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Old 12-28-2021, 02:36 PM   #117
asrivkin
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Horlick Field, Racine

Happy Holidays, all!

I've been spending some time finishing up my actual OOTP project (the Phillies surprised the Red Sox in the 1917 World Series, taking it in 5 games) but did manage to finish another park: Racine's Horlick Field, home to the AAGPBL's Racine Belles! According to Green Cathedrals, it also was the home field for the Chicago American Giants for a small number of games in 1945 and 1950.

Google Drive Link to Horlick Field

This was a fun one! A few good pictures from reasonable angles and a relatively restricted period of time. I also found a bunch of material including a run of Racine Belles yearbooks at the Wisconsin Historical Society. No pictures of the field, but fun to look through.

Even with that, there are still a few caveats. It took me a bit of extra care to get the field sized correctly (a perennial problem for me)--in this case the AAGPBL baseline distances tripped me up since I typically take it for granted that if I see the bases in a photo they'll be 90' apart. The ballpark dimensions in Green Cathedrals suggest to me that they _didn't_ take that into account. I also stuck in a scoreboard modeled after what Kenosha had, though I couldn't find any pictures with a clear view of the outfield. I used the park factors that OOTP gave me for a field of this size in Milwaukee, but you'll probably want to put in some different park factors depending on what you're using this for.

As usual, please let me know of any problems and I'll try to tackle them!
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