A tour of L.A.'s baseball boneyards

Rain or shine, the L.A. Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) plans to bus interested historians and just plain curiosity seekers of some former Los Angeles ballparks on Saturday.

With a $30 fee to cover the cost of the bus, the tour leaves the LA84 Foundation offices (2141 W. Adams Blvd., L.A.) at 9:30 a.m. and returns at 2:30 p.m.

The itineray:

==Wrigley Field (1925-1969) at 42nd Place and San Pedro (Wikipedia bio here) and (more links here and here and here and here)
==Gilmore Field (1939-1958) at Beverly Blvd. and Genesse Ave., near CBS Television studio (Wikipedia bio here)
==Washington Park (1912-mid 1950s) at Washington and Hill Streets (Wikipedia bio here), near Chutes Park (linked here)
==Vernon Park at 38th and Santa Fe (linked here)
==The Coliseum (1923-present), between Exposition and MLK (formerly Santa Barbara) and between Figueroa and Vermont, home of the Dodgers from 1958-61

More information: Al Parnis at (909) 338-2487 (arparnis@verizon.net)
Also: http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cal&m=3&s=208
And a story by Jay Berman here on the tour (linked here)