Baseball.........Anybody still interested?
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Holy shit!!!!!
I said the samething. They have the equipment game on lockdown...Go to any little league or high school baseball game and bats/gloves probably made by them....
Word. Their stuff is everywhere!!!! That's how you do it. Be behind the scenes of important parts to the business.
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Thought Devers said he would only play 3rd
THE CLASSIC BALLPARKS OF
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
SHIBE PARK
ORIGINAL ADDRESS
2100 W. Lehigh Avenue
Philadelphia PA
BALLPARK FACTS
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
SHIBE PARK
ORIGINAL ADDRESS
2100 W. Lehigh Avenue
Philadelphia PA
BALLPARK FACTS
Date Opened: April 12, 1909
Date of Last Game: October 1, 1970
Date of Demolition: July 13, 1976
Naming History: The ballpark was originally named for the Philadelphia Athletics' original owner and sporting goods magnate Ben Shibe. In 1953, the ballpark was renamed Connie Mack Stadium after Ben Shibe's replacement as owner, the Philadelphia Athletics' Hall of Fame manager and executive Connie Mack.
Seating Capacity: 33,000
Date of Last Game: October 1, 1970
Date of Demolition: July 13, 1976
Naming History: The ballpark was originally named for the Philadelphia Athletics' original owner and sporting goods magnate Ben Shibe. In 1953, the ballpark was renamed Connie Mack Stadium after Ben Shibe's replacement as owner, the Philadelphia Athletics' Hall of Fame manager and executive Connie Mack.
Seating Capacity: 33,000
BALLPARK DIMENSIONS
Left Field: 334 ft.
Left Center Power Alley: 387 ft.
Center Field: 410 ft.
Right Center Field Power Alley: 390 ft.
Right Field: 329 ft.
Left Center Power Alley: 387 ft.
Center Field: 410 ft.
Right Center Field Power Alley: 390 ft.
Right Field: 329 ft.
HOME TEAMS
Philadelphia Athletics (1909-1953)
Philadelphia Phillies (1938-1970)
Philadelphia Eagles (1940-1957)
Philadelphia Stars (Negro League) (1943)
Philadelphia Phillies (1938-1970)
Philadelphia Eagles (1940-1957)
Philadelphia Stars (Negro League) (1943)
BALLPARK QUIRKS
Shibe Park, along with its intrastate neighbor, Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, were the first two ballparks in Major League Baseball to be built entirely with steel and concrete. Both ballparks opened in 1909.
The domed rotunda of Shibe Park, visible above the main entrance to the ballpark, was actually the office of owner/manager Connie Mack.
The original configuration of Shibe Park had a low right field wall, which allowed fans to watch games from the rooftops of rowhouses across the street. To increase revenue, the team eventually raised the height of the wall in 1935 to block any outside viewing, thus ending the 26-year free ride enjoyed by neighborhood residents. The angry fans in the neighborhood called it from thereafter "The Spite Wall."
The domed rotunda of Shibe Park, visible above the main entrance to the ballpark, was actually the office of owner/manager Connie Mack.
The original configuration of Shibe Park had a low right field wall, which allowed fans to watch games from the rooftops of rowhouses across the street. To increase revenue, the team eventually raised the height of the wall in 1935 to block any outside viewing, thus ending the 26-year free ride enjoyed by neighborhood residents. The angry fans in the neighborhood called it from thereafter "The Spite Wall."
Fans gather on the corner of 21st Street and Lehigh Avenue for opening day of the 1909 season, and the grand opening of the brand new Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Athletics christened their new ballpark with an 8-1 win over the Boston Red Sox.
Monday, April 12, 1909
Fans gather on the rooftops along North 20th Street, which stretched beyond the right field wall, to watch Game 2 of the 1913 World Series.
Wednesday, October 8, 1913
Fans gather on the rooftops along North 20th Street, which stretched beyond the right field wall, to watch Game 2 of the 1913 World Series.
Wednesday, October 8, 1913
The Philadelphia Athletics and the New York Giants meet in Game 2 of the 1913 World Series at Shibe Park. The 1913 A's were a part Connie Mack's first of two American League dynasties. They would beat the Giants 4 games to 1 to win their third world championship in four years.
Wednesday, October 8, 1913
By the late 1920s, fans near Shibe Park had advanced from simply standing on the rooftops to watch games, to watching from bleachers they erected on the rooftops along North 20th Street. The new bleachers were just in time to allow them to witness Connie Mack's second Philadelphia A's dynasty. Led by Hall of Famers AL Simmons, Mickey Cochrane, Lefty Grove, and Jimmie Foxx, the A's won three American League pennants and two world championships between 1929 and 1931.
Bedlam ensues at Shibe Park as Philadelphia A's players rush the field to embrace winning pitcher Rube Walberg and to celebrate a world championship after the third out of Game 5 of the 1929 World Series. The 1929 win over the Chicago Cubs was the first of two consecutive world titles for the Athletics.
Monday, October 14, 1929
Shibe Park is packed to the rafters for Game 1 of the 1930 World Series between the Philadelphia Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. The A's would beat the Cardinals 4 games to 2 for their second straight World Series championship.
Wednesday, October 1, 1930
An aerial view of Shibe Park during Game 1 of the 1930 World Series.
Wednesday, October 1, 1930
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt arrives to deliver a campaign address to the people of the Delaware Valley at Shibe Park. Two weeks later, President Roosevelt would win his record fourth consecutive presidential election in a landslide over New York Governor Thomas Dewey. President Roosevelt won reelection by garnering 439 electoral votes to 99 for the Republican Dewey.
Friday, October 27, 1944
A huge throng gathers outside Shibe Park for a holiday doubleheader between the A's and Ted Williams and the Boston Red Sox.
Thursday, July 4, 1946
The great Paul Robeson addresses the crowd at Shibe Park in a campaign speech on behalf of former Vice President Henry Wallace at the 1948 National Progressive Party Convention. Wallace would be the presidential nominee for the Progressive Party, a left-wing party that was the precursor to today's Green Party. He finished a distant third to second-place finisher New York Governor Thomas Dewey, and the eventual winner, President Harry Truman.
Saturday, July 24, 1948
Hall of Fame halfback Steve Van Buren crosses the goal line for the only score of the game as the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Chicago Cardinals 7-0 for the 1948 NFL championship. The entire game was played in whiteout blizzard conditions at Shibe Park.
Sunday, December 19, 1948
The 1950 "Whiz Kids" Phillies are introduced to the home crowd at Shibe Park before Game 1 of the 1950 World Series. The 1950 Phillies featured two future Hall of Famers: pitcher Robin Roberts, and center fielder Richie Ashburn. The Phillies would be swept in the World Series by Joe Dimaggio and the New York Yankees 4 games to 0.
Wednesday, October 4, 1950
Phil Rizzuto, the Yankee shortstop and the American League Most Valuable Player for 1950, autographs the game program for Mrs. Grace Coolidge, the widow of the 30th President of the United States Calvin Coolidge, at Shibe Park before Game 1 of the 1950 World Series.
Wednesday, October 4, 1960
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The great Jackie Robinson lines a single into left field in an important late-season game against the Phillies at a jam-packed Shibe Park.
Tuesday, September 2, 1952
Robinson's single drives in right fielder Carl Furillo for the first run of the game. Shortstop and Dodger team captain Pee Wee Reese (holding the bats) joins Furillo in looking toward the infield to see what Jackie would do next on the base paths.
Jackie Robinson dances off first base, as he studies the movements of Phillies starter Karl Drews in the early innings of an important, late-season game against the Phillies.
Tuesday, September 2, 1952
Seeing an appropriate opening from Karl Drews, Jackie Robinson is off for another of his 24 stolen bases in 1952. After repeated late-season heroics and leading the Dodgers to the 1952 National League pennant, Robinson was later robbed of his second Most Valuable Player award by sportswriters who voted Cubs slugger Hank Sauer the 1952 National League MVP instead.
It's opening day of the 1953 season, and the city of Philadelphia celebrates the inauguration of the newly-named Connie Mack Stadium.
Tuesday, April 14, 1953
Philadelphia baseball fans could expect to pay these prices for refreshments when attending Athletics or Phillies games at Shibe Park during the 1954 season.
Philadelphia sports fans have never changed in their famous level of viciousness over the years. Notice the warning to fans on the wall in Shibe Park during the 1957 season.
Philadelphia sports fans have never changed in their famous level of viciousness over the years. Notice the warning to fans on the wall in Shibe Park during the 1957 season.
Phillies second baseman John Kennedy and Phillies scout Bill Yancey talk before a game at Shibe Park. In April of 1957, Kennedy became the first Black-American player to sign with and play for the Philadelphia Phillies. Bill Yancey, a Negro League shortstop in the 1920s and 1930s, worked as a scout for both the New York Yankees and the Phillies, and was the man who brought Kennedy to the Phillies.
The Phillies face the Pittsburgh Pirates in a late summer night game at Shibe Park.
Friday, September 19. 1958
It's early in the 1960 season, and the Phillies are hosting the San Francisco Giants at Shibe Park. On the mound for the Giants is "Toothpick" Sam Jones. Five years earlier, Jones, as a member of the Chicago Cubs, became the first Black-American pitcher in Major League Baseball history to throw a no-hitter when he shut down the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0. Toothpick Sam didn't quite get his second no-hitter, but he won this game, 4-0, with a complete game, four hit shutout of the Phillies.
Tuesday, May 24, 1960
The Phillies take on the Milwaukee Braves in an afternoon game at Shibe Park.
Tuesday, May 30, 1961
Stan "The Man" Musial, one of the greatest hitters who ever lived, waits for a pitch during a 1963 game at Shibe Park during the final season of his career. An unstoppable hitter anywhere he played, the 22-time All-Star finished his career with 475 home runs, 3,630 hits, and a lifetime batting average of .331. Of his 3,630 career hits, 1,815 came at home and 1,815 came on the road.
A member of the Shibe Park grounds crew makes sure that the new home plate being installed meets Major League Baseball standards in preparation for the 1964 season.
Rookie phenom Richie (Dick) Allen prepares for an at-bat during a 1964 game at Shibe Park. In 1964, Allen would play both third and first base, be selected to the National League All-Star team, had a batting average of. 318, with 29 home runs and 91 RBIs on his way to being selected National League Rookie of the Year.
Phillies manager Gene Mauch oversees team strategy from the Phillies dugout during their tragic 1964 season. The Phillies all-star right fielder Johnny Callison puffs on a heater behind Mauch.
A fan banner flies proudly from the Shibe Park upper deck during the height of the Phillies' 1964 pennant run.
Unless you were directly behind a support beam, virtually every seat in one of the classic old Major League ballparks provided great views of the game, wherever you were in the ballpark. Fans seated in the upper deck behind the plate got a great, bird's-eye view of the Phillies dugout.
Richie Allen (as he was known as a young player) guards third base, his regular position early in his career.
Johnny Callison, another young star of the early 60s Phillies, racks up another of his many extra-base hits during a game at Shibe Park during the 1964 season. Callison and Richie Allen carried the Phillies' offense on their shoulders most of the year. He also hit a walk-off, two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the 1964 All-Star Game for the National League at Shea Stadium.
Manager Gene Mauch surveys the field as the Phillies face the St. Louis Cardinals in a night game at Shibe Park late in their ill-fated 1964 season. From opening day of the 1964 season, the Phillies, led by young power hitter Johnny Callison and rookie superstar Richie Allen, dominated the National League and held their position at the top of the standings through August. With only 2 1/2 weeks remaining and 12 games left in the season, the Phillies enjoyed a 6 1/2 game lead, and were the overwhelming favorites to face the New York Yankees in the World Series. But with their young offense hitting a wall and their All-Star starters, Jim Bunning and Chris Short, running on fumes, the Phillies went on to lose 10 straight games, and were eventually overtaken by the blazing hot St. Louis Cardinals who would eventually win the National League pennant and the World Series. The Phillies' 1964 collapse is considered the worst in baseball history, and haunted the team until they broke through for a championship in 1980.
A view from the box seats during an afternoon game at Shibe Park during the 1966 season.
Willie Mays and his San Francisco Giants teammates return to the dugout after pregame warm-ups before the first game of a mid-week doubleheader at Connie Mack Stadium.
Tuesday, August 5, 1969
The San Francisco Giants go through pregame warm-ups before a late-season doubleheader against the Phillies. Looking on from the dugout is future Hall of Famer Willie McCovey.
Tuesday, August 5, 1969
A Philadelphia Inquirer ad commemorating the final game at Connie Mack Stadium shows the park in all its glory. After 62 seasons at the grand old North Philadelphia ballpark, the Phillies would play their final game there on October 1, 1970 against the Montreal Expos.
The grand baseball palace of North Philadelphia met its end in 1976, with the final clearance of the remains being completed on July 13, 1976.
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I know this is a baseball thread, but #10 gotta be the worst. (If your team on defense)
