Filin wasa na Tim McCarver

 

Filin wasa na Tim McCarver filin wasa ne na Minor League Baseball da ke Memphis, Tennessee, a filin Mid-South Fairgrounds. An fi amfani da shi don wasan baseball kuma shine wurin wasan Memphis Blues (1968–1976), Memphis Chicks (1978–1997), da Memphis Redbirds (1998–1999). An buɗe filin wasa a matsayin madadin Russwood Park, wanda ya ɗauki nauyin tsoffin ƙungiyoyin ƙananan ƙungiyoyi na birnin. An rufe wurin a ƙarshen kakar wasan ƙwallon baseball ta 1999 kuma ya kasance babu kowa na tsawon shekaru shida har sai da aka rushe shi a 2005.

Asalin sunan sa Fairgrounds Diamond #3 ne, kuma ya kasance filin wasa na American Legion ga tsoffin sojojin Amurka tun daga shekarar 1963. A shekarar 1967, an mayar da lu'u-lu'u zuwa filin wasa don ɗaukar nauyin Memphis Blues. Ƙungiyar ta fara wasa a gasar Texas League a shekarar 1968 amma ta koma gasar International League a shekarar 1974. An sanya mata suna Blues Stadium, filin wasan ya karbi bakuncin ƙungiyar a tsawon kakar wasa ta 1976, bayan haka ƙungiyar ta koma Charleston, West Virginia, a matsayin Charleston Charlies . Bayan kakar wasa ba tare da ƙungiya ba, an kafa Memphis Chicks a matsayin membobin ƙungiyar Southern League a shekarar 1978. A watan Oktoban 1977, ƙungiyar ta canza sunan filin wasan zuwa Tim McCarver Stadium bayan Tim McCarver, ɗan asalin Memphis. Ana yi wa lakabi da Timmy Mac da Chicks Park, filin wasan ya karbi bakuncin Chicks tun daga lokacin da aka fara gasar har zuwa lokacin da suka koma Jackson sannan suka zama West Tenn Diamond Jaxx a shekarar 1998. Bayan tafiyar Chicks, Memphis Redbirds sun yi wasa a filin wasa na tsufa na tsawon shekaru biyu yayin da aka gina sabon filin wasa. Redbirds sun tafi bayan kakar wasa ta 1999 don sabon AutoZone Park .

A tsakiyar kakar wasa ta 36 da filin wasan ya yi, McCarver ya ga ana amfani da shi lokaci-lokaci a matsayin wurin wasan ƙwallon baseball na kwaleji, gasar ƙwallon baseball ta 'yan ƙasa da shekara 18, da kuma wasannin ƙwallon softball. Wurin ne aka yi wasanni biyu na ƙananan 'yan wasa da kuma 'yan wasa goma sha ɗaya da ba su buga wasa ba .

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Ba a taɓa yin bugun ba

  Filin wasa na Tim McCarver shine wurin da 'yan wasa goma sha ɗaya ba su buga ba . Na farko ya faru ne a ranar 24 ga Mayu, 1968, lokacin da Bob Watkins na Dallas–Fort Worth Spurs da suka ziyarci Dallas, ya jefa ƙwallon da ba ta buga ba, inda ya ci 2-0 a kan Blues. A wani lamari mai ban mamaki, ɗan wasa na biyu ba ya buga ba ya buga ba ya buga ba ya buga ba ya buga ba, inda ya ci 2-0 a kan Blues. Na uku, wanda ya ci 1-0 a kan Albuquerque Dodgers, Steve Renko na Memphis ne ya jefa a ranar 21 ga Yuli, 1968. A ranar 20 ga Afrilu, 1969, Les Rohr ya jefa ƙwallon da ba ta buga ba a kan San Antonio Missions a wasa na biyu na ɗan wasa mai buga doubleheader bakwai, inda ya ci 8-0. A ranar 13 ga Mayu, 1972, Bob Forsch bai buga wa Blues wasa ba a cikin innings bakwai yayin da Arkansas Travelers suka doke Memphis, 4-0. A ranar 30 ga Mayu, 1976, mai bugun Charleston Charlies Rick Langford ya jefa kwallo tara a raga, inda ya yi nasara da ci 11-0. Mutane da yawa sun yi imanin cewa Langford ya sha kashi a wasan da ba a buga ba a zagaye na shida saboda wasan da ya kunshi dan wasan tsakiya na Charles Craig Reynolds yana gaggawar jefa kwallo wanda ya fitar da dan wasan tsakiya na farko daga cikin jakar. Duk da cewa an fara yanke hukuncin cewa bugun ne, maki na akwatin ya nuna cewa an rubuta shi a matsayin kuskure .

A ranar 20 ga Agusta, 1978, Mike Finlayson na Chicks ya jefa ƙwallon da ba ta kai hari ba a wasan farko na ɗan wasan tsakiya mai kai biyu a kan Montgomery Rebels . A ranar 2 ga Yuli, 1986, Mitch McKelvey bai kai hari ba a Columbus Astros a wasan da Memphis ta doke su da ci 16-0. A ranar 8 ga Agusta, 1993, Rodney Myers ya jefa ƙwallon da ba ta kai hari ba a wasan da suka doke Knoxville Smokies da ci 3-0. A ranar 8 ga Agusta, 1995, Luis Andújar ya jefa ƙwallon da ba ta kai hari ba a kan Memphis da ci 9-inches, yayin da Birmingham Barons ta doke Chicks da ci 1-0. Wasan ƙarshe da babu bugun ƙwallo a filin wasa ya faru ne a ranar 14 ga Afrilu, 1997, lokacin da Ryan Franklin, Scott Simmons, da David Holdridge suka haɗu suka yi rashin nasara a kan Chattanooga Lookouts a wasan da suka yi nasara da ci 4-0.