A great photo from 1954 of legendary Lane Field taken by photographer Ray Hacecky. Lane Field was the home of the PCL San Diego Padres from 1936 to 1957.
The photo is from a 1 game playoff between the San Diego Padres and Hollywood Stars which determined the winner of the PCL pennant due to both teams finishing the regular season with the same record.
The Padres ended up beating the Stars 7 to 2 and clenched the pennant and advanced to the playoffs to face the Oakland Oaks. If you read the marquee it says “PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. HOLLYWOOD vs SAN DIEGO. TONIGHT 8:35.
Link: 4th photo down - all pics are wonderful!
I found another link with a couple of additional Lane Field photos and a pretty goo article. The one in question was 1954, Sep 13th to be exact.
http://www.sohosandiego.org/reflections/2007-2/baseball.htm
Speaking of San Diego, there have been three perfect games in Yankees history.
Two of the games were pitched by San Diego natives, Don Larsen and David Wells. The third perfect game was pitched by David Cone, who wasn't from San Diego, but both Dan Larsen and David Wells were at the game.
:)