League Park/Dunn Field Pics

[andycummings65]

You can see from the dimensions why Dunn Field favors LH batters

[b:957087f1ca]Field dimensions [/b:957087f1ca]
Left Field - 375 ft
Left-Center - 415 ft
Center Field - 420 ft
Right-Center - 317 ft
Right Field - 290 ft

This group plays by the 1860 rules of baseball at the current site for League Park. There is a push to reconstruct League Park currently.
http://cbbbc.webs.com/



[b:957087f1ca]League Park in 1910[/b:957087f1ca]
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[b:957087f1ca]Painting of the Park, but shows great detail[/b:957087f1ca]
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[b:957087f1ca]Aerial of League Park[/b:957087f1ca]
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[b:957087f1ca]Dunn Field, October 10, 1920. Game 5 of the World Series. This is Bill Wambsganss recording the only unassisted triple play in World Series history. He is shown tagging Otto Miller to end the top of the 5th. Wambsganss had just caught Clarence Mitchell's line drive, stepped on second to retire Pete Kilduff, and then tagged Miller for the third out, as shown here. Larry Gardner is also pictured, playing 3b. The Indians led 7-0 at the time and would go on to win 8-1.[/b:957087f1ca]
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[b:957087f1ca]Dunn Field, October 12, 1920, Game 7 of the World Series. This Series was actually a best of nine, but the Indians won it in Game 7 with their 5th series win. This photo is in the bottom of the 7th, you can see the scoreboard in CF. This is a rundown. Steve O'Neill, who just doubled to left-center, is in the process of making an out on Stan Coveleski's fielder's choice grounder to P Burleigh Grimes of the Dodgers. After getting O'Neill out, Charlie Jamieson knocked Coveleski in with a double. Covelseki had taken 2nd during the rundown.[/b:957087f1ca]
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[b:957087f1ca]This portion of the grandstand along first base stood until it was torn down in 2002 because it had decayed so badly.[/b:957087f1ca]
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[b:957087f1ca]Aerial view of League Park as it currently stands, as part of a city park. You can still see the outline of the infield and playing field. The ticket office is still standing in the top left corner of the block. You can see the same little building in the bottom left corner of the aerial pictures above.[/b:957087f1ca]
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As stated earlier, many in Cleveland are attempting to develop a coalition to restore League Park. Here is their website. http://www.leaguepark.org/
Here is an architect's concept design for the renovation.
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[willsghoul]

I'm a native Clevelander and have had the good fortune of walking thru that park many times in the past ... couldn't resist taking the old glove out of the closet and playing catch on the field on a couple of occasions , neat to kick up the dirt where so many greats played , it should be restored in some sense i believe , thanks for the photos.