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asrivkin · 11-16-2024, 11:03 AM

With Oakdale Park, we've arguably got all of the parks needed for the InteGREATed mod, pending the original Polo Grounds (which it still in progress last I heard).

Looking at actual history, we've got the NL covered for the entire period when it was the only major league and had 12 teams (1891-1900). There are 3-4 parks that we'd need to push that NL timeline further into the past, some of which may already be in somebody's plans. Providence's Messer Street Grounds was used for 8 seasons and is the longest-used unmodeled NL ballpark.

The AA looks like it was something of a mess for ballpark model completists, with teams coming and going. We do have the main parks for the most stable AA franchises, though. Most of the remaining unmodeled AA parks were one-year stands, with Columbus' Recreation Park II the only one that lasted as long as three years.

We're actually pretty close as far as the Players' League--all we're missing is Brotherhood Park in Cleveland, for which something like National League Park II could be substituted if desired.

There are also some 19th-century parks floating around in other threads. Obviously, Silvam's thread has a bunch of MLB parks that were built in the 1800s and used into the 1900s. My other thread has at least one relevant park as well--Buffalo's Olympic Park was used by their Players' League team. There may be a few others in there, though I confess I haven't looked in a comprehensive way. Scranton Athletic Park and Minneapolis' Nicolet Park are in there and were built in the late 1890s, but the others I've done a spot check on seem to be from the early 1900s. Labatt Park is in Flying Canuck's excellent Ballparks Around the World thread, though not in a 19th-century configuration. There may be others--I'm going from memory here.

Other than trying to tick off some of the outstanding NL/AA/NA parks, the other obvious (to me) things to try next are parks in major cities that didn't have MLB. I'm pretty confident that San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans, St. Paul, and Toronto have enough information out there for their 19th-century parks to take a swing at modeling them.

In any case, I plan to continue adding to this thread, if perhaps at a slower pace. I expect dfswans to do the same--I know they had a great-looking to-do list. I invite anyone else who feels like adding to do so, as well!

11-16-2024, 11:03 AM	#215
asrivkin Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Maryland Posts: 294	With Oakdale Park, we've arguably got all of the parks needed for the InteGREATed mod, pending the original Polo Grounds (which it still in progress last I heard). Looking at actual history, we've got the NL covered for the entire period when it was the only major league and had 12 teams (1891-1900). There are 3-4 parks that we'd need to push that NL timeline further into the past, some of which may already be in somebody's plans. Providence's Messer Street Grounds was used for 8 seasons and is the longest-used unmodeled NL ballpark. The AA looks like it was something of a mess for ballpark model completists, with teams coming and going. We do have the main parks for the most stable AA franchises, though. Most of the remaining unmodeled AA parks were one-year stands, with Columbus' Recreation Park II the only one that lasted as long as three years. We're actually pretty close as far as the Players' League--all we're missing is Brotherhood Park in Cleveland, for which something like National League Park II could be substituted if desired. There are also some 19th-century parks floating around in other threads. Obviously, Silvam's thread has a bunch of MLB parks that were built in the 1800s and used into the 1900s. My other thread has at least one relevant park as well--Buffalo's Olympic Park was used by their Players' League team. There may be a few others in there, though I confess I haven't looked in a comprehensive way. Scranton Athletic Park and Minneapolis' Nicolet Park are in there and were built in the late 1890s, but the others I've done a spot check on seem to be from the early 1900s. Labatt Park is in Flying Canuck's excellent Ballparks Around the World thread, though not in a 19th-century configuration. There may be others--I'm going from memory here. Other than trying to tick off some of the outstanding NL/AA/NA parks, the other obvious (to me) things to try next are parks in major cities that didn't have MLB. I'm pretty confident that San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans, St. Paul, and Toronto have enough information out there for their 19th-century parks to take a swing at modeling them. In any case, I plan to continue adding to this thread, if perhaps at a slower pace. I expect dfswans to do the same--I know they had a great-looking to-do list. I invite anyone else who feels like adding to do so, as well!