Posted April 6, 201411 yr April 4th, 2014 - The First Mud Hens-Walleye Doubleheader (If you don't count the Hens game and Walleye playoff game going on at the same time on 4/16/13) The Mud Hens faced Louisville in their Opener at 4 and the Walleye played Fort Wayne at 7:15 I got dropped off at Ontario and Madison around 3 and walked to the park The Pythian Castle (1890) 725 Jefferson (1897) 713 Jefferson (1892) 701 Jefferson (1960) Looking Down Jefferson Going by the Huntington Center AT&T Building - 123 N. Huron Southeast corner of Monroe St and Huron St, Third Base Gate on the left Southwest corner of Monroe St and Huron St Northwest corner and Washington St and Huron St Looking down Washington St, Owen's Corning Headquarters at the end Home Plate Gate View from the Concourse Behind Home Plate Outside Home Plate Gate, Berdan Building (1902) on left Pregame Show Left Field Center Field View from the Roost View from Center Field View from Left Field Anthony Wayne Bridge in the Distance Now A little Mud Hens History about the last 3 Stadiums they called home: Armory Park, home to the Hens from 1897-1909 Spielbush Ave and Beech St, ~8 blocks from Fifth Third Field Swayne Field, home to the Hens from 1909-1955 Monroe St and Detroit Ave, 2 miles from Fifth Third Field Ned Skeldon Stadium, home the the Hens from 1965-2001 1404 Key St in Maumee, 7 miles from Fifth Third Field It looks like nobody is here, but it was an over capacity sellout of 12,787. Most people were in the concourses escaping the cold, they were the most crowded I've ever seen them. The Sun came out for a second. Goodbye Baseball and Hello Hockey But we had to walk a block down Superior Street first PNC Bank Building (1929) in center, Secor Building (1908) on right Fiberglas Tower (1969) on right Super Spike Blimp - it drops prizes and flies around during intermissions Right before Player Introductions During the First Intermission The Mud Hens went behind after a homer in the 2nd and lost 3-1, while the Walleye went down 4-1 after a too-early goalie pulling and empty netter, and another goal with .3 left. There was about 20,000 in attendance between the two games (12,787 and 7,284), well not counting the people who were at both, but anyway it was nice to see so many people out at places and on the streets downtown.
April 6, 201411 yr Nice - we don't see a whole lot of Toledo pics, so thank you for posting these! clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
April 6, 201411 yr Yes, great photos! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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