... 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...
The Reading (Pa.) Eagle reported today that the Phillies AAA team will move from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Allentown in 2008. A new ballpark will open that...
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 ...
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 ...
... 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...
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...
For those Ballpark List members attending the national convention in Seattle, there are three ballpark oriented oral research presentations scheduled for the...
I will not be attending the Convention; but would like to get a copy of any handout related to the Ebbets Field presentation; IMHO, the most missed of the ...
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Jun 26, 2006 8:23 pm
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... If not the most missed, certainly the most misused nowadays to sell a proposal to a city. Here's the Mets' new stadium design: ...
David: Thanks for a look at the proposed Mets' ballpark. Yes, the entrance behind HP looks familiar. As does the overall design - another HOK offering in...
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Jun 26, 2006 11:54 pm
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... They seem to have imitated the acute angle of Sullivan and McKeever from Ebbets Field, despite the fact that the Mets have no such space consideration....
David: You're right about much ballpark seating facing the foul lines rather than focused on second base. But the straight profile of the stands does not...
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Jun 27, 2006 12:31 am
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... An excellent question. The Mets video tour claims that all seats face the infield, but we'll see. Is there anyone on the list from HOK, perhaps? - David...
Can anyone on the list possibly weigh in on this? Thanks, Maury Eric Angyal <EAngyal@...> wrote: Subject: Cleveland Forest Citys Ballpark 1871-1872 (and...
I can mention that from my own experience with Brooklyn and Queens, the absence of a ballpark on a map does not mean it wasn't there. Likewise, the presence of...
Can anyone tell me when the stands and bleachers at Manhattan Field were demolished? I know they were used for college football games, and other events into ...
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 ...
I'm presuming the grounds were within Lincoln Park, the large public park in the West End, which seems to be long gone. (I've never been to Cincy, so stop me...
Hello, Does anyone know the location of Northside Park, home of the Cuban Stars in Cincinnati for the 1921 Negro National League season? Thanks, Paul ...
Bob Kriedler asked: I have been appearing in a one-man show re:1869-70 Cincinnati Red Stockings. I play Charlie Gould. Part of the show is audience...
Greg Rhodes
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Aug 1, 2006 4:24 pm
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In reply to Ballparks Index 103. Info on early CIN ballparks from Green Cathedrals: Lincoln Park Grounds- LOCATION In Lincoln Park, next to the Union Railroad...
Actually, I don't THINK Northside Park WAS the home of the Cuban Stars in Cincinnati in 1921. They played at least 28 "league" games in Redland Field (aka...
Beginning in 1884, at the corner of Findlay St. and Western Ave. in Cincinnati, the Reds built 4 different ballparks on this site. This included a completely...
Greg Rhodes
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Aug 2, 2006 2:21 pm
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Greg--The site of Tiger Stadium was used for baseball parks at least as far back as the 1890s, and the site of Sportsman's Park in St. Louis was almost...
Hi, Greg! Just came across this link: http://www.thestlbrowns.homestead.com/SportsmanPark.html . It gives a much better-worded version of what I struggled to...
Hi, Since Cincinnati has been discussed lately, I thought I would jump in with a question. Does anyone know the location of the Hippodrome, in the Camp...
Hello again, Greg (et al.)! One last addendum to this afternoon's e-mails about the ballpark site at Grand & Sullivan in St. Louis: the old map I mentioned is...
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