Hi all,
Today, we have the original
South End Grounds, Boston's first home for professional baseball. This served as the home of the Red Stockings during their National Association days starting in 1871, and remained their home through a couple of name changes until a renovation/rebuild led to South End Grounds II in 1888.
The SABR article on the grounds covers its entire history until 1914.
Google Drive link to South End Grounds 1876
Since the later version of the South End Grounds was already made, it was relatively simple to take down the grandstand with its fancy turrets and put up the more simple earlier structure. I changed the field markings to reflect 1876 (hence the date on the files) and put up red flags to mark the foul lines at the edges of the field (along with the wall marks). I also added barbed wire to some of the walls since one of the few depictions of the field was in an ad for barbed wire! I also put a background in for all 360 degrees this time. Finally, I added a version of "Sullivan's Tower" with a camera location up there--you can read about it in the SABR article if you like.
This should give the Braves franchise its home park for all 154 seasons of its continuous operation!
Next up will probably be West Side Park 1885 or Washington Park 1884, unless I decide to go off-script.