Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig Statues - Katy Ballpark (wiffle ball field) - Home of the Magnolia Silos - Waco, Texas

Waco, Texas’ history with the game of baseball is unexpectedly rich, and the Magnolia Silos, specifically, are home to special ground in connection to that history. From 1905 to 1956, Waco was alive with the thrill of minor league baseball where the Silos grounds now stand. Katy Park was originally the home field of the Waco Cubs, a minor league team that played against legends like Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. In 1930, the Cubs left Waco due to the Great Depression. Almost two decades later in 1948, the team returned to Katy Park—this time as the Waco Pirates. Just five years after that, the infamous Waco tornado ripped through the city, leaving the ballpark (and much of the city) in ruins. In 1956, the Pirates played their last game in Waco, ending the season with a record of 78 wins and 62 losses and finishing third in the Big State League, which folded shortly thereafter. The park was razed as a parking lot in 1965, where it sat mostly vacant for over 50 years before it caught the attention of Chip and Joanna Gaines.

In 2020, they announced an expansion plan for the Silos grounds. Once home to just Magnolia Market and the Silos, this new 5.4 acre footprint would include a newly-renovated historic church and six lifestyle retail shops, all curated by Jo, and last but not least—a Wiffle ball field. As it turned out, the Silos happened to be located on the same block that Katy Park once was. In an effort to pay homage to that history, Chip and Jo chose to include a smaller version of the field on the Silos grounds. They named it Katy Ballpark. Today, Katy Ballpark’s home plate at the Silos sits in exactly the same place as the one at Katy Park.

The original Katy Park had its fair share of historic moments—including playing host to baseball legends Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. In fact, when Babe Ruth’s New York Yankees arrived in Waco in April 1929 to play the Cubs, crowds exceeded the park’s 4,000-seat capacity, leaving standing room only. Ruth hit a line drive double straight into the crowd that afternoon. To honor Babe and Lou, Chip commissioned statues from artist Scott Rogers to sit in the stands and watch as new legends take the field (as seen in the photograph above).

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

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Taken on: April 30, 2024

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Camera: Nikon D7200, f/9.0, 18mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7200
Aperture:	f/9.0
Focal Length:	18mm
ISO:	200
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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