Recreation Park was the home park of the SF Seals in the PCL from 1907 to 1930; before Seals Stadium opened for the 1931 season. The park was located in an...
Chicago AL: South Side Park III 1901-10 (Revised Dec. 2005) The first use of South Side Park III for baseball was by the White Sox (initially called the White...
The listed dimensions (in Green Cathedrals 1992 Edition) for Shibe Park (PHL AL) in the 1920s are as follows: LF 378 (1909), 380 (1921), 334 (1922), 312...
Chicago NL: West Side Grounds 1893-1915 (Revised Dec. 2005) The first use of West South Side Grounds for major league baseball was by the Cubs (called the...
I'm cross-posting this from David Vincent via Paul Wendt in the 19th century group, as I think this group may have some answers to this: David Vincent...
The Phillies announced this afternoon that work to reshape the left field wall has begun. The old wall, the 22 inch railing, the flower bed, and two rows (a...
It sounds very improbable that this small change to a narrow slice of the outfield would have created 12 HR last year. And the net positive of "around five"...
The first three enclosed parks were in the early 1860s in Brooklyn. If anyone wanted to charge admission, they had to enclose the park to keep freeloaders out....
I agree with John Pastier. Triples are HUGELY more interesting to fans than home runs. Phil Lowry...
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Dec 26, 2005 4:55 am
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Milwaukee's First ML Ballpark: Lloyd Street Grounds Lloyd Street Grounds was the home park of the original 1901 AL Milwaukee Brewers. The park was located at...
... Milwaukee fielded major league teams in 1878, 1884 and 1891. For 1878, there is no asterisk, as the Milwaukee club joined the NL off-season. In 1884 and...
... Lloyd ... in ... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The early Milwaukee ballpark situation is somewhat murky. Much of what Ron Selter asserted about the...
Paul Wendt wrote regarding Lloyd Street Grounds ... Milwaukee fielded major league teams in 1878, 1884 and 1891. For 1878, there is no asterisk, as the...
... By the way, Milwaukee was a member of the Western League 1894-1899. I should have said that my source for ballpark names is the retrosheet Parks Directory....
Regarding the listed 380 ft. RF distance (1921); very unlikely as noted by Ron Selter. Could have been an error in proofreading both editions of Green ...
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Dec 30, 2005 3:47 pm
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I have looked at some of my books and found nothing that would indicate the right field wall was moved back to 380 ft. in 1921. I also did a quick check of the...
The Padres announced that they had received permission to move in the fence at PETCO Park in the right center field area. In their announcement they ... "We...
Regarding the several cases of moving the fences in MLB ballparks this winter: WHO is paying the cost ? Most parks were in large part constructed with ...
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Dec 31, 2005 4:31 pm
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On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 Jerome Crosson (storytellerjmc@...) wrote on the Subject: Re: PETCO Park RCF Distance Reduction ... Regarding the several cases of...
Jerome, I would like to correct any and all errors in Green Cathedrals. My guess is that the 380 feet measurement for RF at Shibe Park was listed as a foul...
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Jan 2, 2006 7:37 pm
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Kevin, do you mean right field roof or right field wall? I have that the right field wall was raised in December 1934 from 12 to 34 feet by adding a 22-foot...
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Jan 2, 2006 7:39 pm
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What about the Right Field foul line distances of 360 on April 12, 1909; and 340 on July 29, 1909? Are these also physically impossible? Phil Lowry...
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Jan 2, 2006 7:48 pm
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My research in Milwaukee showed the Lloyd Street ball park was built by Henry and Matt Killilea in 1894 and used continuously through 1901. Norman...
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Jan 2, 2006 10:08 pm
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Here's the chronology I have for Milwaukee, minor leagues and major leagues: League Alliance 1877 Northwestern 1884, 1886-87 Western...
Here following is what we have for the revised edition of Green Cathedrals regarding Borchert Field. In the PHENOMENA section is the story of Bill Veeck and...
Hello. I sent the recent thread on Milwaukee Ballparks to the good folks of the Ken Keltner Chapter to weigh in and this reply comes from Rex Hamann. Please...
Throughout I am relying on Brian Podoll, Milwaukee Brewers 1859-1952. (I am mailing selections to Ron Selter, after I acquire 2c stamps.) ... There were two...
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