http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6375719 Former Cubs' ballpark dedicated over weekendSunday, September 07, 2008 | 8:47 AM A new plaque...
The Biography Project has recently published articles, all written by Bob Bailey, on the three ballparks used by Louisville in its major league heyday:...
The following is an abridged extract from my forthcoming book (Ballparks of the Deadball Era by McFarland coming out Fall/Winter 2008). All of the information...
I wish to make the Ballparks List membership aware of the availability of a new research-oriented book about ballparks. This book, of which I am the author,...
It took me a couple of years to get around to this, but I have finally organized all my thoughts and the available evidence on the age of that brick wall along...
Hello, Would anyone know the location of the bullpens in Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium during the mid to late 1960s? I know that by the time of Aaron's #715...
Andrew, I'm basing a lot of my assumption about the 1974 bullpen location on Tom House's catch of Hank Aaron's # 715 in the Braves' bullpen. Here's a link to...
SABR's Baseball Biography Project has recently posted four new articles on old ballparks in St. Louis. Red Stockings Park, by Joan M. Thomas Union Base Ball...
Does anyone know the status of paperofrecord.com? Apparently it was bought by google. Does anyone know if we can still get free access to the sporting news...
Around Dec 2nd, there was an article that said www.paperofrecord.com would be around for about 1 month more, then would cease to exist. I assumed it would...
It's not looking good. Here's an email reply excerpt from Bob Huggins, founder of paperofrecord.com: Thanks for your note. It's been re-directed to Google as...
*Cardinals to build youth ballpark as All-Star Game souvenir* BY Derrick Goold ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 04/23/2009 St. Louis — As a lasting reminder of...
Trends in ML Ballpark Capacity The box scores in the Lois Angeles Times provide not only data on the paid attendance (actually the number of tickets sold) but...
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Does anyone know what the fence heights are at the two new NY ballparks? I have read that the OF dimensions at New Yankee Stadium are identical to the ...
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Apr 28, 2009 12:19 am
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Ron, I'm not sure about New Yankee Stadium, but the photos I've seen suggest it's pretty close to eight feet all the way across, maybe nine. For Citi Field,...
The following is an analysis of bounce home runs hit at Ebbets Field from 1913 to 1930. This study is a result of a review of every home run hit at the...
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A noble effort. (Where have these folks for the past 3 years?) http://riveraveblues.com/2009/05/grassroots-group-wants-to-save-gate-2-11297/ -- Rod Nelson ...
Griffith Stadium was used by the Washington Nationals (also known as Senators) from 1911 to 1960. There is an interesting history concerning the RF fence/wall...
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Jun 10, 2009 4:33 am
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The following is some interesting material on the radically reconfigured Braves Field in 1928. All of the HR data were supplied by David Vincent. Ron...
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Jun 20, 2009 8:19 pm
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I have been working hard on an accurate history of Washington Park, Brooklyn, and was struck by the similarity between the remaining wall on Third Avenue and...
David Dyte asked for help on some photos of the exterior views of the perimeter wall at Weeghman Park (now better known as Wrigley Field). The question was:...
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Thank you! Replied off list for further details... - David ________________________________ From: ron selter <rselter@...> To: Ballparks List SABR...
I have just received my Baseball Research Journal in the mail, and was very pleased to see some Brooklyn ballpark content. Thank you to Mark Fimoff for the...
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has created an interactive map of St. Louis with each of its ballparks marked with map pins. Each link has a video clip and photos...
I ran across this article when looking for info about the last days of Ebbets Field: http://tinyurl.com/nre7qw Short version: this guy claims to have two...
I recall the lower deck in center field was considered the 'bleachers'. Similar to Shibe Park, where the lower seats in fair territory in left were definitely...
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Interesting, thanks! I did not realize that. Although I can still find no reference to anything being dismantled or removed before January 1960, so I strongly...
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