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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift
Technically Shibe Park is there in 1969. It’s called Connie Mack Stadium and it’s on its last legs but one of the interesting (to me anyway) aspects of that season is that there are three parks that are just about to be replaced with cookie cutters but haven’t yet: Connie Mack / Shibe, Crosley Field in Cincinnati, and Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. I believe ‘69 is the final season for the latter two (although I want to say that technically I think it’s Forbes was used into the 1970 season when Three Rivers wasn’t quite ready to go yet).
You also have old Comiskey with the ugly astroturf infield, Yankee Stadium with the monuments in play, the Big A before they added the stands in the outfield that cut down on the winds blowing in, and of course Sick’s Stadium in Seattle, a place below AAA standards that reportedly kept two major league teams - the Indians and the Athletics - from moving to that city in the 1960s.
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Connie Mack Stadium lasted through 1970, then it was Veterans Stadium. The best game I ever saw was at Connie Mack with my father. Tony Taylor hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 9th to win the game 7-6. August 2nd, 1970. Will never forget it. Here's the box score of the game from Retrosheet.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/...020PHI1970.htm