Fans who turned out for Saturday’s double-header baseball games between Sul Ross State University and Hardin-Simmons got an extra treat between the games.
A mint-condition car whose history goes back to a year before Kokernot Field was inaugurated appeared behind home plate and drove around the field, at one point carrying a standout Lobo player who participated in the first game at the park in 1949.
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