Post 22 says no to Olympic softball team

By Kevin Woster, Journal staff | Friday, February 01, 2008

Last fall, the U.S. women's Olympic softball team appeared to be headed for Rapid City's Fitzgerald Stadium for a stop on its 2008 cross-country exhibition tour.

Rapid City area softball supporters had hit a home run in scheduling a July 15 exhibition game -- a star-studded softball event expected to draw thousands of spectators.

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But the Olympic team hit a detour when officials for the Post 22 American Legion baseball program objected to a request by Mayor Alan Hanks to use the city owned stadium for the exhibition game.

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