Word: ballyard
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...Michael Sandel writes, in this week's issue of The New Republic, "Sports stadiums are the cathedrals of our civil religion, public spaces that gather people from different walks of life in rituals of loss and hope, profanity and prayer." Remembering the last no-hitter at the 161st street ballyard evoked those images of spirituality and hope...
...major leagues as a whole (unlike several individual teams) are prospering. Before the strike, attendance was running a little ahead of the record 70 million who went to games in 1993. Following the opening of Baltimore's fabled Camden Yards in 1992, new baseball-only parks -- combining classic ballyard architecture with modern amenities -- have brought sellout crowds to the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers...
...Play all games in the Polo Grounds. yeah, I know, New York's venerable ballyard was destroyed a long time ago, but I want it back. I kid you not: 483 feet to center field, 460 and 440 to the "power" alleys. Short porches at the foul poles, but let's see Karl Rhodes, Cory Snyder and Tim Raines have three-homer days there...
...Looks like McNamara's going to keep Smith in to face Mattingly. Oh my, what a game here at the old ballyard in the Bronx. The winner goes to face the A's tomorrow in the playoffs. The loser goes home to watch the playoffs...
Fingers had arrived on the scene in the fifth inning--a bit early for him. Manager Alvin Dark usually likes to wait until the seventh or so before summoning the man with the handlebar moustache. But the way the Red Sox were spraying base hits around this classic, old ballyard, Dark felt obliged to go with his best relief arm early...