Shorpy

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Just noticed this link in the Shorpy comments to a page that tells about the remnants of League Park that still stand. Undoubtedly already known to you Clevelanders and other better informed folks but it was news to me. i thought it was very cool. Wish they had done the same with other dearly departed ballparks instead of wiping them off the map.
http://detroit1701.org/League%20Park,%20Cleveland.html

About five years ago at the Strongsville show, I struck up a conversation with a collector who stopped by my table. He was a policeman who said that as recently as the mid-1990s, he would go to the remants of League Park at night and poke around in areas that had been used for storage. He wasn't able to salvage anything truly remarkable (i.e. signage, chairs, turnstiles, etc.) but he found a pretty good haul of bricks, hooks that appeared to have been used in the clubhouses and other small pieces of hardware.

[J.McMurry]

In regards to the first picture, is that a pile of horse dung those two guys are about to walk into?

Great pictures.

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by J.McMurry

In regards to the first picture, is that a pile of horse dung those two guys are about to walk into?

Affirmatory. I would imagine that was an everyday hazard a century ago.

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

About five years ago at the Strongsville show, I struck up a conversation with a collector who stopped by my table. He was a policeman who said that as recently as the mid-1990s, he would go to the remants of League Park at night and poke around in areas that had been used for storage. He wasn't able to salvage anything truly remarkable (i.e. signage, chairs, turnstiles, etc.) but he found a pretty good haul of bricks, hooks that appeared to have been used in the clubhouses and other small pieces of hardware.

You definitely don't wanna be poking around that area after dark nowadays. Anyways, I need to get out some time this year and check out the guys that do the old-time games there.
http://www.cbbbc.webs.com/
If you poke around a little, their website's got some interesting old stuff on it as well.