Posts by Byron Bennett
Fulton County Stadium Redux
The Georgia Historical Society and Georgia Public Broadcasting honor the memory of Fulton County Stadium on April 15th as part of their joint collaboration Today in Georgia History. The one minute video includes some pictures from my 2010 blog about Fulton County Stadium on Deadballbaseball.com Fulton County Stadium Makes A Great Parking Lot. Atlanta broke ground on Fulton…
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 MoreUnion Park – Home of the World Champion National League Baltimore Orioles
Union Park lasted as a major league venue for a mere nine seasons, from 1891 to 1899. Known also as Oriole Park (III) and the Baltimore Baseball and Exhibition Grounds, the ballpark was home of the World Champion (1894-1896) National League Baltimore Orioles. Union Park was located at the corner of East 25th Street and and what…
Read MoreMemorial Stadium – Time Will Not Dim the Glory of Their Deeds
Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, was the home of the American League Baltimore Orioles from 1954 through the 1991 season. The National Football League Baltimore Colts played at Memorial Stadium from 1953 through the 1983 season. Memorial Stadium was built on the site of an earlier stadium, known as Baltimore Stadium, Venable Stadium, and Municipal…
Read MoreWelcome to Royston, Home of Baseball’s Immortal Ty Cobb
Born in 1886 in Narrows, Georgia, Tyrus Raymond “Ty” Cobb moved with his family at an early age to Royston, Georgia. The sign located east of the town on Highway 8 is a vinyl reproduction of a painted plywood sign erected by the Royston Chamber of Commerce when Cobb was still alive. At one point there were…
Read MoreI Still Can’t Believe They Tore Down Old Yankee Stadium
Old Yankee Stadium was the home of the New York Yankees from 1923 to 2008. It was located at 161st Street and River Avenue in the Bronx, across 161st Street from the new Yankee Stadium. The stadium was renovated extensively during the 1970s. For some fans, the true “old Yankee Stadium” is the one that…
Read MoreShea Stadium’s Ghost in the Shadow of Citi Field
Shea Stadium was home to the New York Mets from 1964 to 2008. Located in Flushing, New York, adjacent to the former grounds of the 1964 Worlds Fair, Shea was the second of the so-called “cookie cutter,” multi purpose stadiums, following RFK stadium (formerly D.C. Stadium), which opened in 1961. Stadium access by subway was…
Read MoreHilltop Park And the Church of Baseball
Perched on a hill overlooking the Hudson River at the southwest corner of Broadway and 168th Street in Washington Heights was Hilltop Park, the original home ball field of the New York Yankees (known then as the Highlanders). The third base grandstand, which once ran parallel to Fort Washington Avenue, is shown in the picture…
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 MoreWickers Stadium In Key West, Florida
Professional baseball was once played in the southernmost point of the United States at a place known as Wickers Stadium (also known as Wickers Field) in Key West, Florida. In 1952, the Key West Conchs played a portion of their Florida International League games there. In 1969, it was the Key West Padres (managed by…
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