Journeyman said:
Hawkeye171 and me once threw a guy off that lower ramp at Busch Stadium.
The guy fell about 20 feet I reckon and didn't move after he hit the ground.
When we got down to the bottom he was unconscious, but awoke a few seconds later.
He was not seriously hurt, but he crapped his pants on the fall down and proved this by pulling some sh** out of........................well, you get the picture.
LEYKIS101 said:
Sitting at Busch Stadium on a hot humid afternoon and listening to the Budweiser theme song every inning literally pushes one to the limits of their beer drinking ability.
Of my 8-12 visits to Busch Stadium, would say my average consumption of my favorite beer Budweiser was around 23.2 12 ounce beers.
:drink:
Having grown up just a couple/three hours south of Minneapolis, this ballpark will always hold fond memories for me.
Saw YAZ get his 1500th career RBI here.
Was one of the few in attendance the day Fred Lynn made his remarkable over the wall catch in straight away CF, a vision most of you have seen if you watched the NBC Game of the week and/or This Week in Baseball. Actually talked to Fred and Yaz after the game in the parking lot as they were entering a car to go fishing........Fred showed me his arm where he scratched it on the wall.
Metropolitan Stadium
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Bloomington, Minnesota
Tenants: Minnesota Twins (AL); Minnesota Vikings (NFL)
Opened: April 24, 1956
First Twins game: April 21, 1961
Last Twins game: September 30, 1981
Demolished: 1985
Surface: Grass
Capacity: 18,200 (1956); 30,637 (1961); 40,000 (1964); 45,919 (1975)
Architect: n/a
Builder: n/a
Owner: n/a
Cost: $8.5 million
Minnesota Twins tickets:
Location: In Bloomington, a suburb fifteen miles south of downtown Minneapolis, near the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. 1st base (W) Cedar Avenue South; right field (E) East 83rd Street; Left field (S) 24th Avenue South; 3rd base (N) 83rd Street (renamed to Killebrew Drive).
Dimensions: Left field: 329 (1961), 330 (1962), 344 (1965), 346 (1967), 330 (1975), 343 (1977); short left center: 365 (1961); 360 (1966), 373 (1972), 350 (1975), 346 (1976), 360 (1977); deep left center: 402 (1961), 435 (1965), 430 (1968), 410 (1975), 406 (1976); deepest left center corner: 430 (1965), 406 (1975); center field: 412 (1961), 430 (1965), 425 (1968), 410 (1975), 402 (1977); deepest right center corner: 430 (1965); deepest right center: 402 (1961), 435 (1965), 430 (1968), 410 (1977); short right center: 365 (1961), 373 (1968), 365 (1972), 370 (1977); right field: 329 (1961), 330 (1962); backstop: 60.
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</CENTER>Fences: Left field: 8 (wire, 1961), 12 (1964), 7 (1974), 12 (1977); center field: 8 (wire, 1961); right field: 8 (wire, 1961), 12 (1964), 8 (1970); right field corner bt the foul pole: 5 (3 concrete base, then 2 steel).
Metropolitan Stadium was built on a farm in 1956 for the American Association Minneapolis Millers. It originally consisted of a curved triple-decker grandstand that ran from first base to third base. The owner of the New York Giants (the parent team of the Millers) was quote as saying that the Met "is the finest minor league park in the country, and there are not two in the majors that are better."
In 1961, when the Washington Senators moved in and became the Twins, permanent bleachers were added along the left field line, a temporary bleacher was installed in left field and the first and second decks were extended down the right field line. The Vikings replaced the temporary left feild bleacher with a double-decked left field pavilion in 1965. In 1982, the Twins and Vikings moved into the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis. Three years later, Metropolitan Stadium was demolished to make way for the Mall of America, which now occupies the site.
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</CENTER>Trivia:
Saw YAZ get his 1500th career RBI here.
Was one of the few in attendance the day Fred Lynn made his remarkable over the wall catch in straight away CF, a vision most of you have seen if you watched the NBC Game of the week and/or This Week in Baseball. Actually talked to Fred and Yaz after the game in the parking lot as they were entering a car to go fishing........Fred showed me his arm where he scratched it on the wall.
Metropolitan Stadium
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Bloomington, Minnesota
Tenants: Minnesota Twins (AL); Minnesota Vikings (NFL)
Opened: April 24, 1956
First Twins game: April 21, 1961
Last Twins game: September 30, 1981
Demolished: 1985
Surface: Grass
Capacity: 18,200 (1956); 30,637 (1961); 40,000 (1964); 45,919 (1975)
Architect: n/a
Builder: n/a
Owner: n/a
Cost: $8.5 million
Minnesota Twins tickets:
Location: In Bloomington, a suburb fifteen miles south of downtown Minneapolis, near the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. 1st base (W) Cedar Avenue South; right field (E) East 83rd Street; Left field (S) 24th Avenue South; 3rd base (N) 83rd Street (renamed to Killebrew Drive).
Dimensions: Left field: 329 (1961), 330 (1962), 344 (1965), 346 (1967), 330 (1975), 343 (1977); short left center: 365 (1961); 360 (1966), 373 (1972), 350 (1975), 346 (1976), 360 (1977); deep left center: 402 (1961), 435 (1965), 430 (1968), 410 (1975), 406 (1976); deepest left center corner: 430 (1965), 406 (1975); center field: 412 (1961), 430 (1965), 425 (1968), 410 (1975), 402 (1977); deepest right center corner: 430 (1965); deepest right center: 402 (1961), 435 (1965), 430 (1968), 410 (1977); short right center: 365 (1961), 373 (1968), 365 (1972), 370 (1977); right field: 329 (1961), 330 (1962); backstop: 60.
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</CENTER>Fences: Left field: 8 (wire, 1961), 12 (1964), 7 (1974), 12 (1977); center field: 8 (wire, 1961); right field: 8 (wire, 1961), 12 (1964), 8 (1970); right field corner bt the foul pole: 5 (3 concrete base, then 2 steel).
Metropolitan Stadium was built on a farm in 1956 for the American Association Minneapolis Millers. It originally consisted of a curved triple-decker grandstand that ran from first base to third base. The owner of the New York Giants (the parent team of the Millers) was quote as saying that the Met "is the finest minor league park in the country, and there are not two in the majors that are better."
In 1961, when the Washington Senators moved in and became the Twins, permanent bleachers were added along the left field line, a temporary bleacher was installed in left field and the first and second decks were extended down the right field line. The Vikings replaced the temporary left feild bleacher with a double-decked left field pavilion in 1965. In 1982, the Twins and Vikings moved into the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis. Three years later, Metropolitan Stadium was demolished to make way for the Mall of America, which now occupies the site.
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- The 330-foot marker was curiously far away from the foul pole in right, raising the distinct possibility that the distance to right was signifigantly less.
- Hosted the 1965 All-Star game.
- A bomb scare delayed the August 25, 1970 Twins-Red Sox game as 17,967 fans filed calmly into the outfield and parking lots.
- It was by far the most poorly maintained park in the Majors. In 1981, broken railings on the third deck overlooking the left field bleachers created a safety hazard.
- When the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome was finished, the Met became the first modern park to be abandoned.
Fishhead said:
I believe ya...sounds like a good time drinkin' and watching the game.
What did the Fall Guydo to you guys? Or was it just one of those dumb things we all scratch are head at when we're sober?
Nice pics of Metropolitan Stadium, wish Minny would go back to outdoor stadiums.
Dimensions: Left field: 250 (1958), 251.6 (1959); left center: 320 at end of screen rectangle; left center where the fence met the wall: 425 (1958), 417 (1959); center field: 425 (1958), 420 (1959); right center: 440 (1958), 375 (1959), 394 (1960), 380 (1961); right center where the fence met the wall: 390 (1958), 333 (1959), 340 (1960); right field: 301 (1958), 300 (1959); backstop: 60 (1958), 66 (1959); foul territory: very large on third baseline and very small on first baseline.
Fences: Left field: 40 (screen, 1958), 42 (screen, 1959), 60 (2 support towers for screen, 1958); left center: 40 (fence, 1958), from foul pole 140 feet into left center, 42 sloping to ground at a 30-degree angle from 320 mark to 348 mark for a distance of 24 feet (1959 to 1960), 4 steps down from 42 to 8, first step left corner 42 sloping to 41, second step 31, third step 20, fourth step 12 (1961); right of screen in left center: 8 (wire); center field to right field: 6 (wire); right field corner: 4 (concrete).
The Dodgers played at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for four years while they waited for Dodger Stadium to be completed. Built for football, the stadium was ill-suited for baseball. However, the Dodgers made the best of it. A high screen served as the left field fence to compensate for its extremely short distance from home plate. Wally Moon, who played outfield for the Dodgers, became famous for lifting pop flies known as "Moon shots" over the fence.
The Dodgers hosted an All-Star game and three World Series games in 1959 at the Coliseum. Attendence exceeded 92,000 for each World Series game, and the attendance of 92,706 for game five is a MLB record. In only their second year in Los Angeles, the Dodgers won the 1959 World Series.
Fences: Left field: 40 (screen, 1958), 42 (screen, 1959), 60 (2 support towers for screen, 1958); left center: 40 (fence, 1958), from foul pole 140 feet into left center, 42 sloping to ground at a 30-degree angle from 320 mark to 348 mark for a distance of 24 feet (1959 to 1960), 4 steps down from 42 to 8, first step left corner 42 sloping to 41, second step 31, third step 20, fourth step 12 (1961); right of screen in left center: 8 (wire); center field to right field: 6 (wire); right field corner: 4 (concrete).
The Dodgers played at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for four years while they waited for Dodger Stadium to be completed. Built for football, the stadium was ill-suited for baseball. However, the Dodgers made the best of it. A high screen served as the left field fence to compensate for its extremely short distance from home plate. Wally Moon, who played outfield for the Dodgers, became famous for lifting pop flies known as "Moon shots" over the fence.
The Dodgers hosted an All-Star game and three World Series games in 1959 at the Coliseum. Attendence exceeded 92,000 for each World Series game, and the attendance of 92,706 for game five is a MLB record. In only their second year in Los Angeles, the Dodgers won the 1959 World Series.
