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Bush Stadium

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1996-07-03

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Howard Caldwell discusses the last Indianapolis Indians baseball game to be played at Bush Stadium and his long history of interest in the baseball team.

Bush Stadium 

Video (02:31) 

Other Identifier: IBHA.HCC.0100 

 

Notes by Bryce Gray, J470 Broadcast Media Analysis 

Howard Caldwell discusses the last Indianapolis Indians baseball game to be played at Bush Stadium and his long history of interest in the baseball team. 

0.00: Replay footage of player swinging at pitch, audience celebrates. 

0.09: Narrator introduces the Indians’ time playing at Bush stadium. 

0.24: Interview with Howard Caldwell, who discusses his experience with the band and as a spectator for Indians games.  

0.55: Displayed images of Howard Caldwell’s collection of Indians memorabilia scrapbook of the 1939 season. 

1.10: Cut back to the interview with Caldwell. 9 seconds 

1.10 Incue: “This was where baseball…” 

1.19 Outcue: “...my team” 

Caldwell discusses how despite the Indians being a minor league team, his passion for the team never wavered.  

1.36: Interview with Caldwell. He discusses the need for a new stadium following the closing of Bush stadium.  

1.53: Filmed conversation of two children watching a practice or training camp discussing the players on the field.  

2.10: Slow sunset fade-to-black as the narrator looks forward to the memories to be made at Victory Field, while looking back on Bush Stadium’s time in Indianapolis.