tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post1870199972880066865..comments2023-09-15T08:48:49.716-04:00Comments on Cleveland Area History: Cleveland: Home to the most attended baseball gameChristopher Busta-Peckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15428701548572867797noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-36891486588240597702014-03-27T16:26:37.141-04:002014-03-27T16:26:37.141-04:00It took me awhile to figure out where this field i...It took me awhile to figure out where this field is located. At first I thought it was located where there are currently 3 fields at Brookside park. The actual location is just northeast of the three fields, right at the corner of Fulton and Denison. It appears the current field is not at the same location of the field in the picture. In the picture the diamond is in the southwest corner of the bowl. First baseline is where railroad tracks are located. The house in picture #1 is still there (along the third baseline) and is nice for reference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-25064623757943054972010-08-24T20:50:21.263-04:002010-08-24T20:50:21.263-04:00The Baseball Hall of Fame should consider this att...The Baseball Hall of Fame should consider this attendance even though it is not a pro game, because when I visited the hall of fame they had an exhibit recognizing the world's largest attendance of 125,000 for a demonstration game at the 1936 olympics in Berlin, Germany with a picture of the huge stadium crowd at that game.By the way it was played by two amateur teams!!!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517666991970266115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-10836767437157466582010-07-20T23:52:36.667-04:002010-07-20T23:52:36.667-04:00Andy, I think that the orientation of the field ha...Andy, I think that the orientation of the field has changed. To my eyes, it looks to have been rotated clockwise a bit.Christopher Busta-Peckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428701548572867797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-70075020513092148822010-07-20T23:11:00.797-04:002010-07-20T23:11:00.797-04:00Is it me or are the photos inverted? Like looking ...Is it me or are the photos inverted? Like looking in a mirror? On the map it appears the left field corner is open and flat but its the right field corner that is flat in the photos. There's nothing in the pictures that would appear backwards. I thought maybe the infield had been moved since then but then the bowl shape doesn't fit. I tried to match the existing houses to the ones in the photos but I can't get a good enough look.Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-44987518000885048052010-04-12T23:46:55.358-04:002010-04-12T23:46:55.358-04:00The Baseball Hall of Fame would not recognize the ...The Baseball Hall of Fame would not recognize the attendance record because it was on an " open grounds" with no means to accurately count the attendees. Anyone could have viewed the game from inside the park, without being officially admitted with a ticket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-55819788477629174512010-04-12T23:43:19.979-04:002010-04-12T23:43:19.979-04:00A correction, the Cleveland Blues played at League...A correction, the Cleveland Blues played at League Park which was built as a wooden ballpark in 1890. They may have played an exhibition or two at Brookside Park, but it was never their home field. It technically is not a "Stadium" as there never was any structure there except a Backstop and small platform. The seating was all on the natural "bowl" formed by the land going around behind home base. It is plainly visible, even today when you drive by on I-71 and look south into Brookside Park. Now the seating area is grown over with trees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-66145495804738935722010-03-04T23:20:02.986-05:002010-03-04T23:20:02.986-05:00I found this same photo in my grandfathers attic a...I found this same photo in my grandfathers attic and it hangs on my wall! I just thought about it today and have been looking up info on it. All this time I just thought it was a cool photo, but never looked up it's backgound.Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-66372712754958564672009-12-21T20:35:44.323-05:002009-12-21T20:35:44.323-05:00White Autos became White Trucks which was bought o...White Autos became White Trucks which was bought out by Volvo and became Volvo-White Trucks. Volvo dropped the White part sometime in 2000 and now is just Volvo Trucks. They're headquartered here in Greensboro, NC.<br /><br />So, I kind of paralleled White Trucks - grew up in Hudson outside of Cleveland and ended up here in Greensboro where Volvo is.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09268304194276808749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-86375250691379472022009-12-19T00:46:43.078-05:002009-12-19T00:46:43.078-05:00If I understand the stories correctly, the Hall of...If I understand the stories correctly, the Hall of Fame's lack of interest was because it was an amateur event and not a professional game.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02990390448050036775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-70212633890687952402009-12-18T14:35:27.366-05:002009-12-18T14:35:27.366-05:00Thank you for sharing that, Kevin.
There are two...Thank you for sharing that, Kevin. <br /><br />There are two issues here: whether this is a baseball game and the number of people in attendance. Curiously, they seem to be disputing the former. The latter, I think, is easy enough to argue - it sure looks like a baseball game to me. <br /><br />What do you think?Christopher Busta-Peckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428701548572867797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-80130747482937192772009-12-18T13:29:13.953-05:002009-12-18T13:29:13.953-05:00Councilman Kelley tried to get the Baseball Hall o...Councilman Kelley tried to get the Baseball Hall of Fame to recognize the 1915 game as having the largest crowd in history, but <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/10/post_48.html" rel="nofollow">didn't have too much luck</a>.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02990390448050036775noreply@blogger.com