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nielsoncp · 09-15-2020, 10:21 PM

Sportsman's Park is one of the interesting ones that made the transition from wood to steel and iron. The original owner of the grounds, Christian Frederich Von Der Ahe, saw baseball as a loss leader for selling beer, and famously didn't cover the grandstands because he wanted his fans as hot as he could get them. The park went through several transformations until it was eventually torn down in the 60s and replaced by Busch Stadium II (as it had been renamed Busch Stadium by the Busch family.) As with most stadiums in this era, it was nestled into a surrounding community, which I brought into the model (perhaps too much?)

The stadium's most famous features were the trees in the batters eye and the big scoreboard in left. I upgraded that to a videoboard, with a neon stadium name below:

In right I did more work - moving the bullpens behind the fence and building a beer garden (or bier garten) in honor of Herr von der Ahe. I also added "hand operated" scoreboards and an Anheiser Busch A, a callback to the old eagle neon sign that used to be in left.

The park is pretty deep, particularly in left field. Again, this leads to pronounced batter splits and a lot of extra base hits. The runnin redbirds would've had a lot of fun here.

Zip File can be found here

Park Factors

Day

Night

And now, I'm going to enjoy a 17-something Cardinals loss.

09-15-2020, 10:21 PM	#500
nielsoncp All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 784	St. Louis, MO - Sportsman's Park Sportsman's Park is one of the interesting ones that made the transition from wood to steel and iron. The original owner of the grounds, Christian Frederich Von Der Ahe, saw baseball as a loss leader for selling beer, and famously didn't cover the grandstands because he wanted his fans as hot as he could get them. The park went through several transformations until it was eventually torn down in the 60s and replaced by Busch Stadium II (as it had been renamed Busch Stadium by the Busch family.) As with most stadiums in this era, it was nestled into a surrounding community, which I brought into the model (perhaps too much?) The stadium's most famous features were the trees in the batters eye and the big scoreboard in left. I upgraded that to a videoboard, with a neon stadium name below: In right I did more work - moving the bullpens behind the fence and building a beer garden (or bier garten) in honor of Herr von der Ahe. I also added "hand operated" scoreboards and an Anheiser Busch A, a callback to the old eagle neon sign that used to be in left. The park is pretty deep, particularly in left field. Again, this leads to pronounced batter splits and a lot of extra base hits. The runnin redbirds would've had a lot of fun here. Zip File can be found here Park Factors Day Night And now, I'm going to enjoy a 17-something Cardinals loss.