Set of 12: Major League Baseball Parks, HOF Players

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THIS SECTION OWNED. BY JIM TABOR -4 HOMERS, DOUBLEHEADER JULY 4,'39_ YEA, OLDRING CONNIE MĄCK GEHRIG HIT 4 STRAIGHT HOMERS HERE JUNE 3,'32 WHITE ELEPHANTS NAME INSPIRED BYJ.MCGRAW CRACK WHERE SUN RUINED HACK WILSON IN 10-RUN INNING,'29 HOUSE TOPS ON WHICH RUTH BOUNCED MANY THOMERS BEFORE WALL WAS RAISED BLEACHERS PERCHED ON ROOF TOPS WHERE DOERR'S HOMER WON ALL STAR GAME 43 \t LONG FOXX HOMER "31 SERIES FoxX AND GEHRIG BOTH HIT WAY OUT HERE TED WILLIAM'S 6TH HIT FINAL DAY '41 (406) SPLINTERED HORN J.CRONIN HIT FIRST BIG LEAGUE HOMER WHERE HAAS HIT FAMOUS -HOMER f29 SERIES ORIGINAL HEIGHT OF FENCE HOME RUN BAKER'S SPOT 405 SCORE BOARD too 334 A'S BULL PEN EXIT 331 R.F EXIT VISITORS BULL PEN .$ CouL אI BARRY BAKER $100,000 TNFIELD McINNIS WHERE CONNIE WAVES HIS CELÉBRATED SCORE CARD BENDER COOMBS ROMMEL EARNSHAW WALBERG PLANK GROVE EHMKE DO YOU REMEMBER THE OLD A's SUITS? FOOT PRINT LEFT BY AL. SIMMONS "FOOT IN BUCKET" STANCE CAMERA USED BY BSHOP Q INSTEAD OF EYE UNUSUAL 2ND BASE CUT- OUT GREAT MICKEY WIRE CHIEF BOGGS HAS SEEN'EM ALL ORL 1938 LERIES WHERE CAREY'S DIVING CATCHES UPHELD HIS KLEIN HIT 4 HOMERS IN ONE GAME 2 ON ROOF 2 IN STANDS THEY GOT OUT THE BUTTONS AND BUILT A NEW PRESS STAND FOR 1938 WORLD SERIES, HA ! WHERE BABE RUTH HIT 3 JULY 10,36, SUCCESSIVE HOMERS JUST BEFORE HE RETIRED FROM BRAVES, MAY 25,1935 NICKNAME, "SCOOPS" BASEBALLS GREATEST BROTHER ACT, "BIG AND LITTLE POISON" WANER WHERE LIGHTNING FLASH MADE FAMOUS MURRAY CATCH POSSIBLE HONUS TRIPLE PARADISE -WILSON HIT 36 IN 1912 ) "GREENBERG GARDENS -NEW FENCE ERECTED FOR HANK GREENBERG DREYFUSS MEMORIAL 457 FT. BULL PEN FRED CLARKE'S TERRITORY CENTERED HERE 335 FT. 300 FT. WHERE TRAYNOR BECAME ONE OF GAMES GREATEST THIRD SACKERS CUYLER'S DOUBLE IN SEMI-DARKNESS LANDED IN THIS AREA AND WON 1925 SERIES WHERE WALTER JOHNSON MADE "LAST STAND" IN MUD AND RAIN- FINAL GAME 1925 WHERE BABE ADAMS WON 2 OF HIS 3 VICTORIES MARATHON DISTANCE TO BACKSTOP WORE DOWNN MANY A CATCHER PIE LOPEZ MOST MAJOR LEAGUE GAMES CAUGHT WOOF GIBSON 150 GAMES 6061 NI DOWN. NOW To 80 FT. CUT WHERE CATCHERS MADE "THE BOOK" 1909 LEFT FIELD IN EARLY WHERE THEY SHOWERED MEDWICK WITH FRUIT IN WORLD 34 GREENBERG CRAWFORD YORK DOM DI MAGGIO. GRABBED WILD CAT STANDS OUTSIDE FENCE 5 TO 15 crs. A"SEAT" SCREEN AND |CAUGHT YORK SMASH IN 41 DETROITS LONGEST HOMER LEFT PARK (TED WILLIAMS TEDS ALL-STAR HOMER PRESS BOX EXTENSION IN 39) SCHAMPS ONE BY FOXX ALL STNIK UMPS SCORE BOAR 'c'MON TIGERS BOTH BUL PEN STAFFS SIT HERE EEEY WHERE HACK DIED APTER OPENING 9 TH WITH TRIPLE FINAL GAME, 35 RED SOIL WARNS FIELDER OF PROXIMITY OF STANDS GAMES MOST LOYAL FANS WHERE JENNINGS 7" PLUCKED GRASS AND GAVE TIGER YELL WHERE FANS HUNG BABY CLOTHES FOR "CRY BABY" INDIANS i940 WHERE DEL BAKER STOLE ENEMY SIGNS 1907 VISITORS BUGOÚT 1908 1909 |1934 COBB'S BONE TO HONE BAT SAID TO BE STILL IN CLUB HOUSE -HOW ABOUT OTHER MEMENTOES ? 1935- 1940 SCHAEFER'S UMBRELLA AND BOOTS WHERE COCHRANE SCORED RUN THAT WON WORLD SERIES IN'35 TY Совв ONLY! 1945 HANKS OUT SIZE MITT 25 -... SPIKE FILE USED BY COBB AND MORIARTY HEILMANN'S ODD, BATTING YEARS WASHINGTON- FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE AND LAST IN THE AMERICAN LEÁGUE PRESIDENTIAZ BOX- PRES. TAFT THREW OUT FIRST BALL 1911 WHERE BALL BOUNDED, OVER LINDSTROM'S HEAD ('24 SERIES) WHERE GOWDY STUMBLED ON MASK 24 HAW OLD VAUDEVILLE GAG SCHACHT AND ALTROCK 405 FT. GAME HALTED IN 33 SERIES TO CLEAR PIGEONS OUT OF PARK DUST LEFT BY MILAN 328 FT. MCBRIDE, PECK AND CRONIN GREAT SHORT STOPS VISITORS BULL PEN HOME BULL PEN WHERE AVERILL SMASHED DEAN'S TOE 37 ALL STAR HIGH R-F WALL SCORE BOARD GEHRIG HOMER '37 ALL STAR RIGHT ANGLE PROJECTION (ובי HOMER BY GREENBERG KEPT ROWE'S STREAK ALIVE, 34 STILL CLEANING UP DEBRIS LEFT, ON PENN.AV. FOLLOWING CELEBRATION IN 1924 3B LONG BLEACHER 420 FT RUTH HIT HOMER INTO TREES MI (16TH GAME AMAZING CATCH BY RICE rOFF SMITH 25 SERIES N(TEMPORARY SEATS HARRIS CRONIN "BOY" MANAGERS CAME THROUGH IN FIRST TEARS (24-33) FIVE DUPLEX HO MES AND A DACKYARDS BUTT INTO CENTER FIELD ANGLE OTTS 1OTH INNING HOMER OFF SCHULTE'S HAND- WINNING'33 TEDS HOMER APR 16 BIG TRAIN! ΜATTY WHERE DIMAG CAUGHT LEIBER'S FLY FOR A :FINAL OUT EEEY AND RAN UP CLUB- HOUSE STEPS- 36 WHERE LAZZERI HIT GRAND SLAM WORLD 1936 MCGRAW HOMER BLEACHERITES HAD THEIR OLD FAVORITES- DONLIN, BURNS, YOUNGS WHERE CUNNINGHAM ROBBED RUTH '22 SERIES EDDIE GRANT MEMORIAL JOE JACKSON HIT FIRST HOMER OVER ROOF CLUB HOUSE AW, I COULD HIT A HOMER LEFT AND RIGHT FIELDERS MUST BE EXCELLENT AT CAROMS VISITORS BULL PEN 482 FT SCORE BOARD SCORE BOARD N.Y. BULL PEN WHERE MERKLE 00 FAILED TO TOUCH 2ND AND ,SOFTEST HOME RUN TOUCH IN MAJORS 20 WARD DAVIS DAHLEN BRIDWELL SHORTSTOPS FLETCHER BANCROFT JACKSON THOSE GREAT EVERS CALLED FOR BALL 257 Fr. gra WHERE FRISCH'S CAP ALWAYS FLEW OFF /279 FT BOXES WHERE HISTORIC RAWLINGS,KELLY, FRISCH D.P. WOUND UP 1921 MEL OTT AND SUITZASE ARRIVED SEPT. 1925 WHERE MCGRAW COACHED REMAINED TO FILL N.L. RECORD WHERE ZIM CHASED E.COLLINS OVER PLATE BOOK ('17 SERIES) WHERE HUBBELL FANNED RUTH,GEHRÍG, FOXX, SIMMONS,CRONIN IN SUCCESSION -ALL STAR GAME, 1934 MACK MUCH DISCUSSED WHITE SHIRTS WHERE GABBY HIT FAMOUS "HOMER IN DARK"-38 WHERE RUTH HIT "CALLED SHOT" HOMER OLD BLEACHERS) WHERE THAT BALL HOPPED OVER GREENBERG WHERE PAFKO SEARCHED FOR CULLENBINE'S DRIVE LOST IN VINE (45SERIES) GENERAL DIRECTION OF HOMERS BY "NICK WHERE HOSS STEPHENSON LOVED TO "SWOOP 'EM IN A PINCH" BULL PEN 355 FT. SCENE OF HACK-JURGES -NOISI77O '38 SERIES MANY STATONS TAKEN BY BILLY HERMAN BULL PEN 353 FT WHERE POPULAR GRIMM HOME DUGOUT VISITING DUGOUT CLOWNS LONG THE STAMPING GROUND OF THE SMILING HACK 13 ks DOUBLE-DECKED. GRANDSTAND ENE $ MALKS WHERE TONEY-VAUGHN HIT RECORD WHERE EHMKE WAS SURPRISE STARTER * 29 SERIES DOUBLE MAY No- BOOK 2, HITTER 9 INN. 1917 HACK ,אWILSO 56 HOMERS (1930) CUBS FUTAWAY PARK ORIGINALLY BUILT FOR FEDERAL LEAGUE CLUB, TAKEN. OVER BY CUBS **9161 NI WON HICAGGE 2. LOST WORLD SERIES RECORD WRIGLEY FIELD co r FORGOTTEN P.K. WRIGLEY UNIFORM CHARLIE GRIMM WHERE LES BELL HIT 3 HOMERS AND JUST MISSED 4 TH G JUNE 2,28 JIM TOBIN HIT 3 HOMERS- MAY 13, '42 HARVARD CREW WORKOUTS ON CHARLES RIVER WHERE EARL CLARK SET P.O.REORD WITH 12 MAY 10, 29 SECTION BLASTED 30ll/ OUT TO ALLOW FOR SHIFTED FOUL LINE ker ORIGINAL C.F. BOUNDARY ON FINAL DAY, 1933 550 FT FROM WHERE BERGER HIT GRAND SLAM" WHERE GALAN HIT OLD FOUL POST FOR HOMER THAT WON '36 ALL STAR GAMÉ PLATE WHERE RAWLINGS AND RARIDEN HIT FLUKE HOMERS NTO SCORE BOARD HOLES Ay3GAvE B'S 4TH PLACE WHERE DUFFY LEWIS ROBBED CRAVATH-1915 WORLD SERIĖS CRUISE HIT FIRST HOMER INTO BLEACHER SCORE EAST WIND RUTH HIT LINÉ DRNE HOMER (WITH YANKS -SUNDAY GAME) BOARD SITE OF SYNTHETIC 1928 SEATS WHERE HOMERS FEL LIKE RAIN JURY BOX GREEN WALL ADS WHERE FRANK SNYDER HIT FIRST HOMER OVER FENCE A D/S PAVIION WHERE RABBIT MADE HIS BELT BUCKLE CATCHES VISITORS BULL PEN WHERE SOUTHWORTH THRILLED WITH HIS FIELDING '2í,22,23 OLD WALL FENCE WITH IN A PAVILION FENCE BRAVES BULL PEN WHERE STALLINGS WORE OUT MANY TROUSER SEATS BRAVES BENCH WHERE CADORE AND OESCHGER BATTLED 26 INNINGS (1920) AND JUDGE FUCHS MANAGED 29 TEAM WHERE HUBER'S FALL, ROUNDING 3RD IN 13 TH, SENT BRAVES DODGERS INTO 23 INNING GAME (1939) WHERE H. GOWDY LEFT TO ENUST AS FIRST BIG LEAGUER IN WORLD WAR I SINGLE DECK GRANDSTAND NO BRAVES FLAGS WON HERE LOU PERINI- PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENT WHERE C. STENGEL HAD ITOUT WITH MANY AN UMP RUTH HURLED 14 INNING EPIC WORLD SERIES 1916 SOX WON WORLD SERIES 1915-16 GROUNDER WENT THRU SMEAD JOLLEY, HIT WALL 1940-r THE BLACK YEAR LOST BY 4 POINTS TWo FLAE POLES 1920 ELMER SMITH 's GRAND SLAM (WORLD SERIES) 1920 ONLY ONE PENNANT BUT SO CLOSE IN 1908 OLD FANS HAVE NEVER RECOVERED WALTER JOHNSON HOMER OVER HERE OFF WHITEHILL TED WILLIAMS HIT ONE MILES OVER THIS SPOT AND- WENT THRU AGAIN COMING BACK SCORE BOARD FOXX HIT 3 HERE IN ?. FAMOUS 18-17 GAME 33.. SPEAKER ROAMED 375 WHERE 1340 AREA COVERED BY BOUDREAU ANY DAY WHERE WAMBY STARTED UNASSISTED TRIPLE PLAY(1920 fwORLD SERIES) INDIAN BULL PEN VISITORS DUGOUT FANS CLOSE ENOUGH TO GINE PLAYERS IN THE DUGOUT THE BUSINESS SCENE OF SPARKLING 3RD BASE PLAY BY BRADLEY, GARDNER,KÁMM AND KELTNER NOTHING FLASHY ABOUT USHERS HOME DUGOUT MAY LOOK LIKE THIS IN '47 - VEECK STYLE ADPIE JOSS PITCHEDI PERFECT GAME - 1908 NIGHT GAMES ATTRACT WORLD'S LARGEST INSECTS 80,284 FANS SAW OPENING GAME HERE JULY 31, 1932 AS 1 CLEVE.O BULL PEN SPOT WHERE FLEMING CAUGHT FOUL FLY ON WHICH DOERR SCORED RUN TO BEAT IFELLER I TOO JUNE 21, 46 HOMER BY FOXX UPPER PECK 320 FT DOUBLE DECKED STAND 463 470 FT HOMER BY WES FERRELL SCORE BOARD THE GREAT LAJOIE MUNICIPAL STADIUM FELLER MACK NIGHT OR DAY LEAGUE PARK DD CLOUDS OF DUST RAISED BY PEPPER MARTIN STILL HOVER OVER FIELD A FOXX BELT HIT JOHNNYOF CIGGIE FAME SISLER – GREATEST BROWNIE AUTOGRAPH IT AND I'LL GNE YOU SSc A CAR COULDN'T USE A CAR ZARILLA SLUD INTO THIRD でててててCC> でててててELC SCREEN IN FRONT OF PAVILION ENTIRE R.F. SECTOR TARGET FOR RUTH AND GEHRIG IN '28 WORLD SERIES A RUTH HOMER BROKE AN AUTO DEALER'S WINDOW ON GRAND BD. PLENTY OF VENTILATION REAR OF STAND DIZZY DEAN BROADCAST BEE HARDIEST SUN FANS IN MAJORS-BRAVE B 100° HEAT BATTER BALL STIDKU BOARD SEORE OUT UM ps MARKS FOXX HOMER-WORID SERIES 193O OFF GRIMES 400 420 425 422 422 379 STAR OF LAST STRAMER GAME 358 351 WHERE MAX WEST HIT GAME- WINNING HOMER (ALL: STAR 1940) 310 STANPINE OF BOTH LEAGUES .OOPS VISITORS BULL PEN WHERE RUTH'S ONE- HANDED CATCH OF FOUL FINISHEDD 1928 WORLD SERIĖS (TEMPORARY SEATS EEEEES OINNK CIGARETTES MARY OTT HIREA CUSHION DUGOUT NISITORS KADON RooF) ILONG STRING OF BOOTHS UNDER STAND- UKE COUNTY FAIR ST.L. FANS LIKE COMFORT- THEY ALL USE CUSHIONS t. GRAND BOULEVARD 'SHINE"BOY E ADER STANDI SMMOE BEE OVER HERE R.R.TRACKS WHERE ENGINEER ON SILVER METEOR". A SOX FAN, GIVES SIGNAL I AS HE ROARS, THRU WORLD CHAMPS 1917 HALF MAST SPOT m WHERE FAN PICKED BALL OUT. OF HODGIN'S GLOVE AFTER RALPH'S ONE-HAND CATCH THIS SPRING CHAS. A. COMISKEY "THE NOBLEST ROMAN" iLL PROBABLY LAND UP IN THAT HATED NORTH SIDE HOW MANY REMEMBER WHEN THE SOX ROAD "UNIES"WERE DARK BLUE WITH WHITE C4GoוA> SPOTS WHERE :J.FOXX CLEARED THE ROOF WITH TWO OF HIS MIGHTIEST HOMERS TOOT TOOT WHERE TED WILLIAMS /, BELTED 222 RAMP SOX? THIN FOUL POLES BLEACHERS NO,ADS ON WALLS SCOREBOARD *440 352 CLOCK CHISOX BULL PEN SCOREBOARD 352 VISITORS' BULL PEN TICKETS PLEASE HOME BENCH BATS PATH TO UNMPIRES WORN BY J. DYKES USHER- ETTES IN BRIGHT BLUE UNFORMS PLATE MOVED FORWARD 14 FEET FOR SIMMONS IN 34 SPOT ON WHICH TED LYONS WAS LOADED WITH GIFTS ON HIS "DAY"IN 1940 VENDORS CARRY MAN-SIZED CONTAINERS MACK 1919 TITANIC HOMER BY FOxx OFF GOMEZ MEDWICK HOISTED HIMSELF ON RAILING TO ROB J. DIMAG (41 SERIES) J. DIMAG GREAT GRAB OFF GREENBERG WILLIAMS HIT HERE IN BATTING CONTEST! JULY 2 WILLIAMS HOMER AUG 10 . STADIUM OPENING APR 18 1923 RUTH'S HOMER(20N BEAT RED Sox 4 To! FANS ON ROOF TOPS 161 ST. ST. EL- SEE GAME FOR A NICKÉL ....... KIDS PORTABLE SCREENS SCORE BOARD ADVERTISING SIGNS WHERE ALEXANDER LEFT BULL PEN TO FACE LAZZERI (26 SERIES )," TAPS TED'S SPOT RIGHT CENTER 'N.Y. BULL PEN. BULL PEN 好排輯 407 RUPPERT DO) GEHRIGI HUGGINS TABLETS 415 WHERE JOE CRONIN S HOMER WON STH GAME OF BIG 5 WIN IN 39 C.F. FIREMAN" MURPHY'S MANY TRIPS WHOLE AREA KNOWN AS RUTHVILLE" (COULD ALSO BE CALLED "GEHRIGBURG THIS 'S THE LIFE 301 L.F. WHERE UNDELL'S SLIDE INTO KUROWSKI WAS TURNING POINT IN 43 NEW SEATS LARGE AND YOMFORTABLE 1946 VISITORS OUGOUT - FORMERLY YANKS WHERE FLETHER GIEEFULLY WAVED IN YANKEE RUNNERS NACK 27 28 32 STADIUM '36 37 38 HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT" PENNANTS 39 41 42 43 SUCCESSIVE "FREAK" HOMERS BY WANER BOYS BOUNCED IN GRISSOM ROWED OVER TOP OF FENCE DURING '37 FLOOD WHERE ROUSH ROAMED POWEL CROSLEYJR 000000 0000000 00000000o 500000 LAUNDRY ROOF WHERE LOMBARDI AND MCCORMICK BELTED MANY A HOMER FOXX CLEARED HARTNETT HIT OVER /CLOCK FIRST BIG LEAGUE NIGHT GAME MAY 24, 1935 KELLER (2) AND DICKÉY HOMERS Č39 SERIES) MAC PHAIL DEVISED SCOREBOARD, I DIMAG HOMER '39 SERIES ONLY ONE OF ITS KINDIN MAJORS, SHOWING.OTHER N.L. GAMES LIKE THIS... SCORE IN PC 12 4 6 2 GOODMAN S TARGET 387 BROOKLYNO ST. LOUISI LAUNDRY TOWEL SUPPIY IT WILSON STOLE BASE ) '40 SERIES WHERE GAVVY CRAVATH,RIGHT- HANDED HITTER. SOCKED HOMER, JUNE 21,1919, WHEN PLATE WAS 31 FEET CLOSER TO STANDS, BRIVE GOING 420 FEET... AREA KNOWN AS "GILES'PICNIC GROUNDS SLIGHT INCLINE WHERE E.MILLER SÇOOPS 'EM UP 328 FT. BARTELL HELD BALL WHILE F. MC CORMICK SCORED CHAMPS 366 FT, 1919 WHERE HATTON'S POP FELL AMONG 3 BRAVES AND ROBBED SAIN OF PERFECT GAME c1946) VANDER MEER PITCHED FIRST OF 2 SUCCESSIVÉ NO. HITTERS (1938) THE ONE THEY WAITED HOME BENCH WHERE GIRL BATTED IN HILARIOUS NIGHT GAME JOHNNY NEUN WHERE LOMBARDI SWOONED IN WORLD SERIES OF 1939 MACS OVERFLOW CROWD AT AN OPENING GAME

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SHIBE PARK Shibe Park was dedicated on April 12, 1909 when the Philadelphia athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox 8-1. At the time it was described by the press structure of steel and cement.” FENWAY SPORTS CARDS, 468 COMMONWEALTH AVE. BOSTON, MA. 02215 FORBES FIELD In 1909 President Barney Dreyfus moved his Pirates from Exposition Park, in a not very select area of Pittsburgh, to his newly erected grounds in the beautiful Schenley Park area. It was called Forbes after a General Jim Forbes who camped his Revolutionary War army in the District. FENWAY SPORTS CARDS, 468 COMMONWEALTH AVE. BOSTON, MA. 02215 BRIGGS STADIUM Briggs Stadium in Detroit has in recent years become the “dream” field of the majors. The layout, once paved with cobblestone over which a few inches of loam had been spread, has since gone through many facelifts. FENWAY SPORTS CARDS, 468 COMMONWEALTH AVE. BOSTON, MA, 02215 GRIFFITH STADIUM The All Star Game was played there in 1937 and featured Medwick's “four for four,” Gehrig's home run, and Averill's smash of Dizzy Dean's right toe – causing an injury which practically ruined the Cardinal ace as a top twirler. FENWAY SPORTS CARDS, 468 COMMONWEALTH AVE. BOSTON, MA. 02215 POLO GROUNDS The Polo Grounds, softest home run touch in the majors, was one of the real historic parks of our national game. Strangely enough, it was never a polo field and had acquired the name from the Giants' original park of the eighties which had been used for the mallet sport. FENWAY SPORTS CARDS, 468 COMMONWEALTH AVE. BOSTON, MA. 02215 WRIGLEY FIELD Wrigley Field, on Chicago's north side, is known as the Parlor Park of the major leagues... a beautiful field with ivy covered walls and artistically built stands. FENWAY SPORTS CARDS, 468 COMMONWEALTH AVE. BOSTON, MA. 02215 BRAVES FIELD With the famous Boston east wind blowing, the park was truly a pitcher's paradise. Center fielders such as Rabbit Powell and Eddie Brown had field days, and many sluggers suggested that the park be given back to the Indians. FENWAY SPORTS CARDS, 468 COMMONWEALTH AVE. BOSTON, MA. 02215 MUNICIPAL STADIUM Bill Veek's obsession in 1947 to play all the Cleveland home games at the huge Municipal Stadium meant that the historic league park passed forever from the big league picture. FENWAY SPORTS CARDS, 468 COMMONWEALTH AVE. BOSTON, MA. 02215 SPORTSMAN'S PARK Sportsman's Park is rich in baseball lore. On its site the first diamond was laid out in 1866. No field in the major leagues goes back so far in continuity of loca- tion. FENWAY SPORTS CARDS, 468 COMMONWEALTH AVE. BOSTON, MA. 02215 COMISKEY PARK Those fans who believe that major league playing fields should be uniform in size and shape found the answer in Comiskey Park. There, the playing field and the stands are symetrical in construction. FENWAY SPORTS CARDS, 468 COMMONWEALTH AVE. BOSTON, MA. 02215 YANKEE STADIUM Some had suggested that the park be named for the Colonel, but he rejected this idea and said, “Let it be named for the club and be a monument to all the Yankees.” Thus it became Yankee Stadium. FENWAY SPORTS CARDS, 468 COMMONWEALTH AVE. BOSTON, MA. 02215 CROSLEY FIELD This field is in the books as the first in which a major league game was played under the lights. The game, staged on May 24, 1935, was one of the many promotional masterpieces put on by Larry McPhail, the then general manager of the Reds. FENWAY SPORTS CARDS, 468 COMMONWEALTH AVE. BOSTON, MA. 02215