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Photo of the Day Oldsmobile Park
We have a pinch-hit Photo of the Day today -- Brad Newbatt has sent us this lovely panorama of Oldsmobile Park, the home of the Lansing Lugnuts:

Click on the image to see a larger version, and then click on that larger image to see an enormous version.

Here are what the distance markers read, courtesy of Bauxite Lugnut Fan:

Left 330'
Centre 412'
Right 337'
The wall in right is 25' high.

Jonny German was there when the image was captured:

"The photo was taken maybe 45 minutes before game time, those are the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on the field warming up. It was a really cold day and attendance was minimal."

Click here to see the previous photos of the day.

Posted by Named For Hank on Tuesday, May 31 2005 @ 12:00 PM EDT.
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Gerry - Tuesday, May 31 2005 @ 12:20 PM EDT (#118230) #
Great photo, how old is the park?
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R Billie - Tuesday, May 31 2005 @ 12:21 PM EDT (#118231) #
That's a pretty sweet looking park for a low-A affiliate. Very nice. Kind of makes me wish I lived near a minor league team.
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Lugnut Fan - Tuesday, May 31 2005 @ 12:58 PM EDT (#118234) #
Gerry,

The park was built in 95. The first year for MWL baseball in Lansing was 96. The sweetest A ball park I have ever seen is in Dayton. It has two decks and is really a AAA stadium.
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Mike Green - Tuesday, May 31 2005 @ 01:19 PM EDT (#118236) #
Great photo indeed. Thanks, Brad and Jonny.
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kpataky - Tuesday, May 31 2005 @ 02:07 PM EDT (#118239) #
Brad, you should look into getting that shot blown up for posters and sold in the clubhouse store there. Split the profit with the team. Kook into it - seriously. As for Single A Stadiums, check out the brand new digs in Greensboro, NC that the Grasshoppers have there.
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kpataky - Tuesday, May 31 2005 @ 02:08 PM EDT (#118241) #
Brad, what kind of camera (make/model) did you use to capture that shot? Were you using film or digital? What mm lens did you use?
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Max Parkinson - Tuesday, May 31 2005 @ 03:11 PM EDT (#118244) #
The nicest A park that I've been to is Veteran's Memorial in Cedar Rapids. It's a good deal better than all of the AAA parks that I've been to save Memphis and OK City.
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Bid - Tuesday, May 31 2005 @ 05:08 PM EDT (#118254) #
Thanks for the treat. In Baltimore, the year Camden was opened we saw a series of panoramic ciba prints of a dozen or so minor league parks...superb feeling of being centre-top in the grandstand.

For more on Oldsmobile Park and many others with photos...not as exciting as this one, but excellent, try
http://www.minorleagueballparks.com/

Anybody know a site for panoramas of minor league parks?
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