This week in history: West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium opens
By Michelle Quigley
The Milwaukee (later Atlanta) Braves played their first spring training game at the new West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium on March 9, 1963. The Kansas City Athletics, featuring local boys Haywood Sullivan and Dick Howser, defeated the Braves 3-0. Warren Spahn was the losing pitcher.
The stadium was demolished in 1999. (1968 Palm Beach Post file photo)
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Posted in Flashback blog March 8, 2010 at 9:22 am. Add a comment
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