OldTimer’s Dugout - General Topics, Chat, Random Photos and Memes.......No Politics

[MAD]

Dang! Uh…is it Canadian

No

 

[vol66]

I know it’s not the Matsu miners

 

[vol66]

Cardinals?

 

[MAD]

Arlington Stadium Home of the Texas Rangers 1972.​

 

[vol66]

Impressive, that was fun thanks!

 

[Volstylexx]

Nope

I’ll give you a clue, 1972 American League

I was -10 in 1972

 

[vol66]

I was -10 in 1972

I was 6 and didn’t know baseball I was still at the tee ball stage and that most certainly didn’t look like Rocky Hill Ball Park.

 

[MAD]

Thursday question of the day, guess the defunct ballpark

 

[Volstylexx]

Thursday question of the day, guess the defunct ballpark

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OOOH OOOH OOOOH i know i know i know. But only because I like history and find cities who have lost large percentages of their populations fascinating.

 

[MAD]

I was 6 and didn’t know baseball I was still at the tee ball stage and that most certainly didn’t look like Rocky Hill Ball Park.

I had friends that played little league somewhere on Cherokee Blvd back in the 70’s. I wish I had played.

 

[MAD]

OOOH OOOH OOOOH i know i know i know. But only because I like history and find cities who have lost large percentages of their populations fascinating.

Go for it.

 

[vol66]

Thursday question of the day, guess the defunct ballpark

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You might make this its own thread just “ Question of the Day? Just an idea.

 

[Volstylexx]

Go for it.

That would be Detroit. Former stadium of the Detroit Lions, and baseball team but not sure who they were called.

 

[MAD]

That would be Detroit. Former stadium of the Detroit Lions, and baseball team but not sure who they were called.

You are correct, Tiger Stadium. I think their last year was in 1999.

Good Job

 

[Volstylexx]

Detroit had over 2 million residents in the 1940s and was the epicenter of culture and arts in America. Fast forward 80 years and only 600,000 residents call Detroit home.

 

[MAD]

Detroit had over 2 million residents in the 1940s and was the epicenter of culture and arts in America. Fast forward 80 years and only 600,000 residents call Detroit home.

I was born in Flint and we lived in Detroit for less than a year until my dad got hired at UT.

 

[Volstylexx]

I was born in Flint and we lived in Detroit for less than a year until my dad got hired at UT.

oh wow. very cool! I've been once (just in the airport via a layover) and it was one of the coolest airports I've been in with the elevated train running through the terminals.

 

[MAD]

Detroit had over 2 million residents in the 1940s and was the epicenter of culture and arts in America. Fast forward 80 years and only 600,000 residents call Detroit home.

It is crazy to see the decline of one of the largest cities in the United States.

 

[MAD]

oh wow. very cool! I've been once (just in the airport via a layover) and it was one of the coolest airports I've been in with the elevated train running through the terminals.

I was in that airport about a year ago, the delta terminal is super long.

 

[Volstylexx]

It is crazy to see the decline of one of the largest cities in the United States.

Detroit is a case study in race relations and white flight expedited by the collapse of the Big 3 automakers due to the unionization of plants.

 

[Volstylexx]

Detroit is a case study in race relations and white flight expedited by the collapse of the Big 3 automakers due to the unionization of plants.

and on that history note, I'm off to bed Night all!

 

[Orange.]

Arlington Stadium Home of the Texas Rangers 1972.​

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They didn't skimp on parking.

 

[Orange.]

It is crazy to see the decline of one of the largest cities in the United States.

iirc they have a good art museum and some interesting art deco buildings.

 

[@1RBFjr]

I had friends that played little league somewhere on Cherokee Blvd back in the 70’s. I wish I had played.

The Polo Field, where Tugaloo runs into the boulevard.

 

[@1RBFjr]

Lot more people at games now compared to these photos.