The Bizarre Features of Past Ballparks…

Philly's Baker Bowl was old enough that it was originally built with space under the left field seats for bicycles and horse carriages. Different time, different requirements.

Old Tiger Stadium was built by the baseball gods themselves, I miss it very much.

Many of the old parks have been torn down and something else is now there [parking lots, churches, apartment buildings etc], but it is interesting that League Park is still there; the grandstands are gone, but the field is still there, and is used for amateur and school games.

Old Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, we called it the mistake by the lake. Best memory: Early 80's me and my buddy went down to catch a game at the last minute, we managed to get front row seats for cheap off the guy who had 4 season tickets. We used the dugout roof as our beer holder, we paid $8 per seat for our tickets. Good times!

Old Yankee stadium had monuments and a flag pole in play

The first game I ever attended was the opening day game in Griffith stadium in1960. The Senators beat the Red Sox 10-1 and the only run Boston got was a Ted Williams homer out of the park! If you look closely at the film clip, you can see the flagpole just at the point where the walls meet as they angle back toward center field. The ball he hit went OVER that flag pole! It was Williams' final opening day game. I also just recently learned that a MLB record was set that day that still stands today. Washington pitcher Camilo Pascual struck out 15 batters which is still the record for an opening day game!

Municipal Stadium in Kansas City, which hosted the A's (1955-67) and the Royals (1969-72), had goats and sheep in a small zoo beyond the right-field fence.

Surprised you didn't mention Shibe Park's "spite fence", which was nearly 100 feet high to prevent people from watching games from rooftops.

At 2:05, You can see a young Yankee Stadium in the upper right backround.

I miss Tiger Stadium. It was rustic, yet beautiful. It had its charms throughout the whole stadium. I cannot stand Comerica Park. If you go to a day game at the CoPa, 95% chance that you'll sit in the sun and bake. At least with Tiger Stadium you had an option of being under the upper deck, or even far enough back in the upper deck to stay out of the sun and not only keep cooler, but you weren't blinded by the sun, and could see the game. Just about every seat in Tiger Stadium was real close to the action, so there wasn't really bad seat. Even obstructed view seats were still pretty good. I watched Jack Morris beat the Yankees from an obstructed view seat in September 1984, for the Tigers' 100th win of the season. I was behind home plate in box seats, which were discounted because of the poles, and got to see a great victory. God, I really miss that stadium. So much history and character. I'd like to go to Fenway Park and Wrigley Field before those are gone. Just to try to recapture some of the magic that old ballparks like Tiger Stadium had.

Oracle Park in San Francisco allows fans to watch games for free through the right field fence, as a tribute to the "free" seats in past ballparks. Of course, it's regulated. It's first come first served and the crowd is cycled through every few innings depending on demand.

Forgotten were the 60 feet high left field screen at Los Angeles Coliseum and the inclined outfields of Minute Maid Park and the weird Crosley Field.

You should of mentioned the LA coliseum when the Dodgers played there after moving from Brooklyn. They had a gigantic screen in left field that was only 298 feet from home plate.

With the distance of the center field wall at the Polo Grounds, it should make you appreciate the ground Willie Mays had to cover to make that over the shoulder catch and then having to throw the ball back in for the tagging up runners in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series.

There's a hidden bowling alley in the Giants stadium. I played on it once.

You could watch games at Forbes Field from the Cathedral of Learning

The Polo Grounds also had an overhanging upper deck.

Tiger Stadium once had seating that jutted out further towards right field; they were removed after their star of the future, one Mr. Al Kaline, crashed into them several times while fielding pop flies.

Tiger Stadium also was 440 to dead center.

What you call Tiger Stadium was Briggs Stadium back in the day. When we went to the game we parked in people's driveway or front yard for $5. I remember steel columns that blocked your view from some lower deck seats. I saw Al Kaline, Harvey Kuenn, and Walt Dropo. I can't remember the others.