Posts Tagged ‘Forbes Field’
Rickwood Field – Baseball’s Time Capsule
Rickwood Field, located at 1137 2nd St W, in Birmingham, Alabama, is a century-old time capsule of America’s National Pastime. It is recognized by the Historic American Building Survey as the country’s oldest surviving baseball park. Constructed by Birmingham Barons owner Rick Woodward (hence the name), the first professional game played there was a contest…
Read MoreForbes Field – Game Over
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…
Read MoreAn Expedition to Pittsburgh’s Exposition Park(s)
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,…
Read MoreThe Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium, home to the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1970 through 2000, was located in the North Shore section of Pittsburgh. The multipurpose stadium was nestled along the Allegheny River, adjacent to where that river converges with the Monongahela River to form the Ohio River, hence the stadium’s name. It is hard to believe that…
Read MoreHonus Wagner House
Most people in the United States know John Peter “Honus” Wagner as the player whose name and image appeared on the legendary T-206 tobacco card, the most valuable baseball card ever printed. Historians of the game also consider Wagner to be perhaps the best shortstop of all time. Born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, in 1874, Wagner lived…
Read MoreForbes Field and the University of Pittsburgh
Baseball fans owe a debt of gratitude to the University of Pittsburgh for having the foresight to keep portions of Forbes Field in place for future generations of fans to appreciate. The university purchased Forbes Field in the 1960’s with the understanding it would tear down the ballpark and develop the land once the Pirates relocated to…
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