Old Crosley

"I've heard that old men wake up and scratch itchy legs that have been dust for over fifty years. That was me. I'd wake up at night with the smell of the ball park in my nose, the cool of the grass on my feet...The thrill of the grass."
--Shoeless Joe Jackson (Field of Dreams)

Always captivated by old photos of Crosley Field.

Notice the building density.

Almost as if they had to shoe horn the field into the surrounding neighborhood.

By the time I went to my first ball game as a seven year old, much of the neighborhood had been bulldozed over to make room for the freeway beyond the outfield wall:

The wrath of eminent domain strikes again.

Meanwhile, less than 2 weeks till Opening Day!