![]() |
||
| Greenville area info | Memo-News | Area photos | Art news History | Outdoor-indoor | Pets & animals | Links | Home | E-mail
This is the front page of GreenvilleSouth.com's Joe pages ---Items of interest will be posted to this page as time goes by and as news breaks here in Greenville, Joe's hometown
April 2006, Greenville SC --- Joe's house moves to a new location beside the new baseball field in downtown Greenville. The new ball park is called West End Field, but that might change if a sponsor buys naming rights. Read a newspaper story published by the Greenville News about the opening of the baseball stadium and the figure of Shoeless Joe making an appearace. Photos of Joe's house before and after the move will be posted here soon, so please visit again. About the Shoeless Joe Jackson sculpture (statue) Greenville SC --- The Shoeless Joe Jackson memorial sculpture, which stands in downtown Greenville, was created first in clay by Greenville sculptor Doug Young in the lobby of Greenville City Hall where the public could watch its progress from the beginning. The work took many months. Photos of the statue during and after its sculptural process follow this page. Please read on. About the Shoeless Joe Jackson Memorial Ball Park This is a photo of the brick gateway that leads ...to the restrooms? That's a strange place to put the plaque, I thought. Anyway, the plate has the following message: Joseph Jefferson Wofford Jackson: Shoeless Joe Jackson never had to say it wasn't so, for the people who knew him best never questioned his integrity. Textile Baseball - The industrial cotton mills were chiefly responsible for the south's recovery from The Civil War. Collectively, the mills brought the "true grit" American working class together. The timeless competitive spirit of work and play, from scratch to scrap teams, evolved into a baseball era of unyielding desire, aspiration, and anticipation to excel. Textile baseball produced many great legendary ball players. Mill workers by the thousands once swarmed out of drudgery when the whistles blew on Saturday afternoons, to their village ballparks to enjoy the thrill of America's favorite pastime - baseball. For the best up-to-date coverage of news about Shoeless Joe, remember to visit Shoeless Joe Jackson's Virtual Hall of Fame at www.blackbetsy.com. Below: Map showing location of the Memorial Ball Park.
The Shoeless Joe Jackson Memorial Park is approximately 2 1/2 miles from downtown Greenville. Take Academy Street out of downtown and continue over Pendleton Street where Academy St. becomes Easley Bridge Road. Continue straight until you see a small community church (formerly known as Judson Baptist Church). Look for West Avenue, directly across from the church. Take West Avenue and it will lead you to the ballpark. Main menu sections of this website Back to the List of other Greenville Area Photos Greenville area info | Memo-News | Area photos Email Privacy Policy: Your e-mail is encouraged and welcomed and your privacy is important. This Web site is maintained by one person and your e-mail goes to that individual only. Your e-mail address is not traded, sold, or offered in any way to anyone. You will not receive junk e-mail from this Web site, So fire away. Photos: © 2006 greenvillesouth.com --gs
|
||