All-Star Parks for the Break

Here are three ballpark stories I stumbled across: one lost park warmly remembered on it's 100th birthday, one park in ruins, and a collection of one man's current favorites

Forbes Field is long gone, but fans mark its 100th birthday

Sunday, June 28, 2009

By Robert Dvorchak, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

This was the view from Schenley Park on July 5, 1909, when Forbes Field was only a week old.

League Park: A connection to Cleveland's past and future
June 22, 8:35 PM
Cory Felegy Cleveland Sports Examiner

Ariel view of the original League Park. (Photo from ballparks.com)

The 10 Best Major League Stadiums
by Andrew Jordan
I don't agree with all his picks -- where's Pac Bell, Andrew? But he hits his stride after a while and it's nice to see the effort.

Judge lifts Tiger Stadium's stay of execution

While I was posting, the case was decided ...

Judge lifts Tiger Stadium's stay of execution

By BEN LEUBSDORF – 26 minutes ago

DETROIT (AP) — A judge has lifted Tiger Stadium's stay of execution.

Wayne County Circuit Judge Prentis Edwards rejected a request Monday morning by a nonprofit group to issue an injunction preventing further demolition of the historic Detroit ballpark.

Edwards agreed with attorneys for the city that the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy has little chance of raising enough money for a proposed $33.4 million redevelopment project.

Detroit Economic Growth Corp. executive vice president Waymon Guillebeaux (GEE'-ah-boh) said that demolition would resume immediately...

oh woe, hoe, whoah

A backhoe drops a concrete block to break up the seating area at Tiger Stadium in Detroit on Friday, June 5, 2009.

... The demolition of Tiger Stadium was halted by a judge Friday, just hours after crews began tearing down what's left of the historic ballpark. Wayne County Circuit Judge Isidore Torres issued a temporary restraining order, said Robert Rossbach, spokesman for the Detroit Economic Growth Corp. The injunction was requested by the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy, a nonprofit group ... AP