Standing inside the visitor's dugout on the first base side, looking out onto the field. Again, the grass is a bit choppy right now, but hopefully it'll be worked on soon. Right now, it's pretty much the biggest negative to an otherwise enjoyable ballpark.
From the first base concourse.
On this shot, I'm actually standing on a sidewalk down the right field line looking back towards the field. That is another sidewalk at the top of the hill, and then obviously the fence is just down the hill from the sidewalk you can see. At this point, I'm still 20 feet away from the river, so you can see just how far you'd have to hit one to splash it into the mighty Mississippi.
This picture and the next will give you a better idea of the distance from the river to the outfield wall. I'm on a sidwalk here in straightaway right field, note the Tiki Hut on the right side of the picture. Now, to the next picture...
There's the Tiki Hut again, so you have to clear the wall, the Tiki Hut, the sidewalk, the grass (in the above picture), the fence (in the above picture), and a little bit more land beyond the fence to get it into the river. Maybe you can do it on a bounce, but it would take an absolute bomb to get there on a fly.
I went to this park when I was a little kid. Great memories of the place, except for when I went the place had bugs (cicada like) everywhere. Very nice park, doesn't look much different than it did then.
ReplyDeleteVery nice view of the bridge at night!