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In 1951, local auto dealer Claude "Shorty" Miles (1887â1968) worked behind the scenes to help get a new baseball park built in
Medford because of his unbridled passion for the sport. A suspicious fire destroyed the structure in early July, but it was quickly rebuilt. Originally known as
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