A Radio Weather Forecast! Aimed not at attendees but listeners, and including a description of the day's weather map (!), supplied by a local member of the AMS, instead of what was then the U.S. Weather Bureau. Opening Day was a big deal indeed.
What a nice flashback, thank you. I've seen pictures of how towns would have a place where they'd put the radio broadcast of the game through loudspeakers and have a big mechanical board depicting the field that they manipulated to show the game progress. Almost sort of kind of like TV.
Those radio and car prices! $100 bucks in 1930 is about $1800 now, and $500 for a car would be $9000 now. Interesting that radios are dirt cheap now, but cars are more expensive.
A Radio Weather Forecast! Aimed not at attendees but listeners, and including a description of the day's weather map (!), supplied by a local member of the AMS, instead of what was then the U.S. Weather Bureau. Opening Day was a big deal indeed.
Losing second baseman Rogers Hornsby to injury for much of 1930 was a big reason why the Cubs didn’t repeat as NL champs in a close NL race
What a nice flashback, thank you. I've seen pictures of how towns would have a place where they'd put the radio broadcast of the game through loudspeakers and have a big mechanical board depicting the field that they manipulated to show the game progress. Almost sort of kind of like TV.
Those radio and car prices! $100 bucks in 1930 is about $1800 now, and $500 for a car would be $9000 now. Interesting that radios are dirt cheap now, but cars are more expensive.
Absolutely fascinating!