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Originally Posted by nielsoncp
Next up in the re-imagined classics series, we have Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Crosley and the surrounding West End neighborhood were "renewed" in the 1960s and 70s, having a highway run through the heart of the neighborhood. I imagined what it could have looked like if the stadium and the surrounding neighborhood were kept and turned into a commercial district, like the 3rd Ward here in Milwaukee.
I added a few features to the stadium, including a couple set of luxury boxes and an extension of the upper deck behind home plate - otherwise the stadium was relatively accurate for where it was in the late 60s. I also added a couple videoboards (including one replacing the old scoreboard in left center) and built a bullpen under the right field bleachers.
The park itself was pretty small, with big walls. Because of the limits of OOTP I didn't include the stadium's trademark sloped warning track, but it still plays relatively true. The high walls mean you'll have a high number of extra base hits and a small number of homers.
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Park Factors (taken as I was exiting, hence the strange coloration)
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Love the neighborhood. I was thinking of trying to recreate that for my Crosley stadiums.
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