York Revolution Baseball

Add another stadium to the list. Sovereign Bank Stadium in York, Pa. is the home of the independent Atlantic League York Revolution. (hollered as "rev-a-lu-SHUN!"). The entrance to the stadium is named for former Baltimore Oriole and Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson whose professional baseball career started with the York White Roses in 1955 at the age of 18, his contract was later sold to the Orioles. A statue out front shows Brooks signing autographs for some children. I was offered skybox tickets to York just a day after going to an Orioles game. Heck yeah I went. All you can eat and drink and padded seats, heck yeah I went. The stadium, built just a couple years after Lancaster built theirs, is very similar, open concourse, outfield lawn seats and right and left field seat turned to face home plate. the Rev's played the Newark Bears this night, eventually losing in the 11th inning. The independent leagues seem to be full of washed up big leaguers and never been minor leaguers. York was managed by Chris Hoiles, former Oriole catcher and Newark's skipper was Tim "the Rock" Raines, Sr. York was mascoted by that blue and green thing, Downtown. One characteristic of the park is the green wall in left field, known as the Arch Nemesis, it is the tallest wall in baseball at 37 feet 8 inches. More on the game later.