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== Pacific Bell Park and some of the warehouses it replaced. ==
== Willie Mays Field and some of the warehouses it replaced. ==


[[Image:soma1$pacbell-and-mccovey-cove.jpg]]
[[Image:soma1$pacbell-and-mccovey-cove.jpg]]


'''The ballpark displaced a number of old waterfront warehouses, as well as tugboat docking. The mouth of Mission Creek was christened "McCovey Cove" after the legendary Giants firstbaseman, and to market the home runs expected to "splash down" in it.'''
'''The ballpark displaced a number of old waterfront warehouses, as well as tugboat docking. The mouth of Mission Creek was christened "McCovey Cove" after the legendary Giants first baseman, and to market the home runs expected to "splash down" in it.'''


Contributors to this page include:
''photos by Chris Carlsson''


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Revision as of 21:42, 30 March 2008

Soma1$cove-before-ballpark.jpg

The mouth of Mission Creek, now "McCovey Cove," before the ballpark was built.

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Willie Mays Field and some of the warehouses it replaced.

Soma1$pacbell-and-mccovey-cove.jpg

The ballpark displaced a number of old waterfront warehouses, as well as tugboat docking. The mouth of Mission Creek was christened "McCovey Cove" after the legendary Giants first baseman, and to market the home runs expected to "splash down" in it.

photos by Chris Carlsson

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