Before this area was developed, it served as the home field of Urbanna's semi-pro baseball team. Alvin G. Loving bought the land in the 1930s and built a baseball field with stands and removable canvas outfield walls. Urbanna played teams from Norfolk, Newport News, West Point, Gloucester, Mathews, Cobbs Creek, Warsaw, and Deltaville, and barnstorming major league players also came to town to play. Bud Metheny of the New York Yankees, who played in two World Series, once played on the town field. The team drew loyal and dedicated fans, including Tangier Island's Sol Shores, who ran Saturday fishing parties but promised customers he would return for the first pitch when Urbanna played. One of the last games at the park was on October 5, 1947, when Urbanna hired Cleveland Indians pitcher Allen Gettel and Deltaville hired Boston Braves pitcher Jim Trexler and catcher Monk Burk. Darkness ended the game in a 1-1 tie, and the local Southside Sentinel praised it above the World Series.