Long before "Cashman Field II" became home to the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s, Cashman
Field I was serving as the home to professional baseball and the Class C "Las
Vegas Wranglers". Cashman Field I was indeed located on the same grounds as the
current Cashman Field II and was built into a bowl in much the same fashion that
the current ballpark does. The Original Cashman Field I however, was far
less conventional of a baseball park. The main grandstand which ran along the
1st baseline (and not behind the plate), was a massive but simple concrete structure
and ran all the way to the right field foul pole. The areas behind home
plate and along the 3rd base lines however, was just the opposite… 3-5 rows deep
and barely held enough people to be designated an actual seating area. Cashman
Field was really a football stadium and was built like one, but would be the
site of all professional baseball in Las Vegas for 7 non-consecutive years from
1948 until 1958. |