rf
13 Julian Hanson
c
8 Cat Everett ss
21 Jeff Icenogle p
31 Jose Duran WP
CRAWDADS 000 001 000
1 4 1
LEGENDS 000 001 001 2
8 1
TIME ::: 2:40
ATTENDANCE ::: 3,632
WEATHER :::
91 CLEAR, SLIGHT BREEZE
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