Looking for pictures of stadiums for specific years

[Solair Wright]

I do not not know if this is the appropriate place to post for stadium pictures, but I am looking for a couple pictures of stadiums during certain years. And the picture must be from that year. Here we go:

+ I am looking for a picture of Shea Stadium during the 1984 season. I prefer it where the scoreboard is visible.

+ I am also looking for Busch Stadium during the 1996 season and during the playoffs. The position doesn't matter, as long as the field is visible. (Goal has been met)

* Another picture I am looking for is Royals/Kaufmann Stadium during the 1997 season, even though they didn't do so well this season. (This was when the layout of the field changed to the dirt paths being visible instead of around the bases.

* The last picture I am looking for is the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome during its inaugural season, 1982. Why? I just want to see what is different than today, if anything changed.

Do you have what it takes to find those pictures? I cannot find some on Google, so maybe I'll have some luck here.

[stlfan]

Here are 2 shots from 1996 at Busch Stadium II. The first is an awesome shot during the renovation in 1996. This is from the 2005 Yearbook. The second is during the season and is from the book 2005-The Final Season. Note that in 1996 they didn't have the manually operated scoreboard in the upper deck and only one bullpen (The Cardinals bullpen) was placed in left field. During that season the visitors bullpen was placed under the loge level in left field. The next season they built the manually operated scoreboard in the upper deck, built a bullpen in right field and moved the Cardinals to that bullpen and the visitors team to the left field bullpen.

[Aviator_Frank]

Shea 1984. Sorry about the quality; I had a really crappy camera back then. The 4th pic as a stitched panoramic. 84 might have been the end of the original scoreboard's tenure. In 84 they still had the full-length dirt foul line paths and coach's boxes, soon to be eliminated.

[Aviator_Frank]

More from 84 incl the scoreboard. The H and the E in the 'Hanover' of the Manufacturer's sign was the offical scorer's hit and error designation. Quite unique!

[Gary Dunaier]

84 might have been the end of the original scoreboard's tenure.
1987 was the last year of the original scoreboard. I went to Opening Day in 1988, seeing the new board for the first time, and I felt like I was in a new ballpark!

[Manhattan]

1987 was the last year of the original scoreboard. I went to Opening Day in 1988, seeing the new board for the first time, and I felt like I was in a new ballpark! I am looking for pictures of Old Yankee Stadium and I also looking for pictures of Dodger Stadium.

[Urbanshocker13]

I am looking for pictures of Old Yankee Stadium and I also looking for pictures of Dodger Stadium.

There is a ton in this thread alot of good ones:
http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=71363

[stlfan]

Hey Aviator_Frank, I have always had a question about the Shea bleachers in the 1980's. They are obviously not the same ones that are presently at Shea. My question is are those bleachers from the 80's small leftover bleachers from the Jets? They look as though they curve at the same angle as the football bleachers from when the Jets played at Shea.

[Aviator_Frank]

Hey Aviator_Frank, I have always had a question about the Shea bleachers in the 1980's. They are obviously not the same ones that are presently at Shea. My question is are those bleachers from the 80's small leftover bleachers from the Jets? They look as though they curve at the same angle as the football bleachers from when the Jets played at Shea.

Can't help you on that one, stlfan. Maybe Gary or someone else here could chime in.

[Solair Wright]

Thanks for the pictures of 1984 Shea and 1996 Busch Memorial Stadium guys. I'm trying to see what the differences are of each ballpark, and Shea looks much different than in, say, 1988. As for Busch, it doesn't look much different than in 2005, and I've yet to see the last three.

Could someone please answer stlfan's question? My father is curious about the bleachers being left over as well.

[Yoda]

http://baseball-fever.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40296&stc=1&d=1208494516

This is when MLB allowed cloaking devices for games.

Those were trickey games to follow.

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

This is a picture of the Metrodome from 1982. Sorry I have none of the outfield and scoreboard from that year.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2099/2424511466_79aa660b01_o.jpg

[Solair Wright]

This is a picture of the Metrodome from 1982. Sorry I have none of the outfield and scoreboard from that year.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2099/2424511466_79aa660b01_o.jpg

I've noticed some changes over the past 26 years of the Metrodome:

* The field line to separate the outfield and infield is not visible in that shot.

* The bullpens are coated in blue instead of having artificial dirt.

* The dugouts look a lot different than today's.

* The light fixtures look different.

Those are some of the changes I can see, besides the different turf, which was the most obvious. I can't see all of them right now, but that's some of them I can find in that picture.

[hofflalu]

I've noticed some changes over the past 26 years of the Metrodome:

* The field line to separate the outfield and infield is not visible in that shot.

* The bullpens are coated in blue instead of having artificial dirt.

* The dugouts look a lot different than today's.

* The light fixtures look different.

Those are some of the changes I can see, besides the different turf, which was the most obvious. I can't see all of them right now, but that's some of them I can find in that picture.

A few more points:

-- If you look real close, you can see the line between the outfield & infield. As I recall, on the original artificial turf in the Metrodome (SuperTurf) they had from 1982-86, field markings never stood out particularly well. I've seen footage from Vikings games in that time frame where the end zone "Vikings" wordmark looks washed-out. When they went to AstroTurf in 1987, all field markings looked normal.

-- The roof lighting has also changed. After awhile the orange-ish roof lights were moved to the base of the roof instead of floating in the middle, then earlier this decade they were switch to white lights.

[Gary Dunaier]

Hey Aviator_Frank, I have always had a question about the Shea bleachers in the 1980's. They are obviously not the same ones that are presently at Shea. My question is are those bleachers from the 80's small leftover bleachers from the Jets? They look as though they curve at the same angle as the football bleachers from when the Jets played at Shea.

Can't help you on that one, stlfan. Maybe Gary or someone else here could chime in.

If memory serves me right, the bleachers used for football were actually in front of the outfield wall, so the answer would be: no, the original picnic bleachers (not to be confused with the temporary bleachers put up for the 1969 World Series) were not Jets leftovers.

[stlfan]

If memory serves me right, the bleachers used for football were actually in front of the outfield wall, so the answer would be: no, the original picnic bleachers (not to be confused with the temporary bleachers put up for the 1969 World Series) were not Jets leftovers.
But in places like left field, wouldn't some of those seats be behind the wall? It appears that the back of those bleachers, along with the movable seats, follows the circular arc of the stadium that would be there if the stadium was fully enclosed. Unlike stadiums like Busch II & Astrodome, the outfield wall straightens out after it reaches the edge of the main grandstand instead of following that arc. I will attach a drawing I did for another thread showing what I think the Mets might have done if they had expanded Shea to be fully enclosed. This might shed some light on what I am trying to illustrate. Because the left field bleachers in the photos earier in this thread appear to not follow the countour of the wall, but a more circular contour from the back of them. Notice how as they go further out towards center field, they are more truncated from the front.

[stlfan]

Actually, this might better illustrate what I said since this is using an existing arial shot of the stadium.

[Aviator_Frank]

Even tho it wasn't requested, here are some snapshots of Fenway I took in 1978. It's sobering to see how much that park has been upgraded over the years. It looked like a minor league stadium back then.

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

This shot of 2 Metrodome vendors from 1987 shows the view toward the fences. Not from '82, but one from that era.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2250/2443462155_9f6b499b48_o.jpg

[Solair Wright]

If I'm not mistaken, that's the year the Twins won the World Series (1987), and it seems like the field has changed a bit since it opened. (orange bullpen ground, field line to separate the outfield/infield is there, etc.) Was the right field "baggie" there when the ballpark opened?

Anyway, moving to Fenway Park. It looks a lot different in 1978 than today. For one, they added an entire deck, added a lot of seats, and changed the scoreboard in right field over the years. They've made a lot of improvements over 30 years (1978-today) to add seats and make it more fan friendly.

[Yoda]

The Metrodome is awesome when it's packed....




Does anyone have a picture of that doofus that fell from the UD on the backstop netting at a yankees game? It was in 2005 and it was against the White Sox.

[MarcianoNY]

Even tho it wasn't requested, here are some snapshots of Fenway I took in 1978. It's sobering to see how much that park has been upgraded over the years. It looked like a minor league stadium back then.

Whoa... That whole press box section is new? They sure did a hell of a job blending it in - even if Fenway does look a little frankenstein-ish now seats crammed into every imaginable square centimeter.

[Twins91871977]

This shot of 2 Metrodome vendors from 1987 shows the view toward the fences. Not from '82, but one from that era.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2250/2443462155_9f6b499b48_o.jpg The guy on the left almost looks like Jeff Reardon.

[Jim Vaz]

Whoa... That whole press box section is new? They sure did a hell of a job blending it in - even if Fenway does look a little frankenstein-ish now seats crammed into every imaginable square centimeter.

Thats what I guess makes it so unique and why people are both drawn to it and want to see it last as long as it can.

[Aviator_Frank]

The Metrodome is awesome when it's packed....




Does anyone have a picture of that doofus that fell from the UD on the backstop netting at a yankees game? It was in 2005 and it was against the White Sox.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/08/09/sports/yanks.184.1.450.jpg

[Gary Dunaier]

Scott Harper, the "doofus" in question, was sentenced to three years probation for his antics. But wait, there's more!

"The defendant is permanently barred from Yankee Stadium, both the old stadium and the new stadium," Supreme Court Judge Troy Webber added.
Source: New York Post, September 20, 2006, page 21

[Solair Wright]

Now, even though it was not requested, I wonder what Shea looked like a year later (1985), to see if anything has changed. It probably hasn't much, since it still has the old scoreboard and such, but I'm curious if something did change that year from 1984's incarnation.

[Solair Wright]

Not to make another post about the same thing, but has anyone got pictures of 1985 Shea Stadium? I didn't request this in the first post, but I just want to see what's new that year and such on the stadium. It's the final year of Shea, which is why I would like to see a picture of that stadium. After between November 2008 or January 2009, Shea Stadium will be dismantled.