6 minutes ago, JoeC said:

…or know what County Stadium was.

Used to go to County Stadium once in a while on Saturday night, to see Sox and Brewers fight it out. Nothing special about it, but it did have great sight lines.

There used to be a lot of fights almost every game. A lot of people would tailgate for 2-3 hours before the first pitch was thrown. I'm sure that had something

to do with it.

2 hours ago, oldsox said:

I do. I think I have a few years on Mighty Mite. I went to several Cub games against Brooklyn. I saw all those guys. Jackie, Campy, Newk. Couple more. Junior Gillum? As you can imagine, there were a lot of black guys in the crowd. Not sitting together or anything organized, just many throughout the stands. And they were quiet. No overt cheering. But you know they were moved. And, I never saw any trouble brewing anywhere from anyone.

So awesome. Thanks for sharing. I love that you got to experience that.

I also saw Satchel Paige pitch for the St. Louis Browns in 1949, I believe. My Dad wanted to see him pitch, so I got to tag along. Never forgot it, obviously. He threw a few eephus pitches, and the crowd roared. They loved him.