Bowman Field, Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Bowman Field housed Williamsport teams in the Class B and A New York-Pennsylvania League and the Class A and AA Eastern League. Currently the home of the Williamsport Crosscutters of the short season Class A New York-Penn League. Photographs taken 1986, 1987, 1991, 2000, 2006 & 2007.

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Views of the stadium exterior:

• 1986.
• 1991.
• Current Bowman Field exterior. (Remodeled in 2000)
• Flood control berm protects stadium (lower left) from Lycoming Creek.
• Stadium side of the flood control berm.
• Sign added in 2006.

Spring 1986; no professional baseball at the time:

• Stadium from beyond the left field fence.
• Note the light tower in the left field foul area.
• First base wooden bleachers.

1987 - 1991, Williamsport in the Class AA Eastern League:

• A ball hit into the stockade fence support area was ruled out of play.
• Concession area in 1987.
• In 1987, the box seats were folding chairs. Note the small pressbox.
• Bowman Field sign.
• Ticket window.
• Main concessions area, 1991.
• Bleacher area concessions.
• Left field picnic area in 1991.
• Commemorating the "Great Potato Caper".
• The game's lineups....
• ...and the current standings.
• Radio play-by-play was done right in the stands.
• The grandstand.
• The grandstand from right field bullpen area.
• The dugouts weren't fancy.
• Storage area under the grandstand.
• Visiting team bus next to the visitor's clubhouse.
• Albany-Colonie Yankees relaxing before a game.
• A nice turnout for this game.

1994 - Present, in the New York-Penn League:

• Bowman Field sign.
• Ticket windows.
• The main gate.
• Concourse area.
• Players sign autographs before the game.
• View toward the first base side of the grandstand.
• View toward the third base side of the grandstand.
• The playing field.
• Looking down the first base line.
• First base bleachers.
• Home team bullpen is in the right field corner.
• Looking down the third base line.
• Picnic deck on the left field side.
• The outfield backdrop is a residential area.
• Scoreboard in right field.
• Concessions area.
• Under the lights, 2000.
• Historic marker sign.
• Another nice turnout.

Field views - college game, April 2007:

• The playing field.
• Left field.
• Right field.

The Great Potato Caper of 1987:

• The participants.
• The story.

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