Crosley Field / Redland Field

[MattD1972]

P Tony Cloninger, 1969. Had a tough year, going 11-17 for the Reds with an ERA over 5.

He had a couple of great years in the early '60's with the Milwaukee Braves, but never really recovered from various injuries in the mid '60's, and was primarily a spot starter and reliever for Cincinnati, winning a pennant with the Reds in 1970. He retired after the 1972 season. He would return to baseball 20 years later as a bullpen coach for the Yankees, getting 4 WS rings with the Bombers.

OT fun fact - The Braves' battery from their first game in Atlanta was present at the last game at Fulton County Stadium (1996 WS Game 5) - in the Yankees Dugout (Tony Cloninger/Joe Torre)

Don't forget Tony's 2 grand slams in one game as well.

[alpineinc]

Okay, these have all been reposted before, but I'm posting them again because I just discovered something.

These are probably the two best albums that exist of latter-day Crosley, both taken by fans - and I just realized that both were taken on the same day, Sunday August 31, 1969, which really boggles the mind. As noted before, Reds won 7-5, rocking Bob Gibson of all people. Bench, Perez HRs for the Reds, Shannon, Flood round-trippers for the Cards. With the win, the Reds moved into a tie with the Giants in the NL West, with the eventual pennant winning Braves 2 games back. Cards dropped 10.5 games behind the Cubs.

Among other amazing things in having two albums of the same day, the Merritt warmup and second Gibson warmup photo were taken about 2 minutes apart!

Also, the first two were posted by icee82 a few years ago, who discovered the first album here from good old Pat on Picasa, but were posted smaller; I wanted to pull them out to their largest size that the forum allows to really get a good look. Have also put up links for the largest sizes available overall for all. So let's put them all together in one post, in their biggest sizes once and for all! Enjoy them, again.

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Curt Flood double, either in the 5th or 8th inning.
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Jim Merritt warming
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Now here's Greg Frazier's album, taken along the right field line. These are at their largest sizes.

Bob Gibson
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Mudcat Grant


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So long, Crosley...

[alpineinc]

Circus in town? Looks like late '30's, early '40's...

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/91518557@N06/8309904852/

[ericlc129]

Can somebody fill me in on how Mudcat Grant got to St Louis? Who did the Twins get in the trade, if that's what it was?

[bnbusser]

Grant was dealt from the Twins along with Zoilo Versalles to the Dodgers for Ron Perranoski, Johnny Roseboro and Bob Miller... he got to the Cardinals via Montreal who traded him to St. Louis for Gary Waslewski....

[The Old Ballpark]

OT fun fact - The Braves' battery from their first game in Atlanta was present at the last game at Fulton County Stadium (1996 WS Game 5) - in the Yankees Dugout (Tony Cloninger/Joe Torre)

Don't forget Tony's 2 grand slams in one game as well.

Cloninger struck out 12 but lost a 13 inning complete game to the Pirates 3-2 in 40 degree temperatures in the Braves' first home opener in Atlanta in early April, 1966. He was never the same pitcher after that. He had a serious eye condition the next season.

[ericlc129]

Grant was dealt from the Twins along with Zoilo Versalles to the Dodgers for Ron Perranoski, Johnny Roseboro and Bob Miller... he got to the Cardinals via Montreal who traded him to St. Louis for Gary Waslewski....

Thank you Sir!

[icee82]

Here are a couple of new photos that showed up on EBay compliments of fins1982. 1959 Crosley Field 2.jpgCrosley Field 1959.jpg

[piedmontphilly]

Saturday August 1, 1959, Reds won the game 12-3. Johnny Temple is waiting to lead off the bottom of the 7th. Bob Purkey was not only the winning pitcher, but hit a grand slam as well.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bo...95908010.shtml

[alpineinc]

Many folks standing for the 7th inning stretch too. Great find!!

[piedmontphilly]

Didn't those two buildings beyond the outfield wall come down the next year or shortly thereafter to put the freeway in?

[icee82]

The laundry came down in the fall/winter of 1960 to make room for parking and then the expressway.

[alpineinc]

Night action, circa early '50's

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Orig...item5d3b673202

[alpineinc]

Great seats! Kluszewski at bat, early '50's

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Orig...item27d0833f7f

[Paul W]

pix of first mlb night game hit by phils ethan allen 5/24/35, a double to right(?).
good clear image taken by earl payne, engineer from cincinnati gas & electric - subcontractor to g.e.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1...240CIN1935.htm

video by payne's son on "light baseball", with many more good images...

[alpineinc]

"2 Color Snapshot Photos from the 1962 season at Crosley Field. The photos were taken on Fan Camera Day. One photo shows Bob Purkey with young fan with the famous right field Moon Porch stands in the background. The other photo has Jim O'Toole and Wally Post posing for fans."

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Color-Snap...item35c6414207

[alpineinc]

More snapshots from that 1962 game.

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Color-Snap...item35c77d635e