Comments on: Cleveland’s League Park still exists, is getting a $5 million renovation http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/27/clevelands-league-park-still-exists-is-getting-a-5-million-renovation/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sat, 25 May 2013 12:25:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: damusfucious http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/27/clevelands-league-park-still-exists-is-getting-a-5-million-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-253368 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:03:31 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=108444#comment-253368 Did Cy Young ever pitch at the corner of Michigan Ave and Trumbull Street? Is that were Navin Field once stood?

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/27/clevelands-league-park-still-exists-is-getting-a-5-million-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-252895 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:17:11 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=108444#comment-252895 Looks an awful lot like Fort Jefferson, but without the tide pools full of lionfish:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Jefferson,_Florida

Great place for scuba, snorkeling and picnicking. It’s in the sun-drenched Straits of Florida. What’s League Park good for? And it’s where…in Cleveland?

]]> By: natstowngreg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/27/clevelands-league-park-still-exists-is-getting-a-5-million-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-252855 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:03:00 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=108444#comment-252855 Sounds like what Pittsburgh did with the remnants of Forbes Field, though on a much larger scale.

Sometime in the spring of 1992, I was staying in a hotel near the U. of Pittsburgh campus. I had seen a piece on This Week in Baseball about how parts of Forbes Field still existed nearby. After wandering around campus a bit, I found them. The old brick LF wall (with the flag pole in the warning track). Home plate, in a corridor of a classroom building. Being a Pirates fan at the time, it was an almost religious experience.

]]> By: kopy http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/27/clevelands-league-park-still-exists-is-getting-a-5-million-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-252789 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:01:58 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=108444#comment-252789 Just in case you weren’t trying to reference this video and it was all an awesome coincidence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM

]]> By: flaviusflav http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/27/clevelands-league-park-still-exists-is-getting-a-5-million-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-252771 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:38:04 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=108444#comment-252771 Yeah no kidding..
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cleveland,+OH+Lexington+Ave.+and+E.+66th+St&hl=en&ll=41.511462,-81.643302&spn=0.002429,0.004128&sll=41.499495,-81.695409&sspn=0.439701,1.056747&hnear=Lexington+Ave+%26+E+66th+St,+Cleveland,+Cuyahoga,+Ohio+44103&t=h&z=19

]]> By: heynerdlinger http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/27/clevelands-league-park-still-exists-is-getting-a-5-million-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-252764 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:34:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=108444#comment-252764 Probably worth pointing out that there’s not a whole lot more of League Park standing than there is of Tiger Stadium.

]]> By: Joe http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/27/clevelands-league-park-still-exists-is-getting-a-5-million-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-252750 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:16:54 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=108444#comment-252750 Well, you also have to consider the benefits of the Tiger Stadium demolition. If they hadn’t knocked it down, then Detroit wouldn’t have that vacant lot today.

]]> By: bloodysock http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/27/clevelands-league-park-still-exists-is-getting-a-5-million-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-252744 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:11:37 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=108444#comment-252744 Looks like they took the $5 million the Browns wanted for their stadium improvements:

http://www.cleveland.com/naymik/index.ssf/2012/01/the_cleveland_browns_stadium_i.html

]]> By: latchbeam http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/27/clevelands-league-park-still-exists-is-getting-a-5-million-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-252735 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:06:01 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=108444#comment-252735 Cleveland: We’re not Detroit!

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