… including many I had never seen before. You can see how the new Yankee Stadium echoes the original, and how the Mets’ new ballpark echoes Ebbets Field.

Thanks for posting this!

makes the Crawford Boxes in Houston look challenging. I would imagine a dead pull hitter would have quite inflated HR numbers in that park. And a 483-ft. center field wall makes Dolphin Stadium look like a softball park.

Take a look at the Babe Ruth pic in the Yankee Stadium section. It shows him pitching. Is he pitchings for the Yanks or Braves? I can’t tell. I thought he only pitched for the Braves. Also, note it is the fat Babe, I thought he was thinner when he was a pitcher.

Biggest question, while I greatly enjoyed the Wrigley pics, WHY IS WRIGLEY IN THE GRAVEYARD!!!!!

http://www.stadiumpage.com/

appears as if it was built with an 1960’s erector set.

Looks like one guy with a screwdriver could dismantle the place.

The KC Muni pix were great — I have never seen good images of the park and I really don’t have any memory of TV games, outside of AFL Football.

I do remember some sort of signage on the bottom of the temporary football bleachers built on the outfield (ala Wrigley) that read in the Chiefs Red and Yellow — “The Chiefs welcome you to Kansas City” or something hokey like that….

Centerfield at the Polo Grounds really seemed to be ahead of it’s time.

It’s cool to see all the spectators wearing full suits and bowler hats. If the Cubs did another throwback game, they ought to ask the fans to participate and dress the part. Although not during a day game in July haha.

If I had lived in New York, pre-1957, I have no doubt I would have been a Brooklyn Dodgers fan. I have no use for the L.A. Dodgers, and I felt that way long before the 2008 NLDS. But the old Brooklyn Dodgers, now that was something special. I feel like there are a lot of similarities about the old Brooklyn fans, and Cub fans, with their ballparks, their neighborhood, and their undying loyalty. Hey, they coined the phrase “Wait till next year” for God’s sake. I love the fact that they played the Yankees in five World Series, and lost all five, but then finally won. It’s a great story, and I think we, as Cub fans, can learn a lot from that. They persevered, and they finally won. And they were rewarded by having their hearts ripped out two years later.

always enjoy looking at old baseball photos.

For as much work as Wrigley Field needs, it was kept up better than a lot of other parks were.

Scrolling through the photos of current stadiums, its remarkable how much Fenway, Wrigley and even Dodger Stadium stand out. It’s uncanny how closely many of the newer stadiums resemble one another as they appear to follow the exact same formula: huge scoreboard with jumbotron, huge grandstand in right or left (or both), and a quirky gimmick that attempts to set one apart from all the rest (smokestacks in CIN, train/hill in HOU, old building in SD, pool in AZ, slide in MIL, rocks in ANA, etc.)

I understand the need to maximize revenue and all of the newer stadiums are superior venues in the absolute sense – improved sight lines, concession variety, etc for the fans and bigger clubhouses, training facilities for the players – but the newer stadiums, although flashy, seem rather soulless and interchangeable.

I’ve not been to all of the “newer” parks (only PNC, Chase, Petco, Great American and Nationals, plus Coors, Angels, Camden and Turner if you want to count those as new); how do places like Miller Park, Citizens Bank, AT&T and Safeco appear/feel in person?

seem to be similar. Remove the Western Metals Building in SD, and the CF mini-bleachers with the sandbox — they are then remarkably similar (And the field dimensions, obviously are way different)

A T & T may be the best of them all, due to location.