Comiskey Park

Comiskey was the first of the old ballparks to close it's doors in the 90's. The park had clearly seen better days. Not having been there before her last season, I am uncertain if the drabness was due to neglect as her supporters have detailed, or if her time was really up. As is often the case with baseball, this argument will go on as long as people remember her.

The scoreboard seems to dwarf the field. One of Comiskey's signature items was the exploding centerfield scoreboard. There were several version of it. The last one had a video screen. George Brett Is on deck, and you can see new Comiskey through the openings at the top of the upper deck, peeking through.

Here is an earlier version of the scoreboard as seen in an old postcard. It is more proportionate to its surroundings. Chesterfield cigarettes seemed to have a monopoly on scoreboards in the 40's & 50's.

You don't have to be a genius to figure out that seats in the new ballpark would be much further away from the playing field than in old Comiskey. The new park looks like one of the alien spaceships from the movie Independence Day.

One last look at her in all her glory. At this game, Bobby Thigpen set a new American League single season save record (since broken).

Do not go gentle into that good night.