Sunday, February 26, 2012

Candlestick Park


Willie McCovey makes the play at 1st base in this 1965 game at Candlestick.
Wikipedia - "Candlestick Park (also commonly referred to as Candlestick or The 'Stick) is an outdoor sports and entertainment stadium located in San Francisco, California, in the Bayview Heights area. The stadium was originally built as the home of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants, who played there from 1960 until moving into Pacific Bell Park (since renamed AT&T Park) in 2000. ... The stadium is situated at Candlestick Point on the western shore of the San Francisco Bay. Due to its location next to the bay, strong winds often swirl down into the stadium, creating unusual playing conditions. At the time of its construction in the late 1950s, the stadium site was one of the few pieces of land available in the city that was suitable for a sports stadium and had space for the 10,000 parking spaces promised to the Giants."
Wikipedia
1958-1994: The Giant Years, Candlestick Swindle
Ballparks of Baseball (Video)
Ballparks
Clem's Baseball Blog
Candlestick Park, a.k.a. 3Com Park
YouTube: Tell it Goodbye, The Giants at Candlestick Park, Moments after the Great Quake of 89, Battle of the Bay

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