[Vigilanteman]

Did your Grandpop tell you the illustrious history of that stadium? After the final breakup of the A's in the early 30's up until the time old Connie sold the team in 1950 (I think), they still kept the old ballpark in good shape, replacing worn seating, shade awnings and the like even with a last place team. The Philadelphia Phillies then became the main tenants and were fortunate enough to have the great Whiz Kids team just as old Connie retired.

I'm not sure exactly when, but it was sometime in the early to mid 1960's that they made a conscious decision to stop maintaining the park and let it go downhill. I'd forgotten they even tried to make it into a community center. Sad. Even Pittsburgh saved a part of old Forbes Field.

[Prov1322]

Oh, yeah! He was a die-hard Phils fan but not an A's fan...never asked him why and didn't care by that time since they were long gone. I was always fascinated that Philly had both AL and NL teams at one time!

Related Note...growing up a Philly sports fan develops a certain mental toughness for the junk that you plow through in real life. If you can be an every-game-following fan of the worst teams in football and baseball growing up, then you can overcome anything! (even Joe Kulharich and King Hill...LOL)