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==Professional baseball==
[[Image:BabeRuthLegionField.jpg|Babe Ruth at Legion Field|thumb|right|220px|Babe Ruth at Legion Field in 1929]]
In 1913, the Cleveland Naps (a predecessor of today's Cleveland Indians) held its spring training at the park.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32183998/cleveland_naps_maxent_park/ "Naps Pleased with Maxent Park Grounds"]. ''The Pensacola Journal''. February 25, 1913. p. 1. Retrieved June 2, 2019 – via [[Wikipedia:Newspapers.com|Newspapers.com]]</ref> Professional baseball came to Pensacola for the first time the same year, with the [[Pensacola Snappers]] entering play with the [[Wikipedia:Cotton States League|Cotton States League]]. However, the league folded at the end of the year and the team disbanded after only one season.
On [[March 31]], [[1929]], the [[Wikipedia:New York Yankees|New York Yankees]] — including star players [[Wikipedia:Babe Ruth|Babe Ruth]] and [[Wikipedia:Lou Gehrig|Lou Gehrig]] — played the Fliers as part of a spring training tour of the South. More than 3,000 fans turned out for the game, which the Yankees won 12-2.
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