Old Time Baseball - Ballparks

Ballparks

Many of the historical ballparks were built based on actual old construction blueprints. Stadiums included:

• Ebbets Field, former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the "hit this spot, win a suit" and the Schaefer's Beer sign on the outfield walls.
• Old Comiskey Park, at that time scheduled for demolition by the Chicago White Sox.
• Crosley Field, former home of the Cincinnati Reds.
• Fenway Park, as it appeared in the heyday of Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky and Bobby Doerr.
• Polo Grounds, former home of the New York Giants, with its cavernous center field where Willie Mays caught the famous Vic Wertz drive in the 1954 World Series.
• Shibe Park, former home of both the Philadelphia Phillies and the Philadelphia Athletics.
• Sportsman's Park, former home of the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns where more games were played than any other park in history.
• Wrigley Field, from the days of Ernie Banks and Ron Santo.
• Yankee Stadium, in its pre-1970s form with the short right field porch and spacious left field, all designed to aid Babe Ruth and inspiring the nickname, The House that Ruth Built.