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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Jul 16, 2017 22:57:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2017 23:33:14 GMT
I love old time baseball photos.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Jul 17, 2017 0:19:38 GMT
was there a fence in that park?
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jul 18, 2017 8:41:47 GMT
 Check out the room behind home plate. Not the best seats in the house. At one time, it was 565 feet (or somewhere in that area) to dead center. They shortened it a bit, so there must have been some fencing. One cool old park was Ponce de Leon Park, home of the minor Atlanta Crackers of the defunct Southern League  Notice the magnolia tree in dead CF? It was in play for a long time. You could hit a ball into the tree and the fielder would have to wait for it to come down while the runner circled the bases. Supposedly, Eddie Mathews did it a few times. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jul 18, 2017 8:47:33 GMT
Another was Sulphur Dell, another Souther League park, home of the Nashville Volunteers.  Not an optical illusion. The park had a 22 ft. hill in center and right field. And, since it was built over a city dump, it really smelled of sulfur. Players and fans called it "Sulphur Hell". Babe Ruth flat out refused to play an exhibition in RF and played left, where the hill wasn't as bad. |
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Jul 18, 2017 9:09:08 GMT
Another was Sulphur Dell, another Souther League park, home of the Nashville Volunteers. Not an optical illusion. The park had a 22 ft. hill in center and right field. And, since it was built over a city dump, it really smelled of sulfur. Players and fans called it "Sulphur Hell". Babe Ruth flat out refused to play an exhibition in RF and played left, where the hill wasn't as bad. great stuff. that's funny! what's really funny is the kroger ad in that 'dump'. when i went to a lake in tenn. once on a vacation, and i walked in the house sans shoes, and they said i had 'kroger feet'---  now, i know what that meant...i think...  |
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Post by Xcalatë on Jul 18, 2017 19:15:42 GMT
I love old time baseball photos. So Do I  |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jul 18, 2017 19:28:19 GMT
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Post by Xcalatë on Jul 19, 2017 9:50:31 GMT
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now, i know what that meant...i think... 
