A brief history of the Charlotte Hornets

... way and it goes without saying we always rooted for the masked men. Everything felt stifling in Charlotte then. Downtown was called Uptown. Restaurants closed at 9. The baseball was Class AA, played in an old ballpark made out of wood that, one day, ...

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