The Hank... In the spring of 2016 I spent the better part of a week in Mobile, Alabama covering the Mobile BayBears, which at the time was a minor league team in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. The team and the organization were awesome to work with and I loved getting to take pics all around the ballpark named after Major League Baseball's home run king (1974-2007) and Mobile native Hank Aaron. The stadium opened in 1997 and has capacity seating for 6,000, The Hank is unique in that the luxury suites are at field level. Thus, infield seating for the general public is elevated from the field by approximately 20 feet. I just found out the BayBears played their last season at The Hank. In November 2017, BayBears owners Michael Savit and HWS Group, closed on the sale of the team to BallCorps LLC. The team is relocating to a newly built ballpark in Madison, Alabama in 2020, where they will be called the Rocket City Trash Pandas (apparently the name is a reference to both the area's association with the space industry and the determination and ingenuity of raccoons). I don’t know what will become of Hank Aaron Stadium. They say there’s no crying in baseball. As cool as this piece of baseball history is, you can’t keep it open on just sentimentality and a love for the game. I get it. It’s a business. I would just hate to see it torn down because there’s no other sports team interested in coming there to keep the gates open. For 22 years it was home to a baseball team. I’m glad I captured some moments from its storied history. Here are a just a few of the many I took that week. . . . . @cyndichamberssports @mobile_baybears #thehank #baseball @milb @mlb #teamcanon #mobilealabama #mobilebaybears #minorleaguebaseball #hammerinhank #throwbackthursday #cyndichamberssports 🤙 (at Hank Aaron Stadium) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2DjZCUlz4y/?igshid=7al0eyys643c