does the stade olympique in montreal count as historic? because i've been there.
― oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 5 August 2010 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I have never been to Birmingham's baseball stadium but I have been to the Qwurph and Candlestick.
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 5 August 2010 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
is "the Qwurph" an actual thing - or are you just mashing the keyboard now?
― oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 5 August 2010 18:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Been to Olympic Stadium, Candlestick, Fenway...also the Launching Pad, but it wasn't so historic as I recall. If I weren't buried in work, I'd drive to Bham this Sunday and try to sneak in with the SABR tour group. I'd be the one with a "HI MY NAME IS STEVE SHASTA, ASK ME ABOUT MY UNCLE MORBS" nametag.
― My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Thursday, 5 August 2010 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
the Qwurph was the Padres' stadium pre-Petco. It was originally named Jack Murphy (aka "the Murph") but then in the age of corporate sponsorship, it was deemed Quaalcom Stadium. you can figure out the rest.
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 5 August 2010 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
ha ahha haha, wmc!
― oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 5 August 2010 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
trip to Rickwood is on for Sunday.
I have been to Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Rickwood is great; I recommend a visit.
I fielded a ball cleanly at short. And Bob Veale, the '60s Pirate flamethrower, showed up.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 8 August 2010 23:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Centennial open house on Wed:
http://bhamweekly.com/birmingham/article-1730-celebrate-100-years-of-rickwood.html
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 August 2010 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
via Neyer -- Cleveland somehow ponies up to semi-restore League Park:
http://ballparkdigest.com/201102093538/major-league-baseball/features/clevelands-league-park-once-again-target-for-restoration
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 11 February 2011 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
and more on League Park:
http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/1/27/2753118/cleveland-league-park-indians-history-renovation
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 January 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
btw, RIP Candlestick. Saw my only game there in '98 -- Will Clark played first for Texas, and it got COLD in the 7th.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN199806260.shtml
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 03:56 (ten years ago) link
http://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/ad022f4daeada967080cc22e393cb988/tumblr_mzzaamjJKZ1qzniimo1_1280.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 03:59 (ten years ago) link
Fell in love with this one as soon as I saw it. pic.twitter.com/f3vxpP9mvr— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) April 11, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 12 April 2020 23:22 (four years ago) link