I was born in the Deep South but my father grew up in Philly in the 1920’s. I was blessed in the late 60’s he took me back where he grew up and we went to watch a Philly’s game there. I’ll never forget the cigars, beers, the north eastern accents, wife beater tank top T shirts and great smell of beer in the air. I wouldn’t trade it for the world! Back then we’d go to Fulton Co stadium in Atlanta to watch Hank Aaron. Those were the days!

My grandfather would tell me how he’d pay the kids in the neighborhood to watch his car while he was inside Shibe watching a game. * Edit: I posted my comment prior to seeing the gentleman in the vid talk about kids charging folks to watch their cars. It was interesting to hear that it wasn’t an exaggerated memory of my Grandad.

Our Cub Scout Pack made numerous trips (a dozen or so) to this venerable ballpark. Richie Ashburn waved at our group a couple of times as he was in the broadcast booth. Growing up, _every_ household had the Phillies game on the TV, radio or both. I think I caught their first televised night game too way back when.

I. Was there that last game. Wow. I was 10 yrs old my dad owned a bar at Oxford circle. 2 of his customers took me. We left the 9th inning cause it was chaos there. I cried too. We caught the last inning at my dad's bar. I still have a chair. Priceless

@alonenjersey

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Is it in good shape? You can find a section of row of seats at Cooperstown.

@dejanivanovski8575

8 ай бұрын

If you don’t mind me asking how did you get the chair? Thanks

@andrewm4564

10 сағат бұрын

I was at that game. I was 15. All I got was a bolt from the seats.

How awesome would it be if they brought the As back and they played in a nice cigarbox stadium in North Philly

@ldfreitas9437

Жыл бұрын

You can have them. Then the Giants can once again be the only baseball show in the Bay Area.

@alonenjersey

Жыл бұрын

Hey, you never know. In five years the A's won't be at home in Oakland anymore.

@oversoon

4 ай бұрын

@@ldfreitas9437A’s are the only reason the giants stayed in sf clown

@n8doggy733

Ай бұрын

Shine Park was ugly af

My first game was at Shibe Park (aka Connie Mack Stadium). It was on September 25, 1964 - during the now infamous "Phillies Collapse of '64". Grandpa took my older brother & me, and we arrived a little late. Parked in front of a bungalow shack, where the 17 people who lived there were gathered outside. Their sign demanded 50-cents to park in front of their house. No way my Grandfather, who was born & bred in Georgia, was going to pay these people one cent to park on a public street. So, he coyly promised them the baseball we would catch(!). Well, my 9-year-old self went apeshit at giving away "our ball"! Grandpa tried to calm me, but I just didn't buy it - until I saw our seats were behind & under the chicken wire at home plate. No chance for a baseball in those seats. The game went 12-innings, and God Bless Grandpa - we stayed for every pitch! But the Phils lost to the Milwaukee Braves, 7-5. We dragged out tails back to Grandpa's immaculate 1954 Oldsmobile Roadmaster, and settled in for a glum ride home to South Jersey. However, we didn't get far before running out of gas. Seems the price for not paying the 50-cent parking fee was all the gas siphoned out of the tank. We strolled in the house after midnight, and Mom was not a happy camper. Oh, but what a mighty time I had, with a baseball memory for the ages. I never got a chance to return to Shibe, but that ballpark has always been special to me.

@ldfreitas9437

Жыл бұрын

I remember that collapse quite well. The Giants, who had started the season on fire, were suddenly in position to win the pennant, but then they blew it too.

This is super cool to see! My mother's family was from 'Swampoodle' and grew up on Judson Street. I heard about that hood & Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium my whole life. My grandmother saw more than a few World Series games from the rooftops on 20th Street as a child. My father was at the last game at Connie Mack & the first game at the Vet. Thanks for sharing this and thinking about my family who are no longer here🙂

@tomjones5650

3 ай бұрын

My 1st game was Connie Mack last game. My 2nd was Vet's opening game. I was 10 y.o.😊

Scene of where Hack Wilson dropped 2 flyballs in '29 WS loss and 10 runs scored that 8th inning

Saw my first game anywhere as a kid at Connie Mack. Was '69 vs Giants. Went with Little League kids as our reward for "Tag Day". One of the kids was mugged in the bathroom. Connie Mack wasn't safe at that time. They took us to New York to see the Mets the next few years( much longer trip).

I lived on 26th and Lehigh in the 60s until 72 when we moved to NJ. I was with my mother shopping that Saturday when Connie Mack burned down. We walked outside to an inferno across the street.

So the reason why I can't hit Homers on the right side of Shibe in MLB 20 is because the owner hated friendly competition?!?

this was my first Phillie's game My second was the opening Of Veterans Stadium

@michaeladelman2539

2 жыл бұрын

I was at both games, the last at CMS and the first at The Vet. Indelible memories.

Grew up 3 blocks from it on Lehigh Avenue went 1 time to a game then saw Philies at Vet in 73,74

@lavanderwilliams111

Жыл бұрын

I was 26th and Lehigh. West Silver to be exact. I've been in NJ since Aug '72.

Pennridge little league would take us to connie mack stadium. My uncle Ralph was the manager of our little league team The Machinest's we went undefeated in 69 & we lost our 1st game on our bid to go to LLWS so we were done. Still have my trophy on my dresser. I love baseball, just about every summer day fortunately we had enough kids to play a game on a field of cinders & buried stones for bases in the infield. In the trees on the fly ball was a homerun

Yes

Ashburn noticing his OWN sons taking seats after Shibe's last out 😝

I visited veterans Stadium back in 97. Nothing about the place impressed me other than the Phanatic.

Richie....a great Cub

And he took us to the last game at connie mack

They should move back & rebuild shibe park

Why in the show franchise video game shibe field doesn't have the version where folks were watching from the roof top?

NEXT YEAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN 124 YEARS

I played connie mack league when i was 17-18 yo in 2001-02

The Philadelphia A's won many World Series @Connie Mack Stadium. Respectfully Mr. Ashburn.

@jayalan2223

Жыл бұрын

I knew what he meant. He was referring to the Phillies who before 1950 had last won the pennant in 1915. He should have Phillies instead of Philadelphia.

Pretty much the story of North Philly too.

What documentary was this taken from?

@sportsgamingchannel5492

3 жыл бұрын

A program from PBS a while back

Voice of bill campbell

Was the 'spite fence' still up when that final game was played?

@richardlooby4200

3 жыл бұрын

Long gone. I was there. 10/1/70

@willdrucker4291

3 жыл бұрын

Wrong...look carefully at the video...after Tim McCarver scores the winning run in the 10th and the fans rush the field...the Right Field “Spite Fence” is still clearly visible

@willdrucker4291

3 жыл бұрын

@8:56....to the right of the turned off scoreboard...the “Spite Fence”

@jameshoran8

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

Forget Part 1. It doesn't even show the the outfield seats and there is more footage of the video host than the stadium or the team. Part 2 is way better.

I love the dummy at 7:54 who runs out of the stands and tries to take home plate. Ummm, that goes about 10 inches deep into the ground buddy. He had to settle for a bat.

At that last game, it seemed everyone took something and ushers and security didn't mind. Between innings, upon entering the men's room, I witnessed seeing an opening where some fool had taken the urinal. It was crazy. But the Phils won it I believe on a run scoring base hit by the late Oscar Gamble which made it a rare treat in those days.

@donaldgray7214

3 жыл бұрын

I

@mdteletom1288

3 жыл бұрын

The same thing occurred at Yankee Stadium a few years later when it was due to be refurbished. I was at one of the last home games at that stadium and I wouldn't have shed any tears over it if I lived in Philly. I thought the place was a dump. The concourses were lit by a few bare light bulbs hanging from the rafters, it was dark, ugly and rundown, just like the surrounding neighborhood at the time. From what I heard, since I was never there, the Vet wasn't much of an improvement.

@michaeladelman2539

2 жыл бұрын

The relative of the architect who built CMS had one thing way wrong: neighborhood kids did not demand $5.00 to " watch your car". It was only .25 cents which seemed steep enough in those days. And you paid it for sure!

@daniellinehan63

Жыл бұрын

Oscar a '69 Cub & '77 South Side Hitman

@alonenjersey

Жыл бұрын

@@mdteletom1288Veterans Stadium was very unappealing when I visited it back in '97.

I don't fault the fan's for wanting a souvenir since that's where they've frequented for generations but the vandals setting the fire is indefensible.

Spelling is wrong. It's Connie Mack Stadium.

I feel like “vandals” is code for something else

@sportsgamingchannel5492

3 жыл бұрын

Yea I know too

@sportsgamingchannel5492

3 жыл бұрын

And I know the block wasn't hot like that back in 70

@MattGrovesFTW

3 жыл бұрын

The Romans considered them to be barbarians

@trapezemusic

Жыл бұрын

As I explained to my daughters when they were kids: Not all the animals are in the zoo.

@davidlafleche1142

Жыл бұрын

@@sportsgamingchannel5492 The Washington Senators went out the same way, only worse. In their last game at RFK Stadium (September 30, 1971), 14,000 Senators fans turned out to say goodbye. The Senators were actually beating the Yankees 7-5 in the late innings. The fans started invading the field before the game was over. They tore up the grass, pulled down the outfield fence, ripped out seats and stole signs from the scoreboard. They caused such a mess the umpires had to forfeit the game to the Yankees.

How about Forbes. Field build 1909

Where did the Phillies play