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Originally Posted by asrivkin

Next up is Ponce de Leon Park in Atlanta (aka "Poncey"). This was another fun one. This is its pre-fire appearance in the 1910s/early 1920s--probably nearer the beginning of that range since that's when the photos I found were taken.

Google Drive link to Ponce de Leon Park

For those interested in these things, in its later incarnation Poncey famously had no center field fence but did have a giant magnolia tree. From what I can tell from research, the magnolia was planted after the era depicted here. Also, there's clearly a fence in the pictures I have. There's also a famous hill in right field, which I tried to handle by telling the game that there's a 40-foot fence starting at the base at the hill, which will hopefully keep outfielders from disappearing into the hillside but also handle home runs vaguely correctly? I guess we'll see. Finally, there are a lot of stories about the tracks that bound the outfield and train crews hanging out up there to watch games. So, I put a train up there and even put a camera angle on it.

I think I have two more to go (every time I think I'm just about done I decide to do another one--it's like chapters in my dissertation were). Then I'll probably take a bit of a break but sum the current situation up with a post. As usual, let me know if you have any problems with these!

Do the players disappear into the hill in RF?