And there used to be a ballpark where the field was warm and green.
And the people played their crazy game with a joy I’d never seen.
And the air was such a wonder from the hot dogs and the beer.
Yes, there used to be a ballpark right here.
Frank Sinatra recorded that song back in 1973, and before it was brought to Lauren Sallwasser’s attention she had never heard of it. Yet she knew the sentiment by heart.
Sallwasser, a photo archivist for the Missouri Historical Society, was recently identifying and cataloging negatives received from a collection when she came across an image of a ballpark.