Recreation Park, San Francisco

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Recreation Park, San Francisco

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3- 3- MODENA RECREATION PARK Home of the PCL San Francisco Seals, 1907-30 FORERUNNER TO SEALS STADIUM — Replacing the 1906 earth- quake- and fire-ravaged ballgrounds, Recreation Park in the Mission District was home to the Pacific Coast League franchise beginning the following season and continuing—with the exception of 1914 when the team switched to foggy Ewing Field—until concrete and steel Seals Stadium opened in 1931. The 15,000-seat "Old Rec" featured a 235- foot RF foul line-but with a huge fence that reduced many potential home run shots to singles. Under the grandstand, behind chicken wire, was an eight-row section—the Booze Cage. It remained a holdover from pre-prohibition days when the 75¢ ballgame ticket also covered a shot of whiskey, two bottles of beer or a ham and cheese sandwich. Reportedly, few chose the sandwich. Ballpark Nostalgia Card "From Flatbush to Paradise" Designed and published by Vic Pallos—Glendale, CA Photo from the collection of First Interstate Bank-Los Angeles, CA 88-019