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...
Yes. Triples are great! Did you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year? Bob Bluthardt ... From: PLowry1176@... To: SABRballparks@yahoogroups.com Cc:...
Burns Park was located in Springwells Michigan-a small township just west of Detroit. The Tigers played 24 Sunday games there in 1901-02 to avoid the Blue...
The new ballpark in St. Louis is to be named Busch Stadium. It will be the third St. Louis ML park to be so named. After the Browns left St. Louis, ...
To the Ballparks list... I will be conducting an interview shortly with Earl Santee of HOK for Business of Baseball.com. From Santee's bio... Earl has served...
Maury, How hard is it to get the architects to do something TRULY different? Or is it just cost prohibitive (keep costs down by repeating the same thing over...
Who are the architects for the New Busch Stadium? Does Principal mean principal architect for the ballpark? Ron Selter ... From: SABRballparks@yahoogroups.com...
Yes, Ron. Santee is the principle architect on New Busch. On that... I'm thinking a good question will be how they worked the design in with the tight...
Hello, SABR members! I'm sorry for jumping in to a discussion so late, but as a new member, I'm still getting to know everything. Some of you may be familiar...
In the September 28, 1922 Sporting News, TSN complained about the "joke" home runs bouncing from the ground into the low open stands of Shibe Park, and...
... First, I have estimated! the distance down the foul lines as of early 1909 to be 350 feet, rather than 360 feet. If home plate had been any further back,...
Ron, The details which you are gathering are fantastic. I have a question concerning possible diagrams which we may include. We have Marc Okkonen's, and now...
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Feb 25, 2006 6:27 am
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Would the foul line distances in 1909 have been identical or even similar ? The city block was longer S to N than it was W to E. The original Shibe Park had...
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Feb 25, 2006 9:38 pm
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Responding to the points raised by Jerome Crosson: In 1909 the LF and RF foul line dimensions were not identical or similar-since the park site was 39 ft...
Thank you for the detailed clarification, Mr. Selter. I had wondered about the previous measurements of 360 ft. for early 1909, and in fact I have similar...
To amplify-the 1923 dimensions (OF and the associated Backstop distance) are estimated values derived from a comparison of other AL park dimensions and the HR...
http://www.maurybrown.com/?p=75 There are four aerial views of the new Nationals stadium design from HOK available at my blog. More are supposed to be coming,...
Maury, The responses on your blog I assume are typical. It just goes to show you can't win. One says it's good that it doesn't have the retro look of Camden...
I think many were expecting more. Whatever that is. It's certainly... well, HOK. Looking at the renderings for the New Yankee Stadium design (I believe another...
I just think it's interesting that there's a backlash against retro ballparks. When Jacobs Field was built, I was disappointed it wasn't more retro. They said...
Jeff: Be careful when using the term 'NONE'. Among the well known bridges which utilized tubular girders: the Eads bridge across the Mississippi at St....
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