Hand on the wall

The hand you see touching this brick wall belongs to a Walhallan who, last week, made sure she saw what’s left of what for 60 years was a neighborhood baseball field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Specifically, it used to be Forbes Field, a former home of the Pirates.  It’s where Roberto Clemente patrolled right field, and the stadium where Bill Mazeroski homered to win an exciting World Series with the New York Yanks in 1960.  To see the few remaining remnants of the park, you have to look hard.  The old stadium was done in by a couple of fires—the last of which in 1971 cleared the way for site demolition and takeover by the nearby University of Pittsburgh.