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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on May 28, 2020 17:07:00 GMT
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Post by northern on May 28, 2020 17:09:05 GMT
Sat there many times. I miss the old dump😀
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 28, 2020 22:14:22 GMT
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 28, 2020 22:21:48 GMT
Sat there many times. I miss the old dump😀 I usually ended up along the RF line, on the burning hot steel benches in the sun or rain. Craning my neck left for 3hrs. Good times. I was in the LF grandstands for a Juan Beuniquez go ahead something against the Tigers in '87. I see now he was 37yrs old that season… why I used to think he was some young prospect is beyond me. |
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Post by northern on May 29, 2020 0:32:38 GMT
Sat there many times. I miss the old dump😀 I usually ended up along the RF line, on the burning hot steel benches in the sun or rain. Craning my neck left for 3hrs. Good times. I was in the LF grandstands for a Juan Beuniquez go ahead something against the Tigers in '87. I see now he was 37yrs old that season… why I used to think he was some young prospect is beyond me. I usually sat in the old Grandstand seats behind the home run wall. Ah the good old days. |
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 29, 2020 2:21:40 GMT
I usually ended up along the RF line, on the burning hot steel benches in the sun or rain. Craning my neck left for 3hrs. Good times. I was in the LF grandstands for a Juan Beuniquez go ahead something against the Tigers in '87. I see now he was 37yrs old that season… why I used to think he was some young prospect is beyond me. I usually sat in the old Grandstand seats behind the home run wall. Ah the good old days. I think some of the grandstand tickets went for as low as $1-2 dollars. It was like sitting down watching a game from the parking lot. |
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on May 29, 2020 13:28:18 GMT
I usually sat in the old Grandstand seats behind the home run wall. Ah the good old days. I think some of the grandstand tickets went for as low as $1-2 dollars. It was like sitting down watching a game from the parking lot.  |
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Post by OrsonSwelles on May 29, 2020 15:17:35 GMT
Most memorable game at the Ex was the 10th anniversary home opener. A few of us skipped school to go see the game. Way out in the grandstand, well beyond the outfield wall. Ice cold and not dressed warmly enough. Some Newfies(?) were drinking whisky and offered us some. Then around the 7th inning (not at all sure when actually) everyone started running down onto the field behind the outfield wall, hundreds maybe thousands of people just laughing and running around. Police on horseback(?) and security finally got everyone back in their seats. Pretty sure the Jays lost. Great day though.
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Post by northern on May 29, 2020 16:51:06 GMT
I usually sat in the old Grandstand seats behind the home run wall. Ah the good old days. I think some of the grandstand tickets went for as low as $1-2 dollars. It was like sitting down watching a game from the parking lot. True and if I remember right there was no assigned seating there so you had to get in early for good ones. |
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on May 30, 2020 15:52:29 GMT
Most memorable game at the Ex was the 10th anniversary home opener. A few of us skipped school to go see the game. Way out in the grandstand, well beyond the outfield wall. Ice cold and not dressed warmly enough. Some Newfies(?) were drinking whisky and offered us some. Then around the 7th inning (not at all sure when actually) everyone started running down onto the field behind the outfield wall, hundreds maybe thousands of people just laughing and running around. Police on horseback(?) and security finally got everyone back in their seats. Pretty sure the Jays lost. Great day though. sounds fun!  |
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Post by OrsonSwelles on May 30, 2020 18:16:04 GMT
Most memorable game at the Ex was the 10th anniversary home opener. A few of us skipped school to go see the game. Way out in the grandstand, well beyond the outfield wall. Ice cold and not dressed warmly enough. Some Newfies(?) were drinking whisky and offered us some. Then around the 7th inning (not at all sure when actually) everyone started running down onto the field behind the outfield wall, hundreds maybe thousands of people just laughing and running around. Police on horseback(?) and security finally got everyone back in their seats. Pretty sure the Jays lost. Great day though. sounds fun! It was. No one was hurt as far as I know. Just a bunch of people trying to warm up during a boring game they could barely see. The highlights on the news that night weren't impressed with what happened that day. I wonder if that was the final straw in getting Toronto a new stadium a few years later or if the construction plan was already in place?
On a side note, a few years later I was biking around downtown and went to see what the new stadium under construction was looking like. Found a spot that was open and rode right onto the site and right into the stadium and looked down at the concrete of what would be the field. Can't believe there wasn't any security or at least that the site was secured from nosy sightseers.
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