Name this field !
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It’s a major League ballpark.
Take a guess.
my great grandfather was the one in the white hat.
i haven't the slightest, but i love vintage ballpark shots
have often dreamt of being transported back in time about 100 years and watching a baseball game
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
Ebbets Field?
How bout this: Actually found this searching through old ball park pictures on Twitter.........
"Fenway Park, Boston, May 25, 1929 - A good view of the wall years before it would turn green and become a monster, as well as a look at 10' incline called Duffy's Cliff. This was taken during the second game of a Yankees-Red Sox doubleheader. Sox won first 10-8, Yanks second 8-3"
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Very good !
It’s Fenway Park !
I need to forward this to my Boston guy...
@Goldenage Thank you for posting this beautiful and historical photo. I don't remember seeing this image before. I actually sent it, along with the description added by @Steven59 , just now to a couple of people who might enjoy it.
Great photo. Thanks.
That is awesome!
Here's one for ya, Joe D. hit in number 56.
Wrigley Field of Chicago Illinois is not the first ballpark in the United States to bear that name. Wrigley Field of Los Angeles California became the first ballpark named“Wrigley” in 1925. After purchasing minor league baseball team The Los Angeles Angels, chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. built his namesake ballpark on 10 acres of land in Los Angeles, CA. William Wrigley Jr. also owned the Chicago Cubs which he acquired in 1921. The Cubs farm team became The Los Angeles Angels upon their purchase. It was not until 1927 that Wrigley’s ballpark in Chicago, then named Cubs Park, was renamed Wrigley Field, making it the second ballpark in the country to bear that name.
After the Angels left the stadium in 1961, leaving the park without a team, Wrigley Field became the location of many Hollywood movies and television shows. Notable movies include; “Babe Comes Home” starring Babe Ruth, “The Pride of the Yankees” staring Gary Cooper about Yankees legend Lou Gehrig, and “Armored Car Robbery”. Television shows include; “Mannix”, “The Munsters”, and “The Twilight Zone”. By 1966 it became obvious that no other team was going to call Wrigley Field home so the decision was made to demolish the ballpark. Gilbert Lindsay Recreation Center now exists on this site and the current ball field here hosts Wrigley Little League. Unfortunately the current park is rather unkempt and can be dangerous due to the many gangs who roam the area.
Home Run Derby is a 1960 television show that was held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles pitting the top sluggers of Major League Baseball against each other in nine-inning home run contests. The show was produced and hosted by actor/broadcaster Mark Scott and distributed by Ziv Television Programs.
Filmed in December 1959, the series aired in syndication from January 9 to July 2, 1960, and helped inspire the Home Run Derby event that is now held the day before the annual Major League Baseball All-Star Game. ESPN staged a revival of the show in 1989.
Scott's play-by-play and interviewing style was not very different from many of the announcers of that era (straightforward and upbeat). Scott died on July 13, 1960, from a heart attack at the age of 45; in the wake of his death, the producers decided not to replace him and instead canceled the show. (Benjamin Stoloff, the series director, died September 8 of the same year.)