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th ird base side, and a mere s liv e r on the firs t
In the photo,
you can see the 4 2 foot screen er ected to keep pop- flys in the
park in left field A lodged fly ball and um pire indecision cost
the Braves e pennan’ here in 1 9 5 9
cozy 7 0 0 feet fraom the plate
Demolition, Blasphemy and Hyperbole
Part 2
The furthest seats w ere a
Note the crushing attendance
Mansfield Club ©rounds, M idlletown, Conn
Demolished,
and later the site of the Connecticut Hospital for the insane
Just wonder mg
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field
The home of the three tiered n ^ i t
located next to the fragrant burning c ity dump, hence its
name Overflow crowds wer e parked behind the rope on the
th ird t ie r , shortening the right field dimensions to 2 3 5 feet
Stengel once said he parked one here on a bunt attempt
The
nearby Cumberland River wan a constant flood throe«, and
catcher Del Ballinger once mart» a successful catch of a foul fly
after diving into a fr igid dugout pond
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The home of fluctuating v isito rs
bull p«n mounds, axplodinq aooreboerdb. Bavar ian and Moxican
restaurants, Diamond Vision, bleacher showers, beer halts, and
Disco rio ts
Just what place this ancient stadium occupied in
the hearts of p u rists rem ains unclear
Polo (Rounds N Y - Oh. the lore The site of Snodgrass
m u ff. M a rk le ’s honehead p la y , Mays catch off W e rtz , and marry
others S till this park would be sum m arily laughed off the
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agenda if applying for a franchise today O rig in ally bu ilt to
provide a playground for the polomg New York ar istocrats, II
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fell to the s tra e t-c a r hoi -po llo i hardball set in the ear ty
1 8 8 0 ’s Probably more people hove welched a bollgame on this
plot than anywhere
At one point, it housed two fields
con cu rren tly, resulting in fa ir play balls and fran tic fielders
scurrying w il ly - n ill y onto adjacent tu r f
One incarnation of
this park had a right field embankment so steep George Oore
oouldn t clim b tt. allowing Cap Anson to gleefully stretch a
double into an inside - the-par k homer The lines R ig h t- 2 5 7 ,
Center - 5 0 0 * / - , l e f t - 2 8 0 But, ther e was a second deck
overhang in left that offered a chip shot home run of 2 5 0 feet
Crosley F te Id C incinnati - Another park w ith a steep incline
Dexter Park N Y - This yard featured a huge incline in right
In front of the fences, this in a ll fields, most pronounced in left
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field caused try the internm ent of a large, unknown horse
The center field fence was concrete for 13 5 feet, w ith 9 5 feet
of plywood on top that was out of p i e / f o r two years
Thus,
many hom eruns w ere judged by the um pires on the quality of
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P e n d le to n P a r k . Pendleton, Ohio - And as if a ll this isn I
enough, the e n tire Louisville and Cincinnati teems were
the sound they made hlttinQ the w all
arrested here in 1891 for p le y ioq Sunday baseball
I eague P a rk , Cleveland - An outfielder s nightm are Steel
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beams in the walls caused b iz a rre caroms which w ere m ainly
unpredictable Many a lin e cfrive to one corner ended up In the
other
There was also a good sized gap under the center flaid
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scoreboard that allowed b alls in play to ro ll under it Imagine
the Indignity of watchinQ T ris Speaker craw ling in the d irt like
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Mar ge ( sheottabe) Schott has spoken age in
A pparently, the 'm u lti-n a tio n a l awareness s en s itiv ity ­
tra in in g program she was forced to endure as a condition of
dimensions w ere defined by poplar trees, a scoreboard, tennis
r e - Instatement didn't take hold
Her antipathy towards A frican -A m erican s, the subjects of the
Greeter East Asia Co-prosper ity Sphere, and the International
courts, and a 4 -fa o t-h ig h water fountain
Zionest Conspiracy are w ell know and documented
C o lt S ta d iu m
athlete
Orove Straet Oval, East Orange, NJ
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Margie's
Farm has got to be an awkward place to work if you re a black
Houston - Routine maintenance chores here
Included heavily spraying the e n tire field w ith insecticide to
But now. she's gone too far
suppress the mosquito population Some of these were so hefty
that, by some accounts, they resembled winged hamsters
M unicipal Stadium ( now Satchel Paige M em orial Stadium ),
Kansas C ity - Left center light standard was In the field of play,
In fro n t of the w arning track
It Is the best of a ll gomes for me It
frequently escapes from the pattern of
sport end assumes the form of a v ir ile
ballet . . The movement Is natural end
unrehearsed and controlled only by the
unexpected flig h t of the ball
J im m y Cannon
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the members of the Cincinnati Reds, she said to the Ohio County
Treasurers Association the reason was 'o n ly fru its wear
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W e ll, thanks Marge, but I am neither a member of the
vegetable kingdom nor am I unsure of my sexual or lent at ion or
gender
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from the 19 6 0 Soviet Shot Put Lab and Tractor Wor ks
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Marge, why don t you sell the Reds, get your Cro-Magnon
bigot self out of baseball, buy an island f a r , far away, and take
Lon Mabon w ith you Into eternal torment
Yes. and your
m iserable little dog, too
We've had about enough out of you
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ifour coneenk.
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