Today was baseball field number 350 and the game was rained out. When we arrived at Satchel Paige Memorial Stadium about 12:30pm with a 1:05pm start there was no one at the stadium. Jim checked the team website and saw that the game had been cancelled because of the weather. We couldn't see into the stadium as it sits down below street level. We drove around to a parking lot outside of left field where he was able to take the pictures. It was starting to sprinkle as you can see from the raindrop on the lens in the first picture. He returned to the car and the skies unloaded. The street drains were unable to handle the downpour. Looking back at the Hormingas' schedule there had been six rainouts through today's game. The infield had large puddles before the storm. It appeared that no tarps were available for covering the infield. As can be seen from the Google aerial photo the baseball field has a very short right field fence about 260 feet and the left field fence is at 340 feet.

Originally known as the Catholic Youth Council Athletic Field, Satchel Paige Memorial Stadium was initially developed in the early 1900s, with the construction of athletic fields maintained by a group known as the Kansas City Field Club. In 1982, the government of Kansas City purchased the baseball field from the Catholic Youth Council. The stadium is part of the Kansas City Parks Department. The baseball diamond is surrounded by concrete bleachers with an awning overhead and a small press box at the back.

At the age of 75 Satchel Paige made his last public appearance on 5 June 1982. In a ceremony on June 5th, the city renamed the facility to Satchel Paige Memorial Stadium, in honor of the former Kansas City Monarchs pitcher. The ceremony was attended by many Kansas City notables, including Monarchs players, John "Buck" O'Neil and Hilton Smith. Paige speaking from a wheelchair with the aid of a respirator, thanked the crowd who had gathered at the rededication of the $250,000 renovated Satchel Paige Memorial Stadium. He threw a ceremonial pitch to christen the stadium. Unfortunately, Paige passed away three days later, after suffering a heart attack at his Kansas City home.

Since then, the stadium has played host to numerous amateur leagues and smaller games. However, a lack of maintenance has led to an overall decay of the facility in recent years, despite improvements made to the field by the MLB All Star Legacy Project. As of 2019, there were several ongoing projects that sought to raise money to repair crumbling concrete and faded paint, hoping to bring new life to this monument to a baseball legend.

In 2024 the independent Pecos League Kansas City Hormingas began using the field. In 2025 the Hormingas play their Sunday games at the stadium and their weekday games at Allen Community College in Iola, MO. The Allen Community College has a turf field with limited uncovered bleachers. We were told previously that the players are able to stay in the college dorms.