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Commandant · January 5th, 2011, 11:29 PM

San Diego Cricket Club exhibition before a Padres game, PETCO Park, San Diego, California

Great Britain Baseball Team at Lords Cricket Ground, London, England

A link to a BBC News video about the event:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programme...ca/9018060.stm

Darloeye · January 6th, 2011, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Anubis2051

Hyde Park, London-

More from that Giants - White Sox game at Liverpool in 1924-

Sydney Showground in it's 2000 Olympics Format (Also hosted several ABL games)-

Wish baseball was still in the olympics would of loved to have a baseball stadium in the uk

Commandant · January 6th, 2011, 01:07 AM

NASCAR, Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Albert Spalding’s Australian Baseball Tour (it eventually became a world tour): Chicago White Stockings vs. All Americas, Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt

The players climbed the Sphinx after the game for a team photo:

matthemod · January 6th, 2011, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Commandant

San Diego Cricket Club exhibition before a Padres game, PETCO Park, San Diego, California

I'm interested in how that worked. Was it like a miniature Cricket match? like 5 overs each or something?

Lord David · January 6th, 2011, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Darloeye

Wish baseball was still in the olympics would of loved to have a baseball stadium in the uk

Well according to London's bid, had Baseball and Softball still be included in the Olympics, it would be held at Regent’s Park, supposedly containing existing Baseball and Softball fields that would just use temporary stands.

So I suspect there was no real permanent ideas of a Baseball stadium post Olympics.

Commandant · January 6th, 2011, 09:53 PM

The 1956 Olympic Exhibition: Australia vs USA, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The attendance figures of these next ballgames were only “guesstimates.”

Amateur championship game, Telling's Strollers vs. Hanna's Cleaners, Brookside Stadium, Sept. 20, 1914, attendance 100,000

Championship ball game, White Autos vs. Omaha, Neb., Brookside Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 10, 1915, attendance 115,000, score - White Autos 11, Omaha 6

Commandant · January 7th, 2011, 12:13 AM

1936 Olympic Exhibition: World Champions vs. US Olympics, Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany (I could only find a few pics from the game)

Rev Stickleback · January 7th, 2011, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Lord David

Well according to London's bid, had Baseball and Softball still be included in the Olympics, it would be held at Regent’s Park, supposedly containing existing Baseball and Softball fields that would just use temporary stands.

So I suspect there was no real permanent ideas of a Baseball stadium post Olympics.

Baseball used to be quite popular in England in the late Victorian era, with a profesional league.

Derby County took over an old baseball stadium (although there probably wasn't much of a structure there) and played at "The Baseball Ground" until it was demolished about a decade ago.

Bobby3 · January 7th, 2011, 07:19 PM

You could tell it used to be for baseball. Obviously years of work converted it a great deal, but some of the seats were still angled like baseball stands are.

matthemod · January 7th, 2011, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobby3

You could tell it used to be for baseball. Obviously years of work converted it a great deal, but some of the seats were still angled like baseball stands are.

Which is apparent from this aerial photo of the time. It's obviously had a lot of work done but you can clearly see the main corner.

Rev Stickleback · January 8th, 2011, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by matthemod

Which is apparent from this aerial photo of the time. It's obviously had a lot of work done but you can clearly see the main corner.

Alas, no. The corner used for baseball was on the bottom right. Those end stands just follow the line of the streets, and were built far later in the 1930s, nearly 40 years after baseball stopped being played there.

Anubis2051 · January 8th, 2011, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Rev Stickleback

Alas, no. The corner used for baseball was on the bottom right. Those end stands just follow the line of the streets, and were built far later in the 1930s, nearly 40 years after baseball stopped being played there.

Anyone have pictures of it set up for baseball?

Commandant · January 8th, 2011, 03:29 AM

This is the closest I've gotten to an actual pic of the Baseball Ground before the addition of the other two stands (NW & SW) for soccer (postcard from 1930):

According to Patrick Morley, a writer at the Society for American Baseball Research, UK Chapter, source material on baseball in Derby is sadly lacking.

Anubis2051 · January 8th, 2011, 04:05 AM

Sorry Commandant, I had to...
"Yankee Stadium", Camp Marshall, North Africa, WWII

Nettuno Italy, WWII

Camp Atterbury Iran, 1944

1st Transport Squadron, India, WWII

Indian Police Learning Baseball, WWII

Second Marine Division, New Zealand, 1943

Guam, 1945

"Pacific", 1944

Sapain, 1945

Trimble Field, Guam

Commandant · January 8th, 2011, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Anubis2051

Sorry Commandant, I had to...
"Yankee Stadium", Camp Marshall, North Africa, WWII

Dakar Rally, Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal

They moved the 2009 Dakar Rally to South America

Baja 1000, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

Scba · January 8th, 2011, 07:28 AM

I take it there weren't any friendlies with Japan at the time.

Commandant · January 8th, 2011, 07:33 AM

Another pic of the Baseball Ground in Derby:

Commandant · January 8th, 2011, 07:42 AM

Midwest Giants (34th Infantry Division) vs. Kentucky Wildcats (1st Armored Division), July 4, 1942, Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland

US Navy vs. US Marines, Clooney Park, Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Rev Stickleback · January 8th, 2011, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Anubis2051

Anyone have pictures of it set up for baseball?

It doesn't appear there was ever an actual baseball "stadium" as such. It wasn't until the very end of the 19th century that grounds started developing. Until then they'd have been little more than grass banking around a field.

When Derby County moved in, they increased the capacity from 4000 to 20,000 which hints at it being very basic previously.

Commandant · January 8th, 2011, 04:29 PM

From website http://www.sitnews.net/JuneAllen/Bas...o_gallery.html

Baseball game on tidal flats, circa 1905
Photographer: Harriet Hunt
Donor: Forest J. Hunt, THS 62.4.1.29
Photograph courtesy Ketchikan Museums

Ketchikan Baseball Team and Grandstands, circa 1909
Ketchikan ball team and grandstands over near mouth of the creek- where games played where Federal Bldgs now stand -& had to stop when tied came in

Lawrence Kubley at Bat [1912]
Photographer: David Nicoll
Donor: Lawrence Kubley - Photograph courtesy Ketchikan Museums

Ketchikan: Ball game with Prince Rupert at low tide [1916]
Click on photo to view a larger photo.
Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress).
Gift: Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
Historic Photo Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division - Washington, D.C.

January 6th, 2011, 09:53 PM	#66
Commandant Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,010 Likes (Received): 4	The 1956 Olympic Exhibition: Australia vs USA, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia The attendance figures of these next ballgames were only “guesstimates.” Amateur championship game, Telling's Strollers vs. Hanna's Cleaners, Brookside Stadium, Sept. 20, 1914, attendance 100,000 Championship ball game, White Autos vs. Omaha, Neb., Brookside Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 10, 1915, attendance 115,000, score - White Autos 11, Omaha 6 Last edited by Commandant; April 22nd, 2011 at 09:29 PM.

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Commandant Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,010 Likes (Received): 4	1936 Olympic Exhibition: World Champions vs. US Olympics, Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany (I could only find a few pics from the game) Last edited by Commandant; April 22nd, 2011 at 09:30 PM.

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Commandant Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,010 Likes (Received): 4	This is the closest I've gotten to an actual pic of the Baseball Ground before the addition of the other two stands (NW & SW) for soccer (postcard from 1930): According to Patrick Morley, a writer at the Society for American Baseball Research, UK Chapter, source material on baseball in Derby is sadly lacking. Last edited by Commandant; January 8th, 2011 at 01:55 PM.

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Anubis2051 Captian Clutch Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Princeton Posts: 319 Likes (Received): 2	Sorry Commandant, I had to... "Yankee Stadium", Camp Marshall, North Africa, WWII Nettuno Italy, WWII Camp Atterbury Iran, 1944 1st Transport Squadron, India, WWII Indian Police Learning Baseball, WWII Second Marine Division, New Zealand, 1943 Guam, 1945 "Pacific", 1944 Sapain, 1945 Trimble Field, Guam Last edited by Anubis2051; January 8th, 2011 at 08:26 AM.

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January 5th, 2011, 11:29 PM	#61
Commandant Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,010 Likes (Received): 4	San Diego Cricket Club exhibition before a Padres game, PETCO Park, San Diego, California Great Britain Baseball Team at Lords Cricket Ground, London, England A link to a BBC News video about the event: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programme...ca/9018060.stm

January 6th, 2011, 01:07 AM	#63
Commandant Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,010 Likes (Received): 4	NASCAR, Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois Albert Spalding’s Australian Baseball Tour (it eventually became a world tour): Chicago White Stockings vs. All Americas, Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt The players climbed the Sphinx after the game for a team photo:

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Bobby3 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,116 Likes (Received): 1	You could tell it used to be for baseball. Obviously years of work converted it a great deal, but some of the seats were still angled like baseball stands are.

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Commandant Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,010 Likes (Received): 4	Another pic of the Baseball Ground in Derby:

January 8th, 2011, 07:42 AM	#78
Commandant Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,010 Likes (Received): 4	Midwest Giants (34th Infantry Division) vs. Kentucky Wildcats (1st Armored Division), July 4, 1942, Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland US Navy vs. US Marines, Clooney Park, Londonderry, Northern Ireland

January 8th, 2011, 04:29 PM	#80
Commandant Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,010 Likes (Received): 4	From website http://www.sitnews.net/JuneAllen/Bas...o_gallery.html Baseball game on tidal flats, circa 1905 Photographer: Harriet Hunt Donor: Forest J. Hunt, THS 62.4.1.29 Photograph courtesy Ketchikan Museums Ketchikan Baseball Team and Grandstands, circa 1909 Ketchikan ball team and grandstands over near mouth of the creek- where games played where Federal Bldgs now stand -& had to stop when tied came in Lawrence Kubley at Bat [1912] Photographer: David Nicoll Donor: Lawrence Kubley - Photograph courtesy Ketchikan Museums Ketchikan: Ball game with Prince Rupert at low tide [1916] Click on photo to view a larger photo. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift: Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951. Historic Photo Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division - Washington, D.C.