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The end of the road for Greer Stadium, home of the Nashville Sounds. The guitar scoreboard was originally envisioned as the centerpiece for transforming Greer into an MLB ballpark. The city had hoped to be apart of MLB's 1993 expansion. Photo taken in 2018 by Ethan Bardolph
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Who remembers walking on these ramps at Tiger Stadium? Photo: May 14, 1999, Jimmy Santry
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There are remnants of Lost Ballparks all over this country. This brick wall still standing in Brooklyn between first and third streets is all that remains of Washington Park, former home of the Brooklyn Tip Tops of the Federal League. It was the site of Cy Young's final game.
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Shea Stadium was originally going to be named Flushing Meadow Park Municipal Stadium. The Mets called Shea home from 1964-2008.
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Aerial shot of Buffalo's War Memorial Stadium (where "the Natural" was filmed). The stadium was demolished in 1989.
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Who remembers sitting behind one of these poles at Cleveland Municipal Stadium? Man, I do! Didn't matter, I was watching a big league game at a ballpark I loved! Photo taken Sep 6, 1982 vs Red Sox: Doug Goerke
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Aerial view of War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, AKA "The Rockpile". One time home of the Buffalo Bills (1946-1949 & 1960-1972) and the Buffalo Bisons (1961-1970 & 1979-1987) and of course, the fictional New York Knights.
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1975 Cleveland team photo taken at Municipal Stadium. That '75 team included Frank Robinson, Gaylord Perry, Boog Powell, Buddy Bell and Dennis Eckersley. I may be alone in saying this, but I really miss that ballpark.
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On July 16, 1969 Willie Stargell hit a home run at Jarry Park (home of the MontrealExpos) that landed in the pool. As you can see from this fantastic aerial (taken that same month/year) that was a bomb! Photo: Benoit Brouillette
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Hammtramck Stadium, Detroit MI. A Negro League ballpark with incredible history (Josh Gibson & Satchel Paige) that still stands at 3201 Dan Street.
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Crosley Field was the only ballpark with a ground rule painted on the outfield fence. Photo: Rob James
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"When Ebbets Field was deconstructed the cost of seats was 25 cents, but you had to remove them and carry them off yourself. My Uncle Jack was one who did and I have fortuitously ended up with it." - Fred Nichols, Lost Ballparks follower.
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The next time you're in AZ stop by Phoenix Municipal Stadium (current home of the ASU Sun Devils). The light standards are the originals that were installed at the Polo Grounds in 1940.
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Final years of Shea Stadium. Photo taken on approach to LaGuardia by Jim Kassab.
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When the Astrodome opened in 1965 Houston intended to use the facility for every event imaginable including car racing!
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"I was lucky enough to catch a game there (Memorial Stadium/Baltimore) in the summer of ‘89. I was a 10 year old California kid, who got to do an east coast baseball trip with my dad. Trip of a lifetime!" - Jordan Schoeck
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Kansas City's Municipal Stadium, July, 1955. The A's played at Municipal Stadium from '55-'67. The club moved to Oakland in 1968. The Monarchs (Negro Leagues) played there from '23-'31 and '37-'55 and the Royals from '69-'72. Photo: Tom D.
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Very rare photo of San Diego's Westgate Park. Westgate was located in the then undeveloped Mission Valley in San Diego. It was home to the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League from 1958 to 1967. Photo: Padres Hall of Fame
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October 6, 1991. The final game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. Photo: Kevin A. Mueller
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"Riverfront Stadium, It was new, it was big, and it was exciting! The colors just popped! Bright red, yellow, green and blue seats. As a 62 year old, hopelessly addicted Reds lifer, what I wouldn’t give, to sit for an afternoon, with my dad one more time." - Michael Flispart
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Who remembers Bernie sliding into the mug of beer at County Stadium in Milwaukee?! Photo: Tyler J. Wagner
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"Tiger Stadium's final season was in 1999. I have vivid memories of going to games with my father when I was 8, and it is all I ever knew as a baseball stadium. Some of the pictures included illustrate my memories…
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Crosley Field, 1968. Check out the LF terrace and that beautiful scoreboard topped with an ad for the new '68 GTO.
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Polo Grounds groundskeeper Matty Schwab and his family lived in an apartment underneath the LF stands. Clearly, they were the coolest kids in their class! Photo taken in 1952: Walker Evans Archive
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Welcome to Jarry Park. Home of the Montreal Expos. This way to your seats, please.
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I spent the afternoon at the Double Play Bar and Grill in SF; est. in 1909 and one of the few reminders of Seals Stadium; a Lost Ballpark which once stood across the street from 1931-1959. The Seals (of the PCL) played there from 1931-1957. The Giants played there in '58 and '59.
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Shea Stadium, game 3 of the 1986 NLCS. The only thing missing is a plane roaring by on its way to La Guardia. Photo: Paul W.
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Arlington Stadium, 1977. The ballpark at 1500 South Copeland Rd. was home to the Texas Ranger from 1972-1993. It was demolished in 1994. Photo: Marijke Arnold
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The next time you're in Pittsburgh..."Home plate (from Forbes Field) is in Posvar Hall on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh." - LB Follower Vincent Rissler
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I could look at this photo of Brooklyn's Ebbets Field for hours. What a difference a generation or two makes. Can you imagine an ad today for "light up a lucky"?! Photo: Ralph Morse/Life
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I could spend hrs looking at this Shibe Park photo from the 1929 World Series (won by the Phil A's in 5). One of the best of Philadelphia's old ballpark I have ever seen. It gives such a great perspective of the surrounding area. Photo: Hagley ID, J. Victor Dallin Aerial Survey
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Wow! The final game at Comiskey Park. September 30, 1990. Sox won 2-1. They had quite a team that year (Fisk, Ventura, Guillen, Kittle, Thomas, McDowell, Thigpen) finishing with 93 wins! Photo: Frederick Nachman
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"This is a glimpse of my view of Comiskey during batting practice before the gates were opened." - former White Sox infielder Greg Pryor
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"$4 bleacher seats, small ice chest with bottled drinks, your own snacks/lunch, bar night, summer fun despite the grueling heat. Any seat felt like you were close to the field." - Lisa Holloway Fitzsimmons at Arlington Stadium, Texas/Photo: Erik Leopard
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"When (Comiskey Park) was demolished, a friend of mine went to the demolition and grabbed a brick. He said someone was loading up an entire flatbed. So somewhere out there someone's got a patio made of Comiskey Park bricks." - LB follower Bob Denys PC: Bob Kovach
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A woman in her 80's once told me how magical it was to grow up a block away from League Park in Cleveland. She remembers sitting in her bedroom with window rolled up anxiously waiting for the crowd to roar to see how her beloved Indians were playing.
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That's Nancy Faust, organist at Comiskey, seen here in 1980. The sound of an organ playing during a baseball game was as much a part of my childhood as peanuts and cracker jacks.
@played41
was the White Sox organist from 1970-2010 missing only 5 games during her tenure!
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Man, Ernie Harwell (longtime Tigers broadcaster) really did have the best seat in the house at Tiger Stadium! What a view! Photo: Mark Hall
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This Hank Aaron photo at Connie Mack Stadium dated July 26, 1968 was sent in by MJ Parker. Aaron was about to hit
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Shibe Park photograph from the 1929 World Series (won by the Philadelphia A's in 5). One of the best of Philadelphia's old ballpark that I have ever seen. It gives such a great perspective of the surrounding area. Photo: Hagley ID, J. Victor Dallin Aerial Survey
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Bill Ryan snapped this photo while attending an absolutely frigid Vikings game at Metropolitan Stadium in 1977.
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"I took these pictures of Shea Stadium as it was being torn down. I saw my first game there in 1966; the last game that I saw was game 5 of the 2000 WS. I moved to Atlanta in 2003, but on a trip to NY in 2009 I had to come & say goodbye one last time." LB follower Barry Phillips
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That's Nancy Faust, organist at Comiskey, seen here in 1980. The sound of an organ playing during a baseball game was as much a part of my childhood as peanuts & cracker jacks. Faust was the White Sox organist from 1970-2010 missing only 5 games during her tenure with the team!
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If you have ever been to the Mall of America it's hard to imagine that Metropolitan Stadium once existed on its footprint! June 3, 1967 Harmon Killebrew hit the longest HR in Met Stadium history, 520 feet! Photo/Postcard: Mirro-Krome by H.S. Crocker
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Final days of Tiger Stadium. PC: Detroit Derek (on Flickr)
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The Polo Grounds with Yankee Stadium and the Bronx County Courthouse visible in the distance.
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This photo was taken in 1909 shortly after the Forbes Field opened. The Pirates, the Steelers and the NBL Homestead Grays all played at the Pittsburgh ballpark. It closed in 1970 and was demolished in 1971.
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What the view from home plate at Old Yankee Stadium looks like now - with the familiar Bronx County Courthouse in the distance. Photo: David McDonald
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Cincinnati's Crosley Field was one of the smallest parks in baseball, seating just over 29,000. The Reds played at that intersection (Findlay and Western) from 1884-1970.
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"I grew up on that field (Tiger Stadium). My dad was a groundskeeper for the Tigers and cut the grass on weekends and would take us with him. My playground was the infield, dugout & bullpen. Great childhood memories!" - Jenn Day/Photo: Otto
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"When County Stadium opened in 53, the stadium & parking lots were partially built on land acquired by Milwaukee County from the VA. Veterans were able to watch Braves/Brewers games for free from bleachers atop the bluff known as Mockingbird Hill." Jim Hoehn/PC: Journal Sentinel
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"Kansas City Municipal Stadium, home of the Kansas City Athletics (batting, in white and green), with the Cleveland Indians (grey and red) in the field.
Beyond the left field bleachers the petting zoo can be seen."
Photo: Greg Ahrens, from the Ahrens Family Collection. 1967.
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Metropolitan Stadium, home of the Twins from '61-'81. This shot was taken in January, 1982, a month after it was closed for good. Photo: Philip Wagner
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There was nothing like walking through the Yankee Stadium concourse the 1st time. Pushing through the masses on way to our seats. The smells, anticipation, heart pounding roar of crowd, muffled PA announcements, and then (sigh) the emerald green grass. Heaven. Photos: Ken Smoller
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"I grew up on that field (Tiger Stadium). My dad was a groundskeeper for the Tigers and cut the grass on weekends and would take us with him. My playground was the infield, dugout & bullpen. Great childhood memories!" - Jenn Day/Photo: Martin McDonald
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Yankee Stadium was the first triple-deck stadium in baseball history.
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From LB Follower
@bogeygolfguy
"Nicknamed the 'Human Frying Pan', the 1st Texas Rangers home (Arlington Stadium) offered all the asphalt, concrete and steel you could want, with zero shade. You couldn't drink enough beer to cool off, believe me, I tried."
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"We would take the train from the western suburbs to Union Station. Hop the “L” and get dropped off right by the park. We were kids. And, not the least bit afraid to do it. 1970’s." -LB Follower Bryan Robbins remembers Comiskey Park
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As Lost Ballpark follower Joel Ross put it, the swimming pool beyond the RF wall at Montreal's Jarry Park (seen here in 1969) was the prequel to McCovey's Cove (SF) !Nos Amours! Photo: Michel Ménard
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Buffalo Bison game, September, 1982 at Buffalo's War Memorial Stadium aka "The Rockpile". The ballpark was demolished in 1989. Photo: Doug Goerke
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Owner Bill Veeck installed showers in the bleacher section of Comiskey Park. This photo was taken in 1978. On hot, humid summer days, I'm sure it felt like heaven to fans!
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Harmon Thomas snapped this photo of Pete Rose on camera day, (mid '60's) at Cincinnati's Crosley Field. Thank you grandson Shane for sharing!
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - "Saw many games there with attendance around 5000-7000, it was EMPTY! We would pack a full meal and use the dugout as our table." - Aaron Schwab - Photos taken in 1990 by Charles Repsher
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This was my favorite configuration of San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium. Home of the Padres from 1969-2003. Photo by Tom Levy taken during the 1984 NLCS. Cubs vs. Padres. Thank you Tom! Padres won that series in 5 BTW.
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"Many fond memories of Memorial Stadium. We lived about a mile a way. I spent many nights listening to games on AM radio. Being so close I could here the cheers just moments before I would hear what happened on the radio." - David Warehime / Photo: Jesse Kuzniarski
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When the Astrodome was built in 1965 Astro's owner Roy Hofheinz had an apartment constructed for himself in the interior. After Hofheinz passed away in 1982 the team eliminated the lavish apartment during a 10,000 seat ballpark expansion. Photos: Life
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"I remember walking into Tiger Stadium- through the gates onto the concourse, which felt like a dungeon. Once you walked through the tunnel and saw the field and stands, it was like a blast of vivid green, blue, and orange” Christopher Busch - Photo: Martin MacDonald
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Rick Honeycutt pitching at Arlington Stadium, 1982. I could look at a photo like this for an hour studying the architectural details of that ballpark and remembering how folks dressed 40 years ago. What stands out to you? Photo: Alan Germany
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When the Dodgers were playing at Ebbets Field a kid could walk from one end of the neighborhood to the other and not miss a second of Red Barber or Vin Scully's call of the game. Windows were up, front doors were wide open and every radio was tuned to WMGM. Photo: Richard Stevens
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Fort Lauderdale Stadium opened in 1962 as the Yankees spring training home and the club's class D (later A) minor league team. Mantle, Ford, Berra and Jackson all dusted the winter cobwebs off at the south Florida ballpark. Demolished in 2019. Photo near the end by Marcus Villar.
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A tip of the cap to the Negro Leagues on their 100th anniversary! Thankful work's underway to restore Hamtramck Stadium in Det. It's like "walking on history, swinging a bat where Josh Gibson once hit a home run from, or standing where Satchel Paige pitched." James Peters/MCSJ
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Sadly, the demolition of Municipal Stadium in Hagerstown, MD is underway. The ballpark opened May 8, 1930. Willie Mays played his first professional game here (June 24, 1950) with the Trenton Giants after skipping his senior prom. - Brayden Leather
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Time marches on. "Old" and "new" Yankee Stadium side-by-side. Photo: John Michael Fay III
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On July 16, 1969 Willie Stargell hit a home run at Jarry Park (home of the MontrealExpos) that landed in the pool. As you can see from this fantastic aerial (taken that same month/year) that was a bomb! Photo: Benoit Brouillette
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51 years ago today, the Montreal Expos and the St. Louis Cardinals played in the first ever MLB game on Canadian soil. Photo taken at Jarry Park, Montreal - Archives de la Ville de Montréal.
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I will always be partial to the green interior version of Tiger Stadium (It was painted blue in 1977). Photo: George Paynich
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Hard to imagine that a ballpark that Babe Ruth once played in (in 1923) still exists, but sure enough, Ainsworth Field in Erie, PA where Ruth and his traveling All-Stars once visited, not only stands, but is currently being used by a few local high schools. Photos:Nick Copeland.
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The Boston Braves played at Braves Field from 1915-1952. The RF stands (along foul line) still exist and are a part of Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University. The 1936 All-Star Game was played here with over 20 future HOF'ers. Photo: Brett Grande
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Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium, 1972, with Howard Johnson's, our family's hotel d'jour in the 70's, at the bottom! Incredible to see how much the downtown connector has changed since this photo was taken!
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The Giants played at the Polo Grounds through the 57 season. The Mets were there in 62 & 63 while Shea was being built. This photo was taken by Harvey Sackowitz 9/18/63, the day the Mets played their final home game at the Polo Grounds. Thank you Seth (Harv's son) for sharing it!
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Anaheim Stadium, the year it opened (1966) with the 230 ft. tall Big "A" beyond the LF wall. Not lost, but this wide open version certainly is. Photo: JR (BTW: No 57 Freeway in '66).
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Really miss this version of Wrigley Field (photo taken in 1990). Lost but certainly not forgotten! I made a trip back there a few years ago, it's still a great atmosphere, but not like it once was IMHO. Photo: Charles Repsher
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1951 aerial of Tiger Stadium and the city of Detroit.
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This is one of the very few known photos of the rotunda at Ebbets Field. Fans would crowd their way into the rotunda, huddle under the iconic baseball chandelier, collect their tickets and then walk through the doors and out to their seats.
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Commemorated with a plaque in the garden entrance of the New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, Hilltop Park, formally called "American League Park" was the original home of the New York Highlanders. Photo: David Santillan
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That's 25 year old Rusty Staub, an Expo fan favorite, before game 1 at Jarry Park. April 14, 1969.
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Metropolitan Stadium (home of the Twins '61-'81) was the first MLB ballpark built on a cornfield. (Wait, I say first, but I can't imagine there was a second???)
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Thankful this historic ballpark, Rickwood Field, is not lost! Built in 1910, this Birmingham ballpark has had over 180 Hall of Famers pass through at one time or another! The wood seats pictured are from the Polo Grounds. Well worth the visit! Photos: Scott Billingslea
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"I miss the shadows created by the arches on top of the stadium that moved across the field in the late afternoons." Lost Ballparks follower Schell Strother at Busch Stadium, St. Louis
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Scoreboard photo taken during the final game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. October 6, 1991. Photo: Don Gardener
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Comiskey Park, circa 1950's. Bill Veeck bought the White Sox in 1959 and painted the exterior white. A year later he added the "exploding scoreboard."
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"Opening ceremony of the ‘61 Series (at Cincinnati's Crosley Field). That’s my mom and brother." - Garth Anderson (Fantastic photo! Thank you for sharing Garth!)
@cammillerfilms
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Came across this photo of Cleveland Municipal Stadium last night. Wondering if it might be from the 1954 World Series?
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Tiger Stadium, Detroit. Oh, the history at this corner. "The Corner"! 88 years of life and memories at this ballpark. Thank you Brian Jones for posting the photos and helping us remember!
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"Kansas City Municipal Stadium, home of the Kansas City Athletics (batting, in white and green), with the Cleveland Indians (grey and red) in the field.
Beyond the left field bleachers the petting zoo can be seen."
Photo: Greg Ahrens, from the Ahrens Family Collection. 1967.
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When the Astrodome was built in 1965 Astros owner Roy Hofheinz had an apartment constructed for himself in the interior. After Hofheinz passed away in 1982 the team eliminated the lavish apartment during a 10,000 seat ballpark expansion. Photos: Life
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"Worlds oldest continuous play ball park in the world, Labatt Memorial Park, London, Ontario Canada. They have been playing baseball here since 1877." - David Godwin
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Walking up 33rd Street in Baltimore to Memorial Stadium where the Orioles played from 1954-1991.
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