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To: Alberta's Child

The cool thing about that chain-link area is that it was designed to replicate the old days when fans could sneak a look through the fence to watch the baseball game. It was done with good intentions!


16 posted on 10/08/2014 11:17:48 AM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: JennysCool
I like the concept, but it would make so much more sense in the open air. It loses its charm when the fans have to gather in a tunnel-like area like that.

On a somewhat related note ...

I have spent years looking for a digital version of what I remember as THE best baseball photo I've ever seen. It was taken at the old Tiger Stadium from beyond the left field fence during a night game. For fans who don't remember that old stadium, it had a short outfield wall with a "cage" or chain-link fence on top of it. The photo showed a small kid -- maybe 7-8 years old -- from behind ... standing on top of the wall with his right hand grasping the fence to hold him in place, and an oversized baseball glove on his left hand.

I don't remember if it was a color photo, but it may as well have been a black & white photo because it was taken at a night game and the combination of the dark sky and brilliant stadium lights gave it great contrasts that diminished the colors on the field. Because the photo was taken towards the field from 1-2 rows behind the kid, all you could see was a silhouette of the kid and a tiny halo effect around his head and body from all the light in the background.

I seem to remember the photo was titled "Waiting for Cecil" -- a reference to Detroit's right-handed slugger Cecil Fielder at the time, who had hit many a home run over that left field fence into those bleachers. The photo was featured in one of the major sports publications as its "Photo of the Year" in the early 1990s (maybe Baseball Weekly).

Now THAT was a "Norman Rockwell" baseball photo if I ever saw one!

29 posted on 10/08/2014 11:38:57 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("What in the wide, wide world of sports is goin' on here?")
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