menards tree quality

I have not installed any of mine yet.....but have four sets in waiting. They are average to good background trees. I may even use some as stand alone near the layout front. All mine were free bonus so for the price GREAT!!

Here you go.  The four on top, back left, are full height.  The other ten are chopped at the crook, about an inch.  For a toy train layout like mine, they are just fine.  Agree with Dave's assessment, and the price was more than right.  Click on the bottom photo to get a better look.  There are pics on the Menard's site.

Baseball trivia:  The four Yankees, bottom right, (Ruth, DiMaggio, Gehrig, and Mantle) have one highly significant thing in common, beside all their records and awards.  Hint:  the order should be Gehrig, Ruth, Mantle and DiMaggio.

Jerry

Easy, all had model railroads.   Gehrig had G gauge, Ruth had R gauge, Mantle had M gauge and Joltin' Joe had Marilyn.  John

Love it Rattler.  

Joe is in his 80's, riding in a stadium elevator with his guys.  A gorgeous babe gets on and they all check her out, sans comment.  She gets off and Joe turns to his lackys and says, "I had the best, didn't I?"  They quickly reply, "Yes you did Joe, yes you did."  Not sure what gauge she had, but it must have been a good one.

I think they are great.  They won't work for the scale guys but are perfect for my layout.

Joe's layout had the best scenery

No doubt, Narib.  

I've been hoping someone would hazard a guess at my question, so there is another clue in this painting.   Also, the elevated train can be seen on either side of the Ballantine scoreboard in right-center.  If I ever re-do my table layout (doubtful), I would love to model the old stadium with the subway going by.  It was very cool in those days, plus, it got you there quick.

Jerry

JerryG posted:

No doubt, Narib.  

I've been hoping someone would hazard a guess at my question, so there is another clue in this painting.   Also, the elevated train can be seen on either side of the Ballantine scoreboard in right-center.  If I ever re-do my table layout (doubtful), I would love to model the old stadium with the subway going by.  It was very cool in those days, plus, it got you there quick.

Jerry

They hit a homer off the subway or the subway track?

Nope.  The clue is in centerfield.  No one ever hit a fair ball out of the stadium in a game.  Mantle hit the facade in right, twice.  Ruth never had the chance because the upper decks were extended in left (1929) and right (1937).  Before, it was all very deep bleachers from foul line to foul line.

This represents Mantle off Bill Fischer in 1963, but, is clearly a WS game.  Estimated at well over 600 feet if it didn't hit the top.  Although his 565 footer in Washington is the record, Mantle said this was the hardest ball he ever hit.

Jerry

JerryG,  The four were the original monuments in Monument Park in the old Yankee Stadium?

Thurm,

Yankee fans are rather fond of that name.  

Close, and on the right track.  Since it's been so long, here is the answer:

In the pic, you can just make out the three monuments in centerfield, that were always in play in the original ballpark.  The first monument was erected in 1929 for Miller Huggins, the great Yankee manager who died unexpectedly that year.  Huggins had been a deadball era player, but never for the Yankees.  In 1941, Lou Gehrig passed away from ALS.  In 1948 Babe Ruth passed away.  Those three monuments stayed in play, about 460 feet from the plate, until the original stadium was completely renovated in 1973-75.   Monument Park was opened in 1976 in the remodeled stadium.  All the monuments, plaques, and retired numbers went there.  Mickey Mantle (95) and Joe DiMaggio (99) were the last two.  There are no sports franchises that have anything near to the way the Yankees celebrate their great players.  One wonders about Yogi, who won more WS, 10, than any player in ML history.  Whitey Ford is still living.

Another aside about Joe D.  After Mickey died and his monument was erected, Joe complained (as always) to George Steinbrenner that he deserved one.  George reportedly replied, "Hey, Joe.  You gotta be dead to get a monument."

Hope you railroaders enjoyed this brief historical respite from the trials and tribulations expressed here, about our hobby.

Jerry