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webmaster

01-13-2005, 02:08 PM

Hello Baseball Fans,

Sportsman's, Exposition Park, Recreation Park, and Lakefront Park.

Union Grounds, West Side Grounds, South End Grounds, and Huntington Avenue Grounds.

Forbes Field, Navin Field, Ebbets Field, and Braves Field.

Colt Stadium, County Stadium, Colt Stadium and Munipal Stadium.

Bring back memories? Are the modern "green diamonds" more your style? What about playing fields? Astroturf?

Like signs in the outfield? No? Bull Durham signs?

How about designs in the cut into the grass. Ever tried to recreate a logo in your own backyard?

Baseball Almanac opens the 2005 season with our newest forum; Ballparks, Stadiums & Green Diamonds. Here we hope you will find a place to discuss the items I've listed above any anything & everything else specifically related to baseball playing fields.

Enjoy,

Sean

Captain Cold Nose

01-13-2005, 02:10 PM

Thank you, tonypug. You beat me to the punch on this forum idea, and, for that, I tip my Tiger Stadium-purchased cap to you.

Chisox73

01-13-2005, 02:17 PM

Wonderful :D Thanks tonypug! The exploding scoreboard has now been set off for you!

tmorss9

01-13-2005, 02:20 PM

Great thread idea. I cant wait to see what kind of pics Jackie42 brings in here. :clapping

The Mick

01-13-2005, 02:49 PM

Excellent addition Sean!

I look forward to sharing our thoughts and experiences around "the diamonds!"

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 03:03 PM

http://www.bpl.org/store/IMGs/STMedium/tm_st10609.jpg

1912

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 03:06 PM

http://www.bpl.org/store/IMGs/STMedium/tm_st10603.jpg

1915

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 03:11 PM

http://www.bpl.org/store/IMGs/STMedium/tm_st10759.jpg

Left field pavilion of old Braves Field torn down, now Boston University Alumni Field"
Date- August 1955

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 03:18 PM

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Red Sox home opener with Washington Senators snowed out"
Date- April 14, 1953

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 03:26 PM

http://www.bpl.org/store/IMGs/STMedium/tm_st10227.jpg

Left field scoreboard in Fenway.
Date- 1935

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 03:32 PM

http://www.bpl.org/store/IMGs/STMedium/tm_st10244.jpg

Braves Field
Date- 1950

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 03:37 PM

http://www.bpl.org/store/IMGs/STMedium/tm_st10266.jpg
Braves Field
Date- April 15, 1952

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 03:51 PM

http://www.lelands.com/catalog_images_311/popups/16846.jpg

This is what you push to get in to see those fields of green grass, from Shibe Park.

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 04:07 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-001.jpg

Yankee Stadium- late 1920s

Chisox73

01-13-2005, 05:09 PM

tonypug

01-13-2005, 07:40 PM

I want to thank Sean for being so responsive and Dodger Deb for helping to push things along. Jackie 42 thanks for the pictures.

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 10:44 PM

As always,JACKIE42 comes through again. :clapping

Love the last photo of Yankee Stadium.Although I believe that pic was not from the late 20s.Note the shadow of the light standards on the field.

Regardless,great pics JACKIE42. :clapping

Your welcome, i confused this photo with others i will post, it is very differcult when you have posted as many pic's as i have to always be accurate, also keep in mind im very old.

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 10:47 PM

I want to thank Sean for being so responsive and Dodger Deb for helping to push things along. Jackie 42 thanks for the pictures.

Your always welcome tony, congradulations on a great idea.

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:03 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-002.jpg

Yankee Stadium

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:06 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-004.jpg

Yankee Stadium

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:07 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-006.jpg

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:09 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-007.jpg

Yankee Stadium, also the one above.

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:11 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-008.jpg

Yankee Stadium

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:13 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-010.jpg

Yankee Stadium

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:15 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-012.jpg

Yankee Stadium

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:16 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-012.jpg

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:17 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-014.jpg

Yankee Stadium, also the one above

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:20 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-013.jpg

I wonder if any of our older Yankee fans are in this line.

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:21 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-015.jpg

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:23 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-017.jpg

Yankee fans were always good dressers.

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:26 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-020.jpg

Big crowd, must be playing the Red Sox.

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:28 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-023.jpg

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:30 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-024.jpg

Yankee Stadium, now that one's from the late 1920s.

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:32 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-026.jpg

Yankee Stadium

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:33 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-027.jpg

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:34 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-028.jpg

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:36 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-032.jpg

Yankee Stadium

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:39 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-035.jpg

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:41 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-039.jpg

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:42 PM

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JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:44 PM

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Press Box, Yankee Stadium

JACKIE42

01-13-2005, 11:45 PM

http://images.mastronet.com/images/Auction27/photographs/30834-042.jpg

Yankee Stadium, 1930s

JACKIE42

01-14-2005, 12:02 AM

http://stadiumpage.com/stadiumgraveyard/polo54.JPG

Polo Grounds- 1954

JACKIE42

01-14-2005, 12:05 AM

http://stadiumpage.com/stadiumgraveyard/polo8.JPG

Polo Grounds- 1940s

JACKIE42

01-14-2005, 12:07 AM

http://stadiumpage.com/stadiumgraveyard/polo_dimag.JPG

Polo Grounds- 1951

catcher24

01-14-2005, 11:37 AM

Jackie - Thanks for some great old photos! Marvelous! :gt

JACKIE42

01-14-2005, 12:13 PM

Jackie - Thanks for some great old photos! Marvelous! :gt

Your welcome, thank you for the kind words.

JACKIE42

01-14-2005, 12:21 PM

http://memory.loc.gov/ndlpcoop/ichicdn/s0692/s069296.jpg

Shibe Park- 1929

JACKIE42

01-14-2005, 12:32 PM

http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/past/comiskeyout.jpg

1920s

JACKIE42

01-14-2005, 12:36 PM

http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/past/ebbets901.jpg

Ebbets Field- 1940s

JACKIE42

01-14-2005, 12:46 PM

http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/past/EBBetsout.jpg

Ebbets Field- 1940s

Look at all those empty seats, must of been 1944 one of their really bad years.

JACKIE42

01-14-2005, 12:54 PM

http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/past/ebbetsaerail.jpg

Ebbets Field- 1946

I can see my Apartment house in this photo, a lot of great memories in this time frame.

JACKIE42

01-14-2005, 01:02 PM

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"Crowd of 42,000 people at Bees Field"
Date- June 13, 1937

JACKIE42

01-14-2005, 01:06 PM

http://www.bpl.org/store/IMGs/STMedium/tm_st10817.jpg

Braves Field

"Record crowd of 51,331 watching Braves & Phils"
Date- May 1932

tonypug

01-14-2005, 04:01 PM

Great pictures, love the one of Ebbets Field with the photographers on the field.

DODGER DEB

01-14-2005, 04:27 PM

http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/past/ebbetsaerail.jpg

Ebbets Field- 1946

I can see my Apartment house in this photo, a lot of great memories in this time frame.

Is THAT a SIGHT for SORE EYES...or what???

LOVE IT.....JUST LOVE IT!!!

Thanks, Jackie.

c.

Chisox73

01-14-2005, 05:12 PM

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I love that photo.That shot gives a good look at how huge that outfield was at the original Yankee Stadium.

Chisox73

01-14-2005, 05:15 PM

http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/past/comiskeyout.jpg

1920s

That's also a great view of the Old Park.

Great pics all around JACKIE42. :clapping

JACKIE42

01-14-2005, 06:21 PM

your welcome one and all, its not easy finding photos that we hav'nt all seen before, ill keep trying.

JACKIE42

01-14-2005, 06:58 PM

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Unidentified Boston ball players , Huntington Avenue grounds
Date- 1906

JACKIE42

01-14-2005, 07:07 PM

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Action at Fenway Park.
October 12, 1934

Runner lunges over pile during football game between two unidentified teams. Temporary stands in background set up in front of the left field wall.Am i permitted to post a football photo, need a ruling......Commissioner

JACKIE42

01-15-2005, 12:44 AM

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Hundreds line up outside Red Sox advance ticket sales office at Fenway Park
Date- August 31, 1955

JACKIE42

01-15-2005, 01:05 AM

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Ted Williams jogging past the Green Monster with John Pohlmeyer
Date- 1950

JACKIE42

01-15-2005, 01:09 AM

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"Outfield and bleachers, Braves Field"
Date- 1930

JACKIE42

01-15-2005, 11:23 AM

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"Big crowd at Braves Field"
Date- 1930

JACKIE42

01-15-2005, 11:31 AM

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Braves Field- 1933

JACKIE42

01-18-2005, 11:37 AM

Ebbets Field- 1948

tonypug

01-18-2005, 04:00 PM

Ebbets Field- 1948
There is no finer sight. Thanks Jackie for bringing a smile to my face.

Paulmcall

01-18-2005, 07:40 PM

tonypug

01-19-2005, 08:57 AM

Jackie 42, you just keep the good times rolling.
By the way, I understand that the Baseball Hall of Fame is unveiling a new exhibit all about ballparks this summer.
I told them where they could get a photo of the Ebbets Field rotunda (they never had one).
The Ebbets Field Rotunda and Roosevelt Stadium are shrouded in mystery along with Jimmy Hoffa, any connection?

JACKIE42

01-19-2005, 03:50 PM

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Fenway Park- 1930

JACKIE42

01-19-2005, 04:30 PM

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Fenway Park- 1930

JACKIE42

01-21-2005, 04:34 PM

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Fenway Park- 1932

JACKIE42

01-28-2005, 01:14 PM

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Braves Field- July, 1936

sandlot

02-05-2005, 01:24 AM

JACKIE42

02-05-2005, 09:12 AM

Just looked at this thread for the first time. Wonderful! A real treasure. People going to the ballpark in shirt and tie -- what can you say? Truly, another era. Anyway, saying thank you is not enough, Jackie42. And, sorry, even though I know there's another thread on the subject, I can't help but wonder: What was the first park that you ever saw, and when? Hope you won't mind the question.

My Dad told me he took me to Ebbets Field on my 4th birthday in 1936, to see Brooklyn lose to the Reds, i don't remember a thing about the game. The first game i remember was opening day at Ebbets Field in 1939 against the Giants, which Brooklyn lost. Im glad you enjoy this thread, there are many more you might want to check out, that you also might enjoy.