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PHOENIX MUNICIPAL STADIUM

No# (same as S-56969 (yellow title)

Oakland Athletics (MLB) (spring training) (1984-present) Phoenix Desert Dogs (AFL) (1992-present) Phoenix Firebirds (PCL) (1962-1991, 1997) San Francisco Giants (MLB) (spring training) (1964)

Phoenix Municipal Stadium, built in 1964, is the spring training home of the Oakland Athletics and is one of two Spring Training facilities run by the City of Phoenix.

The first spring training game was played on March 8, 1964 in which the Giants beat Cleveland, 6 to 2. Willie Mays hit the first home run at the park, in front of a crowd of 8,582.

The stadium hosted the Phoenix Firebirds until 1992 when Scottsdale Stadium was opened. The stadium has also hosted Arizona Fall League games during the fall. Currently, it hosts the home games of the Phoenix Desert Dogs. The Arizona Diamondbacks rookie league games were also played in the stadium during their first year in the minor-league level Arizona League. Several of the Arizona high school baseball championships are played there in early May.

Used (1968) 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" standard size chrome postcard.

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