Baseball, 1955 and 2012

In 1955, Duke Snider lived at 178 Marine Avenue (in Brooklyn's Bay Ridge). His was the middle house in this picture.

Gil Hodges lived here, at 1120 32 Street. Two floors, 1400 square feet. 

 
Harold "Pee Wee" Reese and family made their home in 970 square feet of 9714 Barwell Terrace. Carl Erskine's home, at 9318 Lafayette Walk, was even smaller,

   

just 910 square feet.

Sandy Amoros lived in Bed-Stuy, in this brownstone at 147 Bainbridge Street, most likely on just one of the three floors. His was the leftmost building.

 

 And here is Alex Rodriguez's 2012 house in Miami, Florida.  It's up for sale for $38,000,000,

      

which is what 19,681 square foot waterfront properties go for nowadays. A bargain, for all I know.

Comments

[Matt Perlstein]

Hodges must have lived at 1120 EAST 32nd St, not 1120 32nd St., which is a big difference.

[Don Z. Block]

I thought Gil lived on Bedford Avenue. I know his son, Eric, went to Midwood. I know Gil was once spotted on a snowy day buying gas in the station on the corner of Foster and Coney island Avenue. And my brother once ran into Sandy Koufax in a candy store named Lindell's on Coney Island Avenue between I and J. I have lived amongst the great ones but met them never.