tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478210922256628541.post829129387423387549..comments2023-12-27T13:27:41.645-06:00Comments on garvey cey russell lopes: the bullpen aestheticgcrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882449679093991427noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478210922256628541.post-87638978353627858282012-01-06T22:56:12.636-06:002012-01-06T22:56:12.636-06:00Wow, you brought back some memories. I totally for...Wow, you brought back some memories. I totally forgot about this. Now you see some huge plants. <br /><br />Enjoying the blog. :)Roberto Balyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09108339515308710951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478210922256628541.post-39540121716347065012012-01-06T20:57:16.223-06:002012-01-06T20:57:16.223-06:00You know what? You're right. I think I do reca...You know what? You're right. I think I do recall it being a hard plastic from the games i went to when I was a kid. I wrote this post by just looking at the photos. Bad gcrl. Thanks for jogging my memory.gcrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882449679093991427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478210922256628541.post-76998363026151811552012-01-06T10:33:08.750-06:002012-01-06T10:33:08.750-06:00BTW - if you look closely at wettland's card, ...BTW - if you look closely at wettland's card, just to the right of his rump, i think you can see sunlight through a couple of the knothole gang's peepholes.Stealing Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818879297909675392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478210922256628541.post-17212549514539865282012-01-06T10:30:45.852-06:002012-01-06T10:30:45.852-06:00with all due respect, those old blue bullpen backg...with all due respect, those old blue bullpen backgrounds weren't metal, they were hard plastic. there may have been some metal parts, so we might both be correct, but i remember they were hard plastic. if you sat in the outfield bleachers back in the day, you had to walk on the opposite side past those walls to get to the bathrooms. some folks would break off chunks or poke holes so they could see into the back end of the bullpen. maybe that's why they changed it.<br />one last thing - when they first put up the foliage backdrop, one of the bullpen pitchers put a fake deer in the 'forest' back there. <br />no intent to steal your thunder,brother, just added in the spirit of accuracy.Stealing Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818879297909675392noreply@blogger.com