What was across the center field fence?
The Crescent Tool Company. Next to Crescent, and behind the right field bleachers, was The Lackner Sign & Clock Company. Later on, in the 50’s to 60’s, the Crescent Tool Company building was occupied by The Crowe Engineering Company. Needless to say, these buildings gave way to The Millcreek Expressway (I-75) project in the 60’s. 3) No player in the entire history of Crosley Field ever hit a homer over the right field bleachers! Into them, yes, many times, but never out of the park over them. Now on June 10, 1967, Houstons Jimmy Wynn hit what many consider the longest homer at Crosley ever, over the 58-foot scoreboard in left-center and onto I-75. Had this been to right field it might have accomplished the feat! The right field bleachers were known as the “Sun Deck” for day games and the “Moon Deck” for night games. This was when I was a kid and going to Crosley in the fifties and sixties. Waite Hoyt (Red’s radio broadcaster) often referred to them as “Burgerville” after Burger Beer, o
