Sunday, March 14, 2010

Flint Photos: Atwood Stadium 1939



3 comments:

  1. That's a great photo. I remember the thrill of going to Atwood Stadium when I was a kid. Used to eat at Third Avenue Fish-n-Chips a lot, too, during Lent. Then in high school my best friend got sucker punched at Atwood, right in the jaw, at a football game. Sad to say, that's my last memory of Atwood.

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  2. I lived on Prospect St, more or less behind home plate. I shagged a few foul balls that made it over the wall. The dead end street had lots of kids and Techer Peckers waiting for a pop foul to make it over the wall and into our hands. This photo is from the Prospect St. side of the diamond. Great place to spend the summer.

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  3. We always had an all summer supply of baseballs when the Flint Arrows were active in the fifties. Shagging foul balls on Prospect was a fun past time. unclebuck

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