Several weeks ago I announced that the Baseball Biography Project would be accepting biographies of ballparks. As of today, I have a dozen or so interested...
Hello, Mark, et al.: I'm going to relinquish West Side Grounds in Chicago--it would simply be too hard to do this ballpark bio here in south-central Maine. ...
Thanks, Ray. After I sent the note this AM I came across your note from late December. So I should have already noted your desire to relinquish WSG. No...
... I think I will publicize this project in the "Other" notes that I append to regional Upcoming Events. What is the time-span for South End Grounds here?...
http://tinyurl.com/2ow2jp (registration required) Excellent feature on Washington Park in today's New York Times referencing SABR, with quotes from members...
Hi all, I'm working on a couple new posters that will feature older ballparks. Would anyone like to help me out by critiquing the illustrations for their...
http://tinyurl.com/24ldq6 Corktown group pushes plan for Tiger Stadium Works with city, sports hall By Sherri Begin 6:00 am, March 5, 2007 A new conservancy...
Dave Paulson, of SABR's Oral History committee has an appointment on Thursday, 08-Mar-2007 to interview Marshall Purnell, one of the lead architects of the new...
The new AAA ballpark in Allentown, Pa. will be named Coca-Cola Park. The ballpark is scheduled to open in April 2008 for the Allentown Iron Pigs. The deal was...
Hi everyone, I've just started a new historic ballpark blog. http://www.historicballparks.blogspot.com While shilling for my upcoming posters, I'm hoping it...
The chairman of the Minor League Committee has released the following request I thought would be of interest to the Ballpark Committee: Hello All, We are...
Kevin, I believe that the number of WPA-era ballparks will astound most people. It is much greater than I had ever anticipated. The best example is probably ...
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I think there are probably two facets for this study, and I don't know that either list has been compiled comprehensively - I would defer to Bob Bluthardt on...
There's an informative link about Buffalo's War Memorial Stadium, originally named Civic Stadium and built for football, soccer (and they did midget auto...
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Two WPA parks that I have been two are Civic Stadium in Eugene, Oregon http://www.ballparkreviews.com/eugene/eugene.htm# and Olympic Stadium in Hoquiam,...
Lane Field in San Diego was built by the WPA; the last season played there was 1957 and in the 1960s it was torn down. I don't know what ever became of the...
Alliant Energy Field in Clinton, Iowa (previously known as Riverview Stadium) is a WPA stadium. It's currently used by the Clinton Lumberkings (Texas...
McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, R.I., home of the Pawtucket Red Sox (International League), was built as a WPA project and opened in 1942 as Hammond Pond Stadium....
One other interesting fact on McCoy Stadium. During construction of the ballpark, a five-ton truck sank into the swamp in right field, never to be heard from...
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Phil Lowry makes an interesting point that perhaps other agencies are worth noting. Along those lines, Municipal Stadium in Davenport, Iowa (now called John...
Fabulous news! - Rod Nelson http://tinyurl.com/2363nd A hit for League Park Saturday, June 09, 2007 Susan Vinella Plain Dealer Reporter Cleveland plans to...
... Here's a link to a blog version of the article that includes a rendering. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/06/ city_pushes_league_park_renova.html I...
A few months ago the Baseball Biography Project announced that it was accepting "biographies" of ballparks. Today we post the first such article, the story of...
Hello everyone, I'm new to SABR and the SABRballparks yahoo group. I'm working on a stadium database that will include yearly information – dimensions,...
Steven, Dimensional data is difficult to interpret. There are obvious mistakes, such as typos in team guides, and incorrect measurements. Then there are other...
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Steven, I have enjoyed reading through Michael Benson's "Ballparks of North America" (park details) and Michael Gershman"s "Diamonds" (good photos of MLB...
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Steven: from my experience, there are several 'good' sources for the data you are gathering. Should not be a surprise that some of the information is ...
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Hi all, I have been creating ballpark diagrams using Chris Moffatt's program for Diamond Mind Baseball. You can see my work at www.vikkiandelan.com under the...
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