The end of the West Side Grounds, Part 1 By JohnW53 on Feb 15, 2021, 2:36am CST +
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Everyone loves shiny, new ballparks especially shiny, new Major League parks.
But every new park leaves an old one behind, an old one that more often than not is demolished.
Baseball fans mourn the loss of Ebbets Field who weren t even alive when it was torn down.
Tiger fans still cherish Tiger Stadium. Yankee fans miss the original Yankee Stadium. Pirates fans wax nostalgic about Forbes Field.
The list goes on and on.
Some people even have have fond memories of the first Comiskey Park.
mary todd lincoln: oh, doctor! oh, doctor! [sobbing] help him! help him! dr. charles leale: water! bring water! and brandy! on the floor. i want him recumbent. mary todd lincoln: [sobbing]. men: one, two, three. man: watch his head. watch his head. he might have been stabbed. dr. charles leale: we need to cut the shirt and coat away from the neck to the elbow. man: charlie. dr. charles taft: dr. charles taft. mary todd lincoln: you help him! is he dead? someone answer me! help him! oh, god. dr. charles leale: i m checking for hemorrhage of the subclavial artery. wait. i found it. a hole. and there s a clot. [audience screaming].
mary todd lincoln: oh, doctor! oh, doctor! [sobbing] help him! help him! dr. charles leale: water! bring water! and brandy! on the floor. i want him recumbent. mary todd lincoln: [sobbing]. men: one, two, three. man: watch his head. watch his head. he might have been stabbed. dr. charles leale: we need to cut the shirt and coat away from the neck to the elbow. man: charlie. dr. charles taft: dr. charles taft. mary todd lincoln: you help him! is he dead? someone answer me! help him! oh, god. dr. charles leale: i m checking for hemorrhage of the subclavial artery. wait. i found it. a hole. and there s a clot. [audience screaming].
sgt. silas cobb: well, i will let you pass, but i don t know as i ought to. john wilkes booth: hell, there ll be no trouble about that. man: make way. make way! to the white house. we must take him to the white house. dr. charles leale: no, he will die on the way. dr. charles taft: the saloon. here, next door. peter taltavul: no! no, it should not be said the president of the united states died in a saloon. not even my own. lieutenant bolton: doctor, give me your commands and i will see to it that they will be carried out. dr. charles leale: as i said, across the street, to the nearest house. lieutenant bolton: make a path! let us pass!
sgt. silas cobb: well, i will let you pass, but i don t know as i ought to. john wilkes booth: hell, there ll be no trouble about that. man: make way. make way! to the white house. we must take him to the white house. dr. charles leale: no, he will die on the way. dr. charles taft: the saloon. here, next door. peter taltavul: no! no, it should not be said the president of the united states died in a saloon. not even my own. lieutenant bolton: doctor, give me your commands and i will see to it that they will be carried out. dr. charles leale: as i said, across the street, to the nearest house. lieutenant bolton: make a path! let us pass!