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Joe Devine Airway Park was a minor league baseball stadium in the western United States, located in Boise, Idaho. Opened in 1939, the ballpark was the home of Boise's teams (Pilots, Yankees, Braves) in the Class C Pioneer League, which briefly moved to Class A in 1963, the final year of the Braves and the ballpark.〔(DigitalBallparks.com )〕 Originally "Airway Park," it was the home of the Boise Pilots and was a few blocks east of Boise's airport, then located at the present-day campus of Boise State University. When the New York Yankees moved their affiliate from Twin Falls to Boise after the 1951 season, the ballpark was renamed in March 1952, to honor the late Joe Devine (1892–1951), a talented New York Yankees scout in the West who had played for the Boise Irrigators of the Union Association.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://parks.cityofboise.org/media/984516/AirwayParkFramed.pdf )〕 The Milwaukee Braves became the parent club in 1955 and it was renamed "Braves Field." Boise's last season in the Pioneer League was in 1963; the stadium was soon razed and the site became the headquarters of the state fish & game department. The elevation of the natural grass field was approximately above sea level, and it was aligned to the southeast; recommended alignment is east-northeast.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Major League Baseball )〕 The Pioneer League became a rookie league, and in the Treasure Valley it shifted west to Caldwell with the Caldwell Cubs from 1964 through 1971 at Simplot Stadium. The minor leagues briefly returned to Boise in 1975 and 1976 with the Boise A's of the short season Northwest League at Borah Field (today's Bill Wigle Field). The independent Buckskins existed for one unsuccessful season in 1978, and the Hawks arrived after the 1986 season from the Tri-Cities. After two years at Wigle Field, the Hawks moved to the new Memorial Stadium in northwest Boise , at the start of the 1989 season. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Devine Airway Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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