Stadium Review: Firestone Stadium Home of the NPF?s Akron Racers

Image via Wikipedia Firestone Stadium is currently the home of the Akron Racers women?s softball team of the professional league called National Pro Fastpitch. While it may be serving the teams that play with the larger balls and shorter base paths today, there was a time when the stadium played home to some of the greatest to ever step on a baseball diamond. The stadium is named for the rubber giant who was centered in Akron, Ohio and is located just outside the grounds of their main factory on the outskirts of downtown. This past season marked the tenth anniversary of professional fastpitch softball being played at the stadium. In addition to being a stadium, the structure also houses the Summit County Softball Hall of Fame. The Hall has plaques, relatively similar to what baseball players get in Cooperstown, on the wall of the great male and female softball players throughout the years. A few of the most interesting items that can be found in the Hall of Fame are origi...