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Football teams on same sideline

The comment intrigues me. The picture seems to show teams on both sides, and certainly there is enough room for a team on each side. One source I googled says teams occupied the same side because one side had poor sight lines. That's really hard for me to imagine. So what's the scoop? BlongerBros 23:51, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I believe what you're seeing is photographers and staff on the first base side - the teams did indeed sit on the same side of the field.[1][2] I haven't heard that sightlines dictated this, but will look for reference. --Chancemichaels 17:58, 21 November 2006 (UTC)Chancemichaels[reply]

My guess would be that the benches were on the outfield side so as not to block the sightlines of the spectators in the low-rise box seats on the first base side; and that this put both benches in the sunlight, which would have been a good thing to have on a cold late-fall day. Wahkeenah 18:04, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You could be right, but in the absence of any confirmable information we should stick to the facts and avoid speculation as to why. --Chancemichaels 22:25, 21 November 2006 (UTC)Chancemichaels[reply]

Including the statement "had to". It suffices to say that they occupied the same side of the field. Wahkeenah 23:12, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. If we can come up with any verifiable information as to why, then we should put it back. Until then, I think the section works pretty well - thanks! --Chancemichaels 15:01, 22 November 2006 (UTC)Chancemichaels[reply]

Name of Stadium

The article currently states that locally the stadium was just "County Stadium". Well, I'm a local, and I always called it Milwaukee County Stadium, as did most people I know. Not that we wouldn't refer to it as County Stadium for short... but that's like people saying, "the stick" instead of Candlestick Park. 69.215.145.185 (talk) 12:29, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The baseball guides of that era called it both ways, depending on the context. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 14:01, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I can accept that, but do we really need "in context"? Wouldn't "Milwaukee County Stadium (or just County Stadium) was a ballpark" be less awkward? 38.117.200.131 (talk) 14:44, 25 September 2008 (UTC)SixFourThree[reply]

How so? Is there only one "County Stadium" in the entire universe? Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 15:00, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I recall an indian teepee where bernie brewers mug was. The indian would come out of the teepee and dance every time the braves hit a home run.

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 ::I can accept that, but do we really need "in context"?  Wouldn't "'''Milwaukee County Stadium''' (or just '''County Stadium''') was a ballpark" be less awkward?  [[Special:Contributions/38.117.200.131|38.117.200.131]] ([[User talk:38.117.200.131|talk]]) 14:44, 25 September 2008 (UTC)SixFourThree
 :::How so? Is there only one "County Stadium" in the entire universe? [[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> 15:00, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
+I recall an indian teepee where bernie brewers mug was. The indian would come out of the teepee and dance every time the braves hit a home run.