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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Oct 13, 2017 17:57:58 GMT
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Post by _ on Oct 13, 2017 18:18:02 GMT
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Post by _ on Oct 13, 2017 18:20:16 GMT
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 13, 2017 18:35:44 GMT
I know where the ballpark sat. About a block or two from the site of the Rogers Centre, right on the waterfront.
People don't realize now how important minor league teams meant to fans in those cities. Before TV, the majors were just a boxscore. But to a fan in Toronto, the Maple Leafs were real. Even thought the minors were becoming more and more enslaved to the majors, fans rooted for the Maple Leafs like fans in NY rooted for the Yankees. Minor leaguers were on baseball cards, did advertising ("Frank Shellenback smokes Winston's and so should you!"), hell some minor league teams had their own farm clubs. The Minors do well in attendance, but a lot of it is fireworks and Beach Boys concerts afterwards.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Oct 13, 2017 18:57:38 GMT
I know where the ballpark sat. About a block or two from the site of the Rogers Centre, right on the waterfront. Rogers Centre? It is not the Air Canada Centre anymore? |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 13, 2017 19:07:31 GMT
I know where the ballpark sat. About a block or two from the site of the Rogers Centre, right on the waterfront. Rogers Centre? It is not the Air Canada Centre anymore? Rogers Centre, home of the Blue Jays. They change the names every couple months. The Air Canada Centre, home of the hockey Maple Leafs will be the Scotia Bank Arena next year. |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Oct 13, 2017 19:09:00 GMT
Rogers Centre? It is not the Air Canada Centre anymore? Rogers Centre, home of the Blue Jays. They change the names every couple months. The Air Canada Centre, home of the hockey Maple Leafs will be the Scotia Bank Arena next year. Ah, I see. I didn't realise that the baseball stadium wasn't called the SkyDome anymore. Shows you how much I follow baseball. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 13, 2017 19:15:19 GMT
Rogers Centre, home of the Blue Jays. They change the names every couple months. The Air Canada Centre, home of the hockey Maple Leafs will be the Scotia Bank Arena next year. Ah, I see. I didn't realise that the baseball stadium wasn't called the SkyDome anymore. Shows you how much I follow baseball. I follow baseball and I had to look it up to make sure. The local minor league team, the Buffalo Bisons, have played in the same stadium since 1988. It has been; Pilot Field Downtown Ballpark North AmeriCare Park Dunn Tire Park Coca-Cola Field I have yet to hear anyone call it Cola-Cola Park. Its "The Ballpark" |
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Oct 13, 2017 21:36:17 GMT
I wonder if Tip Top Tailors (next door) made their uniforms... Old Timey Voice: "Come on in to Tip Top Tailors, see! Get a fedora for a quarter- It's a real crackerjack deal, don't ya know!" |
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