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Originally Posted by LouGerig_IronHorse
These are awesome pics. I love the shots of the ballparks from the '60s when they first opened. They changed so many times over the years, it's hard to recall what they were originally like. And this makes me feel old but most of 'em are gone now. Holy Moses!
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Yes, they changed so much in such a short time in some cases. I believe
Busch switched to astroturf in 1970/1971 but they still kept the
dirt infield- similar to the three rivers that Silvam provided a couple
of weeks ago. It was only in 76 or 78 that Busch switched to full astroturf
infield with sliding pits.
The strangest of them all was Comiskey from 69-76 -Silvam also did this
version- they had an astroturf infield while still maintaining a grass
outfield!