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Re: [SABRballparks] Satellite Baseball Ground, Brooklyn

So far, the evidence for three identical sites is shaky.

David Dyte wrote:
. . .
> The Eckford's Manor House Ground seem to me to have
> also been the grounds of the Satellite *Cricket* Club.
> Tracing the location:
>
> Spirit of the Times, March 31, 1860:
>
> "The annual meeting of the members of the Satellite
> Cricket Club, of Williamsburgh, took place Monday
> evening [...] The club is arranging its grounds near
> the Manor House, Bushwick, L.I."
>
> That could be anywhere. I have no idea where this
> Manor House was, nor can I find it. Anyone?

I'm sure that your first stop should be Tom Gilbert.
Thomas Gilbert
tgilbert@...
08/06 90 North Henry St
Brooklyn, NY 11222-4742
USA
718-389-3139

James Terry left SABR in 2004. He was then a member of the NYU faculty.

Paul Wendt
Tue Jun 20, 2006 3:39 am

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I have been researching ballparks in and near Brooklyn, and found a couple of items which I believe had been lost to history. Somebody please stop me if this... 		None
daviddyte
Offline Send Email 		May 27, 2006
2:22 pm

David, This is fascinating new information. Thank you very much for sharing it. I am very interested in getting this exactly right for the upcoming edition of...
PLowry1176@...
Send Email 		May 27, 2006
5:16 pm

... . . . ... Ron Selter and I were in the header (cc:) two weeks ago when Retrosheet accepted the new ballpark --called "Ridgewood I" for short, used in the ...
Paul Wendt
pgw02472
Offline Send Email 		May 27, 2006
6:03 pm

Hi, I have an article from the Oct 6,1963 Ridgewood Times, which has info on the Wallace Grounds and a 1907 version of Meyerrose Park. To answer Phil's...
darlene_tulley@...
lauerspark
Offline Send Email 		May 27, 2006
7:29 pm

Kevin, Thanks very much. I understand you want me to add Hancock Str to Wallace Grounds. What about Wyckoff and Covert (now called Norman? Any idea on the...
PLowry1176@...
Send Email 		May 27, 2006
8:46 pm

I don't believe Hancock was any edge of Wallace's grounds. The Sanborn map of Queens from 1903 clearly shows the park grounds going east from Irving and Halsey...
David Dyte
daviddyte
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9:02 pm

Phil, I do not know the field orientation. I'm not sure about what is being called Ridgewood Park I, because Myrtle Ave is a few blocks from where Wallace's...
darlene_tulley@...
lauerspark
Offline Send Email 		May 27, 2006
10:04 pm

That's great to know. I have always wondered why Ridgewood Park seemed to have so many addresses. Fortunately this one seems to have settled in the second...
David Dyte
daviddyte
Offline Send Email 		May 27, 2006
10:33 pm

Phil & David, Sorry it took so long to get back in this discussion. Last night, we attended the Reading Phillies game, which went 11 innings and then we stayed...
darlene_tulley@...
lauerspark
Offline Send Email 		May 28, 2006
2:45 pm

Kevin: I'd love any pictures you might have, please! Although the chain of evidence is longish, I am now quite certain of the Long Island Grounds location. For...
David Dyte
daviddyte
Offline Send Email 		May 28, 2006
3:15 pm

Does anyone know when the stands and bleachers at Manhattan Field, just south of the Polo Grounds, were demolished? I know they were used for various ...
Fredric London
fmlondon
Offline Send Email 		Jul 30, 2006
12:38 am

... Ok, this got me panicking. Was there *yet another* Ridgewood Park I had missed? Here's a quick summary of my research starting at that date and moving...
David Dyte
daviddyte
Offline Send Email 		Jun 11, 2006
12:37 am

I had not even heard of this ground until folks on the 19th century list pointed me to Long Before the Dodgers, by James Terry. This book described the ...
David Dyte
daviddyte
Offline Send Email 		Jun 20, 2006
3:18 am

So far, the evidence for three identical sites is shaky. David Dyte wrote: . . . ... I'm sure that your first stop should be Tom Gilbert. Thomas Gilbert ...
Paul Wendt
pgw02472
Offline Send Email 		Jun 20, 2006
4:07 am

... I agree completely. The only thing I'm certain of is that the Satellite Baseball Grounds were at Broadway and Rutledge. Thanks for the name. I'll go and...
David Dyte
daviddyte
Offline Send Email 		Jun 20, 2006
8:35 am

Let me try again. At university we'd call this "revise and resubmit." ... Hmm. Shakier by the minute. The Brooklyn Eagle of March 30, 1896, has a more exact...
David Dyte
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Offline Send Email 		Jun 20, 2006
9:14 am
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