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Originally Posted by asrivkin
OK, second is Wiedenmayer's Park in Newark. This was the park that the Newark Peppers of the Federal League wanted to play in, but the International League team held the lease so the Peppers were forced to get a new field built in nearby Harrison. I went back and forth a lot about which of those two parks to try, before settling on Wiedenmayer's since there was more photographic material to work from.
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Love that first photo. Do you know when it was taken? I'm always on the lookout for game photos that show a lone umpire taking a position behind the pitcher. In this case, the ump is there because there's a runner on second. It's what I would do when I worked solo umpiring little league games.