If you could reconstruct a full-scale replica long-gone baseball stadium, which one would you choos

[TheMightyFavog]

I'd pick Ebbets Field. Those old pictures make it seem so beautiful.

[Richardo]

1. Forbes Field, Pittsburgh

Complete with the batting cage stored at the 457' mark in dead center field, the flagpole and the light standards all within the field of play.



Got to see the Bucs play the expansion club San Diego Padres there in 1969 - its last full season.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

12. It's cool to stand at the home plate inside the classroom building at the University of Pittsburgh

Babe Ruth hit his last homerun ever standing at that home plate.

They've also outlined the outfield dimensions along the street, and they have the piece of wall where Mazeroski's homerun went over the fence still standing.

[cloudbase]

13. I grew up a five minute walk from Forbes.

Saw many a game there as a kid. It was a sad day when they moved to Three Rivers.

[enigmatic]

2. League Park, Cleveland

[Archae]

3. County Stadium, Milwaukee.

I worked there.

[Blue_Tires]

4. how could i ever decide? i'd want them ALL

From east to west:

Polo Grounds
Shibe Park
Griffith Stadium
Crosley Field
Sportsman Park
Kansas City Municipal Stadium

[TheMightyFavog]

7. Wonder hjow the modern hitters would handle the Polo Grounds.

What was it, 500' in deep center?

[Richardo]

8. You could have a football game in Forbes' center field and it wouldn't affect the baseball game

Ironically, Forbes was something of a hitter's park because the outfield was SO vast that it was difficult for the fielders to cover all that territory. Except for Clemente.

PS: Wiki says Polo Grounds was 483' to center.

[Blue_Tires]

9. yeah, 490-something.... but the distance down the foul lines was very short...

i imagine there were a lot of inside-the-park HRs if the outfielders were caught out of position..

[av8rdave]

5. Camden Yards

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. But the Orioles still play baseball at Camde--wait, strike that.

The Orioles still attempt to play baseball at Camden Yards. :D

[av8rdave]

15. It's been a long, dry spell for O's fans

[Redstone]

6. Connie Mack, only because it was where I saw my first game.

Redstone

[Demoiselle]

16. Gosh, Redstone, I was going to post exactly the same answer!

My family moved to Philly from North Dakota (yes, North Dakota) when I was 5. My parents, mad for baseball, took me to a night game virtually the first night in town.
I remember the astonishing sound that the crowd made in that park., something to do with the amphitheater shape of the place. I fell asleep, very happy.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

10. Memorial Stadium, Baltimore.

Saw my first baseball game at the Old Lady on 33rd Street.

[pinniped]

14. Seals Stadium!

[Brother Buzz]

17. Say Hey

and don't forget the schooner of Hamm's beer that filled up and overflowed in neon lights time and time again. "biggest commercial sign west of Chicago"