Baker Bowl / Philadelphia Park / Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds

[alpineinc]

Thought I'd start a thread for the other classic Philly park, the Baker Bowl.

1915.






1931.




Opening Day 1938, Phillies' last year there. Dolph Camilli of the Brooks goes yard.




1939, in racing configuration:



Largest soap ad ever.

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[bnbusser]

"the Phillies use lifebuoy and they STILL stink" classic!

[icee82]

I love the photos of the Baker Bowl and the warehouse down the left field line.

[bnbusser]

That warehouse building is still standing to this day... as is the triangular building in back of CF....

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

Nice pics Bnbusser.
Yeah, Baker Bowl pics are tough to find. Here's some that may or may not have been posted here somewhere before.



ENLARGE






This is when it was used as a speedway


From the Temple Univ Archives (w/watermarks, darn it)

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

The above Temple pics are from 1939, after the Phillies moved out.

Last game at Baker Bowl 1938

[whoisonit]

You could come up with anything ! Neat pictures, thanks. You should put this one in the 'Locker Rooms' thread.

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

More from the last game


















1950 Captioned "High winds demolish wall of old Baker Bowl". Do they have tornados in Philly?


Finally, here's an ornament from the old stadium

[Pelt]

Yeah, Baker Bowl pics are tough to find...

He says right before posting a ton of pics of the BB that I've never seen before.

Those pics are great!

[alpineinc]

Chicago Tribune, via Sporting News, 1937.

[Pelt]

Man, pictures of this place are few and far between:

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[Pelt]

A couple more:

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[Pelt]

Aaaand another, which looks like two pics spliced together rather badly :

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[Paul W]

this is one of ralph kiner's favortie stories, he tells it every year (as only ralph can do). if your're over the age of 40 you've heard it many times...

one thing not mentioned in the story, the face of the upper half of the rf fence was made of tin. any ball hitting it would make a racket.

[RfkFedEx]

Paul, do you know why the upper deck was removed?