Tag: Bill Gladstone

Illustration of pitcher Tom Seaver on the cover of a 1992 Pittsfield Mets baseball program from the New York-Penn League

Pittsfield Mets

February 15, 2021

New York-Penn League (1989-2000) Born: January 14, 1989 – The Little Falls Mets relocate to Pittsfield, MA Affiliation Change: October 1, 2000 (Pittsfield Astros) First

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2001 Pittsfield Astros baseball program from the New York-Penn League

Pittsfield Astros

February 3, 2014

Longtime Pittsfield Mets owner Bill Gladstone went looking for city help to modernize ancient Wahconah Park in the late 1990’s and came up empty.  But just over the border in Troy, New York Gladstone found political partners willing to build a new $12 million ballpark for his Class A New York-Penn League ball club that would be ready in time for the 2002 season. By the time Gladstone signed a new Major League affiliation agreement with the Houston Astros in October 2000, the plan to relocate to Troy was already in place.  So the newly re-named Pittsfield Astros were a lame duck operation by design, destined to spend only one summer in Pittsfield before moving on to greener pastures.

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