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Waterloo had been familiar with the
game of baseball for over ninety years until 1994 when the,
then, Waterloo Diamonds packed and left. A year of no baseball
in Waterloo went by before the Bucks began play in 1995.
The Bucks moved into
historic Riverfront Stadium that had housed five different minor
league clubs since its inception in 1946. Seating capacity is
5,000, with the distances being 335 down the left and right
field lines, 360 to the gaps and 390 feet to center field.
Success has been the name of
the game for the Waterloo Bucks in the Northwoods League. From
1996 to 2002, the Bucks made seven consecutive post-season
appearances and won two NWL Titles go along with back-to-back
60,000+ crowds at Riverfront Stadium in 2001 and 2002. |