Place was a dump. I miss it not at all.

Comiskey was only a dump because Reinsdorf let it become a dump. It could have been tweaked and remodeled over the years the same way Wrigley was if they had wanted to. Instead, they threatened to move to St. Petersburg and dropped a stadium meant for DuPage County into a parking lot.

Comiskey was only a dump because Reinsdorf let it become a dump. It could have been tweaked and remodeled over the years the same way Wrigley was if they had wanted to. Instead, they threatened to move to St. Petersburg and dropped a stadium meant for DuPage County into a parking lot.

Tiger Stadium was the same way and outlived Comiskey by quite a few years. Also seems to have a beloved-ballpark status that Comiskey never got. The various bad pizza magnates who owned the Tigers probably kept the place cleaner.

Place was a dump. I miss it not at all.

I was only there a couple of times. My primary memories of it are olfactory.

Everyone should pitch in and buy that for me so I can run my train around it.

Everyone should pitch in and buy that for me so I can run my train around it.

Place was a dump. I miss it not at all.

I was only there a couple of times. My primary memories of it are olfactory.

Speaking of the Blue Jays and dumps, the old Exhibition Stadium was a real "how did they play major-league baseball here for more than a year" number:

Speaking of the Blue Jays and dumps, the old Exhibition Stadium was a real "how did they play major-league baseball here for more than a year" number:

Place was a dump. I miss it not at all.

Oh, my captain!

I loved that old place. Still do. McCuddy's before the game. No ticket? go the the bar just across from entrance and get a face value box seat ticket just before the game if they got any left behind the bar.

Upper deck was great. Day game nobody there upper deck. Close to the field unlike all new new stadiums.

Picnic area beneath the stands was Be Best community seating. The Latinx section. And they always would make room on the end of the picnic table for a lone gringo.

They coulda fixed the place up and kept going even better like Fenway and Wrigley. But they woulda had to use their own money and tax payers love paying for this 'new' stadium shit. They must love it as they keep doing it.


"thanks architect!"-Dick Allen

What did you think of the Armour Field proposal? I think there was a lot to like about it, but if I remember correctly, it had some wacky outfield dimensions, something like 280 down the lines and 450 to dead center. I think the architect was trying to do a tribute to the Polo Grounds, but I don't see why a Chicago ballpark would need to pay tribute to one in New York.

I don't like sweating all summer in open stadia.