Playbook's Stadium 50 -- Significant moments in North American stadium history

Crosley Field
Crosley Field, 1935
The first night game in baseball history.
Fifty-six years after Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, the Reds ushered in a new era by installing lights and playing the first night game in baseball history. The next day, columnists around the country complained that ballgames were lasting too long for kids to listen to on the radio.
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