Tell an old Pirates story...

[El-Moldo]

I think Forbes Field looked so big because there were NO seats in left and center fields (just wide open spaces above the home run wall), and just a small section in right field (which had 3 decks though). I think it was 451 feet to part of center field where they stored the batting cage during the game. The big green and white scoreboard in left was imposing when you stared at it.

[WPIAL~Titan]

It was 462' to deep CF. FYI, part of the FF outfield wall still stands today on the Pitt campus, just behind Posvar Hall.

[El-Moldo]

Hey, I was only off by 11 feet. Pretty good memory if I do say so myself. And wasn't it only 300 feet to the right field foul pole? A screen then ran up above the home run wall from the foul pole for a short distance. I really loved those cockeyed stadiums in those days. Today, everything looks so generic.

[Manfred]

I know what you mean about the old stadiums. They weren't cookie cutter venues like today. Remember the old LA Coliseum? That was before Chavez Ravine. The Coliseum had a short right porch, just made for guys like Gil Hodges and those after him, and left field went forever! After all it was built for football and the Olympics.

[El-Moldo]

I think in Cincinnati, the warning track was actually a raised area in front of the home run wall. Outfielders were running to catch a deep fly ball, and then they were running UPHILL at the warning track. And what about Chief Noc-A-Homa at the Braves stadiums in Milwaukee and Atlanta. A NO-NO by today's standards.

[Sneakers]

I was going to wait until the August 9 anniversary but wanted to be a part of this thread now. I was in the 'burg (and in the stadium) when Candy Man tossed his 'no-no'.

[deliverance]

I can't top Sneaks and a no-hitter, but I was in Pittsburgh when this happened:

http://articles.latimes.com/1998/may/04/sports/sp-46294

Needless to say I'm a huge Mike Piazza fan and thought he hit a homerun. It was the best catch I had ever seen in person.

[dadw/2sons]

I was in the Burgh with Sneakers when Candy Man threw his no-hitter. I also was in Pittsburgh with my entire immediate family to celebrate my father's 79th birthday. It was and always will be a great time and memory to be there to see the Bucs whip the Cards and move into first place. To be there and know that the curse the 20 year curse will be broken this year. Sid Bream's name came up a couple of times yeaterber but was soon forgotten with the doubleheader sweep. GO BUCS!!