A storied piece of San Francisco history burned over the weekend. The city lost a piece of its history, as well as baseball history. San Francisco fire crews worked Saturday to save what they could of Double Play Bar and Grill.
The city lost a piece of its history, as well as baseball history. San Francisco fire crews worked Saturday to save what they could of Double Play Bar and Grill."Oh my God, I grew up here 60 years," said Debbie Santiago. "Double Play was always good when you had the games at Seal Stadium. People would come there, have their lunch, have their drinks and there used to be an outside area where they used to see right into the ballpark.
The Double Play's history is inextricably tied to San Francisco Seals Stadium that once stood catty corner. The bar opened its doors in 1909, the ballpark would come-along in 1931. The Seals and San Francisco Giants both counting the stadium as home at one time or another. The Giants left in 1958 for candlestick, and the ballpark at 16th and Bryant was torn down just a year later.
Customers say the inside of Double Play was filled with mementos of the past. "You'd see all the baseball, you know, all the old school mitts, all that, all that lost," said Paul Quate. "Lost, burnt nostalgia and you know I'm just really sad to see it go."
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