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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Jun 7, 2007 1:59 pm
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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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Jul 2, 2007 12:41 pm
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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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Jul 2, 2007 11:12 pm
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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...
I downloaded a bunch while SABR had a proquest subscription. I have them in a couple different formats. jpg, psd, pdf.... Can you read all of those or are you...
Hi, I don't know if you live near Boston, but Harvard has a huge collection of them. You have to make an appointment to get into their library though. -Paul ...
<http://tinyurl.com/2akbed> http://tinyurl.com/2akbed Baseball Historians Say Hartford's Missing A Sign Nothing To Mark Site Of Ex-Major League Team's Field...
Tried to contact Andrew Clem via the suggested e-mail addresses; in both cases, the 'failure' message says too high probability of spam ? any suggestions ? ...
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Jerome (and other SABR folks), I'm sorry that my spam filter creates a hassle, but without it, my e-mail in-box would be a nightmare. I can be reached more...
Thanks to John Pastier for sharing the following info. - Rod Nelson The Museum of the City of New York will present a Ballparks Panel next week in conjunction...
Retrosheet lists all of the Boston Nationals (Braves) home games as being at South End Grounds I. I've been looking through the 1878 Boston Daily Advertiser,...
Good morning, This is Anthony Salazar -- I'm new to the committee. I've been watching the reports about the University of Oregon bringing back their baseball...
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