April 9, 2002: The Toledo Mud Hens minor-league baseball team plays its first game at the new, 10,300-capacity Fifth Third Field in downtown. Because of the team’s quality and long history (playing as the Mud Hens since 1896), and because of the urban setting, it consistently draws over 500,000 fans in a season – a fantastic amount for the minors. Newsweek named Fifth Third Field the best minor-league park
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