When I get home I'll check my copy of Green Cathedrals* to see if it says anything about that.Originally Posted by TexanBob
*This is the main source I used when compiling the stadium database.
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When I get home I'll check my copy of Green Cathedrals* to see if it says anything about that.
*This is the main source I used when compiling the stadium database.
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That thing in CF could be a batting cage, depending on how old the picture is.
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Yep, I remember of times when they would set up a batting cage in deep center field during a game (sorry tales of this, I'm not that old), but I can't recall which field it was to be able to say with certainty it was Forbes or not. But that did in fact happen IRL.
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thanks for sharing the phots robin.
Some more pics.
1911 Highlanders postcard.
Torre and Oh on a Japanese exhibition tour.
Sportsmans Park.
Polo Grounds (check out the cars, and where they're parked!).
Another Polo Grounds. This from 1913.
You can really see the development going on in NYC in the last two.
Two interesting rings as well.
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I would love to have that Brooklyn Ring
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Yeah, I was just thinking the EXACT same thing. That is cool, and my mom is a Dodger fan from when they were in Brooklyn. I would pay for that ring to give my mom.I would love to have that Brooklyn Ring
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Multiple millions of dollars, at least...
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Only about 32 player rings in existence from the Brooklyn days. 1955 was the only World Series win for them.
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Have any WS rings ever actually been sold? (Let alone Brooklyn Dodgers rings)
...Estate sales are a possibility, I guess.
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Yes, but some teams, and I think that the Yankees are the main team, have the right of first refusal when one is going to be sold.
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Green Cathedrals indicates that the batting cage at Forbes was moved from behind Home to deep CF in 1925.
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Something I found while browsing baseball images at the Library of Congress website: Brookside Stadium, Cleveland.
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Interesting. Can you imagine a modern team trying to use the grassy knoll as seating?
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