MLB Stadiums That No Longer Exist - Part 2 | TFC Stadiums

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  @TFCStadiums · 11 months ago · pinned

  Good morning, everyone! <br> <br>Today we’re excited about our release of MLB Stadiums That No Longer Exist – Part 2. This episode runs a bit longer than usual and dives deeper into the stories behind the stadiums we feature. While we couldn’t cover every stadium mentioned in the comments from Part 1, we made sure to include most of your suggestions. We hope you enjoy the video and have a great day! <br> <br>As always, we’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback on MLB Stadiums Part 2. <br><br>Cheers

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  @ericbunday1699 · 11 months ago

  The Brewers weren’t an expansion team; they were the relocated Seattle Pilots, who played the 1969 season at Sicks Seattle Stadium.

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  @RickinBaltimore · 11 months ago

  A couple more things on Memorial Stadium: The &quot;Time will not dim the glory of their deeds&quot; mural was also moved down to Oriole Park, and is at the south end of the stadium before you come in, in between Oriole Park and M&amp;T Bank Stadium.<br><br>Also, the site that was Memorial Stadium is now a a series of senior apartments and a park area, with a YMCA and baseball field almost identically placed where the Orioles&apos; old field used to sit.

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  @stevelamonica2297 · 2 months ago

  As a Red Sox fan, I can remember road games in Cleveland Stadium in the early 90&apos;s with about 5,000 fans in a 80,000 seat Stadium. It was surreal.

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  @IlGreven · 11 months ago

  Paul McCartney closing Candlestick Park was a full circle moment, considering that Candlestick Park was also the venue of the final Beatles concert in 1966...

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  @mattperri3786 · 10 months ago (edited)

  Giants fan here. Surprised you made no mention of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake during the Bay Bridge World Series or that engineers and surveyors pretty much saw something like it coming due to all the scary talk around the Bay Area of &quot;The Big One&quot;, which I will never forget as a kid growing up in San Jose. Initially, it was thought that the stadium could survive a major quake because of the bedrock foundation, but when a survey was conducted in 1983, it highlighted that the park was still susceptible to major damaage from a big quake because, while the bedrock foundation was soft and could absorb the shock and energy, it wouldn&apos;t be enough to stop the place from coming apart and collapsing which would have caused thousands of injuries or deaths as well as destruction so bad, it would take years to rebuild. By 1988, the park was fixed up with expansion joints which promoted flexible movement which absorbed much of the quake&apos;s shockwaves and made the stadium sway and move and softly wobble instead of shaking apart. That pretty much saved the stadium and the lives of everyone in attendance that day. The park only slight cosmetic damage and zero injuries on or off the field after the quake hit. You also didn&apos;t mention the fog which would seep into the stadium and play havoc with high pop-ups or that fans would receive pins that read &quot;THE CROIX DE CANDLESTICK&quot; for staying and braving the ice cold bay winds during extra inning games, &nbsp;I am glad that you talked about it being open to the bay in its infancy because that was a great feature and one that designers took to heart when Oracle Park opened in 2000.

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  @MarBlox-k1u · 3 months ago

  As a Chicago guy I have to say I loved the Expos uniforms and logo.

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  @triadmad · 11 months ago

  I was fortunate in that my uncle showed up at home one Sunday morning in 1970 and asked me and my sister if we wanted to go to the final games played at Forbes Field. &nbsp;Since our other option was to go to church and be bored senseless, we had no hesitation in saying YES!. &nbsp;Thirty years later, I had a 20 game season ticket plan to see the Pirates, and that allowed me to get tickets for the final game at Three Rivers Stadium. &nbsp;Considering my current age, it&apos;s probably a safe bet that I won&apos;t be going to the final game played at PNC Park.

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  @michaelbaucom4019 · 11 months ago

  Charlie Finley became the primary owner of The A&apos;s, who had the ideas of the mechanical rabbit and petting zoo in KC

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  @MrDan708 · 11 months ago

  My first-ever MLB game was at Philly&apos;s Veterans Stadium in 1976. As a wide-eyed boy of 11, it seemed impossibly huge and had a centerfield fountain where I witnessed Mike Schmidt depositing a homerun right after arguing a strike call with the umpire. &quot;I think Schmitty was mad!&quot; my Dad remarked.

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  @jefffuller5067 · 1 month ago

  The dirt patches in turf are called cut-outs. A lot of high school and youth league grass fields have them as well; less area that needs to be dried if rain comes.

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  @alonenjersey · 2 months ago

  I paid Veteran&apos;s Stadium, Three Rivers Stadium &amp; Riverfront Stadium each a visit. &nbsp;I took great pleasure in watching them turned into rubble.😀