Forbes Field – Game Over

A Forbes Field postcard

My earlier post, Forbes Field and the University of Pittsburgh, focuses on the portion of the original outfield wall that remains at the former site of Forbes Field, now part of the University of Pittsburgh. The original outfield wall is not the only artifact of Forbes Field remaining at the site. The former location of home…

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An Expedition to Pittsburgh’s Exposition Park(s)

An old image of the Exposition Park

Long before PNC Park, Three Rivers Stadium, and Forbes Field, Pittsburgh’s professional baseball teams played at a place known as Exposition Park. In truth, there actually were three different incarnations of Exposition Park located along the banks of the Allegheny River. The third, and most well documented, being the last of the three. In the above photograph,…

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