Tag: Wahconah Park

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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Pittsfield Colonials Can-Am League Baseball

Pittsfield Colonials

December 8, 2013

Can-Am League (2010-2011) Born: 2010 – The American Defenders of New Hampshire relocate to Pittsfield, MA Folded: October 4, 2011 First Game: May 27, 2011

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1985 Pittsfield Cubs baseball program from the Eastern League

Pittsfield Cubs

September 25, 2013

The Pittsfield Cubs were the Class AA farm club of the Chicago Cubs for four seasons between 1985 and 1988.  The arrival of the Cubs marked the return of pro baseball to historic Wahconah Park for the first time since the Berkshire Brewers departed after the 1976 season. Future stars Mark Grace, Jamie Moyer and Rafael Palmeiro all played in Pittsfield during the Cubs era.

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1976 Berkshire Brewers baseball program from the Eastern League

Berkshire Brewers

June 5, 2013

The Berkshire Brewers were the last in a string of Class AA Eastern League baseball clubs that made their home at historic Wahconah Park in Pittsfield, Massachusetts between 1965 and 1976.   The Brewers followed the Pittsfield Red Sox (1965-1969), Pittsfield Senators (1970-1971) and Pittsfield Rangers (1972-1975).

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