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On Monday, April 5, 1943, the New York Yankees played the Fort Hancock baseball team on this field. While future Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio and Phil Rizzuto were serving in the Armed Forces, other Yankees, including Joe Gordon and Bill Dickey, played and helped boost the nation’s morale. The Fort Hancock team was made up of soldiers, and the Yankees, led by manager Joe McCarthy, faced some of the fort’s finest athletes. Despite the hometown team’s best efforts, the visiting Yankees won 7 to 2, and six months later they went on to win the World Series.
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