US EditionAt Capitol and Stillwater, a swing to commemorate baseball history
- St. Paul's Pillbox, also called Down Town Ballpark, was located at 12th and Robert streets and built in 1903.
- Interest in commemorating the Pillbox arose partly from a statue removal after George Floyd's murder in 2020.
- The Pillbox hosted the 1909 Black baseball championship and was a square stadium without outfield seating.
- Thornley recalled, "You could see the Capitol being built, and behind the center field corner was Central Park."
- The CAAPB will consider history and public opinion when deciding on a Pillbox commemorative spot on Capitol grounds.
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At Capitol and Stillwater, a swing to commemorate baseball history
Stew Thornley has been involved with baseball since his childhood growing up in the shadow of the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus, where his mother taught library sciences. While playing at Marshall High, Thornley was the bat boy for some of Dick Siebert’s Big Ten-winning Gophers baseball teams. He has written more than 20 books on baseball, mostly about the game’s presence in Minnesota, and since 2007 has been an official scorer fo…
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