I Live In The Wrong Greenville

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For those that don’t know, I live in Greenville, TX. I was born and raised here and it certainly holds a special place in by heart, but let’s face it, it is not one of the prettier places on earth. Now Greenville, South Carolina is a different story. We played there a few days ago and I had know idea how awesome this town is. There is a waterfall right in the middle of downtown that is gorgeous! Not to mention that downtown itself is awesome with or without the waterfall.

But what made this place majestic was its minor league baseball park. Home of the Greenville Drive. Man I was in heaven! They just built a new stadium to look like a little Fenway park. My dream in life is to have a minor league team in my hometown with a killer ballpark, so I was going nuts at this stadium. A guy in the front office was kind enough to let us check out the whole place. It was a good day.

So if anyone reads this and has several million to blow on a minor league team, give me a shout.

-bart

Posted in Bart on February 19, 2008 by

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  • http://adamriggins.com adam

    I have been a few times, and I agree. It is a nice town. Did you by any chance eat at Sticky Fingers BBQ? I know those restaurants are in other locations, but last time I went to Greenville, I ate there, and it was amazing.

  • http://www.myspace.com/agrl4god80 Sandi

    hmmm, the Greenville, TX A’s…has a nice ring…if I had the money, I’d be in!!!!!!! :)

  • http://www.aggiegirl2007.blogspot.com Amanda

    Bart, did you know that Greenville used to have a minor league team? There is still a little bit of rubble from the field downtown.(By where everyone learns to parallel park in driver’s ed…you probably know where that is…I forget the street name.) They were called the Greenville Majors. Apparently they beat the NY Yankees in an exhibition game, and were pretty good in general…It would be nice to have a minor league team in G-ville. Especially if the park got to look like Fenway…Who doesn’t love the Red Sox??

  • http://myspace.com/danielcrowe Daniel Crowe

    thats my town bart! thanks for the nice comments ;-)

  • http://socompletely.wordpress.com ali

    A baseball park in G’ville, Tx? Sounds like a good idea to me! Although my sister living there should be reason enough for anybody to love that town!

  • jimmy gill

    I grew up in Greenville, Texas, and it is the best town in the country to call one’s hometown! I used to actually walk to Majors Stadium (which I could see—and hear crowd noise from) from my house. They were in the Big State League in most of those days and were indeed a Yankee farm club. We played teams such as the Ponca City Cubs, the Sherman-Denison Twins, and a host of other clubs. Later we were members of other leagues; and one of my memories is of the day Greenville was out of minor league baseball (probably sometime in the late 50′s). I used to attend most of the games and was a Knothole Gang member. KGVL radio even used to do transcriptions and play-by-play recreations of road games; and it was wonderful!!! I’m sure that one can still see remnants of old Majors Stadium on the east side of town and realize that some of the greats once played ball there—including some New York Yankees of the glory years! Greenville is also known as the place which had the biggest inland cotton compress in the world; and it is known for its unique sign which greeted those who entered Greenville’s Lee Street from the west! Check all of this out now and see all about how special Greenville, Texas, is! It is certainly the best GREENVILLE in the world—no exceptions!!! Forget those other imposters! Ha! Today I live in Euless, Texas, which has some of the characteristics of Greenville—including some of the friendliest and warmest people in the world. But Euless does not have claim to ever having had a minor league, Yankee-affiliated ball club. Instead, just five minutes down Hwy. 157 one can find the home park of the Texas Rangers—as well as the new Cowboy Stadium. If anyone has any questions about the best Greenville in the world, just let me know: I’m somewhat an expert on that wonderful town! Hallelujah!!! And AMEN!!! Jimmy Gill