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  • #1

    Any information/pictures of these stadiums?

    i havent been able to find a lot of information or photos on the following stadiums:

    1.) A.L. Park (washington senators)
    2.) Bennett Park (detroit tigers)
    3.) Columbia Park (philiadelphia athletics)

    maybe these stadiums were under different names at one point or possibly werent around for too long, it's also possible i wasn't seraching hard enough too!
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  • #2
    This link has some good info on Columbia Park and a couple of photos. I think I have some pictures in an old Phillies yearbook about the history of ballparks in the city but I'll have to try and track them down. Until then, here's my contribution.

    Page not found - Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society
    http://www.philadelphiaathletics.org/history/columbiapark.htm


    Also you can read a little more about it here, it's an excerpt from an Old Philadelphia Ballparks book. Unfortunately the images don't seem to show up.

    Philadelphia's Old Ballparks
    http://books.google.com/books?id=8rK_9gTrI3MC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=columbia+park+athletics&source=web&ots=5zznXlWDjz&sig=KSgH78WE8krLVbp5pxqSkUw7pe8&hl=en#PPA17,M1
    Philadelphia's rich baseball heritage as seen through its baseball parks is vividly brought to life in this colorful and anecdotal book. Experienced sportswriter Rich Westcott once again dives into a labor of love, taking us back in time to an era when Philadelphia's ballparks were as famous and as much a part of the game as the teams that took the field. Philadelphia's baseball history goes beyond Shibe Park. Philadelphia's Old Ballparksis both a documentary and an oral history, providing detailed descriptions of all of the old professional parks and the many teams that played in them, including Baker Bowl, with its right field wall so close to home plate, it prompted sportswriter Red Smith to quip, "It might be exaggerating to say the outfield wall casts a shadow across the infield. But if the right fielder had eaten onions at lunch, the second baseman knew it." Shibe Park is also well-documented with its idiosyncracies, as are the others. The recollections of dozens of people--players, owners, vendors, ushers, grounds keepers, and fans combine to recreate the world that was held within those walls. Author note: Rich Westcotthas served as a writer and editor on the staffs of a variety of newspapers and magazines in the Philadelphia and Baltimore areas during his 35 years in publishing. He is the publisher and editor of Phillies Report.He is the author of six books, including The New Phillies Encyclopedia(Temple), with Frank Bilovsky; Phillies '93, An Incredible Season(Temple); Diamond Greats;and Masters of the Diamond.

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    • #3
      I found this for A.L. Park
      http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/american/alpkdc01.jpg

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      • #4
        And this from a World Series game in 1909 at Bennett Park
        http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Bennett-park-1909-world-series.jpg/1000px-Bennett-park-1909-world-series.jpg

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        • #5
          Finally Columbia Park
          http://projectballpark.org/history/al/pics/columbia1.jpg

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          • #6
            awesome, thanks guys i really appreciate it
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            • #7
              how about "palace of the fans" in cincinatti? home of the reds from 1902-1911, apparently crosley field erected on the site of this field in 1912?

              heres the only pic i have....

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              • #8
                one more field i found little info on is called "robinson field" in st. louis. home of the cardinals from 1893-1920.
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                • #9
                  Gooseamania,
                  One pic of Bennett Park and a drawing.( Not sure who did the drawing)...enjoy. Notice the Wildcat bleachers in left...kinda like Wrigley and Shibe
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                  • #10
                    thanks man, i like the drawing, it's easier to see what the stadium looked like considering a lot of the pictures of the older stadiums are in black and white and sometimes hard to make out.
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