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Re: [SABRballparks] Re: Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds

Steve,

The second floor of the Baseball Tavern on Boylston St, in the
"McGreevey Room", also has a lot of pictures from that time period.

-Paul

--- utvolsbraves <UTVolsBraves@...> wrote:

> Wow. Thank you for the excerpt from your forthcoming book and for
> all
> the great information, Ron. I'm looking forward to your book and can
> assure you I'll be a buyer. Thanks to a tip from Robert Bluthardt
> about the McGreevey Collection at the Boston Public Library, I found
> some photos from that collection online showing the overflow crowds
> you
> talk about standing behind a rope in the Huntington Ave Grounds
> outfield
> with a caption explaining that if a ball was hit into or past this
> crowd
> in such a game, it was considered a ground rule double. Thank you
> again for your answer, and, as I said, I'll be on the lookout for
> publication of your book. Regards, Steve
>




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Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:15 pm

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... Would anyone know if the old Huntington Avenue Grounds in Boston had a wooden home run fence or a rope "fence" when the Red Sox played there, particularly...
rselter
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Mar 13, 2008
1:55 am

Wow. Thank you for the excerpt from your forthcoming book and for all the great information, Ron. I'm looking forward to your book and can assure you I'll be...
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Mar 13, 2008
5:51 am

Steve, The second floor of the Baseball Tavern on Boylston St, in the "McGreevey Room", also has a lot of pictures from that time period. -Paul ... ...
Paul Healey
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Mar 13, 2008
12:15 pm

Paul, Alas, I live down here in Alabama. Although I resided near Boston for a short time and was in the area last year, I don't know when I will get back up...
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Mar 14, 2008
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