OT, Wrigley Field LA. ca1940s

[slidekellyslide]

I think you're looking at a PCL game..probably a postseason game with the overflow crowd and movie cameras. Movie cameras wouldn't be foreign to a ballpark...lots of newsreels from the time attest to that.

[birdman42]

Steve,

As to the question about why a kid from the Midwest would care about a PCL game, my guess is that it's the Cubs connection. In the 40s, no Twins, so either the Cubs or Tigers would have been a logical object of fan frenzy in MN.

Bill

[Ladder7]

Appreciate the opinions fellas. Reckon I'll have to take a close look at the scoreboard for team indicators. Thanks again for looking.

[Jacklitsch]

Might be this game. Service All-Stars, including Joe DiMaggio, played the LA and Hollywood teams at Wrigley, LA.

[Wite3]

I am 99% sure this is Wrigley Field, Los Angeles. The stands in the outfield and the way the second deck is covered is a dead giveaway. Probably was a major game.

BTW, The original Damn Yankees was filmed there...maybe?

Joshua

[Merv Williams]

Yes Damn Yankees was filmed there.

Merv Williams

Originally Posted by Wite3

I am 99% sure this is Wrigley Field, Los Angeles. The stands in the outfield and the way the second deck is covered is a dead giveaway. Probably was a major game.

BTW, The original Damn Yankees was filmed there...maybe?

Joshua

[Merv Williams]

Hi Jack:
I attended quite a few P C L games at Gilmore Field and Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. As a teenager I carried a mitt all the time and got a fair amount of Baseballs. The best overall player I saw was Eddie Basinsky of the Portland Beavers. He led all P C L 2nd basemen in homers for years until Joe Gordon jointed the Sacramento Solons. I loved the old P C L very much.

Merv Williams

Originally Posted by Jacklitsch

Might be this game. Service All-Stars, including Joe DiMaggio, played the LA and Hollywood teams at Wrigley, LA.

[Jacklitsch]

Eddie Basinski, one of the few surviving members of the PCL Hall of Fame. Might have been good but with all due respect to my elder (and not by a whole lot) I don't think he had the stats warranting HOF status. JMHO

[Ladder7]

All great arguments above. But, mainly because of the folks on the outfield during play, Im still unconvinced it's a championship game.

Studying the vertical photo, I found this big ol' head in a suit.

Also, two more movie cameras in the foreground and circa 1940's automobiles (None later) out in the streets and lots. I'm still trying to convince myself this is the filming of the 'Pride of the Yankees'. Either way, it doesn't amount to much. Sorry, I just can't put this away

Thanks for looking, Steve