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09-27-2019, 12:35 PM | #1 |
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A long time ago in a stadium far, far away...
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09-27-2019, 12:45 PM | #2 |
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Thankful that I got to three games that summer (no small task living in CT). My brother went in September on a night they let people walk the base paths after the game. He picked up dirt from the infield and gave me this framed set of infield dirt and pictures taken from the field for Christmas in 99.
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09-27-2019, 01:03 PM | #3 |
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I took my oldest to see the ballpark before they left (https://www.baseball-reference.com/b...99909020.shtml) and we saw a darn fine game. My first game there (https://www.baseballreference.com/bo...97307140.shtml) came the day before a Ryan no hitter...
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I miss that place. I know why they make parks like they do now. But I miss being able to switch to a game and know immediately where the game is based on looking at the stands. I'm sure a trained eye can pick up the diffs now. But there is little distinctive differences in the modern ballparks.
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Way back in the day my dad and I were at a game in which Jason Thompson cleared the roof...….thing is, our seats were close to last row of the lower deck between 3B and home plate. We had no idea Thompson cleared the roof until we were driving home and heard about it on the radio. I remember seeing Eddie Murray hit two on the roof during batting practice.
I still love the fact that for the longest time, we never ever purchased tickets in advance when we went to a game. We would make the trek from Saginaw to Detroit(a trip of 100 or so miles that as a kid I swore was 400 miles or more...I wasn't the brightest kid at the state fair) and sit in whatever seats were available. Over the years, I think we sat all over that great park. Always had to have at least two hot dogs. One from the vendor in the stands, a sweaty steam dog and one from the concession stand with the burn marks. Can't think of a better place on earth to fall in love with baseball. |
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Some info on Fick... https://www.freep.com/story/sports/m...dium/16250243/
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Man, baseball is full of such stories. That's one of the reasons why I love this game.
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The Hamtramck Stadium Grounds Crew is a voluteer group that fought to keep that site alive until 2016 (when they were known as the Navin Field Grounds Crew). Now they have moved on to the former site where the Detroit Stars of the Negro Leagues played.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/HamtownG...=page_internal
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Oops, Mr Watts beat me to the punch mentioning them.
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Yes! I think he played in a game there too - might have been a vintage baseball game.
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I love vintage baseball. This is me with the Woodstock Hilltoppers about 5 years back.
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