the mad sports man

 A different view of Ebbets field. Shown is from 1913 near completion. Ground was broken in 1912 and took a year to complete. Was named after Charles Hercules Ebbets, who owned the Dodgers at the time.  It was built with steel and concrete. The Dodgers old home - Washington park - was aging, and was a mostly wooden park, which, like other wooden parks, susceptible to fires. First game was an exhibition game vs the Yankees, and the first regular season home game was a 1-0 loss to the Phillies. History lesson.

 Today it's from Weehawken NJ. Weehawken stadium is 299 down the left field line, 405 to left center, and 286 to right field. It's also built on top of the Lincoln Tunnel. Check it out.

 The 1986-87 season had 21 teams and an 80 game schedule. Highlights include: 1. June 6, 1986 had Boston acquire Cam Neely. 2. March 10, Los Angeles trades Marcel Dionne to New York Rangers. 3. April 9, Edmonton scores 13 in a game 2 win over Los Angeles. 4. April 12 Montreal beats Boston in the playoffs for 18th consecutive time (dating back to 1946). 5. Mike Bossy scores 30 goals in a season for 10th consecutive year. 6. April 4, Denis Potvin scores 1000th point - the first defenseman to do so. 7. January 22, a massive blizzard results in 334 people show up at the Brendan Byrne arena to see the New Jersey Devils beat the Calgary Flames 7-5. This results in the formation of the "334 club." Playoffs: DSF; Quebec 4 Hartford 2, Montreal 4 Boston 0, Philadelphia 4 New York Rangers 2, New York Islanders 4 Washington 3, Toronto 4 St Louis 2, Detroit 4 Chicago 0, Edmonton 4 Los Angeles 1, Winnipeg 4 Calgary 2.  DF; Montreal 4 Quebec 3, Philadelphia 4 New York Islanders 3, Detroit 4...

 The beginning of autumn began at 12:19 Prince Albert time.  The weather has been perfect the last few days. Hopefully stays that nice. Likely won't though.

 Unreal it's the last official full day of summer. Yonkers. It's 27c at the time of writing. Leaves are really turning colors. It'll be bleeping cold soon.

 Tunisia qualified on Friday, 10 points clear of second place Namibia (Namibia has 3 games left), Tunisia has 2). I don't know how I missed that. Anyways, that is 18 in and 30 left to qualify.

 This was taken in 1953, shortly after the Braves moved in from Boston. The Braves stayed in Milwaukee until 1966. It was used again after the Seattle Pilots moved to Milwaukee days before the 1970 season, becoming the Brewers. The Brewers stayed there until Miller Park opened.

 This time it's Morocco qualifying. And possibly more to come. 17 spots occupied. 31 left.

 Uruguay, Colombia and Paraguay have qualified for next year world Cup. They all qualified last night.that is now 16 of 48 teams. (Wow 1/3 in).