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  • Section 20 at Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January...

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    Section 20 at Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Signage from the Family Section at Tinker Field in Orlando,...

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    Signage from the Family Section at Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Years of peeling paint and rotting wood remain as seats...

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    Years of peeling paint and rotting wood remain as seats in the grandstands Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary...

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    Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary...

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    Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Years of peeling paint and rotting wood remain as seats...

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    Years of peeling paint and rotting wood remain as seats in the grandstands Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Confetti remains mixed with leaves and debris in the dugout...

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    Confetti remains mixed with leaves and debris in the dugout of Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Orlando Rays insignia at Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday,...

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    Orlando Rays insignia at Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary...

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    Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Years of peeling paint and rotting wood remain as seats...

    Gary W. Green / Orlando Sentinel

    Years of peeling paint and rotting wood remain as seats in the grandstands Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • The remaining home plate is removed from Tinker Field in...

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    The remaining home plate is removed from Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary...

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    Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary...

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    Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary...

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    Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Years of paint peel away from the grandstand seats at...

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    Years of paint peel away from the grandstand seats at Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • The left field wall at 340' from home plate at...

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    The left field wall at 340' from home plate at Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary...

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    Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary...

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    Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • "Vowels for Success" is posted in the lockerroom at Tinker...

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    "Vowels for Success" is posted in the lockerroom at Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • The pitcher's rubber from the mound at Tinker Field in...

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    The pitcher's rubber from the mound at Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary...

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    Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Home plate in the bullpen at Tinker Field in Orlando,...

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    Home plate in the bullpen at Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • The remaining home plate is removed from Tinker Field in...

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    The remaining home plate is removed from Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Seat 26 in the grandstands at Tinker Field in Orlando,...

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    Seat 26 in the grandstands at Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

  • Years of paint peel away from the grandstand seats at...

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    Years of paint peel away from the grandstand seats at Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

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Orlando’s Tinker Field holds decades of history in the peeling paint and rotting wood of grandstands that once surrounded some of baseball greatest legends.