Not quite answering (yet)

Well, at least somebody gave it a shot.  Thanks for trying, Linkmeister!

While replying to his surmise—Portland’s PGE Park—I realized that the photos in the previous post didn’t do a good job of displaying something that might help with identifying the location.  I hope the following shot, along with what I mentioned in the sixth comment to the prior diary

I realize that these two shots don’t have sufficient detail to let you see what’s not in the stands (aside from people, that is).

will be of some use to those who want to hazard a guess.

I might mention that the second picture in the prior post displays one of the distinctive features of this stadium.  Unfortunately, it displays that feature from a distance of about 340 feet, so you can’t really tell that said feature is there.  Having stood out in deep right field, though, I can confirm the existence of that feature.

Apparently, we took no pictures of another signature feature of this ballpark, the one that’s way out in deep center field.  Silly of us, I suppose.

Anyway, if no one has the right answer after another couple of days, I’ll post it for you here.

Comments

Ok, using clues provided in previous comments, it was built around 1912 and has a capacity of roughly 46K.

Hmm.  Only three stadia listed at Ballpark Reviews were built in 1912: Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.  I seem to remember Fenway’s capacity is under 40K, I’d think Crosley was demolished long ago, and one of my commenter colleagues below suggested Tiger Stadium and got neither an aye or nay from you.

Confuzzled, I am.

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Well, Linky, that’s because I’ve been out of blog-commission for a bit.

Rodger is correct ... it’s Tiger Stadium.

What’s missing from the stands, as shown in the above photo, is seats.  They were (still are, actually) sold off by the city to raise some money.  The “signature” visible, but unrecognizable, in an earlier photo is the overhanging upper deck in right field.  It extends out about 10 feet beyond the lower deck.  And the feature never captured in any of the photos is the flagpole in dead center, which was in play.

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