The Em's have played baseball in Civic Stadium since 1969 and it seems 2009 will be their last. As Emeralds manager, Greg Riddoch says, "It's a great place to play and the fans are the best in the league, but the old girl is a little tired." In Eugene, Civic Stadium and the Ems have been part of life for several generations of fans and this bittersweet farewell season has a very special meaning.

This film is a tribute to all those fans and the many young men who have come to Eugene to begin their baseball career and some who have played here and gone all the way to the Hall of Fame. The film also looks at whether a facility built in 1938 and one of the 10 oldest minor-league ballparks in the nation, should be preserved and what cost to the citizens. But mostly this film is about baseball, that oldest of American sporting traditions. Those warm summer evenings watching players in uniforms that haven't changed much in 150 years, while they hit and field and we hope for a Ems victory

* Please note the dvd is also available for local pickup at Tsunami Books in Eugene
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