[PRCo] Mixed Bag Of Old Pittsburgh

[Dwight Long]

John

When one took the Donora car--either the shuttle or the thru car from 
Riverview--one could hardly help notice just upriver from Black Diamond on 
the line that there was a billboard proclaiming:   "Welcome to Donora--next 
to your home town the friendliest town in the USA--AND--home of Stan 
Musial."

Dwight


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" 
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Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: [PRCo] Mixed Bag Of Old Pittsburgh



My dad also took me to one game - it was probably late 1950s.  We sat on 
third base side, which might have been visitors dugout.  It was an evening 
game with St. Louis Cardinals.  I'm pretty sure the objective was to see 
Stan (the man) Musial.

Otherwise, during late 1950s, there were "knot hole"(?) games in which an 
Edgewood group would organize trips to Forbes Field for kids - probably 
connected with Little League.  We would be seated in right field bleachers 
among a mob of other kids from around the Pittsburgh district.  Little did 
we know that we were watching a future hall of fame player in right field - 
number 21.

Guess I was losing interest in baseball about time Maz lifted a home run 
over the left field wall.  I was 14 and in 8th grade and had started taking 
advantage of "Sunday Pass" trolley riding.  There's a rumor that Pirates 
might have won a couple other world series since then, but people's 
interests change over the years.  Pittsburgh was a good place to grow-up.




> From: fwschneider at comcast.net
> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 12:59:03 -0400
> To: pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Mixed Bag Of Old Pittsburgh
>
> New Forbes Field?   Well, it appears to be dated 1927 in the photo and 
> another link says the stands were extended along the right field line in 
> 1925, which is consistent with the photo.   Notice the higher roof line 
> along the right field (far left in the picture).   That fountain is still 
> there today on the south side of Frank Cutlo Drive (who the dickens was 
> he?)    Considering we love sports, there are probably more links to 
> Forbes Field than anything else you might want to look up.
>
> I was only there once.   I think my father thought he was ignoring my 
> upbringing.   Someone must have given him a couple of free tickets and he 
> didn't know what the _______ to do with them so I was taken to a Pirates 
> game about 1948.   I was bored to death.   But I can honestly say I sat in 
> the stands at Forbes Field about 2nd or 3rd grade.  (I might have been 
> happier riding West Penn.)   Some of us grow up later than others.   Also 
> took me longer to figure out what women are than other guys ….
>
> http://mailman.dementix.org/pipermail/pittsburgh-railways/attachments/20130628/e060b9f0/attachment-0006.jpg
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> http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/past/ForbesField.htm
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_Field
>
>
> On Jun 28, 2013, at 10:01 AM, John Swindler wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Is number 6 the "new" Forbes Field???
> >
> >
> >
> > Interesting.  Thanks, Herb.
> >
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