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A commemorative plaque marks the location of the fort's powder magazine. Prospect Bluff Historic Sites (until 2016 known as Fort Gadsden Historic Site, and sometimes written as Fort Gadsden Historic Memorial) [4] is located in Franklin County, Florida, on the Apalachicola River, 6 miles (9.7 km) SW of Sumatra, Florida.
The following is a list of current and former Major League Baseball spring training cities. Some Toronto Blue Jays regular-season home games for 2021 were played in TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida. Current cities
Ed Smith Stadium was built in 1989 to replace Payne Park as a Spring Training and Minor League Baseball site. It is named for the Sarasota civic leader who was instrumental in getting the new stadium built. [1] It was formerly the spring home of the Chicago White Sox (1989–1997) and the Baltimore Orioles (1991).
Prior to 2021, the team was known as the Gulf Coast League Phillies. The team plays its home games at the Carpenter Complex , in Clearwater, Florida . The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball as either draftees or non-drafted free agents from the United States , Canada , Dominican Republic ...
It consisted of a baseball field and a set of wooden bleachers. The present day grandstand and press box were built in 1962. [3] It is the home of the Daytona Tortugas and the Bethune–Cookman Wildcats. The Daytona Tortugas were founded in 1993. They have won six Florida State League championships, 1994, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2011, and 2013.
The team traces its history to the earliest days of complex-based baseball, in reference to major-league teams' spring training complexes. Initially based in Sarasota, Florida, the team was a member of the short-lived Sarasota Rookie League (1964) and Florida Rookie League (1965), and was a charter club in the Gulf Coast League when it was formed in 1966.
The team first entered the Gulf Coast League (GCL) in 1984, and has competed continuously since then. The team was based in Kissimmee, Florida, during 1992–1993 and Melbourne, Florida, during 1994–2001. The team has won multiple division titles, but has yet to capture a league championship.
As recently as 2006, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake centered about 260 miles (420 km) southwest of Tampa and west of Fort Myers in the Gulf of Mexico sent shock waves through southwest and central Florida. The earthquake was too small to trigger a tsunami and no damage was reported. Minor shaking was felt in Southwest Florida.