The old ballpark shows her age with every passing winter.
It sits in a pristine spot, west of the Arkansas River, with a spectacular view of Wichita's changing downtown. It is a treasure in this community, which is why we can never, ever ignore her.
Lawrence-Dumont Stadium is up there in years and needs our love and attention. And even though affiliated professional baseball pulled up roots and left for Arkansas, replaced by an independent league franchise nobody knows a lot about, the stadium's place in the city remains the same.
Wichita would not be the same without a robust and attractive Lawrence-Dumont.
I don't know how the Wingnuts, Wichita's venture into independent baseball, will do. There are so many unknowns. Right out of the chute, I wonder how the Wingnuts can charge 99 cents more for a ticket than the Wranglers and do really well at the box office considering that the Wranglers never really caught on with a better quality of baseball.
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