The Crushers would love to welcome back to back winners of the National Amateur Baseball Federation World Series to the ballpark tomorrow!
Join us as we recognize the Berea Blue Sox before the game!
Aerial clip of Polo Grounds, 1958. The year after the Giants left. The #Mets would play here for two years (1962-1963) before it was demolished.
h/t @backwards_river
Left is a cross section of Progressive Field, on the right is League Park.
If you stretched League Park’s grandstand around the field (similar to Tiger Stadium) The capacity of a League Park would have been approx. 34,105.
Progressive now seats 35,000.
h/t @SportsBandbox
Cleveland Municipal Stadium, June 30, 1950 - 50,882 are on hand to see the Indians in a 11-3 romp with slugger Luke Easter hitting two home runs and driving in four. Tigers ace Hal Newhouser lasted just a inning giving up five earned runs on six hits in his worst start of season
Have you any idea how hard it is to catch Ferris Bueller skipping school when you have to leave straight from the office to go play third base for the White Sox?