Exceeded? No. But the current record was ALSO set at the LA Coliseum!
Back in 1959, the Dodgers played at the LA Coliseum, and they played the World Series there against the White SOx. They drew something like 93,000 people for a few of the games.
Presumably the record COULD have been broken many times since, but games are rarely played in stadiums big enough to hold more than 60,00 people any more.
How short is the right (left?) field fence going to be? IIRC when they played games there decades ago it was like 256 feet- if so, expect a score in the 20’s or 30’s.
Anyone know about the old Cleveland Ballpark. I believe it was called Municpial Stadium.
It was the largest park in the old days and for events like the Yankees and Ruth coming to town, they use to rope off part of Right Field for extra standing room crowd.
It sat nearly 80,000 so I wonder how high it got when they packed it.
Found this note:
On September 12, 1954 against the Yankees, the Indians played in front of their largest crowd in history, 86,563. It was the largest crowd for any team until the Dodgers started playing in the Los Angeles Coliseum.
For the Coliseum:
The Dodgers hosted an All-Star game and three World Series games in 1959 at the Coliseum. Attendence exceeded 92,000 for each World Series game, and the attendance of 92,706 for game five is a MLB record. In only their second year in Los Angeles, the Dodgers won the 1959 World Series.
Sorry about the link, there is no direct linking on this otherwise excellent site.
Fear Itself, interesting, thanks. I wonder what the confines of a baseball field have to do with earthquake preparedness? The idea of a layout where over one fence is a double, over two is a homer sounds like some sort of bizarre kids backyard thing though.
The Dodgers had an outfielder named Wally Moon who took advantage of the short distance to left. As the space race was heating up, his homers over that fence-screen combo were known as “Moon shots”.
There are now seats where some of the playing surface used to be. For tomorrow’s farce, the wall will be only 201 feet. It’s gonna look like Arena Football kickoffs.
One story in Boston is that there will be a rope set up around the Coliseum, with TV’s showing the game set up outside. Anyone they let inside the ropes to watch the game that way will therefore count in the official attendance.
I guess another question is why 115K are expected to attend a game that doesn’t count? Just to see the Sox? Or is whatever charity the game is for that big in LA?